Demon's Light chapter 37
Ging was right
The chapter title says it all. Prepare to rage at this one character.
Kurasaki Merina- I missed you guys too!
Sherlsepeare- Muwahahaha, I just did ;D Oh, the Omokage thing was before the whole incident with the slaughter of Kurapika's people. Omokage had the idea to try to hunt down the Scythe and suggested it to the group to help the people, some of the troupe were for it some were against it but then they all went for the scythe regardless. Some parts of it were explained in earlier chapters but it's also one of those things that I purposely left up to readers interpretation XD
Guest- Lolol! You might be right! Read on and you'll see! :D
Disclaimer: I do not own Hunter x Hunter
Killua was in the fright of her life when she finally woke up. Groggily, she began to sit up wondering where the heck she was but when her eyes lands on Gon, she went in a full blown panic attack.
"Gon! Oh no, his scent...don't tell me he!?" She holds him under his armpits to see the blood faintly oozing from his missing right hand. Blood drops from her forehead and realizes it was the source of this suicidal transformation. Most importantly though...Gon's heart was still beating, ever so faintly. She knew it was getting weaker and weaker just like how it was the last time. "Gon! Speak to me! Wake up!"
She shakes him lightly, patting his cheeks desperately, "This is bad. He's freezing cold!" She struggles to lift him off the floor, "I'm going to bring you back to Senritsu. Her world has much more stuff to help you out! So just hang in there, don't you dare die on me!"
"I think you should take a seat instead, Miss Killua~"
Her eyes snapped opened to the source of the voice. Load and behold, Pariston was in front of her sitting on one of the wheelie chairs that was still in the broken office. Alive and well...with the same stupid grin on his face of course.
"You were alive this whole damn time...I knew it!"
"Hahaha! You're absolutely right~!" Pariston laughs.
"What the hell are you doing here? You know what, screw that. Get out of my way. King or not, I don't care if all the dimensions frame me again, I will kill you if you try to stop me." She threatened.
"Oh no, no, no~! That's not what I'm here for! By all means, feel free to stop me if I anger you any further! However, I'm just here to check up on some things. I heard you were here so I was passing by-"
"Bullshit," Killua spat. "If you wanted, you could've told us in the beginning you weren't dead instead of making us go through all of that crap. You planned this, didn't you?"
"All of this was planned since the beginning!" Pariston laughed once again, "There's no way I would really be killed off by such a simple thing. I even knew it was coming based on Princess Neon's predictions months ahead before her powers were stolen! A simple doppleganger spell was all I needed for that day."
"Tch, you really are a bastard."
"This was merely to get Kuroro and his Troupe out in the open when I discovered their little 'secret'. All of them are extinguished now...but the final touches hasn't been made yet~" He hummed secretively.
"What was that?! I had just enough of your yapping already! You put us through this shitty ordeal making us criminals. What's your real goal?!" Killua was getting more and more on edge. She wanted to move but something about the way Pariston sat emanated danger in every corner. Killua remained cautious.
"Hmm~ Well, it'll be obvious to you when you realize it...and it would already be too late! However, I'm still willing to offer you something in exchange for all of your troubles."
"What the hell do you mean?"
"If you recall, I asked you and Kurapika if you two wanted something in return for getting the dimensional key back. However, you've never accepted what I offered and you never told me what you wanted in the end. So how about it Killua? What is it you want?"
"What I want?" Killua stopped to think for a moment. There's no way the King has healing powers to save Gon. There wasn't much time but within her mind palace, a concept comes to her. One that was mentioned not too long ago. If she can really take Pariston by his word then he would be able to grant this to her...
"I want your Nanika."
Pariston raises his eyebrow, clearly in surprise. "I beg your pardon?" He says slowly.
"Don't play dumb, you know exactly what I'm talking about." Killua narrows her eyebrows, bringing Gon closer to her, "You and all the other Kings have one, so I want yours."
"Oh? Where did you learn of such a fact?"
