So... I decide to post this on not only my character's birthday... But mine too...
*Throws confetti* Now, back to farming blood echoes in Bloodbourne...
As the boys walked out of the arena, people around them discussed Gon's match with the madman Hisoka. However, none of them seem to notice that Gon just walked past them. The further out the boys got, the less and less people seemed to care, or maybe everyone was still inside to busy discussing it.
Gon stopped once seeing Wing and Zushi out in the front waiting for them, and right now, the only thing that occupied Daniel's mind was what's next? What was indeed next for him? Could he keep going... travelling the world with Killua and Gon?
Or was now the time to pack his stuff and head home like he promised his sister?
The boys were lead away from prying eyes, talking with the man whom they had spent several months training with.
"I have nothing to say to you about the fight with Hisoka. You were the one fighting him, so I'm sure you understand best of all."
I would have felt terrified... Not even my dad's brutal morning competes against Hisoka's... normal day. Although the thought crossed his mind, he couldn't help but argue again in his mind which was worse. Hisoka's normal day or Vastorie's morning before coffee presence...?
Although those were the thoughts crossing his mind, he couldn't help but notice Killua questioning Wing's speech "Understand what?"
"What he learned from the fight." Wing smiled at Killua, hoping the boy would understand where he was getting at.
Even though Killua was slightly confused with a raised eyebrow, Gon couldn't help but acknowledge Wing "Yes!"
"Gon, what did you learn?"
Gon looked over to Killua, smiling innocently "A secret."
The moment Killua frowned, he turned from away the boys which in-turn made Daniel smirk, aiming a finger at boy "Probably how terrifying Hisoka could be... up close."
"Sounds about right..." Killua smirked, pressing both of his hands to the back of his head.
"Not even close." Gon's smile got wider, hiding the secret well. Both boys fumed, turning away from Gon.
"Gon-Kun, Daniel-Kun, Killua-Kun... You will need to master your own styles of Nen, as you continue down your chosen paths."
Each boy said a single word of acknowledgement. But Daniel could help but wonder what would be the best chosen path. Although the thought lingered in his mind, Zushi soon had Daniel's attention "I'm glad I was able to meet you. You've set a worthy mark for me to surpass!"
Even with Zushi's wide smile, Daniel couldn't help but silently laugh at the younger boy.
"You think you can pass us?" Killua grinned.
"One day, for sure!"
"Won't happen."
Daniel raised a finger, objecting Killua's retort "Let's give the kid the benefit of the doubt."
Gon and Zushi both looked confused at Daniel "Kid...?"
Daniel and Killua shared a silent agreement, even though neither of them knew what they were agreeing to in the first place. "Zushi, if you can manipulate something better than my shadow... I'll agree that you can surpass us... or specifically me." Maybe if the three of us stopped training for a year... maybe...
"Yeah," Gon nodded in agreement. "I can't wait to see you do it, Zushi."
"Osu!" Zushi laughed awkwardly, even though he really wanted to prove he could do it.
"Well," Killua turned, waving goodbye first "let's go."
Daniel turned after silently nodding to Wing, following after Killua.
"Yeah!" Gon started walking backwards with Killua, keeping his attention drawn on Wing and Zushi. "Thank you for everything, Wing-San!"
Killua turned to agree with Gon "Yeah, same here. Thank you."
Daniel held a hand out, not wanting to be the only one to not thank them. "Thanks... I dreaded learning this with my father... considering his very cryptic!"
"Take care, you three."
"Zushi, until we meet again!"
"Osu!"
Once the three had gotten an ear shot out of Wing and Zushi, Killua couldn't help but ask the dreaded question. "Well, you finally accomplished your objective, right?"
"Uh-huh!"
"Then we don't have any more business here."
"Yeah..." Daniel agreed with Killua. What next...?
"Gon, what are you going to do?"
"Go back to Whale Island."
"Whale Island?"
