_=Standard Disclaimers Applied...you actually read this? I admire you, my friend.=_
Rukuso
I have once escaped my fate. I'm now the angel of destiny.
~/the past : memories : thoughts/~
~*~
I walked towards the stone and sat down upon its cold, damp surface. It felt hard and coarse underneath my barely clad legs but I didn't care. One hand strayed to the edge of the backrest, tracing something.
Something.
That something was my name: Kurapika.
My fingers lingered over to its left and stopped. It was my best friend's name etched deep into the stone. I just can't quite bring myself to touch it, as if doing so is an act of disrespect...
~/ Traitor...am I but a traitor? Not a survivor or an avenger or anything else, but a traitor? A coward? Some little boy who was so afraid that he run away? I envy you, my friend. You died with the rest of them. You are better off now, feeling neither pain, regret nor hatred. /~
My head aches like hell and I closed my eyes for a moment, trying to clear my mind. It didn't work. In the darkness I only saw my group's grinning faces.
~/ Maybe this was destined? Or was I the one who have deicided this? Most probable was the latter...I chose this. I was to die amongst them but I fled and dodged death. I ran away from my fate... /~
I opened my eyes and stared up at the evening sky. The number of times I have done this with my group of friends...a shiver ran down my spine as I recalled and I looked at my right quickly, checking if anybody was alongside of me. There wasn't anyone. I'd been expecting...
~/ Stargazing, the elders call it, and they actually do encourage it, one of the very few things we young boys like to do that they don't disapprove of. They say it is but the start of the most wisest of the sages...funny, back then we only thought of it as a past-time, a relaxing activity when we can talk to each other. How I miss those days when we would be together almost every single night... /~
I heard a shout through the woods. Finally Leorio and the others have noticed my absence. What to do? I'm not running away from something as simple as this...let them find me if they can.
~*~
"Kurapika!" Leorio shouted again into the air.
"Would you please shut up, Leorio?" Killua said angrily, rubbing his arms together as the air got a bit colder. And, gods, it's not really evening yet.
"What did you say?" Leorio wheeled around, looking at him.
"I said, 'Shut up.'" Killua repeated, then looked over at Gon. "I can't hear him, can you?"
"No," he said, shaking his head. "I can sense movements, but they might just be made by little animals in the forest. He's not speaking so I don't think we'll manage to track him down."
"Hmm..."
"You two!" Leorio exclaimed, then proceeded to shouting his friend's name again. "Kuraaaaapikaaaaa!"
Killua hit him on the head while Gon sweatdropped. "I said 'shut up'! Do you actually think that we'll find him that way? That he'll really answer back?"
"Yes," Leorio replied without thinking and Killua stomped down on his foot before he can shout 'Kuraaaaapikaaaaa!' again. "Ooo-owww!!!"
Gon sweatdropped some more.
"Ki-killua!" Leorio exclaimed angrily, hopping in circles with his sore foot raised. "That hurt! You little baka!"
That comment made, the two started bickering at each other.
"Who's the baka?" Killua snapped.
"You are, you little twerp!" Leorio replied.
Gon sweatdropped some more and finding the two unmindful of his pleas to stop, he shifted his attention to his surroundings. Something caught his eye: a few broken twigs and crushed undergrowth. His eyes lit up.
"Hey, Killua! Leorio!"
The two were still fighting and they made so much noise that they didn't hear Gon. Gon sweatdropped again, sighed, and went into the woods.
~*~
~/ Noise. Rustling. I guess they've found me. /~
I turned to look towards where the noise was coming from. Everything turned still suddenly, but I knew someone was there among the trees. And I also know that I'm being watched close.
~/ Whoever you are, show yourself. Don't hide in the dark, don't hide from what must be...it's no use. You'll just regret it. /~
The chains on my right hand started moving. No, it can't be. I'm sure it's just Leorio and the others there, I mustn't fight THEM...I can't!
~/ So they too don't want to face the future? Then judgement...no escape. /~
My hands started to shake, my aura flowed freely around my body. I felt my eyes glow red and my aura changed as well. I don't understand.
~/ What's happening to me? I ca-can't control...so this is how it's supposed to be? I'm now the angel of destiny? Do I regret escaping my fate so much that now I make sure that no one else escapes theirs? /~
I stood up. Gon stepped into the light and smiled at me. I smiled back at him and I must have looked like the devil for he frowned, surprise reflected on his eyes and staggered backwards. I walked towards him. I needn't undo the chains in my hands, a couple of them were floating in front of me already.
~/ I have never felt this powerful...so powerful that I can even control things as I wish?...wait, wish? Do I wish for this? For Gon's death? /~
Gon's eyes widened and he took another step backwards. Smart kid, he has realized what I am to do, that I am to end his life.
~/ No escape...you can't run away from fate as I had... /~
"Ku-kurapika?" Finally, he spoke, his voice almost inaudible, fear within it.
~/ Death by destiny... /~
I approached him, ready to kill him any second now. "You can't escape destiny. It won't hurt much, I promise." I started to bring down my hand upon him.
"No!" he shrieked.
~/ WAIT! Does destiny necessarily mean death? This is not Gon's destiny! He is yet to find his father! What am I DOIN?! /~
I lowered my hands and staggered backwards, hands clutching my head as all my nerves screamed in pain.
~/ No... /~
~*~
A/N: Haha. Told you I'm demented. This fic's growing crazier with every chapter. This one is not what I had in mind but what the heck? I write what I feel like and right now I'm insane!!! Haha.
