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xX-Wasabi-Xx: Thx, I'll try to write on with the next chapter as fast as it is possible!

mercury160: At first I thank you for the review. Well, Marcel represents myself lol, it´s a sort of self-insert. As I´ve mentioned at the begin of the Prologue, the first chapters take place in the past to show the basement of the story. About Edea, in FF VIII she´s in reality a good person, and also she is in the story. The story has in its beginning really not much to do with HxH so I´ve included Netero and Silva Zaoldyek...well, here´s chapter 04, which leds slowly to the important points!}

Chapter 04 - Pegasus X Secret X Scarlet Eyes

"Give up that annoying game and fight, Marlik." Silva cried as he chased him through the woods.

Marcel and Edea had reached the second floor, leaving numerous guards knocked unconscious on the way.

"Do you have any idea where Pegasus' office is located?" Marcel asked as he glanced around, hoping to find some clues.

"Nope, let's take a look in all rooms."

"That's going to take a lot of time." Marcel answered grimly.

"We've no other choice, you take the left corridor and I'll take the right one."

Edea spun around and with big steps, walked towards the right corridor. Marcel sighed as he turned to the left.

Edea had taken only a few steps when two guards suddenly appeared and lifted their weapons.

"Sharp Hands," Edea whispered as she caused her aura to become razor-sharp and attached it to her finger gloves, using transformation nen.

'Swish swush!'

She slit their throats in a fragment of a second. Blood splattered over the walls, but Edea didn't notice.

"Sorry, but I can't waste any more time." Edea rushed further into the corridor. After she had killed another two guards she reached a double door. Edea stopped and grinned. On the door, hung the sign 'private' in big golden letters.

"Well, I've finally found you, Mr. Pegasus," Edea gripped the handle and pushed it down.

The door didn't move an inch. /Locked? Nah, this isn't a problem for a sorceress. / Edea raised her right hand with her palm pointing towards the door. She simply walked forward and used her sorceress magic to penetrate through the closed door.

"Up till now it was an easy task to get here. I advise you to surrender, Marlos Jaques Pegasus." Edea warned as she stepped in front of the desk.

Two minutes passed without a sound. Behind the desk, the chair was turned towards the window, allowing Edea to only see the back.

"Hey, don't force me to get mad. The Hunter committee has given orders to arrest you."

Again there was no answer.

/That's enough. / Edea walked to the other side of the desk and turned the chair around. /Empty...? /

"I see, this coward escaped. But where did he go?" Edea searched the whole office, hoping to find some clues. When she reached the bookshelves, she noticed a small lever between the side of the shelves and a book. /I wonder if this is it. The lever would normally be covered with another book so that it's completely hidden. /

"Let me see if this will lead to a secret chamber," Edea mumbled to herself as she pulled the lever. The bookshelves swung aside and a small corridor with flickering candles on the walls appeared. She entered the corridor cautiously and paid attention towards making no noise.

/Very weird, I wonder what's the purpose of this secret passageway. / She had walked for about five minutes when the corridor suddenly ended at the entrance to a small hall.

/Huh? This looks like a museum or a treasure chamber! / The entire hall was filled with glass cupboards. Edea approached the cupboards to examine the contents inside. She froze and gulped in disgust as she stared at different bits inside.

/Uäägh, what the hell is that? Is that man Pegasus is one of those perverted body part collectors? /

A unicorn skull and the ear of an elf were among several other disgusting things inside the glass cupboards. Suddenly, loud voices were heard approaching the hall Edea slipped behind a curtain and waited.

"Oh yeah, I'm pretty impressed. Your collection is very big and has a lot of rare things." A fat man came into sight as he stopped in the middle of the hall and turned around to face his companion.

"My dear Zenji, all the things you see here are worth quite a lot, but comparing it to the treasure I will be receiving today, they're worthless."

Edea shook with anger. /That voice... that is Pegasus in person. /

"Huh? What do you mean?" The fat one named Zenji asked.

"Well, a young hunter arrived this morning and tried to steal some important documents. I realised this and ordered my guards to capture him, and you know what, he holds the great treasure that I will get now."

"Ah, and what is that?"

Pegasus whispered it quietly into Zenji's ear.

"Honestly? Wow, you're so lucky Marlos!" Zenji said jealously.

Edea – not able to hear what it was – came out from behind the curtain. "You will get nothing. Marlos Pegasus, you are under arrest."

The silver-haired man in a red tuxedo spun around in shock. "What? Who are you? How did you get here?"

Zenji fearfully stepped backwards, away from Edea´s intimidating appearance.

"I'm the one who asks the questions," Edea shouted as she slowly approached them.

Pegasus' quickly shoved his hand into his pocket and pulled out a pistol.

Edea disappeared using 'In', which caused a frightened squeak from Zenji.

"W...Where is she?" He gasped in shock.

"I don't know," Pegasus sounded alarmed.

Edea suddenly appeared right beside Pegasus and slammed her hand onto his wrist. A small painful cry emerged from Pegasus as he dropped the weapon.

"Well, I try to make it gentle. This is my last offer...surrender or I will get serious."

"What is this? A raid? The money is in the safe in my office."

"What a pity. I'm a hunter sent from the Hunter committee to arrest you, and no, bribery won't work on me."

"Oh, if that is so. Take this!" Pegasus suddenly had a knife in his other hand and tried to stab Edea. She dodged and sent Pegasus unconscious on the floor with a professional blow to the neck.

