12-Waltz for the Moon:
Chapter 1: Memories Best Forgotten
By: Rizzy
A/N: [Disclaimer] Hunter x Hunter isn't mine. It rightfully belongs to Yoshihiro Togashi, however, this story rightfully belongs to me! ^_^v No stealing!!!
This fic is the reincarnation of my other fic 'Condemned'. It's still up if you want to run through it though. I felt the first version of my fic was pretty corny and so, tah-dah! This ficy was born! Now, since I have more writing experience I don't think I'll be making much grammar errors, but if ever you DO spot one, feel free to tell me so. I am, after all, very tolerant with flames that are helpful! Thanks to all those anonymous and un anonymous reviewers out there too! You guys really helped! ^_^ Anyways, enough of this silly pep talk! Let's get on with the fic! Enjoy and don't forget to review, people!
P.S.
It all starts when Kurapika fainted on the airship and got himself sick. [Poor guy...] Now, I know you all are probably sick of this, but the story will turn out interesting. Promise! And the pairing is Kurapika x *someone from my other fic*. Sorry if they're a bit OOC, ok? [Especially Killua and Kurapika]
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Soft, yet so somber is the voice echoing in my rusted soul.
I hear a voice, lingering for only a moment before deathful silence claimed every last sound.
He tried opening his eyes, but he soon found them fused shut. All he remembered were fragments of events from a few months ago. Somebody named Kuroro Ruciful and something called 'Gine Ryodan'. It was all very confusing to this particular blonde boy. What were all these things about anyway? He was half blinded by the light when he finally forced his eyes open. He blinked a couple of times before he could finally see something. He noticed four people staring down at him. He focused on the people at both sides of his hospital bed and tried to sit up, only to fall right back where he was.
"Now, now Kurapika..." A deep, mature voice sounded from his left side. "Don't starin yourself just yet."
"Yeah!" A younger voice piped in from his right. "You work too hard!" It came from a peculiar looking boy with jet-black hair.
The two other people on either sides of him kept their silence. One of them had white spiky hair and the other had thin, shoulder length hair with a bald spot in the middle of her head. He tried to recall who they all were, but nothing seemed to be registering in his brain at the moment. He looked down to his newly washed white sheets and shook his head sadly.
"Sorry, but...who...are you people?" He faltered; trying to find what was left of his voice.
He looked back up to find them all gawking. The kid with the ebony hair suddenly burst out whining at the tall man in the black suit.
"Leorio! What's wrong with Kurapika??? I thought you said he was safe! I thought you said there was nothing to worry about! What's wrong with him??? Huh, Leorio?"
"Relax, Gon!!! There-There's nothing wrong with him...it's just that...uhh, his brains still asleep!" The older man named Leorio replied, shoving the kid named Gon away slightly. Unfortunately, Gon stared stubbornly at him and hung on to his right arm.
"Gon! Let go!"
"No! Tell me what's wrong with Kurapika first!"
"I said LAY OFF!"
"NO!"
"Don't make me hurt you!"
"I don't care! Just tell me!!! NOW!
"QUIET!" He yelled, or at least tried to yell. His voice came out hoarse and his throat ached horribly. He let out a paroxysm of coughs. His perfectly white sheets now stained with drops of his blood. Gon and Leorio almost immediately stopped their bickering and rushed to his aid.
"Look," Kurapika tried to talk, his voice sounding feebler by the second. "I'm sorry, but I really don't have any idea where or who I am. Your argument is really not much help."
Gon and Leorio stared for a while and agreed to keep silent for the meantime. The white haired boy ambled towards Kurapika and spoke softly but audibly.
"First, I'm Killua, that's Gon..." He motioned by pointing to the boy with black spiky hair. "and the other one with the suit is Leorio." He then pointed his finger towards the tall man in a suit.
"I'm Senrithsu." The girl with mousy brown hair said right after Killua finished. "And you are supposedly Kurapika."
Now why did all these odd names sound so familiar and yet so far away at the same time? Why was it he could only remember bits and pieces of his memory?
The older man cleared his throat and turned to Kurapika.
"Hmm...it's probably amnesia. You know, when you loose your memory. Do you remember anything? Even just a little?"
"Well, only bits of everything." Kurapika tried to reply, though he thought it might be kind of awkward doing so.
"Bits? Like what?" Leorio asked again.
"Like something about this Kuroro Ruciful and something like Gine Ryodan or whatever..." Kurapika murmured, furrowing his eyebrows. The more he seemed to strain his memory, the more his head hurt.