"I have no reason to tell you. Besides, you are willing to give me anything I want, right? Or should I blurt out to the public the truth behind your fake death?" Killua snidely smirks. "I'm sure you just have some normal cover up story that you distributed, but my memory can easily be projected through a simple spell. Also, what would the people think if you had a wish granter from the Void Beyond? You and all the other kings?"
"Hahaha~! You got me! You are good as they say." Pariston continues to laugh it off, "Fine then, I shall surrender my Nanika over to you. After that, I'm not liable for any consequences."
"I don't need you to be."
He tosses over a small rubber ball over to her and she catches it with ease. With that done, Pariston finally gets up from his chair. "Well Killua, I'll talk to you sometime in the future."
Pariston walks away briskly opening a portal with a ticket in his hand and exiting out of the realm. Killua couldn't help but stick her tongue out at him. She then peered at the ball. It was gray with dark beady eyes and a wide smile. Eventually, a dark gas emits from the ball, the smiley face and the rounded form changing its shape. A large gaseous being floats in front of her like a giant teddy bear.
Killua knew this would be the fastest way to return Gon back to normal...and possibly get his arm back. She may have encountered one in the past but she has never wished something from a Nanika before. At that point she didn't care how it was going to be done...she was willing to give up anything to save Gon right now.
"Please...help me. Gon he..." She breathes out heavily. "He's been through so much because of me. He...He lost his arm, he was suffering from pains and curses while trying so hard to hide it from me and now he's even turned into a demon because of me! He's dying because of it! I...don't think I deserve him. He doesn't deserve any of this..." Her forehead touches his, "I don't care what the favors are, I'll do them all. Please, just save him."
"Killua?"
Her eyes widen, Killua didn't mention her name at all to this Nanika. "You...know my name?" From what she read, they have to know the name of the person asking the wishing before giving out the requests, but this was unprecedented.
"You don't remember?" The being tilts their head.
"Remember?"
"They were trapped under a rock and I helped them up." Killua's eyes widens when she recalled what she told Gon not too long ago. "I thought Nanika was some black teddy bear and I kept hugging them saying they were cute and wanting to bring them home. But my grandpa stopped me, saying I would be breaking the law."
"Don't tell me...You're...The same one I helped? When I was a kid?" Killua asks with doubt. It this is the same one, this would be the strangest coincidence of all time.
"Aye~!" Nanika chirps.
Killua was utterly grateful that she's lucky enough to meet the one she helped years ago. "I need your help."
Nanika nods. "I don't want Killua to do favors. Nanika owes you." Killua exhales a bit relieved she doesn't need to hurry up with her requests. "But I have to stay in Killua's body for it to work."
"Possession," Killua concluded. "That's the only way you can grant my wish without me doing the favors?"
"Aye."
"How long will you stay within me?"
"...Depends?" Nanika tilts their head.
"On what?" Nanika remains silent as if they knew the answer but doesn't know how to go about saying it. "You don't know how to say it? Or you don't know how you'll get out of me?"
"Aye..." Killua couldn't tell whether it answered the former or the later, but either way she knew that Nanika would stay in her body for a long time. Right now the aftermath doesn't matter to her, she was willing to go through with it.
"Maybe all they want a hug!" Gon spread his arms happily.
"Hey," She lets go of Gon and spreads out her own arms just like Gon did in that short flashback. "You want a hug?"
Nanika's eyes widens with pure joy, swiftly floating over to embrace Killua. She closes her eyes when she feels Nanika phase into her body and by the time Nanika successfully possessed her, her eyes opens and emits a dark glow.
The second Killua's eyes turned back to normal (presuming that the wish was accepted), something appeared in front of her through Nanika's power. Killua rubs her eyes not feeling different now that Nanika was in her body, but what she saw in front of her was even more surprising.
"Drulululululullaah!"
It was...a clown head...that's isn't Hisoka! It appeared with a party hat on top, big exaggerated lips, a big red nose, a spot of blue paint over one of his eyes and a scar over the other. It was about the size of a doll...a creepy one. "Yahahaha! Hello~! I'm Crazy Slot! Yup that's my name! You may know me from that old death scythe legend but that ain't important-I FINALLY HAVE A NEW HOST THAT CAN ACTUALLY OPERATE ON HIS OWN WILL! Thank you whatever omnipotent being called me here. Good thing I didn't head back to Alteria yet!" It seemed to be relieved as he floated above Gon.
