"We're thieves; we steal."
Feitan, being the good sempai he is, is teaching the Newbie the rules of the Ryodan. (Thereby threatening her that if she does anything fishy, he would not hesitate to kill her ((Like she didn't know that already). Mizutsuki was somewhat tired of guarding his killing aura twenty-four-seven.
"Normally, we can do things as we like. However, if Danchou gathers us, we must be there."
She adjusted her backpack. "As far as I know, Ryodan members aren't supposed to go real while fighting each other. If you kill me, wouldn't that oppose the rules?"
"The rules are absolute. But that does not apply if you betray us…" His eyes were steel. "As much as you say how you hated the Mafia, they still raised you and you have some amount of emotions for them… Who knows if you would betray us or not…"
"Do you really hate me that much?"
"Yes."
"Tsk…"
"Danchou said this when the Ryodan was first created." Feitan continued on. "I think that you should know… Inside the Spider, Danchou is the head and we are the legs. Logically, the legs should obey what the head says. However, this is only about running the organization; it is not about life or death. If the head dies, just let someone else take the place. Sometimes, the legs are more important than the head. As spider can still live without a head. But it would be a corpse without legs. Danchou's orders are always first. But Danchou's life is not first; because Danchou is also just a member. The one who should survive is not one's selves, it's the Ryodan."
He shot a glare at her. "Do not forget this…"
"I know." A stern expression came onto her face. "I figured that there was a reason why the Spider is so strong."
"Hmph…" Feitan put his hands into his pockets.
"What is Danchou going to tell us to steal this time?" She waved a map around in the air. "According to the map descriptions, the meeting place is just a normal town. Actually, it's a rather poor town. There's nothing much worthy of us to steal."
"Danchou must have his means of gathering us here…" Feitan replied. "Don't question, just do."
"Moral of the Spiders: No betrayal. Motto of the Spiders: Chaos…"
Feitan Observation Diary, point three – He actually hides a rather feminine face under his collar.
"Mizutsuki, Feitan." Chrollo nodded as the two of them entered the hideout. "All the members are here now…" Danchou stood up. "I guess that I will announce the things that we are going to steal this time now…"
Mizutsuki surveyed the members that were present. Franklin – she was not familiar with him but he seems level-headed enough. Pakunoda – the true Ice Queen with the beautiful S-line. Bonolenov – the mummy whom she was quite friendly with. Coltopi – the adorable Fur-ball. Nobunaga – the hot-blooded samurai with his ridiculous samurai hairstyle. Uvogin – the muscular Tarzan; he was easy to talk to actually. Shalnark – one of her few friends in the Ryodan. Machi – also one of her close friends; her pink hair was incredible as always. Phinks – she still owed him a steak lunch.
Feitan sat down with the crowd, waiting for Danchou to speak up too. She sat down between Pakunoda and Bonolenov.
Chrollo cleared his throat. "The Scarlet Eyes of the Kurta Clan." He said calmly. "That is what we're going to steal this time…"
There was silence upon the group. It was about thirty seconds later someone finally spoke up. "Danchou, what is The Scarlet Eyes?" Uvogin asked. "Is it really eyes or a piece of jewel those Jurta Clan people own?"
"Kurta." Chrollo corrected. "And the Scarlet Eyes are eyes. Though typically brown, the irises belonging to members of the Kurta Clan glow scarlet when the person was emotionally agitated. If a member of the Kurta Clan dies in that state, his/her eyes permanently stay scarlet postmortem. They are treated as a rare jewel by many due to the Scarlet Eyes being considered one of the most gorgeous colors in the world."
"I've heard of that," Franklin piped up. "The seven most gorgeous colors of the world. The Scarlet Eyes belongs to second place with their brilliant scarlet color."
Chrollo nodded. "Yes, and to obtain these scarlet eyes, we will have to massacre said clan. Make sure that their emotions are agitated when you kill them. The more agitated they are; the more beautiful colors their eyes would reflect."
Shalnark nodded slowly. "So Danchou, where is this clan? And by the way, where is Omokage?" He looked around.
"Speaking of it, I haven't seen him either…" Coltopi's one visible eyeball rolled around their new hideout. Scanning for any signs of Omokage.
"Omokage is taking a long vacation off." Chrollo said calmly. None of the Ryodan members dared as why anymore after. "And the clan is living hidden somewhere inside the mountain jungles near this town. Because that we don't know where, we need to investigate first."
There was a bobble of nodding heads among the Ryodan members.
Chrollo looked at Mizutsuki and she felt a shiver crawling down her spine. "Mizutsuki," Chrollo said calmly. "You are a new member to us, and we do not know your abilities completely yet. However, we do have a clue that it has something to do with altering pH. So this is a chance to improve your relationship with other members…" Danchou's piercing eyes swiped across the members. "Feitan, Phinks, Machi. You three and Mizu here would be a team." He glanced at Mizutsuki. "Is it okay to call you Mizu?"
