Hey everyone. Sorry for the delay. Things have gotten pretty crazy around the world in the past few weeks, and that trend of craziness doesn't seem like it's disappearing anytime very soon. My classes were moved online because of the pandemic, and the university I go to is in a different city two hours away from my actual home, so I moved back home a couple weeks ago and I've been keeping up with my classes here. We're in quarantine here, only allowed to go outside for essentials which is all my family and I have went out for. I'm no professional, but if you're in a similar situation wherever you live, highly recommend not going outside unless you have to get groceries or something like that. Healthcare systems around the world are getting overloaded in multiple ways, so the less people that get infected, it's obviously better. I'm a business student so I've been following the markets. Started investing in stocks for the first time last week and I've made a decent return so far. Gives me something exciting to look forward to each weekday! Haha

Stay safe everyone, hope you enjoy the chapter!


Chapter 14

The tail had disappeared, so Killua got back to what he came for. He leapt across the tops of buildings and landed down where Giran would be. He knocked on the door and waited for it to open. The person who opened it did not fit the description of Giran that Killua was given, so after speaking with the person, a gray haired man with a purple suit finally appeared.

"How can I help you?" Giran asked with a bored look and a cigarette in his mouth.

"I'm here on behalf of the League of Villains," Killua started and got to the point. "I'm sure you've heard of us. We are actively searching for more members to recruit."

Giran smirked and took his cigarette out. He let out a puff of smoke. "I have an idea of some people you could recruit. You'd have to watch out though, they're dangerous." He opened his mouth to say something but decided otherwise. "What's in it for me?" he asked instead with a tint of greed in his eyes.

"Well, you'd have to talk that over with the leaders. I'm just going around to recruit villains," Killua responded simply.

The older man pulled out a phone from the pocket of his purple dress pants. He put the cigarette in his mouth again and began typing furiously on his phone. "Tomura Shigaraki, leader of the League of Villains, right? I'll speak about my reward and who these people are, with him."

Killua nodded in understanding. "Come with me if you'd like, then." Giran followed Killua to where the League would be. He's not scared at all that this might be some trap for him? the teen thought while glancing warily at the man.

"I've dealt with Shigaraki before, right before he became known in the media, actually," Giran said while blowing out some smoke. The way he knew what Killua was thinking unnerved the teen, but he nodded and kept walking. "A lot of those amateurs he lost in that stupid attack on U.A. were from my help and resources. But, the job paid well," he said with a smile on his face, thinking about the bills he was handed that day.


Gon had just submitted his choice for the hero he wanted to intern with, and Kendo and Tetsutetsu came along and submitted their decisions too.

"So Gon, who did you pick?" Kendo asked.

Gon gave a big smile, then he started chuckling, and his two friends glanced at each other in confusion. "I picked Endeavor," he answered casually after finishing his laughing.

The eyebrows of his friends shot up in surprise. "That's awesome!" Tetsutetsu crowed. "I'm sure there aren't many hero students who got an offer from him."

Kendo nodded along with what Tetsutetsu said. "Since it's lunch time, let's go get something to eat?" The two boys next to her nodded in agreement.

Gon took his lunch tray and said he needed to talk to Killua for a quick minute, and then he would join his Class B friends for lunch. I don't know who he decided yet. He came back late last night, and I was already sleeping, then this morning he said he hadn't made up his mind. He spotted the silver haired teen eating lunch with his usual group, vaguely smiling along while they were chatting away. "Killua!" the green haired teen called out with his tray in hand. His call got the attention of the people at Killua's table too. "Did you decide who you would intern with?"

His best friend dipped his head slightly and raised it back up. "Yup, I picked Edgeshot. His ninja style sounds really cool." And plus, it sounds like he might be the person who was tracking me yesterday, he thought. Killua had not yet told anyone about his tracker, not even Gon.

"Ah, that's cool," Gon commented, his attention completely unfocused on the four Class A students sitting at the same table as Killua. He heard his name be shouted by Ashido, so he turned to the girl with pink skin. "Hi, Ashido!" His eyes trailed over the other three boys there. "And Sero, Kirishima, and Kaminari!"