Killua understood that Nanika summoned this clown to her from the fade of Nanika's mist...but something caught her completely off guard. "YOU are the death scythe?!" She remembered the tale Kurapika mentioned.
"Co~rrect my dear! This is a fine host, oh but this arm...I know! I shall be his arm! Don't worry, I may talk a lot but I'll only come forth whenever my new host summons me. I'd rather sleep for eons and eons. Jeez, do you realize how long I have been up? Trying to absorb me, stuff me up in that book and trying to control me is a terrible idea! I wasn't compatible with my last owner at all and it drove the both of us mad! Who the heck thought of that?" He merged into the severed arm adjusting the size to how his arm should be. It turns from black to his original skin color instantly.
Hisoka was close to being engulfed by Machi's looming shadow when the darkness stopped midway. He heard a soft chuckle come from Machi despite her being in her restraints, she let a full blown laughter. "Ahhh~ I get it now!"
"Hmm?" Hisoka couldn't help but look down at her from where he was at.
"Unfortunately for you Hisoka," Machi starts off. "I'm afraid you won't be facing the leader anytime soon. Not now, not ever." She ends it off with a scheming smile as her body dissipates into ink. Escaping from Hisoka's binding and floating off towards a certain direction.
Hisoka eyebrows lifts in disbelief watching the scene unfold. He then narrows his eyes and glanced to where the remnants of Machi is going. He decides to follow it.
"Eh?" Shizuku peers at her fading hands. "What's happening?"
"Ahh...I remember now." Kortopi was beside her hiding in an abandon store while Phinks and Bonolenov takes care of the three Zoldycks. Pakunoda was hiding in a place preparing to shoot when necessary. "Don't you?"
"Oh..." Shizuku blinks, wondering what the small man meant. "Oh! I forgot!"
"Usually Franklin helps jog your memory but for this one...it's a bit special huh?" Kortopi says.
"Yeah...I guess we'll be seeing Nobunaga too."
Kortopi nods. "See you there?"
Shizuku smiles as they both returned to their original forms.
Spinning the hilt of her favorite gun, Pakunoda watches the fight above ground. Peering at the three Zoldyck's, she knew the one with the darkest hair seemed to be the most distracted despite his aim being clear and precise. She could easily tell from the look of those emotionless orbs but then again, she wouldn't blame herself if she was wrong.
Carefully adding in one of her special rounds, she inserts it in and steadies her aim. "Huh?" An epiphany came over her, "Oh...no." She lowers her gun. "So this is...why."
A group of cats were hiding behind the corner. She knew a while ago but didn't have the intention to disturb them, "They always loved cats..."
"That's a cat?! That's a real cat!" Pairo jumps up and down.
"Whoa! It's even our size! Look!" The young Kurapika tries to lift up the cat.
"Be careful not to anger it." Pakunoda warns gently.
"I know!" The cat licks Kurapika's cheek causing him to laugh.
She sighs with a smile while the cats she was looking at caught her eye. As they all began to stare at her, she simply tilts her head with a smile. "Nya?"
With that, she reverts back into her black form.
"Tch! These Zoldycks are getting annoying!" Phinks skids back attempting to fight against Silva's incoming lighting meteors.
"No matter, Paku will assist us soon!" Bonolenov was spinning around to propel away Zeno's wind dragon that was closely closing in on him. "Oh...we might have to make a break for it actually..."
"WHAT?!" Phinks punched the giant ball of electricity back at Silva and jumped away from the barrage of needles that came from Illumi. "We're close to winning and you wanna-OH F-" Zeno directs his dragon at his direction and he forces a step back. "Well great! Just great! So now that I finally know...Crap! Too bad ya stupid dragon! You ain't gonna get me! HAHAHA!"
The dragon opens its jaws to engulf Phinks but by the time it bites, Phink's fades into black swirling himself away.
