Disclaimer: Hunter X Hunter dose not belong to me, neither do any of its
characters. I am just a fan of the series who likes it enough to spend time
writing fanfiction on it ^^ so enjoy and such =P
Additional Notes: Okay you may want to read this before starting into the story. As you might want to be informed that for this particular series of HxH fanfiction I am writing, Kurapika is a girl. I've done plenty of fics with Kurapika as a guy (and fics where you just don't know what he is) and I wanted to write one with Kurapika as a girl. So if you have a problem with that, don't read simple as that.
This fic also deals with the tender area of Kurapika's past =/ I know it's not an easy thing to write about and pass off as believable but I will try my best to see if I can make a past for Kurapika that will work and not distort the story too much. I also know that this isn't the first time a fic on Kura-chan's past has been produced, but I still think that it will defiantly hold some kind of originality in it.
Oh yes, I almost forgot, there is a paring in here. sorta I guess. Kurapika X Kuroro
Keep in mind that this is also my first time writing a fic that's not a humor fic YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED with all that said and done (I believe that is everything) enjoy the story ^^
Hunter X Hunter Can You Remember Tears?
Chapter Five
"EH!?!? You're drenched again!?!?" Ichiro quickly pulls Kurapika inside, giving her some clothes to change into. "How did you manage to get wet this time!? It's not even raining?"
Kurapika looks quietly to the side. "Sakri pushed me into the lake."
"Sakri?"
"But it wasn't bad, we where just playing!" She quickly added in before her first choice of words landed Sakri in trouble.
"Is that so?" He takes Kurapika's wet clothes hanging them to dry. "What were you two doing over there? I thought that you weren't supposed to leave the village, and I believe that is NOT in the village."
Kurapika started drying her hair, an upset look on her face. "He wanted to tell me something."
Ichiro pauses, slowly turning back to her. "He told you he was leaving to become a hunter. am I right?"
Kurapika looked up at Ichiro in astonishment. "How did you know?"
Ichiro smiles as he walks over to her. "I was the one that gave him permission to go, when you're that young you need to have guardian consent to be able to take the test."
"Why would you do such a thing!?" Kurapika demanded, slightly annoyed. After all, this wasn't anyone that was leaving this was Sakri.
Ichiro laughs under his breath. "Are you mad at me for doing so?"
"Not really mad.. Just annoyed."
"I guess this means you chose not to go with him?" He shrugs his shoulders not seeming at that surprised. "I thought as much."
Kurapika lowered her head, looking down at the floor. "I don't know why I won't go with him. He seems important to him but. I can't leave. and I don't know why."
Ichiro lifts Kurapika up, placing her on his shoulders. "Come." Kurapika is not sure of what to make of Ichiro's actions, what has he doing now?
Ichiro takes her outside. "Becoming a hunter is an incredible journey. Lots of things could happen, things that can affect your future, thing that can affect the way you think of your past. It's an ambition that many grasp for and very few manage to catch. It's a hard test without question. Made for people strong like Sakri and you."
He stops outside of the village, turning back to it. "But you Kurapika, choose to stay here instead of go, and both me and Sakri understand why. And it's curios to me that you wouldn't know why you yourself choose to stay."
Kurapika looked at the side. "What is there to understand? I refuse to help my close friend in obtaining his dream. I choose to stay behind and not help him at all." All she could see was her ignorance and fear towards him leaving and becoming a hunter and leaving the clan. "I can't help him."
"Kurapika chooses to stay because she's strong."
Kurapika hadn't been expecting a response like that. "Strong?"
"It takes a lot of courage to become a hunter, it takes just as much to stay behind."
"Ichiro." She wasn't used to Ichiro talking so seriously. Of course he spoke seriously when it came to combat, but when it came to matters such as these he was usually lacking.
Ichiro continued. "You may be a skilled fighter, and you may have the potential to become one of the most powerful people in the clan but. You are still a girl, and because you are you put your clan before yourself. Like Hisa-sensei, Takara-sensei, and all the other woman of the Kurata who have gotten offers to leave but chosen to stay. What you want most is to protect this clan from danger. To keep it safe from all harm. You can't do that when you're so far away. You keep your clan above your own happiness, because you love it so much, and would do anything to keep it safe."
He closes his eyes, not sure if he was all that good at explaining something like this. "You want to stay and protect the people you love."