Ashido waited for the boys to return their own greetings before talking to Gon. "Some of us in Class A are heading over to the mall later today. We're not going to see each other for a week now because of the internships. Killua's being stupid and anti-social and not agreeing, can you convince him to come along? You can come too!"

Gon shifted his eyes to Killua, and the silver haired teen simply shrugged and rolled his eyes. Gon sighed. "Killua, that sounds fun! Let's do it!"

"I already told Kaminari I'd help him with his Quirk practice, and Mr. Aizawa said he would watch over us," Killua muttered. "Why do I have to go to a mall? And a rec room that's there?"

The green haired teen brightened up when Killua mentioned a rec room. "Like an arcade?!" Ashido nodded, and Gon's thoughts wandered back to the Greed Island arcades they played in so long ago. Killua had been obsessed with some of those crazy luck-based games, so Gon was trying to figure out why he would not like those types of games today. Oh, this isn't Greed Island…they're probably not going to be gambling games. "Okay, but still, Killua. I'm going, so you're coming too."

"You can invite your Class B friends too," Kirishima added to Ashido's invitation, remembering how he and Tetsutetsu had gotten along during the first round of the Sports Festival.

"Yeah for sure!" Ashido exclaimed, and Gon turned his gaze to the girl. "Bring them along too!"

Gon nodded and looked back at Killua. "Come on! It'll be fun!"

Yeah, yeah, sure… "Okay, fine. I'm in," the silver haired teen finally agreed. His friends around him all cheered while Killua sighed and took a bite from his lunch.

"Alright, I'll ask some of my other friends and see what they say," Gon said. "I have to get back to our table now." He said his goodbyes and went off to his own table.


After school, Killua and Kaminari stood in a training room while Aizawa watched them rather infrequently as he was focused on marking some tests they recently wrote. "So, what do you want to learn how to do? Direct electricity from one part of your body?" Killua asked and offered a suggestion of something possible.

Kaminari nodded. "That would be a good start. After that, directing it in one specific direction would be the next step."

"Okay, cool. To help you more, I guess, my first question would be: how does your Quirk activate?" Killua asked to gauge how he could go about this.

"Uh, well…" the blond teen paused for a moment to think about the answer. It seemed so intuitive to him. Kaminari did not think he would ever be asked to explain this. "Well my Quirk is an Emitter type. It kinda just, activates," he shrugged, "When I want it to."

"Okay…" Killua said and blinked owlishly. An awkward silence came up, and even Aizawa looked over from his bench to see the lack of progress.

Kaminari rubbed the back of his head. "Yeah, sorry it's not much. I can see why you asked that, but it's just so natural I don't know how to explain it."

Killua put his hands up to signal it was not the blond teen's fault. "Don't worry about it. I understand that it's natural. But, I thought that on the chance that you could explain it…it would be useful for me to understand so that I can teach you."

Killua paused, and the blond blinked. "So….?" Kaminari asked, hoping the conversation and the training would go somewhere.

"Uh, let's see…" The silver haired teen racked his brain to figure out how he could help Kaminari. If Quirks are Nen, I just have to think of it like Nen without mentioning that. This shouldn't be too hard. A starting point is…got it! "Alright. When you activate your Quirk, you probably feel energy flowing through you, right? When the electricity is surrounding you?" The blond boy nodded along as Killua spoke, and his lips formed into a smile because he could tell Killua was getting somewhere. "Well, I don't have too much advice for using electricity with one part of your body. I would say to pick something like one of your hands, or even fingers if you want to start smaller, and try focusing that energy there. Make sure you feel the same feeling as if it were surrounding your body, but on a smaller scale."

Kaminari bit his lip, then his lips curved down slightly, enough for Killua to see the blond was unimpressed. "I've thought about that before. My problem was always that I didn't know how to focus my energy like that. I thought you would, because you obviously went through it yourself."

Actually, for me it was the opposite, Killua thought while keeping a straight face. He thought back to the Greed Island Nen tryouts where he showed that old man that he could create electricity between his fingers. It was after that where I created Godspeed to have electricity surround me. That was mainly a Nen issue though because I didn't have enough Nen and practice to create electricity around me and sustain it.

