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 Six
Sakri grabs onto Kurapika's arm, following Hisa and Nami, dragging Kurapika along with him, Kurapika was to shocked to think or react. "Dead." How could Ichiro be dead, he had just talked to her that very morning. He didn't look sick at all, he was perfectly fine.
Maybe this was a joke, Nami was known to make jokes to scare people before, this could just be another.
Nami fell to the ground, refusing to take another step forward stopping Hisa in her tracks. She swallows barely able to speak. "I don't want to go any farther."
Hisa knelt down next to the shaking girl. It was clear she was scared stiff, and didn't want to see what she had already stumbled across. "You don't have to, just stay here." Hisa gets to her feet, continuing forward.
Kurapika is reluctant to take another step forward. A terrible feeling had over come her, and was making it hard for her to move. Sakri lets go of her. "You can stay here if you want."
He turns to follow Hisa, but Kurapika grabs onto his arm stopping him. "I'm coming too." She was determined to push forward, she couldn't just stay here and not know what happened. This was too important to her. "I don't want to stay here."
Sakri nods in understanding, then continues forward, Kurapika follows close behind. I didn't make sense, he had been well, just fine. just as he always had been, nor was he a clumsy person, he couldn't have gotten into an accident of some sort. Not to mention he was one of the stronger Kurata members, something like this was unbelievable.
She stumbles falling to the ground, her mind running faster then her own feet, she had neglected to watch her footing. She slowly pushes herself up, slightly ashamed that she had been so careless. Her hand touches something cold and wet, she brings her hand to her face a red liquid staining them. "Blood?" She turns to the ground, finding the grass covered with traces of blood. "The blood stains. it looks like he was fighting someone."
"Kurapika!" Kurapika is snapped back to what she had been doing by Sakri's voice. She turns towards him to find him standing with Hisa near something. She slowly gets to her feet, her body shaking, her eyes starting to fill with tears. "Ichiro."
The ground was literally covered in blood, slowly steeply slowly and carefully she approaches the unmoving body. Hisa seemed to be in shock, not sure what to make of the situation. "What happened? What could have done this?"
Kurapika kneels down next to the body. It was him, there was no mistaking it, he body was mangled, he looked terrible. Sakri turned back to Hisa. "Someone killed him."
"Why would someone kill him!? Ichiro had no enemies. he was a well liked member of the clan, I was the only one that disliked him." Hisa tried to explain, hoping that who ever had done this was not from the clan.
Kurapika squints her eyes, there was something wrong. It wasn't just that fact that someone close to her was dead, their body mangled in front of her. It was his face. there was something wrong with his face.
Sakri shook his head, he didn't understand the situation. "If someone wanted to kill him wouldn't they make it look like an accident so no one would be suspicious? Why would they leave him like this!?"
Kurapika touches Ichiro's cold face taking a closer look, it didn't take her long to find out what was wrong. "His eyes. his eyes are missing."
*******
The entire clan is once again called together, this time to discuss what had happened to Ichiro and what they where supposed to do about it. The clan leader seemed to be contemplating the mater deeply. "There's no doubt in my mind. Ichiro was murdered."
Confusion and horror filled the members of the Kurata clan. Something like this was unbelievable, especially when it was someone as well liked as Ichiro, the clan leader continues, not yet finished. "Who ever did this to him is powerful, and want themselves to be known. Attacking and killing someone in broad daylight. Who ever it was wasn't afraid of being seen, and they left the body. they wanted it to be found."
"Why would someone do this though!? What's the point?"
The leader shook his head. "Ichiro showed no signs of having contact with anyone outside of the tribe, the person who killed him was a stranger to Ichiro. someone he didn't know. Also, I supposed that Ichiro's unique mutilation had something to do with it."
"What dose that mean?"
Kurapika interrupted the clan leader before he could explain. "His eyes. they where gone."
The clan grew silent, not saying another word. The clan leader shook his head, this wasn't as easy issue to discuss for him. "We don't know what the meaning to taking his eyes was, but it's not a fact that can go overlooked. Until this incident is fully understood. No one is to leave this village at all. There will be no exceptions."