*******
Takara stared down at Kurapika a little confused. "A book on hunters? Why would you want a book like that?"
Kurapika looked to the side, she and Ichiro were the only ones that knew that Sakri was leaving to become one. After all it was forbidden for a member of the tribe to take such journeys, and Sakri would be running away so that he could go. "I want to know about them. Ichiro-sensei says hunters are more powerful then him. it's sounds interesting."
Takara hums in astonishment. "Hunters hu? Those are complicated people. There are a lot of different hunters, and different people that are hunters. I'm afraid that is I gave you a book like that you would be drown in its complexity."
"It's okay, I'm not confused by books so easily." The things that usually confused her where certain actions people took, and actions she herself did.
Takara smiles back at Kurapika, her voice warm. "If you insist. After all, you're just reading a book on them, it's not as if you are leaving to become one."
Takara takes a moment to find a book off one of the many shelves, handing it to her. "Here. This should have everything you're looking for."
Kurapika bow to thanks her. "Thank you, I'll bring it back as soon as I'm done with it."
"Kurapika. why would you want a book on hunters?" Takara tries asking again, hoping this time to get the actual answer.
Kurapika gives her a smile. "It's just as I said, it sounds interesting to me. " She then leaves the building. Takara sighs. "She's not telling me again. maybe Ichiro knows. he seems to be closer to her then I am."
*******
Sakri is lying down in the grass next to Kurapika, who was sitting with her legs crossed reading the book. He frowns poking at her. "You read to much. you're going to turn into a nerd if you're not careful."
Kurapika glares over at him. "You should talk! You don't read at all."
Sakri laughs nervously. "Books make my head spin, I can't read them as quickly and as well as you."
Today there were no classes for the two to attend, and now, there wasn't really much for the two to do. Sakri wouldn't be leaving for two weeks more, so the two had lots of time to spend with one another yet.
Sakri sits up, looking over at Kurapika. "I'm going to give you a parting gift before I go."
Kurapika frowns, turning from her book, looking over at him. "You don't have any money to buy me anything, don't make promises you can't keep."
Sakri shakes his head. "I already have it! I don't have to buy it."
"Oh? Where did you get the money for something?"
"I didn't buy it, I made it."
"Made it?" She nods her head. "That's right, you make things with metal and stuff." "I can make thing very well. Just the other day Takara said that I should make her some jewelry to wear."
Kurapika still didn't look all that amused, she was still upset with Sakri with his decision to leave the Kurata clan. "Oh? And what did you make for me?"
"It's not finished yet, but it's half done."
"What is it?"
"I can't tell you! It's a surprise, Idiot." He leaned back in the grass, a frustrated look on his face. "But. I'm having trouble getting them to match."
Kurapika frowns. "Match? What would you need to match?"
"Because, it would look stupid if you had earrings that didn't match exactly."
"Earrings?"
Sakri quickly jumps to his feet, pointing accusingly at Kurapika. "You dragged it out of me!!!"
Kurapika laughs smiling and sporting a victory sign with her fingers. "Wasn't hard either!"
"Tricky."
Kurapika tilts her head to the side. "So. why earrings?"
Sakri smiles witfully as he begins to explain. "Because Takara told me that girls like jewelry. And since a necklace might get in the way while your fighting, and a ring will hurt if you happen to punch me in the face. I went with earrings. Pretty smart hu?"
Kurapika laughs at his answer. "You think of everything, don't you Sakri."
"Are you making fun of me?"
"It comes naturally."
Sakri changes the topic off of Kurapika making fun of him. "Anyway. I wanted to give you something that you would be able to remember me by, since it may be a while till I come back."
"Why would I want to remember you?"
"You want to remember me don't pretend that you don't!"
Kurapika smiled turning back to him. "I've got something to give you before you go to. Here" She sticks her tongue out, making an ugly face. "What do you think? You like it?"
Sakri laughs shaking his head. "I liked you're old face better."
"You don't like the new and improved me? Jerk, I'll never speak to you again."
Sakri shakes his head. "You won't forget about me when I'm gone will you?"
Kurapika frowns. "Why are you bringing this up now? You're not leaving for two more weeks?"
"If you don't answer me now I'll ask you again everyday for two weeks."
Kurapika grabs onto Sakri's ear pulling it. "You better not! That would be annoying!" She sighs letting go and looking at his face. "Of course I won't forget. I don't forget things easily."
