The snickers coming from the darkened alcove announced the presence of the
three vultures that preyed on newbies, believing them to be easy marks.
"So, you are the fighter known as Enigma?" One of the three questioned. He was sitting on a scooter staring at her intently.
Kassari nodded a scowl on her lips hidden by her mask.
"Well, I want to fight you so pick a date." The irritating and ugly man ordered.
She turned to glance at Hisoka. "You know these clowns?"
They are not in your league and well below your notice, but do as you like." His tone conveyed boredom. "Just finish registering, put any availability and come with me. I have a training room reserved so we can spar."
"As you wish." Kassari gave a small bow and went to the window to fill out her paperwork.
The receptionist looked at her computer. "I see you have been the guest of Hisoka-San. Will you be taking your own room now?"
Hisoka shook his head no.
"That will not be necessary, thank you." The masked girl turned to follow Hisoka up a set of stairs opposite the desk
He swept a key card through a strip and opened the training room, beckoning her in.
"Do what you want except for mind manipulation. I want you to focus more on the physical." Hisoka had come to the realization very early on that Kassari used an individualized style of manipulation/transformation nen. However, her nen technique was far from perfect; if someone understood what she was doing, it would be possible to block the manipulations with ten or to distract her concentration. The magician wanted to improve her physical fighting skills and her level of nen power so that she could grow stronger. His playmates were much more fun when they provided him with a good challenge.
Hisoka walked across the room and turned to face her. His eyes narrowed, mouth set in a confident smirk, he looked ready to draw blood. "Come on then." He drew out a deck of cards and instantly dropped into an aggressive fighting stance. "Beware, I won't hold back."
Kassari drew out two stiletto style knives and quickly adopted a guarding stance. She dodged as Hisoka threw cards at her with lightning speed. Knowing if she screwed up he would seriously injure her without a second thought. She ran in low, batting cards away with her knife to strike at his torso, just nicking him with the tip of her knife before she was kicked backwards. She quickly somersaulted back to her feet to contour the follow-up attack. They fought back and forth weaving and dodging each others attacks. She had burned several cards, but Hisoka had managed to mark her a couple of times, drawing blood. He stood back briefly and licked the crimson liquid of his card; savoring the sweet flavor.
"Your hand-to-hand skills have improved quite a bit. But if you don't work on a new nen strategy I will win."
"Yes, I realize that." The princess answered, showing no hint of emotion on her face or by her tone of voice. "And I think I have an idea, just something I have been working on for a little while." She stepped back and closed her eyes in concentration. The floor under his feet started to ripple and buck, he started sinking into the once solid wood beneath him.
Hisoka jumped out of the puddle floor that quickly reformed and swallowed one of his cards. 'Good one.' He thought as he lunged towards her. She stood there and waited, seeming oblivious to his advance. The card aimed at her chest fractured into pieces upon impact with her skin as if it was no longer skin but incredibly hard. 'Nice. That technique will be useful.' He followed up by rotating behind her and using his legs to pull hers out from underneath her, quickly rolling on top of her and pinning her arms over her head. "It's good, but needs more work, you have to concentrate too hard on farming the technique and it leaves you vulnerable." Hisoka breathed into her ear. The fight had started to make his blood rush, causing him to feel aroused. He licked from ear around to a small cut on the side of her cheek, lapping at a small cut seeping blood.
Kassari flushed with heat and desire at his actions. Lately, even the smallest touch from him could make her weak and aroused.
He sighed, covering her mouth. "We will have to continue this later. We have an audience behind the work-out mirrors. At least three and I am catching glimpses of a very well-hidden aura."
She looked surprised at this announcement but quickly expanded her consciousness reinforced with gyo to learn more. "Yes, there are four. Two over in the left hand corner taping us, they want to see possible secret fighting techniques to use against you in the ring. One is here to observe you and seems to know you quite well, in conjunction with some sort of insect, its female and the last one is also watching you but seems concerned with me. That one is hard to decipher, it is extremely masked, but it seems to know things about you and doesn't like you or trust you and feels jealous. That is weird it just cut out and fled. I think it knew I found him."
"Interesting, well how about we go get cleaned up and continue some of our other physical contact in a more private environment. Not that I mind giving a show, but I don't think I am in the mood to have it taped." Hisoka stood and pulled her up with him and held her by the elbow as they retreated to their suite.
Hisoka carefully guarded his mind, 'damn I do not want the Spider interfering in my activities right now and I am sure that the other person is the one I was following the week before last. I guess I better contact Illumi and see what his progress is. It is very odd for him to loose contact with someone he is supposed to be keeping tabs on.'
