"Anything else we should know?" Leorio asked.
Lance thought for a moment, fingers resting on his chin. "No, I don't think so, if anything come to mind I shall let you know"
The males nodded, and as one looked up the stairwell to the sleeping female room, all each with their different thoughts…
chapter 51
It had been a day since Mari brought everyone to her penthouse, though currently the rooms were empty and quite. Void of movement as the three occupants stayed still.
Melody shifted, slowly opening her eyes to a brightly lit room she laid in. she listen carefully, before her eyes spotted the sleeping form of kurapika on the bed opposite her. She sighed in relief upon hearing his heart beat. He was sleeping, and sounding healthier compare to before.
She sat up on the bed pushing away the covers as she thought back. That sound.
The heartbeat of the Burnette, a haunting sound so similar to that of the sonata of darkness yet so different at the same time. She paled at the thought, has the devil himself come into the world of man?
The door creaked open, and Leorio popped his head in. "melody? Good you're awake" the man grinned.
She blinked listening closely to the man heartbeat, something was off about it but she could put her finger on it.
"Pardon?" the women questioned missing what the male before her said.
Leorio smiled, "I said, how are you feeling? You gave us a shock when you collapsed there"
"Better, just an overload on the senses" the women smiled standing up from the bed.
"How about I check you over while we get you something to eat?"
She nodded, "where it everyone else? And that… Burnette"
Leorio paused opening the door, before shaking his head gesturing for the women to follow. "Everyone what picking up some stuff, and do you mean Mari? Brown hair red hoody?"
Melody nodded, "she's around, and we are currently staying in her home"
The women stare intently at the male before her, something just wasn't right. Slowly she turned her head examining the room around them as the male told her to take a sit by the kitchen counter. He opened his suitcase of medical supplies taking out the things he needed.
"So can you explain what happened?" he started turning towards the quite female.
"I entered the room and the sound of Mari's heartbeat was too much for me to handle"
"I see..." mutter Leorio as he check her ears, seeing nothing out of the ordinary. "Why was it too much to handle? If you don't mind me asking, you haven't reacted like that around anyone else. Mari herself was quite puzzled when you passed out"
"Have you heard of the 'sonata of darkness'? The music said to be written by the devil himself. It reminded me strongly of that..." she gripped her deformed arm tightly.
"Ah, now it makes sense..." Leorio stated absentmindedly.
Melody eyes snapped toward the male, it make sense…? How did of that make sense… She was about to voice her questioned when the door swung open and a loud yell echoed around the room.
"What the hell! There another me!?" Leorio from the doorway shouted pointing accusingly at the male sitting beside melody.
She blinked as did lance, Gon and killua who knew between the identical pair. "Can't you tell the difference melody?" asked killua staring at the shocked women who shook her head unable to speak due to disbelief.
"Mari…" growled lance the aura around him darkening as his eyes glowed green. "You should be resting"
The Leorio beside melody sighed, "I was jus-" The figure voice strange as did the appearance, "-t changing into stuff to sleep in"
The Burnette yawned, wearing a large oversized shirt. Killua stared at it, "is that my brothers?" he questioned finding it oddly familiar.
Mari shrugged stepping towards the stairs in a sleepy manner. Only to be spotted by Gon, "Sugio! That was awesome! Was that your nen, what did you do?" exclaimed the excited spiky haired boy.
She ran a hand thought her hair. "Yup" she stated popping the 'p'.
"I got three abilities. Shape shifter, with my seal I can change into anything human size or smaller. Without the seal limitless options. Second one is game changer, changing weapons or nen into something else to make it more entertaining. Lastly, doll house"
"Doll house?" questioned killua stepping towards the sleepy female, Gon alongside him.
"With the seal I can control the appearing of a room and change it too my will like a doll house, without the seal I can control an environment a size of an island. Don't really use it that much though."
"Wait is that how..." Leorio didn't even need to finish the sentence the grin crawling along Mari's lips confirmed his thoughts.
Gon opened his mouth to ask more questions but was cut off by a ringing noise. Mari blinked before her blue hues zoned in on her bag. Passing the confused boys she quickly took out her phone of the depts. of the multi-coloured backpack.
"Hello" she responded tiredly.