Sakri gets to his feet. "I easily forget things. but you and the rest of the clan. I won't forget about either." He takes off, running back to the village nearby.
Kurapika closes her book, getting to her feet. "Two weeks."
*******
"So that's why you're not acting like yourself today. A friend of yours is leaving." Kuroro concluded, his nose actually out of a book.
Kurapika nods her head. "To become a hunter."
"Hunter? Do you understand what that is?"
Kurapika closes her eyes, of course she sort of knew what a Hunter was, she was reading a book on the topic after all. "I don't know everything about them. but from what I know. they're great."
Kuroro smiles at her. "Would you expect anything less from your friend?"
Kurapika shakes her head. "No. if he became a Hunter it would be great. It's what he wants to do, and they're powerful and great. It would be good if he managed to make it. I can understand why he wants to become one. but still."
"Just like everything you're going to experience in the future, things need to be taken one step at a time. You'll come to understand the situation better, and when two weeks are up you'll be happy to see him going on a journey to obtain his dream. Maybe even be envious of him. What ever the case, I'm sure of one thing, you won't regret seeing him leave."
Kurapika sighs, knowing well that Kuroro was perhaps right. "I guess so."
"I'll be leaving soon as well, I can't stay here forever after all."
Kurapika's heart sank, she had forgotten that Kuroro was a traveler and in being so would start to travel again. "That's right. you'll have to go as well."
"You'll have to go back to occupying yourself in the way you did before you came and started talking to me." He goes back to reading. "I'm sure I've been distracting you from things you should be doing."
Kurapika clutched her chest over her heart. Why. why was it beating so quickly when she heard this? She knew from the beginning that Kuroro was going to leave at some point, why would this be bothering her so much? Hearing him tell her he was leaving hurt her more then when Sakri had said it, and she had known Kuroro not nearly as long as she had known Kuroro.
Kuroro turned back towards her, sensing something was wrong. "What is it?"
Kurapika lowered her head, not showing him her face. "I don't know. I don't know what it means. what does it mean when your heart beats so fast it feels like it's going to break.it hurts enough to make me cry."
"Kurapika."
Another voice from in the distance interrupts the two. "Kurapika? Kurapika where are you?"
Kurapika quickly gets to her feet. "Sakri!" It wouldn't be good if ANY member of her clan found out she were talking to this strange traveler. She turns towards Kuroro quickly having a short farewell. "I'll see you some other time. Hopefully you'll sill be here."
She takes off in the direction of Sakri's voice, hopping to meet up with him far from the area she was in. It wasn't long before the two ran into one another.
Sakri seems relived that he had been able to find her, but at the same time looked worried over something as well. "Kurapika. where have you been!? Hisa-sensei's been looking for you! If you don't go back to town she's going to suspect that you've been leaving!"
Kurapika gets a horrified look on her face. "Really!?" If Hisa-sensei found out that she had been spending most of her free time outside of the village, Hisa would lock her in a room and throw away the key without a doubt. She quickly begins to run back to the village. "What am I supposed to do!?" As she got closer to the village she could hear Hisa calling out for her. She was yelling so loudly. everyone in the Kurata clan could hear here, what would Kurapika's excuse be?
She soon arrives at the village, taking a moment to catch her breath so that it wouldn't look as if she had run all the way here. She then called out to Hisa, responding to her. "Yes Hisa-sensei. what is it?"
Hisa turned back to see Kurapika standing not that far behind her. "Where were you? What took you so long?"
Kurapika pulled her book in front of her, holding the back towards Hisa, hoping that she wouldn't be interested I the title of the book. "I was just over there reading this book, I was so caught up in it that I didn't hear you calling me until just now. it's really interesting."
Hisa stared at her as if trying to read what Kurapika was saying was true or not, then shakes her head. "Both you and Takara. the world could be ending and you wouldn't noticed."
Kurapika sighs in relief, glad to be out of the hot seat. She holds the book back at her side. "So, why were you calling for me? Do you need me for something?"
Hisa shakes her head, walking off. "No. I didn't need you for anything."
"Didn't need me?" That didn't make sense at all, why would you call for someone so loudly if you didn't need him or her. "If you didn't need me then why did you call me?"
Hisa didn't look all that well, she looked as if a heavy worry was on her shoulders. "I had an bad feeling. it makes me uneasy. as if something terrible has happened. You where the only member of the tribe I could not find, so I thought something terrible had happened to you."
