"So brother what do you want to do now?" Mira asked her brother as she got comfortable on the pillow across from him.
"I've found some of this country's games while I waited for you, we can play them. " the king said pointing to a stack of game board boxes with several books near them.
"Sounds like fun but I'd like to get something to eat first." Mira said her point was emphasized by the groans of her stomach.
"Before that you need to wash off your covered in blood." The king, pointing out his sister's blood soaked appearance.
"Huha, I never noticed that before." Mira said taking notice of her blood covered skin and clothes for the first time.
"I'll lead you to the bathroom Mira-sama. " Pitou said as she walked up near where Mira sat.
"Thanks." Mira said as she got up from the pillow, leaving blue blood smeared on the fabric.
"I'll have a new cushion for you and a meal prepared for you upon your return Mira-sama, Youpi please guard the king while I'm gone." Pouf asked the red giant before he left.
"It's a good thing we had the arms and legs of that rare human guard put in storage." Pouf thought, remembering where the remains were put.
"Hmm." Youpi said giving a nod as he leaned up against the wall near the rooms entrance.
As the Pitou and Mira walked out of the room the king began to read a book he had not finished but his thoughts were on his sister.
"She has no presence at all it's like she's invisible now, she was overflowing with power in that moment." The king thought as he remembered the moment before he and his sister came into the world.
In the moment he began to rip open the cocoon that held them he felt his sister's power awaken, the strength and intensity of the aura he felt from her rivaled or perhaps was even equal to his own.
"What happened to her aura?" The king thought, annoyed at finding no answer to his question.
Unknown to everyone including Mira, was that she had already developed Nen abilities and had been subconsciously using one of them from birth.
Shortly after they left the king's room Pitou had already deployed her En to guard the castle, which got the attention of Mira instantly.
"Wow, Pitou your aura is so pretty it looks just like a sea of ruby red, How far does your En go?" Mira asked amazed by Pitou's aura and skill.
"Hmm, the max range I can extend it to is about a little over 2 kilometers but when I spread it out, it's a little over a kilometer give or take." Pitou said checking her En range.
"Hey Pitou, can you teach me how to use Nen when your not busy, I don't think I'm that good at it yet ." Mira asked annoyed that she couldn't seem to get her aura to flow out right.
" Yes I'd be more than happy to teach you, but how odd the basics of Nen shouldn't be hard to do at all." Pitou said happy to help her.
"This is the bathroom, this place is huge! " Mira said as they entered seeing the enormous luxuries spa like bathroom.
"Yes nyow if you want I'll help you wash off Mira-sama." Pitou said knowing it would take a bit of time to get all the dried blood off.
"Hmm I'll need to have someone wash her clothes as well." Pitou thought while looking at Mira's blood soaked gown.
"Thanks that will make things easier for me if you do." Mira said smiling as she prepared to bath.
"Ahhh, this feels nice ~, thanks for the help Pitou." Mira said as Pitou helped her scrub and wash off.
" It's no trouble at all Mira-sama." Pitou said as she soaked a soft sponge in hot water and began scrubbing the last of the dried blue blood off of Mira's body.
Mira was sitting on a gold flower embroiled bath stool enjoying the warm water washing over her. Her snow white skin became more visible as the blood washed off her petite form, leaving a bit of a shin similar to white marble.
"Hey Pitou what's this stuff in my hair, it feels great." Mira asked curious about the bubbly foam in her hair.
"This I believe is shampoo, like soap humans use it to clean themselves. Nyow please close your eyes so I can wash it out then we'll be done shortly." Pitou said as she prepared to wash the chimera girl's hair.
"We're back brother!" Mira said happily smiling, her beautiful face and features were much more visible as she walked into room, she was wearing her now clean silver silk gown that Pitou had cleaned.
"Hmm, you took long enough." They king said as he closed the book he was reading, he had already set a game board up for them to play.
"Sorry the bath was very relaxing." Mira said smiling cheerfully.
"Hmm." The king said as he set the the game pieces on the board.
Mira watched with interest upon seeing the pieces being placed on the board, until she caught the scent of something mouthwatering coming from down the hall leading to the room.
"Sorry for the wait your highness I have brought you your meal. " Pouf said walking into the room a minute later.
He was carrying a large fancy gold dinner tray with several chunks of bloody raw meat on it, the sight and smell made her hunger came back full force.