She was already sweat-dropping of Danchou's decision. Machi was definitely fine, and Phinks wasn't too bad either. But Feitan… she was going to have a hard time eating and sleeping… "Sure…" She managed to answer Danchou's question. "If it's Danchou…"
Chrollo nodded. "Well then, Bonolenov, Coltopi, and Franklin will stay here at the base. The rest of you would be the other group. Rest for a few hours before going out to gather info. I know that you are all very tired."
As soon as Danchou finished his words, he sat back down and pulled a book out of his coat. The members started to relax as well, some rolling around to take naps and some paced around the room mindlessly. Shalnark pulled out a deck of cards and started playing with Coltopi and Franklin.
Mizutsuki couldn't relax like any of them. But she did relax a little when Machi waved her over. "Mizu."
"Hey Machi." Mizutsuki walked over. "How are you doing?"
"So-so. You?"
"...Still alive." She shot a wary glance at Feitan.
Machi followed her gaze. "I see… So? How was the Hunter Exam?"
She sat down beside Machi. "Does everyone know about that already?" She asked as she tossed her the Hunter license card.
Machi caught it and examined it carefully. If she hadn't stopped her in time Machi would have ran off to the International Science Research Center to have the little card examined, and see what wonders it held. (Hold on, that sounds familiar) "Hmm… Doesn't look very pretty." She tossed the card back.
Mizutsuki caught it. "It's not made to be pretty." She shrugged. "I don't really want it either. I just wanted to kill time."
"So did you kill time?"
She nodded. "Yeah, more or less. Phinks was with me too."
Machi looked speechless. "Phinks?" She echoed with a glance at said eyebrow-less man. Phinks stared back at her. "What?" He deadpanned.
"Nothing." Machi shook her head and turned back. "How did that happen?" She demanded. "More importantly, why are you still alive?"
Mizutsuki laughed dryly. "Ehh, I met up with Shalnark and Nobunaga first after my mission. And I asked Shal if there was something to kill time with. He just signed me up for the Hunter Exams." She decided to leave out Pariston's part of the story. "And when I found the steak house that was supposed to be the starting point of the Exams, I found Phinks eating lunch there…"
Machi facepalmed. "Phinks and Steak… Hah, I'm not surprised… Muscle idiot he is…"
"I heard that." Phinks snapped.
Machi waved him off. "Whatever, then?"
"After her tried to strangle me multiple times. He finally admitted that he had nothing to do and just might as well play with me. We were taken to a underground mine where the magical beast Nosferatu lived. And we were given a month's time to navigate our way out of the mines and defeat the beasts that were in our way."
"Hmm, sounds amusing. So? How did you guys do that? If I was there, I could have led you through with my nen thread. But I wasn't. How did you guys navigate your way out?"
"Ehh, Phinks called me a cheater but whatever. The Hunter Association never said that we had to stay inside the mines twenty-four-seven. So we walked out of the starting point and went into town. At the town we looked up a map of the mines and ways to defeat the Nosferatu."
Machi nodded slowly. "Okay… I guess that would work too. They never said that you can't use a map. They just told you to be at the other side in a month."
"And you have to walk through the mines." Mizutsuki added. "But yeah, that's it."
"Okay, actually, that was quite smart. Thinking outside of the box and all. Figured that the Hunter Association wanted cheaters like you."
Mizutsuki sweat-dropped. "What cheater…" She stammered.
"Meh, it doesn't matter. Speaking of it, have you arm wrestled with the members yet?"
Mizutsuki nodded. "Yeah, three times. With Shalnark, Nobunaga, and Phinks."
"If you arm wrestled Phinks, does that mean you won against Shal and that buffoon?" She pointed at Nobunaga, snoozing away in an amazing position. (Uvogin and Bonolenov were trying to predict tomorrow's weather with Nobunaga's drool right now.)
Mizutsuki laughed. "Buffoon… yeah, I did."
"I don't think that you won against Phinks, correct?"
"I lost and demanded nine rematches."
"That's stupid."
"Hey!"
Ignoring her protests, Machi took a deep breath and called. "Oy Franklin! Feitan! Danchou! Bonolenov! Come here for a sec!"
Mizutsuki's face went pale. "Wait a minute, Machi, don't tell me…"
"C'mon, it's just arm wrestling." Machi cracked her knuckles. "I'll go first. Then we can decide if you're going to battle Franklin and Feitan, or Danchou and Bonolenov."
"Oh dear…" Mizutsuki mumbled. Somehow all the members had gathered around them and were watching excitedly; with the exception of Nobunaga, who was still snoozing. She gave in and held out her hand. "Let's go, Machi."
"I won't go easy on you…" Machi seemed to grin.
Shalnark, who posed himself as referee, held up a hand. "Ready… set… go!"
