Colours of the world
Times flies over us, but leaves its shadow behind...
Chapter 24
Soon the news of the auction disappearance spread though the city like wild fire. She wasn't to bother about that though, she was more concerned about her friends, in their attempts to earn money (along with the help of Leorio) the group had decided to partake in the game of hide and seek, something brought in by the mafia to capture or kill the phantom troupe, whose was responsible for the disappearance.
However sinea couldn't help thinking that the name sounded familiar.
This leading up to her current situation. Sit in a café, listening to the plans of killua and Gon, how she got roped into this she wasn't too sure. Though it may have involved Gon's and killua cute faces and Sarah telling her she needed some fresh air.
She could a slip of the drink in her hand, sighing as the group discussed the next course of action spoke. "How do we catch those two?" Leorio started trying to come up with some ideas.
"It's impossible" killua stated earning the attention of the boys, while sinea opted to sketch the sky though the window. "We aren't strong enough to handle them."
"What was that?!"
"But it's still true, I knew it as soon as I saw them. My dad once had hit on a troupe member," sinea raised an eyebrow at the statement. There was something nagging her about the troupe, she felt as if she was forgetting something… killua oblivious to sinea internal thinking continued. "One of the few times I've ever heard him complain and said the job wasn't worth the price. That was when he told us to stay away from the troupe."
"Are they really that strong?" mutter Leorio.
"Would it help you to picture two Hisoka sitting there?" killua added, watching both Leorio and gon's face drain of all colour at the notion.
Sinea zoned out thinking, Hisoka still hadn't come to see her and she wasn't about to make herself look worry or needy about wanting his presence nearby. Her sketching started to become frantic as her thoughts swirls. She hadn't done anything right? He hadn't died.
The pencil stopped end on the page.
She could feel the tension from the unknown pair. Sinea looked out the window but from her sit she couldn't see the people below, so far she hadn't even manage to see a picture of the troupe members, which was bad considering she was supposed to be helping.
Sighing she took another slip of the tea.
"Then listen carefully. Gon and I will tail them. We absolutely cannot let them spot us, we'll use zetsu" killua took lead, while sinea shut her book watching as the pair when into zetsu. "Gon, I need you to make me two promises. If they see us, we give up immediately and escape. If I judge that further pursuit is impossible for any other reason, we give up. Got it?"
Gon agreed and with that the group split going their separate ways. Gon and killua tailing, herself and Leorio holding the fort. Well sort of, Leorio was going to keep an eye on the auction for the boys. "What are you going to do sinea?" asked Leorio, as the boys disappeared.
She thought for a moment before responding, "I going to go for a wander around the city, it's been a while since I looked around the place."
Leorio raised an eyebrow, "don't you live here?"
"Yes, but I tend to stay in my gallery most of the time" he nodded, as her glazed gazed looked about the square.
"Keep in touch" she nodded before turning away, passing through an alleyway she could out a larger sketchpad, and began to sketch on the bigger pages, people, the building on the streets she continued to walk down. She was in her own little world barely dodging out of the local's way as she sketched. That was until she jumped into someone.
On autopilot she turned towards the person and apologize, "sorry, I wasn't looking where I was going" she stated looking directed into the male's grey eyes.
She kept her expression neutral as she turned away, she knew him. She recognised them, though he looked much older, he still had the same dark narrowed eyes he had as a kid and it seems- his obsession with swords. Nobu.
An old comrade from metero city. He was the one who originally taught her how to use a sword. The blue haired women continued to walk away, she wondered how he was doing? And the others from metero city were they all still alive and kicking, she hadn't see them since she was put in the alyssum but she never did forget their eyes. Their eyes that told their stories.
Nobu watched the retreating figure of the blue haired women, eyes narrowed slightly. "What's up?" asked machi, "she your type?"
He blushed slightly before rounding on the pink haired women, "what no! I just though I reconsidered her"
"Reconsider her?"
"Yeah, she reminded me from a lass I knew in metero city. But I heard she died so it can't be her"
Up on the building on either side of the street, both Gon and killua let out a breath. That was close. Sinea really knew how to get in dangerous situation without realising it. But again she is sinea…
X time skip X
It was late night, the sun was setting on the docks. The red light reflecting off the water, a ripple here and there from the floating boats and an occasional little sea creature dancing by the water tops before scurrying away into the dark depts. She hadn't heard of the boys, nor had she heard from Leorio for the matter.
Worry was setting to eat away at her gut. Her stomach in knots as she tried to think of positive outcomes.
She signed, and when to stand. Stopping mid-movement she felt something overcome her as her eyes drained of colour. "Artist prediction…"
The world moved around her, the sun now dying was level with the water in the distance as she came to, slowly she was losing the light of the glowing sun. A small gasp escaped her lips as she looked at the scene before her. Gon and killua surrounded by dark figures they features hidden by shadows. One had Gon in an arm lock with a dark shadow growing from it - she guessed it was killing intent. Killua on the other hand was frozen in the spot a card at his throat. A card she knew very well.