One of the Kurata members interrupts him, not entirely taking a liking to his new order. "But. if we can't leave the village how are we supposed to collect our crops? It's close to harvest."
"How long will it be like this?"
Many questions started to rise within the clan. The entire incident socking and scaring them, making them all unsure of why it had happened, or what was going to happen in the future.
The leader tried his best to calm and clear everything up. "Calm down! We don't have an answer for what happened but that doesn't mean we shouldn't be cautious. This is a threat to us, I won't loose another member, going outside the village is too risky! For now it needs to be this way."
*******
Kurapika lay quietly on her bed, for the entire day the tribe had kept a close eye on her to be sure that she wouldn't leave, even Sakri wasn't lenient enough to let her go off just once. It was nerve wreaking. It's not as if she ran off everyday. just more then usual lately. but that was because Kuroro was there to meet, someone with an interest similar to hers, someone for her to talk to.
She rolls over, looking over at Sakri who was staring over at her refusing to look away for a second enough to let her slip away. She was never going to be able to leave if this continued. She grumbles glaring over at him. "Don't you sleep!? You're going to make yourself ill if you keep staying awake like this."
Sakri seemed just as annoyed as Kurapika over the fact that he was awake. "I can't go to sleep! You'll try and run off again."
"Who says I'll do that? It's the middle of the night."
"You've left at night before."
"That was different, and that was only one time."
"Why do you keep leaving anyway? You've never been gone this much before."
Kurapika turns away, lying as if she would go to sleep. "It's nothing. I just need somewhere to think."
"You're lying."
"You're looking to deep into it! You're going to make something out of absolutely nothing."
"If it was nothing like you say it is, why are you so eager to go, even now with everything that's happened?"
Kurapika closes her eyes, her body was weak, it had been a rough day for her, it had been a rough day for everyone. Ichiro was a well-loved member of the tribe, very friendly and trusting of people, he always had great belief in people's potential abilities and would always try to make that belief a reality, succeeding more then enough. It was mind numbing as to why someone would want to kill him. "I just need to let it all out. before I start crying again."
Sakri stares at her in silence, unsure of what to say to her. Finally he rolls over looking away from her. "Get some sleep. maybe you'll feel better in the morning."
It seemed like forever before Sakri finally drifted off to sleep, but even with him sleeping Kurapika didn't spring to her feet to leave. Instead she continued to stare at the ceiling above her. She knew now was as good a chance as any to leave, but still found herself having trouble even getting up. What was the point to her leaving anyways? It would just put her in danger and over all wouldn't solve a single thing.
She forces herself up, quietly walking towards the window of the room. What would staying here do? There was no point in staying here and letting her self soak in everything. It would only be for a while, she would be fine. she just needed to get away from everything.
*******
Getting out of the village wasn't that hard, although everyone was on their guard Kurapika had managed to get out, only getting caught and sent back to her building three times.
It was dark and cold outside, but it didn't seem to bother Kurapika at all, her mind was so confused and bothered that her surroundings meant little to her. This was her second time she had decided to wander at night, but the first time she had been scared stiff, suspicious of everything unfamiliar and even familiar to her, but now. her mind was on other things, she was off guard and didn't care. She just wanted to be left alone.
Kurapika sat down alone in front of the lake, watching the calm waters ripple slightly. Her legs crouched close to hr body, her arms wrapped around them, she looked as if she was trying to make herself as small as she could.
She wasn't a stupid person, she knew what ever had happened to Ichiro had happened for a reason of some sort. Probably not a pleasant reason but a reason no less, no one dose such a thing to a person without a reason right? His eyes. they where missing. that had to be something to do with it, but why would someone take his eyes?
"You're up late."
Kurapika jumped at the sudden interruption, quickly jumping to her feet turning towards who ever had spoken, relaxing and sighing in relief when she realized it was only Kuroro. "It's just you."
"What are you doing here? I rarely ever see you out at night."
"Rarely see me at night? Don't you ever sleep? You seem to be up both in the morning and night."
"Shouldn't you be sleeping? Why aren't you in your village?"