"Ne, what's wrong, Kurapika?" Gon squeaked, throwing him a look of sincere concern.
"Iie. It's nothing."
Just as soon as those words escaped his lips, a doctor came in. He, supposed Kurapika, was one of the doctors who must've been put in charge of him.
"Sorry but visiting hour's over. Will you all please leave and allow the patient to get some sleep?"
Gon and the others nodded and sauntered out the wooden door of his room. Soon, the doctor in charge left as well. He was all alone in the dark.
He decided he would try his best to sleep, but no matter how hard he tried sleep refused to come. It was as if something would not let him. Something was holding him back. He heard the distant clinking of something. It sounded as if it was coming from his right hand. He raised it up and saw five silver chains shimmering in the moon lit darkness.
Suddenly, something inside him clicked. It was almost as if seeing the chains meant something to him. It was as if the chains were speaking to him softly like the voice in the back of his head.
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The shrill ringing of the alarm clock beside his bed woke him up with a bit of a start. He raised a weary hand to stop it but knocked it over instead. Slowly, Kurapika made his way out of bed and without noticing where his feet were taking him, strode into his bathroom. He got dressed quite quickly and sat back down on his bed to think of what to do next.
'I don't know who I am, I don't know where I am, and I can hardly remember my own name! God, what else can go wrong?' He lay back down and closed his eyes, taking a deep breath. 'Now my life gets really screwed up.'
"Oha-YO! Kurapika!!! Up, up, up!" A cheerful voice said into his ear. He jumped up and stared at the person beside him. It was Gon, smiling broadly up at him.
"Oh, it's you." Kurapika managed to say, trying to compose himself.
"Yup! Say, do you remember anything yet? Do you remember me???" Gon inquired enthusiastically.
"I afraid to say, no." Kurapika replied, screwing his face up in despair. "You're...Gon right?"
"Yup! Well, don't worry about it for now." Gon beamed up at his gloomy face. "Leorio said he'd find a way to get back your memory."
'That's awfully nice of him.' Kurapika thought uncertainly, as he seriously doubted if Leorio could help him with anything at all.
"So what are you planning to do?" Gon asked after a moment's silence.
"I really don't have any idea..." The blonde boy replied, sighing. "I guess there's not much to do when you can't even remember who you are in the first place."
Gon kept his silence for once. After a few minutes, a knock sounded at the door. Kurapika went to get the door. He opened it to find Killua's placid face staring at him.
"Where's Gon?" Killua asked casually.
"Inside, why?"
"I was looking for him, why?"
"Nothing...just asking."
With that Killua strode in with or without an invitation and seemingly uncaring either way. He spotted Gon soon enough and they huddled together, talking in hushed tones. Kurapika inched closer, trying to catch what they were talking about, but Killua straightened up and smiled.
"Kurapika, looks like Reorio found a way to get your memory back. He was almost skipping when he was telling me." Killua said.
"R-Really now?" Kurapika stood taken aback. He silently muttered an apology to what he though earlier about Leorio being hardly able to help him out.
"Yup. You should talk to him later about it if you don't believe me. Reorio is really more reliable then he looks. Ne, Gon?"
"Yeah! Leorio-san is really dependable at times!" Gon agreed.
"Well we'll see for sure once I go and see what this is all about." Kurapika assured as he put on his overcoat, got his suitcase and headed towards the door. "Well come on! I don't intend to overstay my welcome here. I hate it in hospitals!"
Gon and Killua marched toward the door and with Kurapika in the lead, left to see what Leorio was up to.
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A/N:
Hey again! Did you enjoy the first chapter so far? I really hope you did! ;_; I worked hard on this one! Thanks to Talissa-chan for teaching me some very important stuff...couldn't have done it without ya! Thank's to my most faithful reviewers so far, Kaldea-chan and Daisy-chan. Hope you guys read and review this too! =] Oh yeah! Thanks also to Nikki-chan for helping me figure out what a cliffie is. Thank ye! The second chapter will be around two or three pages longer than this one. =) You guys can count on it! Usual stuffs, comments, suggestions, and messages to Scarlet-chan can be posted in the review panel. Unwanted flames will dissolve into ashes so you'd only be wasting time trying to post one. Thank you!!!
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If you're wondering why you gotta tell me anything you want to send for Scarlet, it's cause he will be out of touch for a few days. If you want any further details about it, say so. ^_^