Happy Odd Family Chapter 4
Guten Tag Leute
Sorry abut the mistake couple days ago
Apparently it took longer for me to revise some parts
I'm sorry if the plot was too slow, I needed to write a few hints and things more before get on to the real problem our characters have around the story. Shortly I'm building a case here
Don't worry, I'll have added Zoldick family and Hisoka by the time you read the fifth chapter (for you guys who accidentaly read the wrong 4th chappie I uploaded a week back…uh, well it's my blunder, "Models' Bet" should be the 5th chapter, Gomennasai (-.-);;;;; )
Kay so here's chapter four, enjoy!
Leorio sat on the closet, groaned. He's been sitting there for almost two hours, hiding. Hiding? From what? From Gon's question back at previous chapter (^.^;)! He did answered him with his careful choice of words, but every single one he'd given seemed only raised the spikyhead's interest to bombard him with further questions. So he used 'natures call' as an excuse to shove him up. In the first twenty minutes that Kyouka boy was standing immobile in front of the door, waiting for him to come out and answer his question. Luckily he got bored and went to the living room, playing with Kurario.
And the next one and half hour the young pediatrician sharpened his earshot, Gon and Kurario's voices still could be heard from inside. He sighed heavily, as long as that over-curious boy still awake and Kurapika and Killua haven't came back from the market, he got zero chance in avoiding that question but stayed in that small cell called bathroom, and maybe he'll have to use bathtub for his bed that night.
"How's he got into that sensitive matter?" He muttered in irritation as he plugged himself in to the empty tub. God, please let Kurapika and Killua come back soon.. The tub was hard and uncomfortable of course, however exhaustion of his worn out physic was overwhelming the inconvenient. Slowly his eyelids were getting heavier and heavier.
***
Meanwhile the two others were approaching the house with bags of baby's stuffs and goodies from the 24 hours store. The blond one unlocked the door and let himself and the silver-haired one inn.
"Tadai—" Kurapika stopped his word as Killua husked him.
"Ssshhh…!!!"
"What?"
"Don't be noisy or Gon would-- *ahem*, or you'll wake the baby up!"
"Uh… all right… Why are you tiptoeing like that?" Asked the blond, staring at the silverhair.
"Because I want to." Replied him, ignoring his puzzled stare.
Carefully Killua poked his head on the living room, Gon was there with the baby, and both were sleeping. He let out an allay sigh.
"Poor Gon, he must be tired watching over the baby." Kurapika said, watching Gons innocent sleeping face.
"Kurario …" Killua corrected.
"I've told you I don't like that name." He countered shortly
The said baby opened his eyes and yawned, stretching his arms, snuggling, causing his baby blue capuchon slid open, revealing his bushy burgundy locks. Then the two awaken lads spotted something unusual hidden in those strands of hair. Pointy ears.
"Is that…?" Killua drew himself closer.
For a moment Kurapika fell into silent, "Souma tribe." he murmured.
"What?"
"This baby… he's a Souman…member of the Souma tribe."
"Souma tribe. I've heard that before, Ojiisan mentioned it several times, so aside these ears, what's so special about him?" Asked the silverhair, being not much impressed.
"His blood, the Souman have reddish-black blood, also known as Souma antidote, it's a cure that effective in almost all disease, even it's said that if a normal healthy person drink it, he'll live a decade longer. No wonder he's in great danger, numbers of blacklisted hunters must be after him."
"Blood eh? That's not big deal; they could actually make money by selling their blood."
"True… the problem is their healing blood is circulating inside their bones, not veins, once a bone was broken, it took three times longer than an ordinary people to recover. Most of the cases ended up with death. This one is still a baby; his blood is in the most effective condition, pure black. The blood will go red and redder as the Soumans get older, and the healing vigor will fade." He explained, still had his eyes on the baby.
"I see, ummm… How much is it worth?"