As soon as Pouf placed the tray on the table in front of her, she was on it like a ravenous beast in 0.10 of a second.
Her razor sharp fangs cut through the meat like a scalpel as she wolfed down the food. Her speed even surprised the king and the guards, though she didn't notice their stares as she ate without a care.
"I don't know what this meat is but it tastes great!" Mira thought as she gulped up the meat.
"If Pouf was a second slower from pulling his fingers away, Mira-sama would have had some fingers with her meal." Pitou thought surprised as she watched the girl eat.
"She's fast if I wasn't looking right at her I might have missed it, impressive." The king thought reevaluating his sister's capabilities.
"Ahh, I feel so much better now, thanks for staying with me Pitou." Mira said smiling as she wiped her blood covered face with a large napkin Pitou gave her.
"It was a pleasure Mira-sama, nyow if you need me let me now and I'll be back ." Pitou said doing a quick bow.
"See you later Pitou!" Mira said as she watched Pitou leave the room.
"Seems your quit fond of her." The king stated as he observed their interactions.
"Yes I like her a lot, so brother what game are we gonna play first?" Mira asked looking at her brother with anticipation.
"First you need to read the rule and instruction books before we play the games." The king said handed a few books to her.
"Oh, okay." Mira said her attention now fixed on the book as she read it with interest.
Time flew by as they played over a hundred rounds of Shogi and Go.
"That's check mate, do you want play again?" The king asked, slightly irradiated at losing more than five times in a row.
"Na I've gotten tried of board games for now, it was fun though maybe tomorrow we can play again." Mira said stretching before she stood up.
"I'm going to find Pitou and began my Nen training, later brother!" Mira said smiling at her brother.
"Hmm." The king said nodding his head before getting up and heading elsewhere.
Hours had passed since they started to play evident by the night sky.
Like her brother it didn't take long for Mira to figure out how to play the game. She always lost at the first, but little by little she got better at it to the point that she was winning most of the time.
"She's better than I thought, her eyes were tracking every one of my moves and she adjusted her strategies throughout the game, countering me at every turn. Even now I'm struggling to read her rhythm let alone her mood. " the king thought as he sat on his new throne.
Throughout the game they played the king sensed that his sister was watching his expressions, mannerisms, hand movements, and the moves on the board. He tried to discern her mood beyond her smiling face, but he couldn't read his sister at all.
She appeared to be starring at the board, as she changed her strategies throughout the game trying new moves and seeing what works all while only blinking a total of 8 times over the hours they played.
Mira's eyes were extremely unique as they were able to see 180 degrees around herself, she appeared to have no pupils but in fact her entire eye was the pupil. Her eyes gave her extreme dynamic vision and an enlarged visual field and range.
"Hmm now where is Pitou?" Mira thought as she looked for the cat chimera.
Her body instinctively used Gyo to look for Pitou, peering through the building walls and past the shroud of En, pinpointing Pitou's location in seconds.
"Ahh there she is!" Mira said smiling upon seeing the aura shrouded silhouette of Pitou in the palace.
"Wait why are Pouf and Youpi there and who is that, I don't recognize that aura. " Mira thought seeing the aura silhouette of Leol.
Mira had developed the ability (Peering gaze), a Nen ability that saw aura regardless of obstruction and could identify who she was looking at if she knew them. It also could identify their Nen type by seeing aura of they used their ability, unless they were using In or Zetsu.
As Mira made her way to the room where Pitou was in, she heard her talking to the stranger in the room.
"Someone is going around and disabling my puppets and causing me trouble, can you kill them? " Mira could hear Pitou say.
"Yes, you can count on me!" Mira heard the stranger reply back, determination clear in their voice.
" Is Pitou having trouble, maybe I can help it would be great to get out of the castle and do something. " Mira thought as she hid behind the wooden door, hearing footsteps coming her direction.
As the doors opened a large anthropomorphic red lion chimera ant walked out the room no noticing she was beside the door.
"I've never seen them before, wonder who they are." Mira thought as she walked into the room.
"I wonder if I can sneak up on her, hehe that might be fun. " Mira thought giggling at the thought of surprising Pitou.
As Mira entered the room without making a sound, she spotted her unsuspecting victim.
Pitou was sitting on a fancy marble pedestal with her eyes closed, a small smile was noticeable on her face, she didn't noticing Mira's presence at all even as she sat down on the floor in front of her.