"What the?!" Zeno pulls his dragon back up with his motioning fingers to Bonolenov's direction instead.
"Hey! Wait for me!" With that, the second spider on the field disappears the same way Phinks did.
"What is happening?" Silva waltz's over to Zeno, "This isn't because we overpowered them. Something else is a foot."
"Indeed. Might I suggest we scope out the other spiders first? If they met the same fate, we should report in. No point doing the job if there's no target to go after."
"Agreed. Illumi, you take the other..." When Silva turns, he wasn't mildly surprised that his son wasn't there. "Again?"
"We'll have to see how his little errand goes. I'm sure Killu will be just fine~" Zeno moved forward.
"Uvo...why couldn't you just wake up like a normal person?" With both hands on his hips, Shalnark scolds the giant.
"Because I'm not normal? We have to start things off with a bang!" He slammed his hand against a building not once, but twice in attempt to get up.
"Okay big guy, how about going back to my size? We're done with this city so we should hurry and move onto the next when Danchou and the others are finished." Shalnark tells him
A little by little Uvogin shrink back to Shalnark height...but taller of course, he's still a hulk in his own way. "So we're just going to chill? Dang it, the moment I get here I end up doing nothing! All because of that Kurapika bas-"
Both Shalnark and Uvogin emitted a gasp. The shorter spider covers his mouth, "This is...!"
"It can't be...these memories...these are real?!" Uvogin stomped. "Dang it! They really are real! What the hell?!"
"Maybe the others are experiencing this too...I think, we're going to go back to normal soon...like Nobu. Remember the video recording?"
"All too well." Uvo huffs, "So you're saying that's going to happen to us soon?"
"Not just us...I think the rest of the members are going through this too. Heh, we were stupid huh?"
"Tch, I don't know if stupid is the right thing to say. Danchou behaved odd when we retrieved Nobunaga. So for all we know...he probably knew what we were since the very beginning."
"I think you're right. He never mentioned him after we returned but we never bothered to question it either. It all makes sense...see?" Shalnark holds out his hand that was currently fading into ink. "I guess it is happening."
"Keh," Uvogin witness both of his legs doing the same thing, "At least we'll get to see Nobu again."
"As annoying as he was, I missed him too." Shalnark admits with a chuckle. "It's strange...I feel scared going back..."
"I don't think you need to be scared," Uvogin grins, "Kurapika will know a way to bring us back again. At least that what the Danchou would want."
"Yeah, I think so too. So much for calling him a bastard the past couple of centuries huh Uvo?" Shalnark teases.
"Hey! I wasn't get in my right of mind until right now! I'm not the only one to blame!"
Shalnark snickers, "When we come out of the book again, let's have a drink?"
Uvogin holds his thumb up and winks, "As long it's on you. We'll go all night! YAHAHAHAHA!"
They both faded together with a smile, returning to their place with Nobunaga.
Franklin prepares to aim at a falling Gon and Killua from his position. Both hand lowers when the memories flood into his head as well. "Ah..." He continues to stare down at the two falling and sighs, "Sorry kids...I mean, I was about to shoot you but since you're Kurapika buds...I can't help you guys like this...not anymore." He sees his feet turning black.
"Hahaha! Weee!" Pairo was riding on top of Franklin's head.
"I wanna a turn!" Kurapika bounces up and down.
"Me too!" "What about me?" "I want next!" Other tiny demons requests a turn as well.
"Alright kids, Kurapika is after Pairo. Hanggggg onnn tight!" He runs like the wind and Pairo continues to laugh while holding on to him for life.
"Heh, who would've thought I'd miss those kids." He closes his eyes with a smile, submitting to his fate as he fully disappears into the sky.
"Feitan? How do I become strong like you?" Kurapika asked Feitan one day.
"If you want to rush to get strong, mix your blood with some other species. But it you want to do it the hard way...you gotta practice for years kid." He flicks out his umbrella when he notice the rain. "Better get inside. Young demons like you catch cold's easily."
"I won't get a cold if you're with me!" Kurapika pouts walking side by side with Feitan until they got inside.