"A bad feeling."
Hisa nods her head, but despite her worried mood, pats Kurapika lightly on the head. "Don't worry about it. It's just an old fool like me growing senile no doubt." She turns walking away. "But. I still can't help but worry about you and the others. Be careful. and please stay within the village. It would lift a terrible burden off my shoulders if you just stayed here."
Kurapika watches her leave in silence. It seemed everyone in the village knew she was constantly leaving the village.. Of course it was a small clan, things like this where realized quit quickly, but did nothing about it. As if they didn't mind her leaving all the time.
Kurapika turns to Sakri, who had been watching everything not far behind her. "You told her didn't you!"
"I did not. You know I wouldn't do such a thing."
Kurapika sighed turning back to Hisa. She had a confusing character, and was at times impossible for Kurapika to understand.
"HISA-SENSEI!!!" One of Kurapika's female classmates ran past Sakri and Kurapika, stopping and panting for breath in front of the older member of the clan.
Hisa looked shocked to see her. "Nami? What is it? Did something happen."
She points a shaking finger in the direction she had come from. Her voice shaky, barely unable to speak. "Outside of the village. in broad daylight. in the open. I found him. Ichiro-sensei..."
"Ichiro? What about that pest? What is he doing now."
Nami shakes her head, tears streaming down her face. It wasn't at all like that, it was something completely unbelievable. ""Ichiro-sensei. he's dead!"
Both Kurapika and Sakri's eyes widen in shock.
Hisa's face grew into a horrified expression. She grabs onto her arm dragging her in the direction he was pointing in. "Dead? Are you sure!? How did this happen!! Answer me!"
Sakri grabs onto Kurapika's arm, following and dragging her along. Kurapika was too shocked to react properly. "Dead."
END OF CHAPTER
Finally finished that one XD I don't know why but I had horrible writers block writing this chapter x.x but I'm glad I'm finally finished it XD
Again, thank you for the reviews ^^ I really appreciate getting them XD and I'm happy that I got almost no complaints about Kurapika's gender in this fic ^^o
Notes regarding this chapter. hummm.. I'm just relived to finally have got over my writers block XD! Now I can post another chapter for everyone to read ^_^ Hopefully, chapter 6 will not take a long.
-Kurapika L. Suki
Additional Notes: Okay you may want to read this before starting into the story. As you might want to be informed that for this particular series of HxH fanfiction I am writing, Kurapika is a girl. I've done plenty of fics with Kurapika as a guy (and fics where you just don't know what he is) and I wanted to write one with Kurapika as a girl. So if you have a problem with that, don't read simple as that.
This fic also deals with the tender area of Kurapika's past =/ I know it's not an easy thing to write about and pass off as believable but I will try my best to see if I can make a past for Kurapika that will work and not distort the story too much. I also know that this isn't the first time a fic on Kura-chan's past has been produced, but I still think that it will defiantly hold some kind of originality in it.
Oh yes, I almost forgot, there is a paring in here. sorta I guess. Kurapika X Kuroro
Keep in mind that this is also my first time writing a fic that's not a humor fic YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED with all that said and done (I believe that is everything) enjoy the story ^^
Hunter X Hunter Can You Remember Tears?
Chapter Five
"EH!?!? You're drenched again!?!?" Ichiro quickly pulls Kurapika inside, giving her some clothes to change into. "How did you manage to get wet this time!? It's not even raining?"
Kurapika looks quietly to the side. "Sakri pushed me into the lake."
"Sakri?"
"But it wasn't bad, we where just playing!" She quickly added in before her first choice of words landed Sakri in trouble.
"Is that so?" He takes Kurapika's wet clothes hanging them to dry. "What were you two doing over there? I thought that you weren't supposed to leave the village, and I believe that is NOT in the village."
Kurapika started drying her hair, an upset look on her face. "He wanted to tell me something."
Ichiro pauses, slowly turning back to her. "He told you he was leaving to become a hunter. am I right?"
Kurapika looked up at Ichiro in astonishment. "How did you know?"
Ichiro smiles as he walks over to her. "I was the one that gave him permission to go, when you're that young you need to have guardian consent to be able to take the test."
"Why would you do such a thing!?" Kurapika demanded, slightly annoyed. After all, this wasn't anyone that was leaving this was Sakri.
Ichiro laughs under his breath. "Are you mad at me for doing so?"