"Uh-huh. I was able to return the favour to Hisoka, so I want to go back to the island, and show Mito-San my license. It's been over half a year since I left..."
"What about you, Daniel?" Killua turned, diverting his attention to the boy.
"Dunno..."
"Guess I'm going with Gon then... not that I would ever want to be stuck alone with you, Daniel..." Killua flashed a smirk at Daniel.
"Not even on our dates?" Daniel flashed a smile at Killua.
"For the last time-"
"I know... its just fun teasing you! My favourite tomato..."
"Baka..." Killua muttered under his breath, however, Daniel already achieved his goal. Killua was as ripe as a tomato, and those cheeks weren't going to cool down anytime soon.
After the conversation between Daniel and Killua finally ending, Gon couldn't help but ask in the confusion "Why Killua?"
"I'd like to meet Mito-San." Killua turned to face Gon, cheeks still red from Daniel's last comment.
"Really? You should come too Daniel!"
"WHAT? NO!" Killua argued, but was soon cut short when Daniel smirked "I would love to, Gon... beats going home..."
"Yes, the three of us are going together."
"Fine..." Killua shot Daniel a death stare for a split second, before turning to Gon to smile "I'll tag along... with this guy..."
"Daniel..." Daniel smiled slyly in Killua's direction.
"~"
"Mito-San!" Gon screamed while running up a hill. Daniel and Killua couldn't help but look at each other as Gon screamed. Couldn't he wait till he was closer... rather than yelling from the other side of the Island?
Reaching half way up a cliff, a woman with orange hair was turning in Gon's direction, confused from hearing her name being called multiple times. The moment Gon came into her field of vision, a smile swept across her face "Gon!"
Killua and Daniel sighed from having Gon almost leave them behind. Even as the two traversed the hill, they could still hear Gon talking from a mile away. "I'm home, Mito-San."
Daniel seriously wanted to cheer Killua up at the moment. But, from his current track record, he didn't think anything he could conjure up would work. Sighing, Daniel pats Killua on the shoulder, trying to cheer the boy up.
Even with the sudden contact, Killua didn't seem to notice Daniel's touch.
Once the two boys came into view, they could finally put a face to Mito's name. Like Gon, she has amber coloured eyes but her hair is light orange. She looks young maybe mid to late twenties. She is wearing a red sweater with the sleeves rolled up, cream skirt, a light teal apron and brown slipper booties.
"You must be Killua, right?" Mito spoke up, startling the boy in the process.
"What?"
"And you would be Daniel, correct?" Mito let a finger linger out towards Daniel.
Both boys blinked, wondering how she knew about them. Was Gon somehow secretly relaying information about them while he was training? Even then, how did Gon manage to relay what each boy looked like, and how much did he tell her about them?
Did Gon tell her about my... questionable feelings for Killua? I swear to God if he did... she's going to have no, son...? After this!
"~"
"Sheesh," Mito whine as she frantically walked around the house, grabbing plates and utensils "you should have let me know you were coming home."
Killua took a sip of his hot tea Mito graciously left out for them as Daniel's eyes followed her, wonder what was going through her head. "I didn't have time to prepare anything..." During Mito's rambles Daniel payed little attention to Gon's grandma, whom was sitting in front of them.
Gon's grandma had a light greyish-pink hair and wore an orange dress over her white sweat shirt, and white sweatpants. A dirty-yellow scarf was also wrapped loosely around her neck.
Daniel reached out, grabbing a biscuit from plate which he silently snacked on while continuing to watch Gon and Mito casually fight amongst themselves.
"It's not a big deal, whatever is fine."
"What are you saying? Your friends came all the way out here to visit."
"No, it's okay." Killua argued as he joined in the fight.
"Honestly," Mito argued, completely ignoring what Killua had just said. "You should have said something first..."
"Speaking of first..." Daniel spoke into his drink before taking another sip "I'm allergic to tomatoes..." That was a total lie.