The silver haired teen clenched his jaw as he realized something about Quirk users. These guys don't practice Nen. They practice their Quirks. They don't know Ren or Ten or any of the advanced techniques. That's why it's hard for them to do something like this. They might not be used to focusing on a small scale. Out of nowhere, Killua suddenly remembered Midoriya during the Quirk Apprehension Test. He had focused his Quirk on a single finger for the ball throw test.

"Maybe use a visualization to help? I don't have any ideas about that. I just focused my energy on my fingers to start out." Another thought came to him. "Or, if that's hard, then…" Killua paused and decided to give a demonstration. He flooded his body with electricity before cutting it off much of it and only leaving it flowing from his fingers between his hands. "Try this. Flood your whole body with electricity, then try to slowly stop the flow everywhere you can until only your hand is left." People here have practice with turning their Quirks on and off. This is literally just the reverse of focusing energy in a small area, but maybe it'll come more naturally to them.

Aizawa was watching the pair as Killua explained what to do. He saw Kaminari's eyes open wide, likely because it was not something he had thought of before. It's so weird that a 15 year-old kid like him knows how to do this. After watching the demonstration for a bit longer, he had to ask. "Zoldyck, how do you know how to do this at such a young age? It takes a while for even pros to develop this kind of skill."

Killua turned around and faced his homeroom teacher, and Kaminari focused on his friend. "I actually started off with a part of my body. Only my fingers could use electricity at first. But then, it spread to my whole body." He was not lying. He had started off with just a small part of his body, his fingers to be precise. It was after that when he created Godspeed.

"It's really versatile, the number of ways in which you can use it," Aizawa complimented. His two students continued staring at him, but he had nothing left to say. "Carry on, then."

Killua nodded and turned back to Kaminari. "Alright, try it out. Try both ways if you want."

The blond nodded to himself. "Cutting off my electricity sounds way more natural. I'll try that out first." Kaminari tried what he said he would. Yellow electricity flashed around his body, and Killua watched with Gyo activated in his eyes to see what Kaminari would do. "Alright, now, just need to…" he trailed off his sentence and focused hard about turning it all off except in his hands. Kaminari grit his teeth, but it was no use. His Quirk shut off entirely. "Darn, thought I was getting it."

Killua shrugged his shoulders. "Getting it on the first try is pretty tough. Your body probably wasn't sure what to make of your request, or something like that."

Kaminari nodded again. "Round two," he said, and his electricity surrounded him again. Killua was unsure what the blond had thought about during the first try. Did he try limiting his electricity to his hands immediately, or did he want to shut it down bit by bit?

"If you didn't last time, try to shut off the flow of electricity in parts of your body first," Killua suggested as an electricity-covered Kaminari looked up at him. "Instead of going all the way down to just your hands. It might be harder to do the second way."

"Makes sense, I'll follow that," the blond nodded. After his current attempt and several others, Kaminari was able to cut off the flow of electricity in about 20% of his body. It had been 30 minutes since they started, and they figured they should wrap up today's session so they could go home and get ready for the mall meet-up they were having.

"My problem with this," Kaminari started while panting. He was quite tired from the amount of energy he had to exert for the practice. "Is…let's say I get this down. And I become fast at it. Would I always have to activate my electricity and then stop the flow from there? It sounds more time consuming than focusing it directly where I want it right from the start."

The silver haired teen nodded because this was a very valid question. "Yeah, that's an interesting point. I didn't think about that. It would take slightly more time to do it this way, but…" Killua trailed off, and a thought came to his mind. "What if, it eventually leads to you being able to just stop the electricity flow before it starts?" he mused, and he could see the gears turning in Kaminari's brain. "That could be possible. I don't know. You'll have to see when you get there, but you have a good foundation now."

The blond nodded, and the two teens began to leave the training area, and Aizawa who had stayed the whole time followed them out. "Well, thanks man, for the help in training. Guess I'll see you at the mall in an hour or so?" Kaminari half-asked once they exited the building.

"Yeah, no problem. And see you then, Kaminari." Killua waved and headed for his room where he was sure Gon would be waiting to leave.