"Last time I was bidding for Neon-sama in the auction for a tube of it, about three quarter billion zeny, that's the reddish black kind, I dunno how much the pure black one will cost." His answer made the other dropped his jaw.
"That much, a tube!?" he squeaked.
The blonde nodded, "They're rare items, hard to find, concerning that the Souman were about to extinct. The government did put some protection laws, but that didn't much aid them."
"Wow…I never thought he's in that stern situation, I thought he's just an heir of a dirty wealthy family or something… Tsk, we have to tell this to Gon and Leorio."
Kurapika sighed, "You do that allright."
The boy 'Hmm'ing, he turned to the sleeping spikyhead and lugged him to their room. "Good night." He said, climbing the stair, leaving the blonde with the baby.
Kurapika sat on couch, solemnly looked at Kurario's sleeping face. One his thumb was on his mouth. He just an innocent, harmless little baby, despite his eardrum-ripping weeps. The baby was too, member of an endangered clan, endangered just because some gift God had given them…just like his own clan… just like him. The blond softly caressed his pointy ear. "Everything will be just fine, I promise…" he whispered, pleading to protect the little one inside his heart..
He took the baby into his room, carefully placed him on his uncovered bed, stared at him for a moment, before he went to his cabinet. He took some book to his desk and read them.
***
Three short whistling came from the wooden cuckoo bird; it was three in the morning. Our young sleeping pediatrician snuggled on his 'bedtub'. He opened his muggy eyes, dozen of stiffness registered in his head. He let out a heavy groan, dragged himself out of the bathroom.
He stirred a cup of hot premium black coffee and sat in the dining room, sipping the liquid, stretching his all rusty muscles. He threw a glance at the clock… there was few hours left before he have to go to work He was just going to wheel to his own room and jump down to his beloved bed when he saw Kurapika's door slightly opened, light came out of there.
He couldn't help to peek a little. The blond was sitting his chair, his head on the desk, sleeping, or fallen asleep to be exact. Books and scrap papers scattered all over, Hunter's Manual, Journal of Extraordinary Tribes, Writer's Detect, the letter from Kurario's father, and some more books in various language. Leorio smiled. He went to his room and back with a blanket, carefully approached the sleeping one and wrapped him around.
He spotted some scratch note Kurapika had written in red ink. Pointy ears…Souma Tribe… Black Blood…Heart on the right torso… left-handed… The young pediatrician frowned, didn't get what he just read. He scanned around, Kurario was sleeping peacefully… Leorio saw his ears. He loomed closer toward the baby. He was making sure that what he saw was pointy ear… it is. All Kurapika's scrap note began to make sense in his head. The blond must be gathering information about the Souman baby.
The young pediatrician undid his intension to sleep again; he just sat there, reading Kurapika's books.
Again, short whists came from the cuckoo bird, six times, six in morning. Leorio realized the time, immediately he rushed to his room, taking a towel and his working suit and rushed again to the place where he slept last night, this time to take a bath.
Fifteen minutes passed and he was done. Making his way out of the bathroom, drying his mane with the towel, he saw Kurapika through the half opened doors, still sleeping. Then a chuckled sound was being heard, Kurario was awake.
The young pediatrician rushed inn and tried to calm the baby down.
***
Kurapika moved hid head, eyes still shut. His ears caught some familiar cry, that baby… duh… this is gonna be a rough morning, he thought. He rubbed sleepiness off his eyes and focused his vision. He saw Leorio, holding Kurario, humming, calming down the baby.
"Ohayou… Kurapika…" He smiled
"Uhhh… What are you doing here?" He replied, not exactly a nice answer for the man's greet.
"Just calm downed him, he was just awake, most babies would cry out, feeling insecure…"
The blonde blinked several times, loosening heaviness on his lids, a small yawn forced to come out, but he held it inside, he gave the pediatrician an unpleasant stare. He stood up from his chair. A blanket slid to the floor, not his blanket, he thought, staring at the checkered fabric. It must Leorio's. At normal situations he would've been beating the hell out of him if he woke up and found him in his room. He didn't like the man's presence at his private territory, but, yeah, maybe he was just being nice. He sighed, and then let his yawn out.