Feitan drops across the building after listening to Franklin's orders. Cleaning his sword from Gon's blood, he peers at his left hand that was slowly being covered in black. He snorts, "Figures. It's always the feisty ones that causes this kind of trouble." He opens his umbrella, swinging it to his back and looking at the sunset before him. With a small smirk, he looks at the sun for the last time. "See you on the other side."
The wind whisked his remains away.
Gon finally stirred and Killua was glad that he finally opened his eyes. "Gon!"
"Mmm, Killua?" His head sways weakly looking at her...and fell back asleep.
As much as Killua wanted to slap him at that moment...she simply shook him awake again. "Hey."
Finally feeling more awake this time, Gon rubbed his eyes and sits up. "Hey." He looks around in obvious disbelief that he was really awake. "Am I...dead?" Gon points at himself wondering if this was life after death.
"Yep, welcome to the afterlife. We both got screwed."
"Really?!" Gon gawked.
"Chill, I'm just kidding." She pokes his forehead.
"Mmm, don't tease me like that Killua! I really thought we were dead! And then all I did was for nothing!"
"Trust me, I went through something just now as well. So we both did all or nothing."
Gon froze at those words and gazed at her cautiously. "...What did you do?"
"Something not as stupid like drinking my blood reverting the whole turning into stone process making you turn into a demon and nearly giving me a panic attack," Sarcasm at her finest.
"Umm..." Gon sweat-drops. "I'm sorry...It was the only thing I could think of while I was like that and...I didn't want Killua to die."
"Same, that's why I asked Nanika to help me." She folded her arms.
"Nanika Was here?"
"Nanika is still here." Killua pointed to herself this time, "Possession. It was the only way I could get my wish granted without any favors. I'll explain the rest later...but as for you..." She points at his arm.
"Eh?" Gon looks down as see his new right arm. "EH!? But wasn't...wasn't this?"
Killua exhales, "It's kinda hard to explain..."
"You are the new symbol of death! Congratulations~!"
"Hah?!" They both shrieked when Crazy Slot came forth again. This time he emerged in a form as a watch on Gon's wrist. "With great responsibility comes with great consequences! What's your name kid?"
"...Gon." And he had no freaking clue what the hell was going on.
"Gon! You seem to be more in control of yourself than Kuroro. Honestly that being didn't have any essence to begin with when he tried to control me. That's why things didn't go well with him and he couldn't really do his job right while I was stuck in that dusty old book since he's connected with that thing and all. SO! Since the whole killing jig hasn't been a thing for billions of years already, I'm just here to serve and sleep really since I expanded WAY too much energy these past bazillion years. Your body may be that of a demon since it looks like you undergone some transformation, but the moment I remove my existence from your body, you'll be dead for good so be careful!"
"E...Eh?" This was a lot for Gon to take in.
"That's the price being the new Grim Reaper! Don't worry about reaping anyone though, I've been waaay too active. I just wanna sleep. Time for retirement! Whew, I'd never thought I'd say that!"
"Then what happened to Kuroro...did Kurapika?"
"Yeah, kicked the bucket himself at the last minute. Who would've thought holy water was strong enough to cut the magic of the book." Wow, the clown spoke normally.
"Then Leora was there too?!" Killua edged closer to see the clown.
"I don't know the names of these characters. They all sound like unicorn burgers...which I haven't had for centuries-"
"They banned unicorn meat eons ago..." Killua informed him, "Only the chips from the horns are allowed now."
"DANG IT!"
"So...how am I the grim reaper?" Gon asked confused.
"I'm a part of you now! Like I said your body is a demon but in reality you have the real reaper's scent! Unlike Kuroro. So either you wanna be targeted or you can hide out for who knows how long."
"You're...not evil?" Gon tilts his head.
"Hey, that wasn't my fault! The book itself was already an unstable magic item so it MADE me evil! Shessh, don't stereotype me because I'm death. It's rude to the dead, got it?!"
"This clown...talks way too much." Killua thought she was going to get a headache.
"Well excuseeeee me! I am going to sleep! Master, call me whenever you need me~!" And with that, the watch disappears, seeping back into Gon's newly formed arm.