As expected, Gon was in the room and eager for Killua to get ready so they could head over to the mall. The silver haired boy rolled his eyes when Gon told him to hurry up. "Relax, Gon. They know Kaminari and I were still at school, so we planned to meet at around 5:30." He paused for a moment before remembering something. "Anyone from Class B coming?"

Gon nodded. "Monoma didn't want to come because he doesn't like Class A-"

"To be expected," Killua cut him off, and Gon chuckled for a moment before continuing.

"Shiozaki said she was busy with some stuff at home, so she can't make it. But Tetsutetsu and Kendo agreed!" he exclaimed with a big smile.

"Sounds like it'll be a little awkward," Killua commented and took off the top of his school uniform to change into a more casual shirt.

"Why? They're both friendly," the green haired boy defended.

He shrugged in return and opened a drawer in the one dresser in the room. He glanced at the shirts inside before responding, "It's a bunch of Class A students with you and two other Class B students. The two classes don't interact much. Well, at least you know the main group that's coming."

"Do you know who else is coming?" Gon asked. "Besides the people you usually sit with."

"No idea," Killua responded and picked out a shirt after staring for a few seconds at the four possible shirts he could wear. He and Gon had began doing odd jobs in their free time around the motel and the city to earn some quick cash, and it had worked out reasonably well so far. They had gone shopping the previous two weekends to buy new clothes. He put on a plain, dark blue, short-sleeve shirt and then grabbed a pair of black sweats and changed in the washroom. Since it was not too warm outside, and would only get colder as the day shifted towards the evening and night times, he tossed a light purple hoodie on as well.

Meanwhile, Gon had changed before Killua got back. He was wearing a short-sleeve grey shirt and green joggers and was now putting on a white hoodie on top. Gon checked the clock on the wall, and it read 5:05. "We still have a bit, but want to get there early? It's not far."

"It's the one we went to get some clothes, right?" Killua asked, and his friend nodded. "Well, sure, I guess. We can get there early. We didn't check what the entertainment is like over there."

"They have the arcade thing there, and that's where we're spending a lot of our time," Gon reminded. "You liked the luck games in Greed Island way back, but I don't know how much you'll like these."

Killua rolled his eyes. "You love everything, or you pretend you do so nobody can tell otherwise. That's why you're telling me this, right? Because I'm not like you?"

Gon laughed out loud and rubbed the back of his head. He stared at Killua, still maintaining a small smile on his face. "Pretty much. I want you to enjoy your time here, even if you don't want to be here."

"Yeah, it's better to go home," Killua defended his mindset and gestured for the door to leave and head to the mall. They left their room and closed the door behind them.

"That doesn't mean you can't have fun here," Gon objected and took a few quick steps to walk in line with Killua down the hallway. The silver haired teen simply rolled his eyes and did not respond to that.

The two arrived at the mall entrance after 15 minutes of speedwalking. They were supposed to meet up in front of one of the bigger clothing stores the mall had, but nobody was there yet so they hurried over to the arcade to see what it was like. On top of that, they had brought some money because they did not know how it was priced – but they were not expecting it to be free, either.

They were right. There was an entrance fee, which thankfully they were able to pay with what they had. The entrance fee also gave them access to a certain number of tokens which would be used inside for each game. Additional tokens would cost extra, and Killua counted they would have enough money for an extra 20 tokens if they wanted.

"That entrance fee is pretty expensive if all they're giving is 10 tokens," Gon frowned as they walked back to the original meeting location. It was almost 5:30.

"It's not just the 10 tokens we're paying for, it's to access the whole arcade as well," Killua explained. "It's pretty much embedded in the fee." Gon nodded to show he understood what Killua said.

In front of the door stood several people, some of which the two were expecting, and others that they were not. "Killua! Gon! Glad you guys made it out!" Kirishima shouted and waved with his arm up high. Beside him were Sero, Ashido, Kaminari, Tetsutetsu, Kendo, Midoriya and Uraraka.

"Wow, is this everyone?" Killua asked casually but mildly surprised to see Midoriya and Uraraka. He nodded his head to the other to greet them.

"Nope, still a few others from our- oh! There they are!" Ashido exclaimed and waved over at a group of three Class A students, one of which waved back at her with her invisible hand but had a floating shirt flapping around as she waved. Next to Hagakure were Ojiro and Sato.