Rukuso
I have once escaped my fate. I'm now the angel of destiny.
~/the past : memories : thoughts/~
~*~
I walked towards the stone and sat down upon its cold, damp surface. It felt hard and coarse underneath my barely clad legs but I didn't care. One hand strayed to the edge of the backrest, tracing something.
Something.
That something was my name: Kurapika.
My fingers lingered over to its left and stopped. It was my best friend's name etched deep into the stone. I just can't quite bring myself to touch it, as if doing so is an act of disrespect...
~/ Traitor...am I but a traitor? Not a survivor or an avenger or anything else, but a traitor? A coward? Some little boy who was so afraid that he run away? I envy you, my friend. You died with the rest of them. You are better off now, feeling neither pain, regret nor hatred. /~
My head aches like hell and I closed my eyes for a moment, trying to clear my mind. It didn't work. In the darkness I only saw my group's grinning faces.
~/ Maybe this was destined? Or was I the one who have deicided this? Most probable was the latter...I chose this. I was to die amongst them but I fled and dodged death. I ran away from my fate... /~
I opened my eyes and stared up at the evening sky. The number of times I have done this with my group of friends...a shiver ran down my spine as I recalled and I looked at my right quickly, checking if anybody was alongside of me. There wasn't anyone. I'd been expecting...
~/ Stargazing, the elders call it, and they actually do encourage it, one of the very few things we young boys like to do that they don't disapprove of. They say it is but the start of the most wisest of the sages...funny, back then we only thought of it as a past-time, a relaxing activity when we can talk to each other. How I miss those days when we would be together almost every single night... /~
I heard a shout through the woods. Finally Leorio and the others have noticed my absence. What to do? I'm not running away from something as simple as this...let them find me if they can.
~*~
"Kurapika!" Leorio shouted again into the air.
"Would you please shut up, Leorio?" Killua said angrily, rubbing his arms together as the air got a bit colder. And, gods, it's not really evening yet.
"What did you say?" Leorio wheeled around, looking at him.
"I said, 'Shut up.'" Killua repeated, then looked over at Gon. "I can't hear him, can you?"
"No," he said, shaking his head. "I can sense movements, but they might just be made by little animals in the forest. He's not speaking so I don't think we'll manage to track him down."
"Hmm..."
"You two!" Leorio exclaimed, then proceeded to shouting his friend's name again. "Kuraaaaapikaaaaa!"
Killua hit him on the head while Gon sweatdropped. "I said 'shut up'! Do you actually think that we'll find him that way? That he'll really answer back?"
"Yes," Leorio replied without thinking and Killua stomped down on his foot before he can shout 'Kuraaaaapikaaaaa!' again. "Ooo-owww!!!"
Gon sweatdropped some more.
"Ki-killua!" Leorio exclaimed angrily, hopping in circles with his sore foot raised. "That hurt! You little baka!"
That comment made, the two started bickering at each other.
"Who's the baka?" Killua snapped.
"You are, you little twerp!" Leorio replied.
Gon sweatdropped some more and finding the two unmindful of his pleas to stop, he shifted his attention to his surroundings. Something caught his eye: a few broken twigs and crushed undergrowth. His eyes lit up.
"Hey, Killua! Leorio!"
The two were still fighting and they made so much noise that they didn't hear Gon. Gon sweatdropped again, sighed, and went into the woods.
~*~
~/ Noise. Rustling. I guess they've found me. /~
I turned to look towards where the noise was coming from. Everything turned still suddenly, but I knew someone was there among the trees. And I also know that I'm being watched close.
~/ Whoever you are, show yourself. Don't hide in the dark, don't hide from what must be...it's no use. You'll just regret it. /~
The chains on my right hand started moving. No, it can't be. I'm sure it's just Leorio and the others there, I mustn't fight THEM...I can't!
~/ So they too don't want to face the future? Then judgement...no escape. /~
My hands started to shake, my aura flowed freely around my body. I felt my eyes glow red and my aura changed as well. I don't understand.
~/ What's happening to me? I ca-can't control...so this is how it's supposed to be? I'm now the angel of destiny? Do I regret escaping my fate so much that now I make sure that no one else escapes theirs? /~
I stood up. Gon stepped into the light and smiled at me. I smiled back at him and I must have looked like the devil for he frowned, surprise reflected on his eyes and staggered backwards. I walked towards him. I needn't undo the chains in my hands, a couple of them were floating in front of me already.
~/ I have never felt this powerful...so powerful that I can even control things as I wish?...wait, wish? Do I wish for this? For Gon's death? /~
Gon's eyes widened and he took another step backwards. Smart kid, he has realized what I am to do, that I am to end his life.
~/ No escape...you can't run away from fate as I had... /~
"Ku-kurapika?" Finally, he spoke, his voice almost inaudible, fear within it.
~/ Death by destiny... /~
I approached him, ready to kill him any second now. "You can't escape destiny. It won't hurt much, I promise." I started to bring down my hand upon him.
"No!" he shrieked.
~/ WAIT! Does destiny necessarily mean death? This is not Gon's destiny! He is yet to find his father! What am I DOIN?! /~
I lowered my hands and staggered backwards, hands clutching my head as all my nerves screamed in pain.
~/ No... /~
~*~
A/N: Haha. Told you I'm demented. This fic's growing crazier with every chapter. This one is not what I had in mind but what the heck? I write what I feel like and right now I'm insane!!! Haha.