Kurapika looks to the side. "I needed some time to myself. but everyone's nervous and on guard. I wasn't able to get out until now."
"Did something happen?"
Kurapika nods her head, vaguely explaining the situation. "Someone from our clan was killed today."
Kuroro narrowed his eyes, as if Kurapika's information had reminded him of something. "Killed?"
Kurapika clenched her hands into fists, tightly shutting her eyes to keep back from crying. "Killed. for no reason that I can see, his body looked horrible. I could barely recognize him. when I first saw him it didn't look like a person at all." She caught her breath, her trying not to cry was working her up even more, she was upset, angry. why did this have to happen. "His eyes. they took his eyes! What reason would someone have to do that!?"
Kuroro's face turned into a horrified expression when Kurapika opened her eyes. "Kurapika. you." Her eyes had changed from their normal color to a bright crimson, Kurapika herself didn't seem to realize her anger over what had happened had triggered them to change. He falls to his knees now at Kurapika's height grabbing onto her shoulders looking directly at her face. "You! You're a Kurata!?"
Kurapika slowly nodded her head, Kuroro's expression making her a little nervous. "Yes." What did this man know about her clan? He looked horrified to realize this information, was something wrong with her being a member of the Kurata clan? Her eyes bright crimson died down to their original color, her anger being replaced by confusion over Kuroro's behavior. "Is there something wrong with the Kurata clan? What do you know about it?"
END OF CHAPTER
Authors Notes: hummm. sorry this chapter took a while as well XD I've been having trouble getting onto he computer again, but hey ^^ at least it's done right? Things are starting to change for Kurapika and the rest of the Kurata clan, I'm kinda nervous of writing the next chapters, as they will involve Kurapika's change of attitude. Of course this story DOES continue after the incident with his clan, as stated in the little explanation thingy for this story.
And ending to the entire fic? I've been debating over what that should be. I haven't quit decided yet from the endings I could conjure up ^^o but for now. enjoy what I have of the story XD and I'm glad that people like it so far ^_^
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 Six
Sakri grabs onto Kurapika's arm, following Hisa and Nami, dragging Kurapika along with him, Kurapika was to shocked to think or react. "Dead." How could Ichiro be dead, he had just talked to her that very morning. He didn't look sick at all, he was perfectly fine.
Maybe this was a joke, Nami was known to make jokes to scare people before, this could just be another.
Nami fell to the ground, refusing to take another step forward stopping Hisa in her tracks. She swallows barely able to speak. "I don't want to go any farther."
Hisa knelt down next to the shaking girl. It was clear she was scared stiff, and didn't want to see what she had already stumbled across. "You don't have to, just stay here." Hisa gets to her feet, continuing forward.
Kurapika is reluctant to take another step forward. A terrible feeling had over come her, and was making it hard for her to move. Sakri lets go of her. "You can stay here if you want."
He turns to follow Hisa, but Kurapika grabs onto his arm stopping him. "I'm coming too." She was determined to push forward, she couldn't just stay here and not know what happened. This was too important to her. "I don't want to stay here."
Sakri nods in understanding, then continues forward, Kurapika follows close behind. I didn't make sense, he had been well, just fine. just as he always had been, nor was he a clumsy person, he couldn't have gotten into an accident of some sort. Not to mention he was one of the stronger Kurata members, something like this was unbelievable.
She stumbles falling to the ground, her mind running faster then her own feet, she had neglected to watch her footing. She slowly pushes herself up, slightly ashamed that she had been so careless. Her hand touches something cold and wet, she brings her hand to her face a red liquid staining them. "Blood?" She turns to the ground, finding the grass covered with traces of blood. "The blood stains. it looks like he was fighting someone."
"Kurapika!" Kurapika is snapped back to what she had been doing by Sakri's voice. She turns towards him to find him standing with Hisa near something. She slowly gets to her feet, her body shaking, her eyes starting to fill with tears. "Ichiro."
The ground was literally covered in blood, slowly steeply slowly and carefully she approaches the unmoving body. Hisa seemed to be in shock, not sure what to make of the situation. "What happened? What could have done this?"