"Alright, everybody's here," Ashido announced to the group of teens. "We planned to go to the arcade first if that's fine with everyone." There was a collective nod of heads. "Cool! We can go shopping or to the food court afterwards."

The group headed over to the arcade. Gon was walking next to Sato while talking to Kendo. Tetsutetsu, on the other hand, was talking loudly with Kirishima about manly things like their common interests. Killua was in front of Gon with Midoriya and Iida being closest at his sides.

Gon sniffed the air and smelled sugar around him, but there was no food in sight. He turned to his right where Sato was and interrupted his conversation with Kendo who watched him curiously. The bigger boy with a similar hairstyle but overall shorter hair tilted his head down to see Gon peering at him strangely. "You smell a lot like sugar," the green haired teen remarked.

Sato froze for a second and then chuckled slightly. He had never interacted with Gon before, but he did not imagine the scent of sugar to be the introduction. "Yeah, I was making some sweets at home. Sugar is a part of my Quirk, so I've always been into baking and sweets."

Killua's ears perked up at the sound of sugar and sweets. He whipped his head around so fast it gave Midoriya a jump-scare next to him. "You make sweets? Like what?" he asked with a mischevious glint in his blue eyes.

"Uh…" Sato stammered, flustered by the sudden attention. Killua's remark had other people like Uraraka and Kaminari staring at him as well. "Not too much stuff," he finally regained his thoughts. "Cakes, cupcakes. Sometimes more exotic stuff as well, but usually it's cakes and cupcakes."

Killua gave a sly smile to the taller boy. "I should try that out sometime. It's been a while since I got to indulge in some sweets." That was true. Killua had not eaten many sweets since coming to this world. In fact, since he had grown up a bit, he was not super tempted by sweet goods anymore. He still considered himself to have a sweet tooth even though he had cut down quite a bit while travelling with Alluka.

Gon nodded approvingly at Killua, and the silver haired teen noticed the nod and snorted. He quickly turned his head around and kept his feet going towards the arcade which was just a bit ahead of where they were.

After paying for their entrance fees and receiving electronic wristbands that they would have to tap to use the tokens, the group split up inside the arcade. There were lots of video games as well as traditional games that required the player to physically do something, like skee ball or darts.

The darts instantly attracted Killua because he mastered the game many years ago. A lot of the prizes were childish – stuffed animals that varied in size or some other types of toys. He saw they also gave extra tokens if he did well. The board he was supposed to throw the dart on was indeed a darts board. If he hit the bullseye, he could get an extra five tokens.

He tapped the wristwatch on a little scanner, and an employee handed him three darts to throw. He took them in his left hand and was about to throw one with his right while Midoriya watched him, but he remembered something. He asked the employee a question. "What happens if I get all three of them in the center bullseye?"

The employee was a little surprised because not many people were that confident in their ability to throw darts, but she figured he must be asking just to learn the rules. "We only count one dart per set of three," she responded. "So, if you did get all three in the center, you only get the prize for one."

"Oh, okay," Killua responded. Lame. He tossed the first dart at the board so quickly it blurred for anyone watching. It hit the board right in the center of the bullseye with perfect accuracy. The employee was impressed and asked what prize he wanted, and Killua took the five tokens.

"That was a really good darts throw," Midoriya complimented as they walked over to a different game. "You've practiced darts before, I'm guessing?"

"Oh yeah, I've gotten really good at it," Killua said slyly. In the following hour, the students played many different games and some won prizes. They subconsciously noticed people hurrying out of the arcade before a fire alarm beeped within the mall, and then it was amplified as the arcade had its alarm sounding too. Employees came around and rushed people out. The group of 14 hero students got out and looked toward where the commotion was coming from. There was no fire, so it was clear in most of their heads that it had to be a villain attack.

"Please evacuate the building immediately! Heroes are on their way!" a mall employee shouted out near them but did not explain the situation. Dozens of heads spun to the exit which was very close to where they were. From the corner of their eyes, Gon, Killua, Kirishima, and Midoriya noticed a reptile-looking person carrying a sword with a dangerous yet serious look on his face.