"His real goal..." Killua came to a realization, clenching her teeth. "He wanted to get someone to be the new 'grim reaper' and 'he' knows about it."
"Who?"
"Pariston. That bastard is alive." Killua confirms. "He was the one who gave me Nanika in the first place."
"No matter how much that bastard smiles, he really is evil on the inside. Never trust that man even if the universe is gonna explode." Gon recalled Gings words distantly.
"Gon I'm...because you met me, you've been through all of this mess and look what's happened to you! I-I asked for a way for you not to die and the first thing that gets summoned was that thing!"
"If Pariston planned all of that out then maybe he gave you Nanika on purpose?" Gon suggested.
"This bastard...when I get my hands on him-Wait...I can't! If I do then he'll threaten using your current status as death...ARGHH!" Killua slammed her hands on the floor. "Why does this have to happen to us of all people?!"
"I'm...sorry Killua." Gon smiled weakly.
"Wait, why are you apologizing?!"
"Because of me, I made you go through all of that too. I...didn't think any of this would happen. Earlier when I thought I was dying I wanted to reach out to you so badly. I wanted to say that I don't regret anything." He peers at his hand, "I never thought I'd wake up again but I didn't think I'd have this..."
"He calls himself Crazy Slot." She still thinks the name was strange.
"Yeah, this guy...I'm...probably much more dangerous right now, so being near me might be-"
"Oh no, don't you dare start on that!" Killua cuts him off, "Don't you remember? No matter what you are, I'm never leave you."
"I know." Gon smiled, "Sorry."
"Quit saying sorry already." She stretches his cheeks to get her point across. "Besides, he seems more dormant now than the old tales I've heard of him. Since he claimed how tired he is so I doubt he'll influence you...just like Nanika right now."
"Wait, you're okay Killua?"
"I feel fine. Nanika claimed she didn't know how to un-possess me. So I'm stuck with her until I figure out how. Currently she doesn't have any influence on me...it's the same one I befriend years ago that I told you about."
"See! That means she is good!" For the new grim reaper to have a large smile on his face...Killua couldn't help but laugh at him.
"You know what? I'm just about ready to head home. This has been a long day." Killua leans herself on Gon's body.
"Yeah...same here." Gon lays back on the wall he was propped on, sighing contented. "I still think we need to find Leora though." Gon hears the dejected groan come out of Killua. "I wonder if I'll be okay around her?"
"It's only if you summon that crazy thing, your power will activate. So you're still your normal self."
"At least...there's one good thing that came out from this."
"What?" She moves her head up to him.
He illustrates the best grin he's made in ages. "I can always be with Killua forever!"
"So how are we going to get ponies? We need ponies," Pairo insisted.
"Pairo, we're fine with just my wings." Kurapika chuckles softly.
"Oh...then fly off into the sunset! And play the...the ending credits!" Pairo jumps for joy.
"My boy knows his movies." Leora wiped a tear from her eye, "Pairo, we are gonna get along fine~" She sang.
Pairo giggles loudly but then it turns into a horrified scream.
"Pairo!" Both Leora and Kurapika sees a needle hit directly at the gem of the bookmark. Pairo's body forces itself out of the bookmark and rolls into Leora's arms.
"Who's there?!" Kurapika stands up immediately spreading his arms to protect the both of them.
"Oh so the boy was inside that thing to protect him. Too bad, I thought hitting the source would kill him."
"It's the guy with long sexy hair that knows Killua!" Leora hugs Pairo even tighter.
"This person knows Killua?" Kurapika assess the man and eyes widens in realization, "I know you, you're the eldest Zoldyck sibling!" This was the first time Kurapika was face to face with this particular Zoldyck.
"You seem to know Killu as well. Then I'll get straight to the point, I want you two to take that human away from her."
"You mean Gon?! Hell no! He's my bro, he's free to flirt with her as much as he wants!" Leora rejects the offer.
"I don't think you're aware but she's already marked him." Kurapika explains, "It's better to stay away-"
"She what?!" A fire lit in his eyes, a tumultuous rage surges through him. "This is unexpected...Killu would never do such a thing. That human as already clouded her judgement to this degree? Next thing he'll do is defile her! No, I refuse to accept it!"
