Bubble: holy crap guys it's a chapter. How FABULOOOOOUS!

Natsumi: Hey guys I just got rescued by Hisoka and he's FABULOOOOOUS!

Illumi: ...FABULOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOUS! *w*

Hisoka: Brilliant. You made Illumi go mad.

Saki: OOC FTWWWW

Tonpa: ...um, was there too much sugar in that drink I just gave you guys?

Gon: Fridgethatbubblegum does NOT own HunterxHunter!

Killua: Please R&R!


*flashback*

Emotions were fiercely battling inside me, my breaths ragged, my brain a mess. White hot anger boiled inside me as my heart seemed to light on fire the flames bright and roaring. But then, everything seemed to slow and still. My head was strangely clear, a low humming sound harmonizing with the silence. I looked up, my eyes dull, but a poisonous magenta. Kill.

*End Flashback*


Chapter. 29: Within the Hatred

Hisoka's P.O.V:

Lifeless, and strangely calm.

I lifted my hand, long fingernails curled, my skin deteriorating.

Was this really happening? Is this what I really wanted?

Why does this ring exist?

Why did Buhara give it to me?

Me, of all people.

"I can trust you to love nobody." Were Buhara's words.

"So use this! It's a new item I got from the black market auctions." He smirked and threw a small, black box at me.

But what now? The promise is broken. I love someone now.

I love Natsumi.

His memories flashed back to the time when he was called into the filthy room in that run-down building by Buhara.

"I called you here for a very specific reason." Buhara said, grunting and stretching as his fake scarlet eyes glimmered in the dim lighting. "There is a girl who will, in the near future, develop strong ties with a boy named Kurapika.

We must acquire that boy and his abilities, you need to be a spy for me until that time comes by accompanying that girl. Propose to her and give her this ring.

It offers lots of perks, and surely she can't refuse a man of your looks and the ring's power put together. But of course, it has its conditions.

And under no circumstances, must you fall in love with this girl."

"You will pay the price." Buhara didn't even know the price.


I had just nodded easily. There was no way I would have to face the consequences. I don't fall in love.

Or I thought.

But I did. I really did.

If only it wasn't that girl from my childhood... Thinking like this is no longer an option.

As I spent more and more time with Natsumi. I began to truly wish I could give her absolute protection, endless power and the love she deserved.

This was not trickery, I chuckled quietly as Netero's goofy smile and his story flashed in my mind. "She promised him..."

I was paying the price.


Kurapika's P.O.V:

I...I was being used for something else?! What was it? Why was it me?

Fear, uncertainty and confusion were emotions circling me as I was gripped in a daze of events prior.

What did they do to me when I was taken away?

I was working for them certainly, but before we all went to that building together, only Buhara would be the one to talk to me.

Those working under him had no right to even be in my line of sight. What happened to all the power I had?

"Is something possessing you?" Killua asked suddenly.

Of course! Illumi had put a manipulation pin in his head, there wasn't anything new to the white haired boy when it came to mind and body control.

"I-I don't know." I stuttered and looked down. How does one know when they are being manipulated? It was not a pleasant thing to think about.

"Does the Kuruta have any special abilities?" Illumi called from where he was sitting, lifting the wine glass he was drinking out of.

Netero had returned, and they were drinking together.

After the ordeal the chairman had with Buhara, he had returned saying there was nothing to worry about any more regarding Natsumi and Hisoka. I think not.

But what is there to do? It was already nightfall, and everyone took Netero's word for what it was.

We didn't have to worry about Natsumi. She would figure something out.

Only then are we allowed to assist. Natsumi and Hisoka are fine, for now.

I shook my head carefully in reply to Illumi's question.

"Not that I know of-" But then I stopped as my grey orbs widened slightly, I could almost hear the gears in my head turning.

"The day before the Phantom Troupe attacked... My grandmother was telling me a story about our clan's past." I gulped as everyone turned to listen.

"She said- we used to have another ability, but it was lost centuries ago because nobody knew how to awaken it except the very first mayor." Saki looked up from her cards, her piercing blue eyes calculating.

"That has to be it! Tell us more!" Gon shouted and turned around from his seat on the couch, looking at me excitedly. Killua narrowed his eyes.

"Tell us everything."


Natsumi's P.O.V:

I didn't know what I had to do next. But deep down, there was only one thing driving me.

"I will eliminate all the clone cloaks and find Hisoka. Wherever he is, I will find him, and I will purge whatever evil is possessing him." Hisoka doesn't need to suffer any more.

Silent tears brimmed at my eyes but I blinked them away.

The poisonous purple snakes lashed from my hands, but started to morph and change shape.

One of my eyes remained emerald, but one turned a deep magenta as dark purple wings sprouted from my back.

3rd Person P.O.V:

"I am paying the price" Hisoka muttered, clenching his fist. "She promised him..."

"I will find you, and I will save you." Natsumi whispered, rising high above the ground.

"Because I love you."