"Not really mad.. Just annoyed."
"I guess this means you chose not to go with him?" He shrugs his shoulders not seeming at that surprised. "I thought as much."
Kurapika lowered her head, looking down at the floor. "I don't know why I won't go with him. He seems important to him but. I can't leave. and I don't know why."
Ichiro lifts Kurapika up, placing her on his shoulders. "Come." Kurapika is not sure of what to make of Ichiro's actions, what has he doing now?
Ichiro takes her outside. "Becoming a hunter is an incredible journey. Lots of things could happen, things that can affect your future, thing that can affect the way you think of your past. It's an ambition that many grasp for and very few manage to catch. It's a hard test without question. Made for people strong like Sakri and you."
He stops outside of the village, turning back to it. "But you Kurapika, choose to stay here instead of go, and both me and Sakri understand why. And it's curios to me that you wouldn't know why you yourself choose to stay."
Kurapika looked at the side. "What is there to understand? I refuse to help my close friend in obtaining his dream. I choose to stay behind and not help him at all." All she could see was her ignorance and fear towards him leaving and becoming a hunter and leaving the clan. "I can't help him."
"Kurapika chooses to stay because she's strong."
Kurapika hadn't been expecting a response like that. "Strong?"
"It takes a lot of courage to become a hunter, it takes just as much to stay behind."
"Ichiro." She wasn't used to Ichiro talking so seriously. Of course he spoke seriously when it came to combat, but when it came to matters such as these he was usually lacking.
Ichiro continued. "You may be a skilled fighter, and you may have the potential to become one of the most powerful people in the clan but. You are still a girl, and because you are you put your clan before yourself. Like Hisa-sensei, Takara-sensei, and all the other woman of the Kurata who have gotten offers to leave but chosen to stay. What you want most is to protect this clan from danger. To keep it safe from all harm. You can't do that when you're so far away. You keep your clan above your own happiness, because you love it so much, and would do anything to keep it safe."
He closes his eyes, not sure if he was all that good at explaining something like this. "You want to stay and protect the people you love."
*******
Takara stared down at Kurapika a little confused. "A book on hunters? Why would you want a book like that?"
Kurapika looked to the side, she and Ichiro were the only ones that knew that Sakri was leaving to become one. After all it was forbidden for a member of the tribe to take such journeys, and Sakri would be running away so that he could go. "I want to know about them. Ichiro-sensei says hunters are more powerful then him. it's sounds interesting."
Takara hums in astonishment. "Hunters hu? Those are complicated people. There are a lot of different hunters, and different people that are hunters. I'm afraid that is I gave you a book like that you would be drown in its complexity."
"It's okay, I'm not confused by books so easily." The things that usually confused her where certain actions people took, and actions she herself did.
Takara smiles back at Kurapika, her voice warm. "If you insist. After all, you're just reading a book on them, it's not as if you are leaving to become one."
Takara takes a moment to find a book off one of the many shelves, handing it to her. "Here. This should have everything you're looking for."
Kurapika bow to thanks her. "Thank you, I'll bring it back as soon as I'm done with it."
"Kurapika. why would you want a book on hunters?" Takara tries asking again, hoping this time to get the actual answer.
Kurapika gives her a smile. "It's just as I said, it sounds interesting to me. " She then leaves the building. Takara sighs. "She's not telling me again. maybe Ichiro knows. he seems to be closer to her then I am."
*******
Sakri is lying down in the grass next to Kurapika, who was sitting with her legs crossed reading the book. He frowns poking at her. "You read to much. you're going to turn into a nerd if you're not careful."
Kurapika glares over at him. "You should talk! You don't read at all."
Sakri laughs nervously. "Books make my head spin, I can't read them as quickly and as well as you."
Today there were no classes for the two to attend, and now, there wasn't really much for the two to do. Sakri wouldn't be leaving for two weeks more, so the two had lots of time to spend with one another yet.
Sakri sits up, looking over at Kurapika. "I'm going to give you a parting gift before I go."
Kurapika frowns, turning from her book, looking over at him. "You don't have any money to buy me anything, don't make promises you can't keep."
Sakri shakes his head. "I already have it! I don't have to buy it."
"Oh? Where did you get the money for something?"
"I didn't buy it, I made it."
"Made it?" She nods her head. "That's right, you make things with metal and stuff." "I can make thing very well. Just the other day Takara said that I should make her some jewelry to wear."