"Hey Pitou!" Mira said suddenly, smiling at the feline's reaction.
Pitou's eyes opened and her ears stood straight up as she reacted to hearing Mira's voice calling her from out of nowhere.
"Hello Mira-sama, done playing with the king? " Pitou said happy to see Mira as she looked down at her smiling.
"How did she sneak up on me, even if I was asleep I wouldn't miss someone getting this close to me. Has she already mastered Zetsu this much or has she developed an ability to hide herself? " Pitou thought, surprised that she was caught completely off guard.
Mira had subconsciously developed the ability to make herself undetectable even from En.
(Void Presence) This ability was formed the moment she was born, a constantly active automatic ability preventing others from perceiving her unless she wanted to be noticed or if she used Ren.
This ability concealed her presence, aura, scent, and muted the sound of her moments, and made her unnoticeable and undetectable. If someone was looking at her they would see her but not be able to notice her or any details about her unless she wanted them too.
"Yeah it was fun but got boring after a while, so want to help me with my Nen? "Mira asked as she jumped up to her feet.
"Of course, the first step is to see what Nen type you are, we can find that out with water divination, I'll get someone to bring us what me need." Pitou said as she got down from the pedestal and pulled out a phone.
"Okay so what do we do in the meantime?" Mira asked as soon as Pitou got off the phone, fiddling with her dress.
"While we wait I'll teach you the basics of Nen let's start with Ten." Pitou said as she began to help Mira with the basics .
"Ok so first use Ten on the water and then the reaction will show the type your Nen is. "Pitou said as she placed a cup of water with a leaf in it on a small table."
"Ok, let's see what happens." Mira said as she placed her hands around the glass cup and used Ten on it.
She had to directly touch the glass as she used her aura, the reaction was immediate the leaf became crystallized and translucent clear with rainbow tints. The leaf had became a clear rainbow tinted leaf made of diamond.
"What does this mean? " Mira asked as she started at the rainbow crystal leaf.
"Oh, nyow I see your a specialist no wonder your aura behaves differently." Pitou said amazed at seeing the bizarre reaction.
" So what's the best way to develop abilities? " Mira asked pondering on how to proceed.
"It is best to choose something personal to you, and shape it to what you desire that is what it was like for me. " Pitou said remembering how she came up with her abilities.
"Well I've got no idea what that's going to be but at least I've got the concept down, thanks for the help Pitou." Mira said smiling at her.
"Happy to help you Mira-sama." Pitou said her tail flicking as she smiled her cat smile.
" So Pitou I heard you talking about something earlier with someone, what's that about? " Mira asked curious about what she heard.
"Oh someone is going around and disabling my puppets , it's causing me trouble especially since I can't directly deal with it, which is frustrating. " Pitou said smiling as she voiced her annoyance.
"Want me to help?" Mira asked suddenly.
"Huh, you don't have to trouble yourself Mira-sama, besides I've already got some soldiers on it. Why would you want to anyway if you don't mind me asking." Pitou said perplexed at Mira's sudden interest.
"Well I've gotten bored of playing board games and I think experience is the best way for me to get better at using my Nen, plus it gives me a chance to hone my other skills. " Mira said explaining her reasons.
"Though really I just want to help and get out of the castle for a while." Mira thought filling cooped up.
"Hmm, makes sense, okay but be careful the target is probably a hunter and take this ,it has my my number already in it just tap where it says contacts and you'll see my name. " Pitou said as she tossed the cellphone to Mira.
"I've heard about Hunters, there Nen user humans right?" Mira ask as she looked through the phone and called Pitou's phone confirming that it worked.
"Yes they are, there pretty difficult to handle for most so again please be careful Mira-sama. " Pitou said concerned.
" Don't worry I'll will be Pitou , tell my brother where I'm going if he asks I don't want him worrying about me and freaking out. " Mira said hugging Pitou to reassure her.
"Yes I will be sure to, safe travels Mira-sama and have fun on your hunt." Pitou said enjoying the hug.
"I will, be back soon." Mira said as she headed out to the outside world for the first time since arriving to the palace.
Now that Mira had gotten better at using Nen and her abilities have began to manifest, what will she do now that she heads out with her path set to collide with Killua's as he works to hinder the selection?
Only time will tell how their meeting will go.