Leorio had his gaze on the baby, but his corners of the eyes' were on Kurapika. He felt uneasy after the incident the day before. Of course Kurapika hate his request to pretend to be a girl. Which man's not angry being referred as a female?
"Anou… Kurapika, about yesterday –"
"I'm not gonna pretending as a girl!" He snapped shortly.
"…. Oou-kay."
"What do you mean by that?"
"What? ... I said it's okay… it means okay."
"No,It's not an okay, you said Oou-kay."
"So? What is the difference? I said Oou-kay, that's my kind of okay!"
"I don't like your okay, sounds not okay."
"But I didn't say it was not okay…. Okay?"
Kurapika sighed and didn't say anything else to the man. He was annoyed, but he didn't want to start a catfight, he had no energy left.
The other sighed too, "Look, I'm sorry about yesterday… I have no idea Jerica would showed up from nowhere like that, I'm sorry for using you, I'm apologize for insulting your masculinity … allright?"
The blonde sighed again, "Why were you have to pretending anyway? That girl is quite pretty…Having her as your girlfriend is not gonna harm anybody."
"Because I don't love her."
"Then tell her that, it's better to hurt her now rather than make her feel betrayed like that."
"Tsk… You don't know her; she is the most stubborn girl in the world. If I said that I don't love her, he'll presume that I'm not yet in love with her and she'll stick around with me, trying to make me fall for her."
"Wow… she loves you that much?" Asked Kurapika with a tone of both astonishment and disbelief.
"I don't know, but I know that is precisely what she gonna do. She loved our late parents very much, and their silly engagement was a very important obligation for her. I think she doesn't love me, she only thinks that she's in love with me, or she have to be in love with me…."
"Yeah… Still that is not so bad either—"
"Besides… I love someone already…" Leorio cut his comment
"Oh…"
They were both fell into silent.
"…So… Kurario is a Souman, eh ?"The pediatrician started the conversation again. He tried to fasten up his tie, but it was difficult since he was holding Kurario
"You've noticed." Answered the blond
"No wonder someone's after him…" He commented, still trying to fasten his tie.
"Yeah…"Replied Kurapika… not very much listening, he was thinking something.
"We have to cover these ears then…"
"Leorio…."
"What…?"
"Okay…"
"What okay?" (o_0)
"Okay.." Kurapika repeated, paused a moment, an uneasy pink shade appeared on his cheeks, Okay… I'll pretend to be your… girl friend…."
"What!?" (0_0)
"You heard me, don't make me repeat that again!"
"But, Wh—"
"I'm doing this for the baby all right? The baby needs a family for a cover…"
"… uh-huh…"The pediatrician nodded, still unsure, "… family… for a cover… you mean, you'll pretend to be his mother?" He nearly choked. (0_0;)
"Yes… and you'll be his father…" Said the blonde, tried to say that in his usual tone.
The pediatrician choked. "You know… you don't have to—" (0_0;;;)
"I have to; I did you a favor all right, now you do me one. This is advantaging you also, so don't make me change my mind."
"Oou-kay…"Replied the pediatrician, still haphazardly trying to fasten the tie.
Kurapika sighed, "Here…" He approached, fastening the pediatrician's tie.
Leorio smiled, "You'll make a good wife Kurapika ."
"Shuttup !!"
***
Upstairs, Killua was still snoring in his slumber. Gon had already woke up. He ran to the window and cast the curtains aside. Morning light blazing in. The silverhair groaned and sank deeper into the blanket, not for long. His spikyhead pal yanked the blanket off him but he didn't want to wake up and stubbornly curled himself in the bed, hiding his head under the pillow.