Kurapika still didn't look all that amused, she was still upset with Sakri with his decision to leave the Kurata clan. "Oh? And what did you make for me?"
"It's not finished yet, but it's half done."
"What is it?"
"I can't tell you! It's a surprise, Idiot." He leaned back in the grass, a frustrated look on his face. "But. I'm having trouble getting them to match."
Kurapika frowns. "Match? What would you need to match?"
"Because, it would look stupid if you had earrings that didn't match exactly."
"Earrings?"
Sakri quickly jumps to his feet, pointing accusingly at Kurapika. "You dragged it out of me!!!"
Kurapika laughs smiling and sporting a victory sign with her fingers. "Wasn't hard either!"
"Tricky."
Kurapika tilts her head to the side. "So. why earrings?"
Sakri smiles witfully as he begins to explain. "Because Takara told me that girls like jewelry. And since a necklace might get in the way while your fighting, and a ring will hurt if you happen to punch me in the face. I went with earrings. Pretty smart hu?"
Kurapika laughs at his answer. "You think of everything, don't you Sakri."
"Are you making fun of me?"
"It comes naturally."
Sakri changes the topic off of Kurapika making fun of him. "Anyway. I wanted to give you something that you would be able to remember me by, since it may be a while till I come back."
"Why would I want to remember you?"
"You want to remember me don't pretend that you don't!"
Kurapika smiled turning back to him. "I've got something to give you before you go to. Here" She sticks her tongue out, making an ugly face. "What do you think? You like it?"
Sakri laughs shaking his head. "I liked you're old face better."
"You don't like the new and improved me? Jerk, I'll never speak to you again."
Sakri shakes his head. "You won't forget about me when I'm gone will you?"
Kurapika frowns. "Why are you bringing this up now? You're not leaving for two more weeks?"
"If you don't answer me now I'll ask you again everyday for two weeks."
Kurapika grabs onto Sakri's ear pulling it. "You better not! That would be annoying!" She sighs letting go and looking at his face. "Of course I won't forget. I don't forget things easily."
Sakri gets to his feet. "I easily forget things. but you and the rest of the clan. I won't forget about either." He takes off, running back to the village nearby.
Kurapika closes her book, getting to her feet. "Two weeks."
*******
"So that's why you're not acting like yourself today. A friend of yours is leaving." Kuroro concluded, his nose actually out of a book.
Kurapika nods her head. "To become a hunter."
"Hunter? Do you understand what that is?"
Kurapika closes her eyes, of course she sort of knew what a Hunter was, she was reading a book on the topic after all. "I don't know everything about them. but from what I know. they're great."
Kuroro smiles at her. "Would you expect anything less from your friend?"
Kurapika shakes her head. "No. if he became a Hunter it would be great. It's what he wants to do, and they're powerful and great. It would be good if he managed to make it. I can understand why he wants to become one. but still."
"Just like everything you're going to experience in the future, things need to be taken one step at a time. You'll come to understand the situation better, and when two weeks are up you'll be happy to see him going on a journey to obtain his dream. Maybe even be envious of him. What ever the case, I'm sure of one thing, you won't regret seeing him leave."
Kurapika sighs, knowing well that Kuroro was perhaps right. "I guess so."
"I'll be leaving soon as well, I can't stay here forever after all."
Kurapika's heart sank, she had forgotten that Kuroro was a traveler and in being so would start to travel again. "That's right. you'll have to go as well."
"You'll have to go back to occupying yourself in the way you did before you came and started talking to me." He goes back to reading. "I'm sure I've been distracting you from things you should be doing."
Kurapika clutched her chest over her heart. Why. why was it beating so quickly when she heard this? She knew from the beginning that Kuroro was going to leave at some point, why would this be bothering her so much? Hearing him tell her he was leaving hurt her more then when Sakri had said it, and she had known Kuroro not nearly as long as she had known Kuroro.
Kuroro turned back towards her, sensing something was wrong. "What is it?"
Kurapika lowered her head, not showing him her face. "I don't know. I don't know what it means. what does it mean when your heart beats so fast it feels like it's going to break.it hurts enough to make me cry."
"Kurapika."
Another voice from in the distance interrupts the two. "Kurapika? Kurapika where are you?"