Mizutsuki and Machi's strength clashed and both of them gritted their teeth. Mizutsuki could feel how strong of an opponent Machi was. She was much weaker than Phinks; but far better than Nobunaga. Mizutsuki slowly felt tired but she forced herself to go on. Machi bit her lips and continued to force her opponent's hand towards the table. The two girls' hands stayed in midair for a long time. The rest of the Ryodan members watched carefully at the intense battle. They could almost feel the aura of strength reeking out of their fists.
Then SLAM! Machi slammed Mizutsuki's hand onto the table and took a deep breath. "I win." She panted.
"That was a good match." Mizutsuki replied with a tired grin. "So who am I going to battle now?"
"Danchou and Bono." Machi replied. Bonolenov took her place at the opposite side of the table. "We'll both use our weak hands so it would be fair." The mummy said calmly. "And your good hand can rest while we battle with our weak hands."
"Sounds good…" Mizutsuki sighed and held up her weak hand.
Bonolenov took off his boxer gloves and she blinked. Holes…?
"Ready… set… go!"
Her battle with Bonolenov was much more epic compared to her battle with Machi. Since they were both using their weak hands, it made the match much more exciting. She couldn't make out Bonolenov's expression as his face was covered up completely by bandages. But she could see that he was struggling. The air around their fists trembled of their reeking aura. After a long time of adding strength and gritting teeths, Mizutsuki slammed Bonolenov's fist onto the table. "I win…" She moaned and collapsed. "That was tiring…"
Uvogin nodded slowly. "So you have to battle Danchou next."
Phinks crossed his arms. "Tsk, if you can demand a rematch nine times with me, this should be a piece of cake for you."
Mizutsuki held out her left hand, which had been resting; Chrollo sat down across to her and held out his hand too. Mizutsuki chewed the insides of her cheeks. "Is this really okay?" She asked.
Everyone stared at her. "What's okay?" Franklin asked.
"I mean, battling leader in arm wrestle, isn't this disrespectful or something…?"
Uvogin's laughter boomed around the room and the whole place trembled. Dusts and a few pices of concrete fell from the roof. The members covered up their ears. "Disrespectful?" He boomed and ruffled Mizutsuki's hair, making it like a haystack – messy. "You say such cute things! Listen here Newbie, we are the Genei Ryodan. Not some crappy Mafia family. Nothing is disrespectful here unless it's against the rules. And arm wrestling against Danchou is not against the rules. So go ahead!"
She nodded slowly and pulled the strands of hair out of her face. "Okay Danchou," She took a deep breath. "I'm ready…"
"Okay."
"Ready… set… go!" Shalnark exclaimed.
Mizutsuki, despite being rather afraid of Danchou, did use her full strength. She still had shadows of the Mafia's teaching in her mind but she shook it all away. Concentrating only on the arm wrestle match against Chrollo. This was the longest match among all the three matches. Danchou won in the end, but she was satisfied enough. If my good arm had more rest, maybe the results would be different. She thought. But whatever…
Danchou, after taking a deep breath, stood up and clapped his hands. "Okay everyone, show's over. It's time for you guys to get to work now…"
Sorry that I took so long to update and Feitan didn't appear much in this chapter. Because I accidently deleted the original file and had to rewrite this chapter again... *lost gaze* But yeah, it's here now. I'll try to keep up with the Feitan Observation Diaries; and the one about his feminine face, have you ever seen it? I don't think that the Hunter Wiki says it but it's on Wikipedia in Chinese and Japanese (Yes, I speak those languages so I know.). Though I must admit; he looks more feminine in the 1999 version instead of the 2011 version.(Yes! I ignored Omokage once again! I'm so proud of myself.) (-w-)
Reply to reviews:
Uber Tofu Man (lol I love your name): Thank you for your support! I will continue to make up weird puns like that. I originally wanted to include Abengane sneezing or something but meh... (And yes, Pariston is taboo. Shhhhhh)
Aiko: Thank you for your support! It's okay if your review is short, at least you did and you had a reason.
Cocoamilo: I seriously love your reviews so much I don't know where to start. I mean, yeah, Feitan screams BOSS all over, so how can he not cross his legs like a boss? (And I'm not sure if dogs are okay to eat apples?) Ging, yes, go find your map and meet Gon already; you're winning the Crappiest Father of the Century Award. And Yes you guessed it right, it's the Kurta Massacre (*background music*). But you got one thing wrong here, I'm sad to say. I don't think that I can manage to write eighty chapters of a single arc; I meant that the WHOLE story would be eighty chapters. I'm aiming for about ten chapters to fifteen chapters too on this arc. Though I wonder how long is the longest story on Fanfiction net?
BTW: Have you guys ever heard the Hunter X Hunter drama CDs? They're so funny XD. The Ryodan goes out eating (causing major damage to the restaurant), Nobunaga finds a cockroach in his En and freaks out... etc. They're all about hilarious and random stories of the HxH characters.
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