The spikyhead 'tsk'ing and then he jumped into the bed, drawing himself closer to the silverhair.
"Ouuu… Ki~~~luu~a … Wa~~~ke u~p !" (^__^)
"RrrrrrGGgggHHhhhhhh….!"The half-sleeping boy groaned heavily
"It's six thir~~ty… C'mon u~~p ….!"(^___^)
"Nahhhhh…!"Came another groan
Gon scratched his head, waking up Killua is more difficult that waking up a hibernating fox bear. He's trying to pull the pillow off but Killua pull it back. There was a few moment of pillow tug of war game, eventually Gon given up. He shrugged Okay, if you won't wake up
"Yiihaa !"He jumped, smack Killua down.
"GAAAAHHHHH!!!!" The silverhair let out a large gasp. He found Gon sitting on top of his body with a huge smile on his face.
"Ohayo~~~ou!" (^____^)
"G-Gon…!"Said the Henka boy, rather shocked.
"Leorio told me!" Said the spikyhead enthusiastically.
"W-what?"
"The baby thingy!" (^________^)
OH GAWD!!! THAT BABY ISSUE!!!! "… so?" Asked him as casual as possible.
"So… I know…" Gon drew his face closer
"… know….?" Killua could feel his own voice had shrunk into a shrill squeak. (o///0)
"…yup…." He's just getting closer and closer.
"…Gon…?" (0///////0) WHAT IS HE GOING TO DO???? WHAT IS THAT WACKO PEDIATRICIAN HAD TOLD HIM????
"Don't move."The spiky head pinned Killua's shoulders to the bed. He looked at the silverhair's face solemnly with his pair of honey pool.
"Gon…?"The silverhair wailed desperately. (@///////@)
The spikyhead caressed his cheek… his index finger was trailing his jawline… and stop near his lips. His nose is about to touch Killua's
"Gon…?"Killua felt Gon's finger tipping his lips' edge
"Gotcha!"He shouted
"WHAT ?" The silverhair burst
"Here." Gon pointed his lip's edge, "You go chocolate blot there. You ate chocolate last night and went to bed without brushed your teeth first, didn't you?" He accused.
"I-I-I-I th-thought…Arrrgh…." BAAAAAAAka !!! What are you think he's gonna do, baka me, baka hentai, bakabakabaka !!! Killua was swearing at himself inside.
"tsk-tsk-tsk… later you'll get a toothache if you keep doing that Killua." Gon lectured him without noticing , "Mito-san always tell me that—yada-yada-yada…."
Killua sat there flustered to the ears. He felt something warn running from his nose.
Gon stopped lecturing him and gasped, "KILLUA !!! YOU'RE NOSE-BLEEDING!!!"
***
The wooden stairs was bumping with two pair of hurried feet; Gon was dragging the nose-bleed Killua downstairs.
"Leorioooooo !!!" Gon shouted.
"Here." An answer came from Kurapika's room.
The spikyhead barged into the room, panicking
"Leorio!! Killua is nose-blee –" He stopped his sentence, stunned by the view. Killua felt a dozen of pulses rushed into his nose.
Leorio stood there holding Kurario, smiled, with Kurapika close to him, he was fastening his tie. To be honest… the looked like…husband and wi.. *ahem* … like a couple
"What?" he asked
"Oh… wow… you two would make a great couple." Said the boy innocently
The pediatrician choked as Kurapika pulled his tie. The blonde sent Gon a glare
"Cut it out." He snapped, "bursting in my room like that, what's going on ?"
"Killua is nose-bleeding." The spikyhead answered, turning to Killua.
He saw the silverhair bleed heavily. Apparently, after what he thought what Gon's gonna do to him, seeing that intimate scene of the two was too much for him to handle. Poor Killua ^^;
"KILLUA !!!!" The spikyhead shouted.