Kurapika quickly gets to her feet. "Sakri!" It wouldn't be good if ANY member of her clan found out she were talking to this strange traveler. She turns towards Kuroro quickly having a short farewell. "I'll see you some other time. Hopefully you'll sill be here."
She takes off in the direction of Sakri's voice, hopping to meet up with him far from the area she was in. It wasn't long before the two ran into one another.
Sakri seems relived that he had been able to find her, but at the same time looked worried over something as well. "Kurapika. where have you been!? Hisa-sensei's been looking for you! If you don't go back to town she's going to suspect that you've been leaving!"
Kurapika gets a horrified look on her face. "Really!?" If Hisa-sensei found out that she had been spending most of her free time outside of the village, Hisa would lock her in a room and throw away the key without a doubt. She quickly begins to run back to the village. "What am I supposed to do!?" As she got closer to the village she could hear Hisa calling out for her. She was yelling so loudly. everyone in the Kurata clan could hear here, what would Kurapika's excuse be?
She soon arrives at the village, taking a moment to catch her breath so that it wouldn't look as if she had run all the way here. She then called out to Hisa, responding to her. "Yes Hisa-sensei. what is it?"
Hisa turned back to see Kurapika standing not that far behind her. "Where were you? What took you so long?"
Kurapika pulled her book in front of her, holding the back towards Hisa, hoping that she wouldn't be interested I the title of the book. "I was just over there reading this book, I was so caught up in it that I didn't hear you calling me until just now. it's really interesting."
Hisa stared at her as if trying to read what Kurapika was saying was true or not, then shakes her head. "Both you and Takara. the world could be ending and you wouldn't noticed."
Kurapika sighs in relief, glad to be out of the hot seat. She holds the book back at her side. "So, why were you calling for me? Do you need me for something?"
Hisa shakes her head, walking off. "No. I didn't need you for anything."
"Didn't need me?" That didn't make sense at all, why would you call for someone so loudly if you didn't need him or her. "If you didn't need me then why did you call me?"
Hisa didn't look all that well, she looked as if a heavy worry was on her shoulders. "I had an bad feeling. it makes me uneasy. as if something terrible has happened. You where the only member of the tribe I could not find, so I thought something terrible had happened to you."
"A bad feeling."
Hisa nods her head, but despite her worried mood, pats Kurapika lightly on the head. "Don't worry about it. It's just an old fool like me growing senile no doubt." She turns walking away. "But. I still can't help but worry about you and the others. Be careful. and please stay within the village. It would lift a terrible burden off my shoulders if you just stayed here."
Kurapika watches her leave in silence. It seemed everyone in the village knew she was constantly leaving the village.. Of course it was a small clan, things like this where realized quit quickly, but did nothing about it. As if they didn't mind her leaving all the time.
Kurapika turns to Sakri, who had been watching everything not far behind her. "You told her didn't you!"
"I did not. You know I wouldn't do such a thing."
Kurapika sighed turning back to Hisa. She had a confusing character, and was at times impossible for Kurapika to understand.
"HISA-SENSEI!!!" One of Kurapika's female classmates ran past Sakri and Kurapika, stopping and panting for breath in front of the older member of the clan.
Hisa looked shocked to see her. "Nami? What is it? Did something happen."
She points a shaking finger in the direction she had come from. Her voice shaky, barely unable to speak. "Outside of the village. in broad daylight. in the open. I found him. Ichiro-sensei..."
"Ichiro? What about that pest? What is he doing now."
Nami shakes her head, tears streaming down her face. It wasn't at all like that, it was something completely unbelievable. ""Ichiro-sensei. he's dead!"
Both Kurapika and Sakri's eyes widen in shock.
Hisa's face grew into a horrified expression. She grabs onto her arm dragging her in the direction he was pointing in. "Dead? Are you sure!? How did this happen!! Answer me!"
Sakri grabs onto Kurapika's arm, following and dragging her along. Kurapika was too shocked to react properly. "Dead."
END OF CHAPTER
Finally finished that one XD I don't know why but I had horrible writers block writing this chapter x.x but I'm glad I'm finally finished it XD
Again, thank you for the reviews ^^ I really appreciate getting them XD and I'm happy that I got almost no complaints about Kurapika's gender in this fic ^^o
Notes regarding this chapter. hummm.. I'm just relived to finally have got over my writers block XD! Now I can post another chapter for everyone to read ^_^ Hopefully, chapter 6 will not take a long.
-Kurapika L. Suki