Thanks so much for reading! I'm actually focusing more on this now because I'm getting excited~ You'll see why~ XD Can't wait for this arc to be done~ However that means the excitement will pass once they get into Greed Island... So... I might start to procrastinate again when I get there. ^^;
Zeladious - ... Watashi wa zutto Nihon o rikai shite inai, zan'nen ^^; Thanks for the edits!
"The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance." - Alan Watts
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"Killua?" Gon said, putting the phone to his ear.
"The woman's here," Killua said, loud enough Kurapika and I could hear his voice through the phone. "She's with her buddies. There are six, moving together. That topknot guy's here too." Gon made a face.
"Is he really that bad?" I asked. Gon nodded.
"One more thing," Killua added. "There's one person that wasn't there yesterday. He's probably the leader." I perked up.
"Can you describe him?" Gon asked.
"He's wearing a black coat, with St. Peter's cross on the back. He has combed-back clack hair. I can't see his face." Killua's tone changed. "And they're too alert! I'm too afraid to circle around in front."
"Let me speak to him," Kurapika said, holding his hand out. Gon handed him the phone and he put it to his ear. "Where are you now?" I couldn't hear Killua's voice clearly anymore. "There's a station nearby. Can you make it onto their train?" Oh, they were heading to a train station? I wondered where they were going... There must be some purpose... My brain started racking with options again. "Leorio, take us south." Kurapika kept the phone to his ear, on, for the time being.
I watched the cars and trees and buildings pass by. We were going to head into a battle soon. I didn't know what kind, but I knew a battle of some form would happen.
And it wouldn't come without casualties.
I looked back at Kurapika, staring forward, sunglasses hiding the emotion in his eyes.
Kurapika... What are you going to do now?
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"Melody's in the same car as they are. This train's headed toward Castor. I'm in the last car." Killua said to us through Kurapika's phone.
"Castor…" Kurapika repeated.
"The auction site's that way." Gon said.
"So is our hotel…" Kurapika muttered. My mind was racing. They were definitely headed somewhere. With the numbers they had they could be going to either. But would they target another auction? Or would they be headed to the hotel? My gut said they were headed to the hotel.
"I'm going to hang up now," Killua said.
"Ok, be careful. Call if anything comes up," Kurapika said, hanging up the phone. "Basil."
"Huh?"
"I'm going to be relying on you a lot here to stay near me at all times. So if they attack I need you to be alert and ready to defend so I can stay on attack." I nodded at the Kurta who was explaining his plan. "Are you OK in your world?" I nodded again.
"I have a friend taking care of me now." A smile found it's way to the three boy's faces. "What?"
"It's nice to see you making more friends," Kurapika said. I blushed slightly, turning my face away from them, running a gloved hand through my bangs.
"He's not a friend... He's kind of weird actually..."
"Oh?"
"He speaks in third person a lot and picked up on my Nen."
"I thought you said people in your world can't sense Nen," Kurapika said with a questioning tone, curious. I shook my head.
"They can't use Nen, and Nen doesn't exist there whatsoever. However I can use it there, but that's because I learned it here, so I think Nen is possible in my world, but not discovered yet," I explained, thinking. "I don't think it will either, at least for a long time. Though it is true people there can't really sense Nen, when I use Ren or anything that flares up I turn a lot of attention to me. It just draws people's attention, like a vibe in the air... That's all."
"So how did this guy find out?" Leorio asked. "Did you tell him?" I shook my head.
"He was watching me and noticed all the little unnatural things changing when I transferred worlds. He also knows I'm strong and fast, so... He said he'd protect me from the cops after my butt if I-"
"The cops are after you?!" Leorio yelled.
"Y-yeah..." I murmured.
"Why Basil?" Gon asked. I hesitated my answer.
"That's just how my world is..." I sighed, looking back out the world. The others were silent as well until Kurapika's phone rang once more. It was Killua.
"They got off at Liber Station. They're headed toward the Saloma Department store exit," the ex-assassin said.
"That's not good. The hotel's that way," Kurapika said. I thought so. Might they be trying to go after Kurapika? Probably.
"There's the station," Leorio said, motioning in front of us a ways. "Shouldn't we get closer?"
"No," Kurapika replied, slightly tense. "If we get any closer, they might sense my animosity. Gon, The range I should stay at is the distance from here to the station entrance. I must attack from this distance if I don't want to be noticed. It will take approximately 0.5 seconds to land an attack. That's more than enough time for them to evade it. Unless they're distracted…" I stared at Kurapika. That was amazing, my reaction time wasn't even that good. Sure I could react fast, but most of the time it was instinct. I'd have to be especially focused if I wanted to help my friends, as to set up a barrier took at least a second...
If it was me protecting myself against someone like Kurapika I'd have no chance. And these Troupe members were faster? How did he expect me to be able to help? I was completely useless!
"Don't worry," Gon said to Kurapika. He placed a hand on my shoulder. I flinched, looking at him, then smiled at the look on the boys face. We could do it. If we had a good strategy. This wasn't only a matter of strength, this was a matter of brain power as well.
"Spiders!" Kurapika said quickly with animosity in his voice. I looked forwards toward the station where I saw a group of people walking out, looking around, before talking among themselves. I looked them over, memorizing as much as I could of them.