***
"So… you two as couple…?" Killua grinned, two curled of tissue sheet stuck up in his nose to stop the bleeding. They were sitting in the dining room after breakfast and were discussing about Kurario.
"It's for the baby's sake!" Said Kurapika, added some pressure on his sentence.
"Lucky Leorio!" mocked the silverhair.
"So, we're gonna be his brothers then?" asked Gon, tried to prevent a catfight between Kurapika and Killua.
"We're too old to be his children!" Snapped the Henka boy.
"What about cousins?" Gon suggested.
"That'll be do." Agreed the blonde.
"Yay! We're a family!"The spikyhead squeaked happily. The three others sighed.
***
The same noon, at some airport, a young lady walked out an air balloon. A man approached him with wide smile and arms stretched open.
"Jeri-chan!"He greeted the woman. Hugged her in his arms
"Hi…!" The lady greeted him back weakly
"Daijoubu? Genki desu…? What's up with that wrinkle?" He asked her
"I'm having a really-really-bad-bad day… thanks for picking me up anyway…" She smiled. They walked out arm in arm.
"So where are you want to go from here?" he asked her while was starting the car's engine.
"Kukulu mountain please."
"Kukulu mountain? Are you really that pissed off so you want to hire an assassin to kill someone?"
The redheaded lady laughed, "That's a tempting idea…But that's not the main reason why I'm coming there, I had another business. Do you mind driving me there?"
"Oh no!" The man countered, "In fact I was glad coming there, I have an old friend there."
"Friend?" Jerica frowned, "Zoldicks don't make any friends."
"That's what they said. The truth is… ewan…" He smirked, licking his lips.
"You and that freakin` lip-licking of yours." She rolled her eyes, smiled.
***
Few moments later, Zoldicks's manor, Kukulu Mountain.
Illumi was sitting on a tree, feeling extremely bored. There were no orders for in past two weeks. He sighed, throwing another needle pin at an unlucky bee that was outside of its hutch. That bee hutch was probably empty by now, since Illumi used the bees as his practice target.
Boredborebored. He gazed the manor, maybe Milluki had some interesting games… but he didn't want to meet his mother. Kikyou was a little bit too babbly for him that day; shouting at the servants to rub-till-shine the entire house, ordering Silva, Zeno and Mahha to put some gel on their messy hair and beards, and yelled the kids to wear their fanciest clothes, which was absolutely against his taste of fashions, last she ordered him to wash Mike! That's a hassle! That dog had never been bathing since he was born! His mother said it's to impress the upcoming client. Tsk! How lucky Killua was, to be out there somewhere.
The said dog lying happily underneath that tree, clean and calm.
Wind breezed huskily… rushing through the green leaves.
Then he felt a familiar aura in the air, nen. Something was coming in high velocity; he held out his pin and threw it at the source of the nen. His pin stabbed something, nailed it in the tree trunk, a card, joker.
Before Illumi realized, another card flew by, less an inch from his face, few strands of his precious raven hair were cut off.
All right that one hit a nerve.
He gazed around in anger, searching for the figure he thought was throwing the cards.
He spotted three silhouettes on the path. His mother, a red headed woman, and… WHAT THE HELL IS THAT CLOWN DOING IN MY HOUSE??
The last person gaze at him and winked, giving him one of his freaky lip-licking.
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Yooo minna!!! That's chapter four! Chapter five coming soon, more Zoldicks, it won't take so long as this one (Gomenn!!!) a bit OOC? Well I'm the author, I can do whatever I want MWAHAHAHHAHAHA *dodging from rotten vegetables*
Okay… comments, suggestion, flames (reasonable ones!!) are accepted. Unreasonable flame will be frozen out by Ilumi's smile MWAHAHAHHAHHA. I made a lot of grammatical errors, sorry, I'm in hurry, but I promise I'll make it up
Anybody knows where download hunterXhunter's OST???
Ok that's it for now, don't forget to drop a review !!!