"Uhh, denial much. What the heck is going on with him?" Leora whispers to Kurapika who merely shakes his head.
"OI!" The three heard Killua's voice from a distance and they did see her, floating in the air. Not too far off, Gon was across on top of another building. Coincidentally, it was the same one they were just in and by the time they got to the roof, they saw what was unfolding in front of Leora and Kurapika.
"Killu, is it true you that you marked him?"
"I have, and it's not any of your business." She grinds her teeth, "I gotta take him out...it's the only way." Her pupils became slit, preparing for whatever he was willing to throw at her.
"You're even getting serious on me Killu. Everyone you've met has been a terrible influence on you." He observes Gon from afar, "What's wrong with that human's scent..." His emotionless eyes widens, "I see...hahaha, I SEE!" Illumi begins to laugh as he flew towards Gon's direction.
"Oh no you don't!" Killua raced after Illumi using her electricity. There was no way she was going to fail again.
Gon raises his right arm, hesitant but was prepared for what he wanted to do, "Craz-"
Before Gon could summon Crazy Slot or Killua could seize Illumi from behind, the clouds parted and a giant hand grabs Illumi, trapping him.
A head emerges from the skies and the giant light being looked below, "Are you the one called Gon?"
Gon didn't reply to the giant right away since he was still in awe at his radiance. "I-I am." He stuttered. He, Killua, Kurapika and Leora were still shocked by his sudden appearance.
"I am Razor, the King from the Void Beyond." He introduced himself. "I have finally gotten permission to meet you after all this time. It's an honor to finally meet you face to face."
"Um..." Gon blushed, "I-I'm sorry, but I don't think I know you Razor."
"You may not know me personally, but you have helped one of my dwelling familiars and tended to their wounds."
"Familiar?" Gon blinked confused as to what he meant...And then he remembered. "You mean Dory?!"
"Your kindness towards the one you call 'Dory' has moved me. We beings of the void are true monsters and we are known to distill fear to those who invades our world. Yet you are the first to have treated us normally without a prejudice heart. There has only been one other being that has had the same reaction and that person was your father."
"You knew Ging too?"
"Indeed. He was a strange one, but was the first one to make me laugh in all the years I've come into being." Razor smiles, "I have come to repay the favor. If this foul beast torments your world, then I shall cleanse this wretched soul from corrupting your home."
Killua wasn't the only one who heard Illumi's bones breaking under Razor's grip, crushing him slowly and painfully...Until she knew that he wasn't breathing when Razor pulls his hand back into the clouds.
"Pairo? Pairo!" Kurapika shakes the child, but he refuses to get up.
"He's...Oh god, he's in a coma!? We gotta get him to a hospital, stat!" Leora looks at them frantically. Gon and Killua both flew over making Leora gasp. "You can fly?! WHAT DID I MISS?!"
"I'll explain later! This is Pairo right? The hospital we passed earlier was destroyed!" In their search earlier, Gon and Killua came across a broken down hospital. Gon didn't want to tell her this...but he knew they had to find another hospital that can take Pairo.
"Gon you..." Kurapika starts.
"Later. Kurapika, all the hospitals we passed by were on shut down. We saw some shelters and transferring some patients on board airships." Killua filled them in.
"Then what now? Does Falsentria have hospitals?!"
"They have doctors. But this coma...could be related to the magic behind the bookmark. If Pairo hibernation isn't completed...then this might be why he's in a deep sleep now," Kurapika assumed.
"Oh~ It seems I've come late to the party~"
The four turned their heads to see Hisoka. Great. More trouble. "Oh dear, you didn't keep our end of the bargain Leora~"
"What do you mean?!" Kurapika stares at Leora horrified.
"I, uhh, hopped a ride on his dimension ticket thing? But my plan was to stop you. THINGS HAPPEN OKAY! DON'T KILL US!"