There was the leader, as Killua had described. I recognized him immediately from the description Killua gave. He looked fairly young. The next one that caught my eye was a short one with hair covering their face completely. They were obviously not a child... Then there was the guy who could only be the 'topknot' guy Killua and Gon were talking about and two girls. One must be the mind-reader. One had pink hair while the other had blonde hair. My bets was on the blonde. The pink haired girl looked more like an attacker that specialized in ninja-like abilities, not a mind-reader. However I didn't know for sure, so there was no way I could make a correct assumption at the moment.
And then they ran.
"They're going toward the hotel," Kurapika said with grit teeth. "They're fast!" I stared at them go. Yes they were... I stared at my hands. Could I really do this?
"Can we get there by car?" Gon asked Leorio, looking out the window.
"It's rush hour," Leorio replied. "They might be faster on foot." Might was an understatement, looking at this traffic. I could probably lightly jog and still make it to the hotel in this rain filled weather faster than Leorio in his car.
The sound of a click brought my attention, as well as Gon's and Leorio's, and we looked over to see Kurapika had jumped out of the car and was now running as fast as he could after the five who had taken off just moments before.
"Kurapika!" Leorio yelled after him.
"Wait here until I contact you," Kurapika yelled back.
"But... What about the plan...?" I asked, unsure of what to do now. Gon hopped out of the car too, running after Kurapika.
"Wait Kurapika... I have a good idea! Kurapika!" I stared after them. What do I do?
"I'm going after them Leorio," I said. "I might not be much help but I might be able to do something!" I hopped out of the car, making sure the two passenger doors were closed, before giving a flabbergasted Leorio a thumbs up and running after the two boys. I saw a familiar flash of white and realized Killua went after them as well.
At this rate I'd never make it. They were much faster than me, speed-wise. I had endurance thanks to... My prior life... However endurance was great for distance, not time. I needed to run faster. Get after them faster. How could I though? There were too many people... It was so crowded, and the others were faster...
Then a thought struck me as I remembered what I had done back in the sewers. I could try using my barriers? Would I be able to risk that? In the long run it might make me slower, but also... If I could do it I'd get there faster than just running along the ground after them. No twists or turns. Able to see what's happening from a distance.
Might as well try.
I quickly dodged into an alleyway, glancing around. What was I even doing? How the hell could I use barriers to climb to the roof? The time in the sewers was a fluke, At that height there was no way...
But what if I made the height smaller?
It only took me a second and I realized what I needed to do, making a barrier big enough for me to jump on, then jump onto a large dumpster. I then made a barrier above that, which I was able to jump across the alleyway and grab a window from, pulling myself up onto the ledge. I made the mistake of looking down and gulped, then repeated the process of making barriers, jumping, and climbing until I reached the roof.
Success.
I grinned at my newfound skill then started running along the rooftops, creating flat barriers from one to the next as I continued running forward as fast as I could, keeping an eye on the streets below.
I didn't see them.
Was I too late? Did I get too far behind? Were they already in trouble? I started to panic. Yes, I wasn't quick enough and now they were in trouble!
I glanced back down at the roads and alleys and sidewalks I passed.
No, I couldn't think that. Maybe they went another way? Maybe they went down a different road, a different alley? Turned somewhere? Maybe I had passed them?
No, I hadn't passed them. I felt no-
Anger. Threatening. A threatening, foreboding feeling. I felt it. Where was it coming from?
I glanced down as I jumped over another alleyway and skidded to a stop, almost falling flat on my face. There, that was Kurapika, right? I couldn't tell much with his wig... I looked down over the edge of the roof again to see two forms. Yes, that looked like Kurapika. Who was that with him?
I glanced around the edge of the alleyway to see two spiders, the leader and the ninja looking girl, and-
Killua and Gon.
Killua and Gon had been captured?!
I stared after them a moment, then down at the girl who I assumed was the Melody Kurapika was talking to and Kurapika himself.
Wait.
How the hell was I going to get down from here?!
Soooo sorry for the short chapter! T^T I tried to lengthen it as much as I could but... Things just happened so fast here. I added a bit at the end there though so... I hope it was OK. ^^;
Will probably upload the next chapter this week as well. Man I'm on a roll! XD I'm just too excited for this! Though yeah, as I said before, I'm expecting to probably go on hiatus from this again right after they get into Greed Island... Mainly because, seriously, that's not the easiest or most remembered arc for me, and I hate to admit it but... That arc was not written really well by anyone so I'm going to try and write it nicely for you guys but that means making it interesting for myself and let me tell you, Greed Island is the hardest for me to write. Every (Well not every there were two, one was good but the other breezed through it in a chapter) HXH fanfic I've written or read cuts off before then. I'll probs be good with the Chimera ant arc but considering I've only found ONE fanfic that got there and they breezed through it too fast... I'll have to rewatch and copy that entire arc. Not looking forward to it. T^T Unless Basil doesn't go to do the Chimera ants... HMMMM But she needs to be with Killua for things to happen... HMMM Yeah, she'll do the Chimera Ants. But yeah, there'll be issues with that so... Yeah. Just warning you guys, once Greed Island comes there'll be so many issues and stuff... Any help is greatly and deeply appreciated! T^T Love you all!
REMINDER! I have a poll on my profile about the Greed Island Arc, I wanted to know your all opinions. The poll be up until the GI Arc starts, and I'll be reminding people until I get a decent amount of votes. I really appreciate all the votes I've gotten so far and it's really a relief, and honestly I wish I didn't need to keep posting this reminder but the top three are so close, neck and neck, and I want one to be further than the others before I choose it. Thanks!