"So, you are the fighter known as Enigma?" One of the three questioned. He was sitting on a scooter staring at her intently.
Kassari nodded a scowl on her lips hidden by her mask.
"Well, I want to fight you so pick a date." The irritating and ugly man ordered.
She turned to glance at Hisoka. "You know these clowns?"
They are not in your league and well below your notice, but do as you like." His tone conveyed boredom. "Just finish registering, put any availability and come with me. I have a training room reserved so we can spar."
"As you wish." Kassari gave a small bow and went to the window to fill out her paperwork.
The receptionist looked at her computer. "I see you have been the guest of Hisoka-San. Will you be taking your own room now?"
Hisoka shook his head no.
"That will not be necessary, thank you." The masked girl turned to follow Hisoka up a set of stairs opposite the desk
He swept a key card through a strip and opened the training room, beckoning her in.
"Do what you want except for mind manipulation. I want you to focus more on the physical." Hisoka had come to the realization very early on that Kassari used an individualized style of manipulation/transformation nen. However, her nen technique was far from perfect; if someone understood what she was doing, it would be possible to block the manipulations with ten or to distract her concentration. The magician wanted to improve her physical fighting skills and her level of nen power so that she could grow stronger. His playmates were much more fun when they provided him with a good challenge.
Hisoka walked across the room and turned to face her. His eyes narrowed, mouth set in a confident smirk, he looked ready to draw blood. "Come on then." He drew out a deck of cards and instantly dropped into an aggressive fighting stance. "Beware, I won't hold back."
Kassari drew out two stiletto style knives and quickly adopted a guarding stance. She dodged as Hisoka threw cards at her with lightning speed. Knowing if she screwed up he would seriously injure her without a second thought. She ran in low, batting cards away with her knife to strike at his torso, just nicking him with the tip of her knife before she was kicked backwards. She quickly somersaulted back to her feet to contour the follow-up attack. They fought back and forth weaving and dodging each others attacks. She had burned several cards, but Hisoka had managed to mark her a couple of times, drawing blood. He stood back briefly and licked the crimson liquid of his card; savoring the sweet flavor.
"Your hand-to-hand skills have improved quite a bit. But if you don't work on a new nen strategy I will win."
"Yes, I realize that." The princess answered, showing no hint of emotion on her face or by her tone of voice. "And I think I have an idea, just something I have been working on for a little while." She stepped back and closed her eyes in concentration. The floor under his feet started to ripple and buck, he started sinking into the once solid wood beneath him.
Hisoka jumped out of the puddle floor that quickly reformed and swallowed one of his cards. 'Good one.' He thought as he lunged towards her. She stood there and waited, seeming oblivious to his advance. The card aimed at her chest fractured into pieces upon impact with her skin as if it was no longer skin but incredibly hard. 'Nice. That technique will be useful.' He followed up by rotating behind her and using his legs to pull hers out from underneath her, quickly rolling on top of her and pinning her arms over her head. "It's good, but needs more work, you have to concentrate too hard on farming the technique and it leaves you vulnerable." Hisoka breathed into her ear. The fight had started to make his blood rush, causing him to feel aroused. He licked from ear around to a small cut on the side of her cheek, lapping at a small cut seeping blood.
Kassari flushed with heat and desire at his actions. Lately, even the smallest touch from him could make her weak and aroused.
He sighed, covering her mouth. "We will have to continue this later. We have an audience behind the work-out mirrors. At least three and I am catching glimpses of a very well-hidden aura."
She looked surprised at this announcement but quickly expanded her consciousness reinforced with gyo to learn more. "Yes, there are four. Two over in the left hand corner taping us, they want to see possible secret fighting techniques to use against you in the ring. One is here to observe you and seems to know you quite well, in conjunction with some sort of insect, its female and the last one is also watching you but seems concerned with me. That one is hard to decipher, it is extremely masked, but it seems to know things about you and doesn't like you or trust you and feels jealous. That is weird it just cut out and fled. I think it knew I found him."
"Interesting, well how about we go get cleaned up and continue some of our other physical contact in a more private environment. Not that I mind giving a show, but I don't think I am in the mood to have it taped." Hisoka stood and pulled her up with him and held her by the elbow as they retreated to their suite.
Hisoka carefully guarded his mind, 'damn I do not want the Spider interfering in my activities right now and I am sure that the other person is the one I was following the week before last. I guess I better contact Illumi and see what his progress is. It is very odd for him to loose contact with someone he is supposed to be keeping tabs on.'