"I heard you took off your seal" the smooth voice sounded down the phone.
"Yeah that happened, who told you" she asked, making sure that the boys weren't listening in.
"Hisoka, he's been complaining to me about keeping it a secret" moaned illumi.
"Well you wouldn't have told him unless he paid you," she yawned down the phone blinking the water out of her eyes. God she hated this…. Feeling. Ugh, of sleepiness... Is this how everyone one else feels like?
"You sound…" there was a long pause as illumi at the other end of the line tried to think of the right words, "…sleepy"
She yawned again, "Yeah turns out that, that medication I took actually did something!"
"Oh, that reminds me of the reason for calling. Father and his associates have worked out chemicals within those drugs of yours."
"Really? Sent them me"
"Sure and as a warning Hisoka my try and jump you" illumi stated with a hint of something underlining his voice.
Mari shrugged, "if you join we can make it a threesome," she teased before adding "tell him later. I got company"
With that she hung up, passing the phone to Leorio and lance as illumi sent her the ingredients. "Who was that?" killua asked and the pair read though the message.
"Your bro" she stated simply leaving the sliver haired boy to freeze up like a statue. Gon prodded him with an amuse smile.
"That's the chemicals in my meds, you able to recreate them?" she asked.
Leorio thought for a moment scanning over the list, "I can try and make something similar, but some of these are illegal and some are super rare."
She nodded, "close enough, I'm going back to sleep..."
She started for the stairs again just as killua jumped out of his shock, "wait a moment" he spoke walking up towards the Burnette, who paused zoning out his rant about who knows what. She looked down at his fluffy sliver hair, fluffy like a teddy.
"Huh?" Leorio blinked as Mari wrapped an arm around the ranting Zoldyck.
"Hey Mari what are you doing?" gon asked stepping within arm's length of the female.
Killua gasped, "Wait! No! Gon st-"
Too late, Mari wrapped her other arm around the boy, picking them both up as she stepped up the chairs. Despite the boys request to be let free. Her grip was like iron, an un-breaking hold as the pair struggled to get free before disappearing into her bedroom.
Leorio turned towards lance who let out a quite sigh as his green eyes followed the female sleepy figure. "A child at heart" he muttered, slumping on the sofa Leorio and a confused melody joining him.
"Glad you see you're up and about now," Leorio grinned at the female.
"Yes, though I am confused. The heartbeat of that female was different to before."
The man exchanged glances, "That because Mari in her human form. She is technically part demon, though don't let her know that I told you. She will kill me" lance explained.
The women nodded, it made sense. From what she had overhear and from what she understood about the music she was hunting it made sense. She glanced towards the man known as lance his green eyes studying her intently. She listened to the steady beat of his heartbeat.
"You sound similar" she stated.
The man grinned as he leant against the arm of the chair. "Were of the same mould - of sorts"
-Time skip-
Mari drifted into a state of consciousness as she felt a presences beside her. Soft finger tips brushing her hair out of her face. Mari froze as the individual moved closer. "Thank you"
A familiar voice spoke, she knew who it was but the individual name was just out of reach. "Thank you for returning the eyes to me"
The boards under foot creaked as the finger turned always. Blue eyes snapped open, as her handed clatched onto the sleeve of the blonde.
Kurapika frozen mid turn, "Mari?" he questioned, as he stared down at the barely conscious female. She tugged on his arm, taking it as a hint to move closer he sat on the edge of the bed, eyes never leaving the females face.
"Idiot" she muttered while he sweat-dropped, "look after yourself better"
He gave her a small smile, "will do"
"And" she breathed out, her eyes fluttering closed.
"I'm help you get your clans eyes back"
Kurapika froze in shock, at the statement. "You don't have too.. "
"Kurapika, I'm not taking no for an answer. It's good to ask for friends for help sometimes." She sighed letting go of the male's sleeve, "and I know way more people than you do in the underground"
The blonde sat there for a moment completed the female's words. Finally he stood with a shake of his head, "practice what you preach you idiot" he muttered with a smile.
Slowly he made his way down the stairs into the living area, Leorio sat on the sofa muttering to melody. Lance was in the kitchen cooking something for the hungry stomachs known as Gon and killua. Leorio glanced up, "did she wake up again?"