Kurapika kneels down next to the body. It was him, there was no mistaking it, he body was mangled, he looked terrible. Sakri turned back to Hisa. "Someone killed him."
"Why would someone kill him!? Ichiro had no enemies. he was a well liked member of the clan, I was the only one that disliked him." Hisa tried to explain, hoping that who ever had done this was not from the clan.
Kurapika squints her eyes, there was something wrong. It wasn't just that fact that someone close to her was dead, their body mangled in front of her. It was his face. there was something wrong with his face.
Sakri shook his head, he didn't understand the situation. "If someone wanted to kill him wouldn't they make it look like an accident so no one would be suspicious? Why would they leave him like this!?"
Kurapika touches Ichiro's cold face taking a closer look, it didn't take her long to find out what was wrong. "His eyes. his eyes are missing."
*******
The entire clan is once again called together, this time to discuss what had happened to Ichiro and what they where supposed to do about it. The clan leader seemed to be contemplating the mater deeply. "There's no doubt in my mind. Ichiro was murdered."
Confusion and horror filled the members of the Kurata clan. Something like this was unbelievable, especially when it was someone as well liked as Ichiro, the clan leader continues, not yet finished. "Who ever did this to him is powerful, and want themselves to be known. Attacking and killing someone in broad daylight. Who ever it was wasn't afraid of being seen, and they left the body. they wanted it to be found."
"Why would someone do this though!? What's the point?"
The leader shook his head. "Ichiro showed no signs of having contact with anyone outside of the tribe, the person who killed him was a stranger to Ichiro. someone he didn't know. Also, I supposed that Ichiro's unique mutilation had something to do with it."
"What dose that mean?"
Kurapika interrupted the clan leader before he could explain. "His eyes. they where gone."
The clan grew silent, not saying another word. The clan leader shook his head, this wasn't as easy issue to discuss for him. "We don't know what the meaning to taking his eyes was, but it's not a fact that can go overlooked. Until this incident is fully understood. No one is to leave this village at all. There will be no exceptions."
One of the Kurata members interrupts him, not entirely taking a liking to his new order. "But. if we can't leave the village how are we supposed to collect our crops? It's close to harvest."
"How long will it be like this?"
Many questions started to rise within the clan. The entire incident socking and scaring them, making them all unsure of why it had happened, or what was going to happen in the future.
The leader tried his best to calm and clear everything up. "Calm down! We don't have an answer for what happened but that doesn't mean we shouldn't be cautious. This is a threat to us, I won't loose another member, going outside the village is too risky! For now it needs to be this way."
*******
Kurapika lay quietly on her bed, for the entire day the tribe had kept a close eye on her to be sure that she wouldn't leave, even Sakri wasn't lenient enough to let her go off just once. It was nerve wreaking. It's not as if she ran off everyday. just more then usual lately. but that was because Kuroro was there to meet, someone with an interest similar to hers, someone for her to talk to.
She rolls over, looking over at Sakri who was staring over at her refusing to look away for a second enough to let her slip away. She was never going to be able to leave if this continued. She grumbles glaring over at him. "Don't you sleep!? You're going to make yourself ill if you keep staying awake like this."
Sakri seemed just as annoyed as Kurapika over the fact that he was awake. "I can't go to sleep! You'll try and run off again."
"Who says I'll do that? It's the middle of the night."
"You've left at night before."
"That was different, and that was only one time."
"Why do you keep leaving anyway? You've never been gone this much before."
Kurapika turns away, lying as if she would go to sleep. "It's nothing. I just need somewhere to think."
"You're lying."
"You're looking to deep into it! You're going to make something out of absolutely nothing."
"If it was nothing like you say it is, why are you so eager to go, even now with everything that's happened?"
Kurapika closes her eyes, her body was weak, it had been a rough day for her, it had been a rough day for everyone. Ichiro was a well-loved member of the tribe, very friendly and trusting of people, he always had great belief in people's potential abilities and would always try to make that belief a reality, succeeding more then enough. It was mind numbing as to why someone would want to kill him. "I just need to let it all out. before I start crying again."