Wait, does this mean this is… Killua trailed off, thinking back to the conversation Giran had at the League of Villains' hideout yesterday. It probably is them…

Kirishima growled in the villain's direction, recognizing who it was. "'Stain's Followers', the media calls them," Kirishima growled again. "They don't have a name that they gave themselves, so the media gave it to them because of what they preached."

A bell struck in both Gon and Killua's heads. They remembered reading and hearing the name 'Stain' being thrown around a lot in the news. He was currently the most-wanted villain in Japan because he went around injuring and even killing heroes he did not think were 'true heroes'.

"And that's Spinner," Midoriya began nerding out with a serious look on his face. "His Quirk gives him that appearance of a gecko, but he hasn't shown anything to the public that gives him any abilities. Chances are, if it's a mutant Quirk that gives him animal properties, he'll be able to do some things with it."

The rest of their group noticed that four of them had gotten stuck and did not turn to the exit with them. Gon prepared his feet and was ready to blast off and punch Spinner when two pairs of hands locked him in place from behind. He turned his head with a frown and saw Kendo and Tetsutetsu with their hands gripping his shoulders tightly. "Gon, we don't have licenses to interfere with this," Kendo scolded gently. "Besides, our internships start tomorrow. You don't want to get in trouble for that, do you?"

"Yeah, and you're with Endeavor. Don't hurt his image with your actions before you even get there," Tetsutetsu added as well.

Gon's shoulders slumped, and he turned to his right where Killua was, but his friend was not even looking his way. He was still staring at the villain. He turned back to Kendo and Tetsutetsu, and he could hear the Class A students yelling at all of them to come outside and let the coming heroes handle the situation. Gon obliged, and he and his two Class B friends hurried along with Kirishima and Midoriya. The spiky green haired teen turned his head while moving to the door to watch his best friend who spun on a foot and began jogging over to the exit a second later.

Once outside, the group decided to separate and head to their houses – they were not heroes with licenses yet, so they could not stick around to help out if they wanted to. On top of that, the media was already at the mall and broadcasting what was happening, so a few of the students received calls from their parents asking if they were alright.

Gon and Killua made their way over to the motel, and Gon was staring at the ground with furrowed eyebrows the whole time so far. He was deep in thought, and Killua could tell. "Something wrong?" the silver haired teen asked, having an idea of what it could be.

"Those villains are definitely going to hurt the heroes that show up, unless they get stopped," the green haired teen said in a small voice. He did not even turn his face to Killua.

"How do you know that?" Killua put his hands in his pockets and used his head to see if he could figure out why Gon would think that.

Gon looked up and frowned at Killua, who was staring dead ahead but noticed the movement and turned his head as well so they were watching each other. "If the media calls them Stain's Followers, they're probably going to follow the things he says and believes," he pointed out. "Stain hurts heroes because he doesn't think they're heroes. I could've stopped them, but Kendo and Tetsutetsu stopped me." The ex-assassin looked forward again and rolled his eyes. He could see why Gon cared, but he could not find that same care for any heroes in himself.

"You don't really care, do you?" Gon asked quietly. Killua did not respond, but his facial expression did not change. He kept it neutral. "This is kind of how you were when I first met you. You didn't care too much about anything…because you didn't know what to care about. Not even yourself." Killua felt his heart drop in his chest, and his eyes bulged at how accurate Gon was. "It was how you were brought up," he continued. "So, I can't blame you. But I thought you got past that point."

Killua suddenly smirked, then it turned into a genuine laugh. "I don't think I've ever heard such intelligent words come out of your mouth. Have you been studying for something?" He faced Gon with a mischevious grin.

"Eh?" the green haired teen asked with raised eyebrows and a dumbfounded look.

"You've really gotten a lot smarter in the past couple years," Killua continued, and his best friend glared at him in a mix of confusion, shock, and a hint of pride. "Never thought you'd be analyzing stuff from years ago right now." Damn, he almost hit the nail on the head there. Only difference between me now and back then is that I have a goal today. And for the coming days. I didn't have one back then. At least, not my own. Gon showed me there can be a purpose in life, and Alluka was that purpose. What's my purpose here? To go home? If I find another purpose, it'll become that much harder to leave it and go back home. The less attachment I have here, the better. Just like an assassination mission.