"For a moment, but she cuddling that teddy like a child" he nodded with a slight chuckle.
Killua frowned, "how did you not get dragged into a hug…" he moaned, "We got used as a teddy for over two hours instead of that cat thing! Before we manage to escape her grip"
Kurapika raised an eyebrow, before his contact covered eyes locked onto green ones. "Is that normal?"
Lance shrugged, "what would you class as normal?"
Sighing kurapika headed towards the door, melody following closely behind. "You sure it's okay for you to leave to soon?" Leorio question worry for his friend lining his voice. The blonde giving him a small smile before letting the door close behind him. He still had a job to do.
-Time skip-
Gon and killua were taking a short break from there nen training. Killua had developed his hastsu to a decent level. Gon however… still needed to work on his.
The pair were sat on the sofa chatting while eating though a packet of round chocolate balls; the boys had discovered in the cupboard. On another chair lance napped completely blissful in the land of dream. Shame it was about to be disturbed.
Killua paused in his talking as he felt a shift in the air. Something wasn't right, years on being an assassin was telling him so. "Eh killua?" questioned a confused Gon.
The sliver haired assassin moved, placing a hand on the boy's Gon to silence him as he listened. The apartment creaked, like an old horror house would do in the wind. The hair on the back of his neck stuck up as louder creak echoed through the air.
He didn't need to look at lance to know that the male was wide awake and on high alert like he was, as a book fell off the bookshelves onto the floor with a loud thud. Eyes snapped towards the coffee table, watching as the balls of chocolate slowly rolled off the edge. It dropped to the floor with a soft bang that echoed throughout the room.
Suddenly the world tilted on its axes.
Gon and killua jumped off the sofa as it suddenly flipped, the boys looked in astonishment as the sofa seemed to move on its own accord. "This place is haunted!" yelled Gon as more books flew across the room.
"Head to the doorway" lance yelled taking two steps before stopping. The doorway had twisted, bending over in half, making it doubtful that it could actually be used as a doorway. The room it-self change, parts becoming small – the kitchen becoming non-existent while others larger like a balloon before it pops.
"It's Mari!" Gon yelled pointing up towards the sleeping girl's bedroom.
The group raced up the stairs, turning the corner into the female open formatted room. Three sets of eyes landed on the figure of Mari laid twisted under covers on the bed. Her teddy having been thrown across the room as she gripped the bed covers. Her eyes flutter viotinely under their lids as her breath came out in panting gasps.
"What's wrong with her? a nightmare?" Gon asked looking at his friend and older sister in worry.
What would scare a monster so much to have nightmare that would rip the house to shreds in her sleep?
"I don't know" lance stated activating his nen. He stepped forward placed a cold hand on the sweaty forehead as he closed his eyes in concentrating.
The room around them continued to shift and shake as Gon and killua waited for lance to open his eyes - when he did there were surprised to see tears streaming down his cheeks. "Oh Mari" he whisper turning towards the pair. "Get in the bed with her now" he ordered the sadness gone from his face.
The pair didn't questioned as they jumped on either side of the female under the covers hugging her shaking form. Slowly but surely the room around them quieten down, like the settle after a storm.
The group left out a sigh of relief. Though no one moved. "What was that about?" questioned killua from his positon.
"Did you see something?" Gon asked the standing male who had a thoughtful expression on his face.
Lance glanced at the female before shaking his head, "what I saw is not something I have the right to say, as for what happened, well I think that was her third ability 'dolls house'. Now you two can sleep there tonight-"
"We will have a nap!" Gon grinned.
"Eh? Gon we need to train!?" killua countered gapping at his best friend.
Gon grinned, "a little nap never hurt anyone"
Lanced shrugged walking out of the room, not before grabbing the teddy cat as he did so. Gon and killua settled down on either side hugging the female torso before they too slipped into sleep, neither noticing the small smile gracing the half demons features.
to be continued...
hi all!
ah i know its quite a skippy chapter full of filters and hints to what the next chapters will hold! XD
soo what do you think about her abilities finally revealed!
and the fact there is at lest one more secret yet to be revealed! mwahaha :P
as a heads up the next chapter will most likley be smut... yeah
well hope you like it!
enjoy and let us know were to improve please!
happy hunting xxx