Mito stopped rummaging through the dishes to argue "Huh, really? Gon said you don't like them..."
Damn it Gon! "Well, I don't turn into a beach balloon but... it doesn't exactly agree with my stomach."
Mito sighed at the younger boy, returning to look through the dishes "Honestly Gon... you should clear some things up before telling me certain 'things'."
Daniel shot Gon a glare, wondering if the boy mentioned anything to Mito. Although Gon was smiling sheepishly, Mito proceeded to rip out a plate, pointing it at the boys "Are you even listening to me? Oh," Mito stopped looking for a second to glance in their direction "that's right... Take a bath while I make something to eat. And put out your dirty clothes. I'll be doing laundry."
"You don't have to wash mi-" Before Daniel could even finish, Mito stare him down "I insist."
Daniel closed his mouth, not wanting to argue with the lady.
"Okay, later." Gon spoke out, but as soon as he finished, Mito death stared the younger boy "Now! You have ten seconds!"
Gon ran away, taking off his jacket as Mito began to count down. Daniel and Killua sat there too stunned to move.
"Is she always like this?" Killua spoke, still unable to move.
"Pretty much." Gon immediately pulled off Killua's jacket, and ran, ripping off Daniel's jacket soon after.
"Hey! That's a vintage jacket, Gon..."
"We have to move fast!"
"~"
This by far, had to be the most awkward situation Daniel had been in. Not even two feet from him, Killua was naked. His heart was hammering in his chest, and for the worst reason that came to his mind. It was that Killua was smiling.
Why was Daniel's heart hammering in his chest, over a smile?
"Yeah, this is the life..." Gon groaned in bliss, relaxing on the edge of the bathtub.
"Agreed..." Daniel failed to stop staring at Killua.
Killua was about to respond to Gon, but stopped short once he saw Daniel staring at him "What...?"
"Nothing..." Daniel quickly turned, running his hands through his hair.
"Must be a pain to get the shampoo in your hair..."
"At least mine doesn't break logic..." Daniel raised a finger, gesturing to Gon's hair which flattened immediately after being submerged in water. Gon could have been the next girl for the L'Oreal commercial, if he were a girl to begin with. The moment water hit the hair it went straight to almost silky smooth. A little rough around the edges but otherwise smooth... or at least graceful in the way it moved.
It swished as Gon ran the soap through, as opposed to Daniel's long tedious strokes through his hair. But no matter how tedious it was, he would never get it cut short... it looked weird to him. "You know, Killua..." Daniel began, but didn't know where he was headed in the conversation. "I would dare say... you look cute when... smiling."
The very moment Daniel mentioned cute and smiling in the sentence, Killua opted to frown, while failing to hide his embarrassment. "I-Idiot, don't talk so casually about that kind of stuff...!"
Daniel failed to hide his smile, but before Killua could yell at the boy, Gon stepped in "Yeah, Killua... you do look cute!"
"Not you too!" Killua rubbed the soap through his hair harder, trying to get the bath over and done with. Gon was about to grab Daniel's hair, but was soon cut short by the boy slapping his hands away "Don't touch the hair... feels weird..."
"Huh..." Killua's eyes widen slightly, looking at the boy like something strange had just come from his mouth. "What you mean?"
"It feels wrong... when someone touches my hair..."
"You're weird..."
"It's better than being normal..." Daniel taunted flatly, motioning to nothing in particular with his hands. "Whatever normal may be in this day and age..."
Gon poked Daniel on the back next "Say, Daniel... what's with this scar on your back?"
"What scar?"
"Yeah..." Killua joined in, wondering out loud the same thing. "What is with that scar? It looks... out of place..."
"When I remember... I'll tell you..."
"How did you forget about this scar?" Gon pressed the question, curious about the unknown scar.
"Dunno... It was around six when I got that scar... maybe it was so traumatic, I forgot about it... or maybe, I did something so stupid... I forced myself to forget about it."
"Looks deep..." Killua focused on it, wondering what caused the damage.