Sakri stares at her in silence, unsure of what to say to her. Finally he rolls over looking away from her. "Get some sleep. maybe you'll feel better in the morning."
It seemed like forever before Sakri finally drifted off to sleep, but even with him sleeping Kurapika didn't spring to her feet to leave. Instead she continued to stare at the ceiling above her. She knew now was as good a chance as any to leave, but still found herself having trouble even getting up. What was the point to her leaving anyways? It would just put her in danger and over all wouldn't solve a single thing.
She forces herself up, quietly walking towards the window of the room. What would staying here do? There was no point in staying here and letting her self soak in everything. It would only be for a while, she would be fine. she just needed to get away from everything.
*******
Getting out of the village wasn't that hard, although everyone was on their guard Kurapika had managed to get out, only getting caught and sent back to her building three times.
It was dark and cold outside, but it didn't seem to bother Kurapika at all, her mind was so confused and bothered that her surroundings meant little to her. This was her second time she had decided to wander at night, but the first time she had been scared stiff, suspicious of everything unfamiliar and even familiar to her, but now. her mind was on other things, she was off guard and didn't care. She just wanted to be left alone.
Kurapika sat down alone in front of the lake, watching the calm waters ripple slightly. Her legs crouched close to hr body, her arms wrapped around them, she looked as if she was trying to make herself as small as she could.
She wasn't a stupid person, she knew what ever had happened to Ichiro had happened for a reason of some sort. Probably not a pleasant reason but a reason no less, no one dose such a thing to a person without a reason right? His eyes. they where missing. that had to be something to do with it, but why would someone take his eyes?
"You're up late."
Kurapika jumped at the sudden interruption, quickly jumping to her feet turning towards who ever had spoken, relaxing and sighing in relief when she realized it was only Kuroro. "It's just you."
"What are you doing here? I rarely ever see you out at night."
"Rarely see me at night? Don't you ever sleep? You seem to be up both in the morning and night."
"Shouldn't you be sleeping? Why aren't you in your village?"
Kurapika looks to the side. "I needed some time to myself. but everyone's nervous and on guard. I wasn't able to get out until now."
"Did something happen?"
Kurapika nods her head, vaguely explaining the situation. "Someone from our clan was killed today."
Kuroro narrowed his eyes, as if Kurapika's information had reminded him of something. "Killed?"
Kurapika clenched her hands into fists, tightly shutting her eyes to keep back from crying. "Killed. for no reason that I can see, his body looked horrible. I could barely recognize him. when I first saw him it didn't look like a person at all." She caught her breath, her trying not to cry was working her up even more, she was upset, angry. why did this have to happen. "His eyes. they took his eyes! What reason would someone have to do that!?"
Kuroro's face turned into a horrified expression when Kurapika opened her eyes. "Kurapika. you." Her eyes had changed from their normal color to a bright crimson, Kurapika herself didn't seem to realize her anger over what had happened had triggered them to change. He falls to his knees now at Kurapika's height grabbing onto her shoulders looking directly at her face. "You! You're a Kurata!?"
Kurapika slowly nodded her head, Kuroro's expression making her a little nervous. "Yes." What did this man know about her clan? He looked horrified to realize this information, was something wrong with her being a member of the Kurata clan? Her eyes bright crimson died down to their original color, her anger being replaced by confusion over Kuroro's behavior. "Is there something wrong with the Kurata clan? What do you know about it?"
END OF CHAPTER
Authors Notes: hummm. sorry this chapter took a while as well XD I've been having trouble getting onto he computer again, but hey ^^ at least it's done right? Things are starting to change for Kurapika and the rest of the Kurata clan, I'm kinda nervous of writing the next chapters, as they will involve Kurapika's change of attitude. Of course this story DOES continue after the incident with his clan, as stated in the little explanation thingy for this story.
And ending to the entire fic? I've been debating over what that should be. I haven't quit decided yet from the endings I could conjure up ^^o but for now. enjoy what I have of the story XD and I'm glad that people like it so far ^_^