"Nincompoop!" Edea whispered and turned around to Zenji. "Hey fatso, escape while you still can. I've not got the order to arrest you, but if you're still here after the next 3 seconds, I must assume that you are his accomplice."

Zenji shivered in fear, as his voice grew thin. "What? And... and what you've discovered here? Aren't... aren't you going to arrest me because of that?"

"Collecting body parts is a perverted hobby, but sadly, it's not illegal. Therefore I cannot arrest you for it, but if I have any evidence that you have murdered someone to get a body part, that will count as a crime."

"Uhh, I understand,"Zenji wiped the sweat from his forehead and headed for the exit.

"Bastard!" Edea grumbled as she took out a pair of handcuffs to hold Pegasus captive.

"Stop! What do you..."

'Wham!'

Marcel knocked another guard unconscious with a hard punch. /Oh man, these guys are starting to annoy me. /

The corridor suddenly ended at the bottom of a staircase. /Looks like the way up to the tower. / Marcel started to go upstairs. As he reached the first floor of the tower, he heard loud voices and crashing sounds of furniture. /Huh? What's going on here? It sounds like a fight... /

Marcel jumped as one of the doors suddenly banged open. A young, light blonde boy appeared to be walking hastily backwards out through the door.

"Leave me alone, you pervert!" The blonde shouted furiously.

Marcel raised an eyebrow. /What by god is happening here, where did this boy come from? He only looks around 15... /

A man rushed through the door after the boy, threatening him in the process with a big dagger. "Shut up you little brat, you can't escape me."

/Hmm, that's Gonulf, Pegasus´ Secretary. / Marcel watched how the boy reached the small stairs, which led to the main staircase. He tripped over a step and fell backwards, banging hard on the floor.

"Ack... Damn it!"

Gonulf rushed forward and jumped onto the boy. He grabbed his throat with his left hand and held him down.

"Aaagh," The boy grabbed two swords - connected with a chain - and crossed them under Gonulf's arm in order to break his grip. He pushed the swords hard against Gonulf's arm, but the secretary instead tightened his grip.

"Don't struggle foolish boy, I'm much stronger than you."

"We'll see about that!" The boy hissed angrily as he gasped for air. He kicked Gonulf hard on the hip, which caused him to gasp in pain and loosen his grip. The boy took the chance and attempted to break free, but Gonulf recovered fast and slapped him across the face. The boy cried out in pain as his head banged hard against the stairs.

"You damned abnormal bastard! First I only thought of killing you and do it afterwards, but now I'm so mad that I want to gouge out your eyes while you're still alive!" Gonulf raised his right hand with the dagger and watched how the boy screamed and covered his eyes with his arms.

Marcel stood there in horror. /What did that bastard just say? He wants to...oh my god...I can't allow that! / Marcel jumped over the last two steps and ran towards the 2 people on the floor.

The boy grabbed one of the swords that he dropped and tried to hit his enemy, but Gonulf sat with his complete weight on the boy's waist and punched the sword out of his hand.

"Now feel the pain, you dirty little pain in the neck."

He gripped the boy's chin and held his head down. The boy screamed again and grabbed Gonulf's arm with both hands to prevent it from getting nearer.

"Take your hands away from that boy!" Marcel shouted in rage, as he reached the scene and materialized his boomerang-sword again.

Gonulf looked up, surprised. He didn't remove the dagger, but instead pushed it down harder.

"Nooo!!!" The boy screamed.

"That's enough you perverted bastard!" Marcel hurled the boomerang-sword and the blade swirled through the air.

'Whack!'

"Aaargh!" Gonulf cried out in pain as the boomerang-blade slit through his right wrist. His hand dropped together with the dagger onto the floor as blood trickled out of his arm. The boomerang-sword swirled around and back into Marcel's hand.

"Get away from me!" The boy punched the injured man hard in the face. Gonulf covered his bleeding arm under his left armpit and stood up, his left hand in his pocket. Marcel realized that he wanted to pull out a pistol, so he got ready to hurl his blade again, but stopped himself at the last moment. The boy had got up and was now between him and Gonulf. He clenched his fist and punched Gonulf in the face again. The man staggered backwards and fell to the floor.

"Merciless bastard," The boy kicked Gonulf angrily in the stomach before picking up his swords.

Marcel noticed that the blonde was still in rage, which hid most of the fear he must have had before. He slowly approached the young blonde. "Hey boy, are you alright?"

The light blonde breathed heavily as he turned around to Marcel, his eyes closed.

"Yes, I would have suffered a horrible death if you hadn't been here. You have saved my life. Arigatou."

Marcel gave the boy a warm smile. "You don't need to keep your eyes closed. I'm not that ugly."

The blonde giggled. "That isn't the reason. I'm still in rage and that... that affects my eyes. But ok, I swear you will be surprised."

The boy slowly opened his eyes. Marcel took a step backwards in surprise. His own eyes met with deep crimson ruby ones. /Oh god, those eyes!!! It's... beautiful.... I've read something about blazing scarlet eyes before... /

"I see, very impressive," Marcel mumbled in awe. "I've heard about a tribe with such eyes. I take it that you're a member of them?"

"Hai, I'm a member of the Kuruta clan," The light blonde confirmed proudly.

Marcel stared intensive at the red eyed boy.

The boy blinked in confusion. "Nani?"

"Oh, it's nothing... I just can't take my eyes away from your pretty red ones."

The boy stiffened and turned his head away. "That's the reason why we must hide ourselves, and why this pervert wanted to kill me." The boy turned and walked to the window.

Marcel's eyes widened at his comment. "What do you mean?"

End of chapter 04.