Hisoka.
She could see the red head male standing there despite the shadows hiding his figures, was he part of the spiders?
Scanned over the picture looking for anything to help pinpoint the boy's location. The building was in ruins, outside the window was more wrecked building. It was a start. Her phone was out in an instant and already ringing. "Hello?" Sarah answered.
"Is there any wrecked building around here?"
"Wrecked building? Theirs a few on the outskirts I think, a few tall ones place is off limits though so the safety reason why?" she asked.
Sinea didn't responded, already running towards the outskirts, "sinea? Why? What up-"
She hung up putting it away before doing the same with the sketchbook. "Breath in and out, in and out. They will be fine sinea," she told herself, "they big boys who can look after themselves and the picture didn't show that they were dying or anything…."
She just hoped she was right.
She hopped over the fence, she still had a way to go before she hit the ruin buildings. The stars were starting to appear in the sky above her as she took a step. Pausing as she sense people heading in her direction.
Gon and killua. she let a small smile grace her lips as they came into view, but the smile dipped as other slightly familiar aura followed behind them. She appeared in front of the boys needing to act fast, "do you trust me?" she asked.
Killua and Gon looked at each other before nodding, "three minutes then run okay?"
"What are yo-"killua was cut off as she grabbed the boys collars and threw them into her little sketch book. She had no time to answer questioned, as they changed from 3d to 2d, becoming little drawing on her page.
She flickered pages before she started sketching the skies above. Not a second later she was surrounded. She kept her head down, pretending not to notice them as she drew.
Paku looked closely at the blue haired female before her, they had been previously following the tail of two boys, who were suspected of knowing the chain user, but instead the tail when cold and in its place this women.
Machi's eye widen reconsidering the women as the one who had jumped into nobu in town, something was up with whole situation. Gut instincts telling her so. Both Phinks and Feitan studied the female, they felt like they knew her from somewhere, but couldn't pinpoint it. It was pissing feitan off to no end, that he couldn't shake the feeling that he knew her.
The troupe waited a moment before making their presence known, "hey miss?" venture phinks. The females head snapped up, blue haired covered one eye but the other was cleanly visible shown them a pale grey eye with a glazed look about it. If it wasn't for the fact the page had a detail sketch of the sky they would have thought she was blind.
"Sorry, I didn't noticed you there. You need something?" she asked.
Sinea looked at each of them. Putting names to faces, yes she knew them. They used to be comrades in metero city, though out of these she knew paku the best. Maybe they would recognise her? If not she keep quite till they did. "Did you see anyone past this way?" questioned the small male.
Feitan, was he name though she thought he would have grown taller in her absence.
"Anyone past this way?" she repeated before looking up to the sky in thought, "no, though I can sometime not notice things"
Machi narrowed her eyes of the bluenette, something wasn't right. She glanced towards paku who nodded. "yeah, where looking for you boys?" paku stated walking towards the women before placing a hand on her exposed shoulder, "have you see them?" she questioned as her nen abilities activated.
"Boys?" questioned sinea, head tilted she was about to response as a shrill cry came from the blonde. Sinea jumped in shock, sketch book and pencil flying out of her hands and feitan pinned her to the floor a sharp blade to her neck. "What the hell did you do?" he snarled.
She remained silent utterly confused, "she didn't do anything feitan..." paku muttered weakly, "her mind is just so…"
Sinea's eyes widen, paku when into her mind? Even she knew it wasn't a good place to be in…
"Come on bring her with us, there's something up I can feel it" machi stated with a neutral expression.
"I agree" commented phinks, "something doesn't feel right"
"I much rather not..." sinea commented when on deaf ears as feitan pulled her to her feet before slinging her over his shoulder.
The group disappeared running towards the troupe's hideout.
A few moments later at the same location.
The book lay closed on the ground, alone on the cold muddy ground. A breeze swept across the land, causing the first few pages on the book to open. Nine grubby faces looked back, their faces sunken but the group had giant smile across their faces even if they eyes were deathly and spoke of danger.
Suddenly the pages started flipping, the book moving jumping slightly as the nen increase. Two 2d figures moved, being pulled out of the book by some unknown force. Soon the 2d became 3d.
Gon and killua gasped for breath as they fell to the floor.
"Please can we tell sinea to never do that again…." mutter killua.
"Agreed" Gon added, before looking around, "eh? Where sinea?"
Killua looked up in wonder, "her books still here… but where she?"
Gon stood picking up the sketch book and pencil. "Let's go"
"What why?"
"Sinea told us three minutes then run, I think this is what she meant" Gon stated.
Killua thought for a moment, before nodding the pair disappearing into the night, while the stars glittered in the twilight.
to be continued...
hey all!
hows the holis so far?!
i cant believe it, our beloved artist been taken away by the spiders! what ever shall hisoka do
XD hopefully i can do this while keeping characters in check
love the troupe such a brunch of softies hehe
happy hunting xx