"Hmmm but I think this is even better~" Hisoka turned to Gon and he gets in a stance. "Oh this is verrrry interesting! Right now, you're even stronger than Kuroro himself! How could the fruit ripen this quickly I wonder~"
"Hands off pervert. Go back to your own world," Killua berated.
"Oh I will~" The four blinked surprised that he was willing to submit so easily. "Gon, boy~ It looks like we're fated to fight after all. With that new found strength of yours...but from what it seems, you don't have much experience yet." He flicks a card to Gon which he catches, with some difficulty. "Call me whenever you're ready for our fight. Let me know when the boss comes back as well. I have an idea on what happened down there~" He licks his lips when his eyes lands on the book. "Either way, I'd rather not interrupt your business when it could to be for my benefit later on. So toodles~" A portal opens behind him and closes when he enters.
"Well...I'm glad that didn't end up as a blood bath," Killua sighs.
"Same," the three agreed with her.
"Let's fly over to a hospital out of the city," Kurapika suggest taking Pairo in his arms.
"Right! Let's go!"
The four took off...
"That boy became the embodiment of death itself...it is quite sad." Cheadle was pouring herself a cup of tea by the break room. Both of them were back in their home world summarizing the events that occurred in the human realm. "Was this your true plan?"
"Of course it was. When I discovered Kuroro's position and the dimensional key through Neon's prediction, I had to set my plan in motion. Now that the scythe has a more stable host, we can monitor this child easily. Honestly, he looks a lot like Ging."
"His name is Gon Freecss from the information I gathered in this world. Such a horrific life he's been living here. But did you purposely choose Ging's son?"
"It was all coincidental on my part. I didn't expect him to be the new vessel but now he is, I knew Killua would figure out I have a Nanika at some point. She and Kurapika greatly exceeded my expectations, and it makes things ever better."
"Better? How?"
"If there's ever a case where I need to erase death from this world...I now have a way of disposing it entirely." With an evil chuckle of pure success, he displayed a sly smile to have ever been plastered on his face.
So in a nutshell, The Genei Ryoudan were all Kurapika creations that he drew and written inside of the skill hunter (Since Gyro is now a whole other mystery that purposely knew the future and made the book unable to handle the power of the scythe in the first place *gasp* I'm only explaining this part since there isn't going to be a sequel to the story so XD). Since they're not real beings in the sense, the power of the scythe was too powerful for them to handle and only Kuroro maintain his memories after the whole ordeal. Also, he was the sole creation that maintained the existence of everyone else in the gang by keeping the power of the scythe at bay by adding all of these different powers and abilities into the skill hunter thus becoming real criminals that were trying to contain and overthrow the death scythe's uncontrolled state. The reason they needed to eradicate all dimensions is to free themselves and the scythe since if there are no other beings residing in all the different dimensions left and they're all killed off, then the scythe can't affect them in any way. And in my head in makes sense but it still might be confusing for you guys so I'd thought I type this out and if it still doesn't make sense...THEN...idk I'll probably do a step by step thing or something or request a way to make it easier D:
How the situation turned out for Gon on the other hand, it's self explanatory but also sad since now that he can live a long life with Killua, he will be left behind since Killua will die before him now. Either that or, the death scythe gets bored and can leave him at any time they feel like and Killua will be left alone. So...FEEL THE FEELS PPL.
*Crazy Slot is Kite/Kaito's Hatsu in the anime and manga.
*Pariston is evil, Ging is right. The world is ending.
*Poor Neon is practically to blame for everything that happened indirectly. And Gyro.
*Razor appearing was actually foreshadowed so many chapters ago in chapter 22! In the random who wants to be a millionaire game, Kurapika answered the question based on Natsume Yuujinchou and the answer he got wrong, there was a very similar scene in that episode of that series and from when Gon helped out dory in chapter 28 I think also is a ref from that episode so I decided to reference it here way back cause...I can't remember why actually maybe I thought it was cool or I was so into Natsume at the time idk.
The Main Story is now over! The END! XD Actually not yet, 3 more chapters left. Gotta wrap things up with stuff and excessive fluff and mating confirmation things. Next week update might be a little late around Friday probably cause work and job which is both things at the same time...why do I do this XD