"Well," Daniel smiled while lifting his finger "the past is the past... I suppose something will make me remember, something... Til I find that 'something' it's up to debate."
"You fell on the side of a table..." Killua smirked.
"Sure Killua... I got a deep scar... from the edge of a table... sounds legit!"
"You said it was up for debate..." Killua's smirk faltered, although only slightly.
"Well, let's assume it was a table... I couldn't think of a table that sharp in my household that could cut that deep."
"Outside your home...?" Killua raised an eyebrow at the boy.
"Possibly... I think Vastorie knows... but his always 'dancing' around the topic. Nathaniel has no clue. And Zaikaria looks like she's about to kill someone as soon as I mention the scar."
"She definitely knows..." Killua raised a finger to Daniel.
"Yeah... but she's more interested in killing the person rather than telling me who they are. So, she's a no go. Speaking of scars..." Daniel randomly pointed at one of the many scars that graced Killua's backsides. "Who did you piss off...?"
Killua looked behind his back, barely even looking at them. Killua looked irritated as he sighing at Daniel "I touched my piggy brother's collection... turns out training is harder with a fat pissed off brother..."
Daniel's hands grasped his hair tightly, almost ripping it out "Really now..." Daniel loosened his hands, calmly returning back to the soap suds. I'm adding him to the bucket list of whom I want to murder for touching M-Killua... His not your angel, Daniel...
His...
Killua...
"~"
Diner had been serene, with the exception of Gon and Killua attempted to steal each other's food. Daniel kept to himself, laughing when Gon and Killua grabbed a piece of food before the other could snatch it up.
He smiled at the image, but secretly felt jealous of the two. Gon and Killua could alone, argue over anything and everything. When he saw the two conversing, his own feelings for Killua would have crushed under the pressure from what the two shared.
Although Killua couldn't see it for his angle, Gon definitely saw the sadness in Daniel eyes. Whether it was from instinct or the desire to clear the sadness from Daniel's eyes, Gon brought the boy into the other's little game of 'mine'.
Daniel shot the boy an intense look, soon smiling from Gon's contagious smile. But the moment Gon brought Daniel into the game, Killua was jealous.
In the end everyone had been smiling at some point of the game.
The moment dinner had finish, Gon remembered something he had to talk about "Oh, right, Mito-San." Gon produced his Hunter Licence, showing it proudly to Mito. "Look! This is a Hunter License."
Mito took the card, looking over it as she flips the card "Hmm... It looks pretty normal." She took the card between her fingers, bending it like piece of rubber.
Gon freaked out, snatching the card out of Mito's hands "Hey, what are you doing?"
"Just Kidding..."
Daniel chuckled between the two's reaction, pointing a finger lazily in Gon's direction "From the things we've learned... I highly doubt the card would be that easy to break."
Mito laughed as well, smiling at the younger boy "I would never do anything like that."
"Hmm..." Gon expected the card, flipping it to see if there was any permanent damage. "What if it doesn't work anymore?"
"Highly doubt it..." Daniel flashed Gon a smile.
"~"
Time travelled by as Gon decided that he'll show the others around. Rushing out of the house, Gon ran to the side of the house, yelling out to Mito "Mito-San, I'm going to show Killua and Daniel around the island."
"Won't that take a while? Want me to pack some food for you?"
Gon was really excited, too excited to wait for Mito's reaction. He turned around quickly running towards the path "That's okay! We'll find something to eat in the forest."
Mito smiled at the boy, quickly yelling out something she had just remembered "Oh, there's some visitors on the Island. If you run into them say hi and see how they are doing?"
Gon stopped, turning to face Mito "Visitors?"
"Yeah, they should be in the forest camping... a man and his daughter. I think she's about your age, Gon."
"Okay, we'll drop by!"
Daniel and Killua looked at each other, wondering on what Gon is going to do having heard about the new girl.
Next chapter a new character is introduced.