Winter's Autumn

Chapter Two

Disclaimer: Hunter x Hunter belongs to Yoshihiro Togashi and obviously not me, so no sue-ing.

Flamers: I have yet to be flamed for a fanfic, but anyways I dun really care if you flame me or not. I certainly won't like it since I think it's very rude to flame people. If you have constructive criticism or an ideas for me I will accept them gladly and with politeness. Flaming is immature and rude and any flames will be ripped to pieces and fed to my kitties and my dog.

Author Notes: Much like everything else I write, this a rewrite of the series, which of course mean's PLOT CHANGES ( MAJOR ,MAJOR PLOT CHANGES LATER ON) and Original characters. Also both anime and manga are used for plot lines since some things happen in the anime that don't happen in the manga. I don't have access to a ton of the anime but I do to a good portion of the manga, and using parts of both makes it more interesting.

I'm a lazy person who can try to update frequently but usually fails at doing so.

Please ask before using any original characters.

Warnings: romance, violence, cursing, plot changes and adding of original characters

Couplings: Killua/OC, ( other pairing's may be added later)

Flashbacks and dreams are in italics

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" AKI!!!" A voice rang through the forest and finally reached the young girl who groaned and winced from her spot underneath the tree. A tall boy of around the age of sixteen glared down at the tiny six year old..

" What the hell do you want nii-san?" Aki asked scowling as she looked up from her book.

"Idiot your supposed to be in school." He growled and she back up into the tree.

""I don't want to go to school , all the other kids are idiots." She snapped back preparing to bolt.

" You're the idiot brat." He lunged forward to grab her, the tiny six year old tried to run but was to slow and roughly grabbed and then thrown into the tree, her badly burned hands roughly scrapping against the harsh bark of the tree. She whimpered softly as she landed at the roots of the tree,

" You could at least be a little bit more grateful to us, taking care of useless brat like you." Her older brother said coldly, his cold dark brown eyes staring down at the child with no emotion or affection what so ever.

" Like what? pretending to be something I'm not." She sniffed. " No way!!!"

" Brat." He kneeled down and punched her hard in the face causing the small child's face to bruise, her short neck length black hair falling into her face. " Start acting the way we tell you to or we'll end your life."

" You're a little bit late on the death threats Nii-san." She smirked slowly. " Kaa-san already tried to kill me." She remarked showing her burned hands as proof. He hmphed and kicked her hands caused her to give a loud almost scream of pain.

" You deserved it." Now he actually smiled, though it was an extremely cold smile. " Do as me and our Kaa-san say or else..l'll burn you alive." A strangely blood red colored fire appeared in his right hand and she shuddered in fear ,curling into the roots of the tree for safety, though she knew the tree would only serve to kill her faster if he used the fire. She felt the tears streak down her face as he brought the fire closer and closer, soon she was crying helplessly in fear. He smirked and laughed.
" Remember Aki, disobey me and I'll kill you in the most painful , and terrifying way I can ." He said coldly and.. Then…

" AKI!!" She jerked her head up to stare into Kurapika's concerned eyes. She blinked rapidly and realized she had just walked straight into a tree.

" Itai." She rubbed her face in pain her eyes very briefly glanced at the small burns that were still around her fingers from something that had happened long, long ago.

" Aki, are you okay?" Gon asked running up to her worried, Leorio looked over at Kurapika.

" She really did just run into a tree didn't she." He asked amazed and the other man just nodded.

" OH yeah, except my face hurts a little." She mumbled. " I must have been thinking way to hard about something."

" Any way's didn't that old hag back there say it was only two hours walk?" Leorio growled to no one in particular.

" What were you thinking about?" Kurapika asked kneeling down by Aki to make sure she really hadn't injured herself, the tiny female frowned deeply. " If you don't want to talk about it, I understand."

" Thanks Kurapika." She smiled thankfully. " Don't worry about me, I'm stronger then I look." She steady herself onto feet. " lets get going ." She walked on ahead of them with Gon running after her.
Kurapika watched the two for a minute a light smile on his face.

" I'm Hungry." Leorio complained loudly. " I need to go to the bathroom." the blonde haired man just shook his head and sweat dropped HEAVILY.

" Hey Aki what were you thinking about?" Gon asked as they walked ahead and watched as she gave a loud sigh and put her hands behind her head.

" I was remembering something that my brother did to me when I was very young." She whispered darkly.

" You have a brother?" He blinked surprised.

" Yep. Two brothers and Four sisters. I'm the youngest of my family." She scowled darkly. " I only get along with one of my brother and sisters, there also the closet to my age. They both just turned 15. I've never really been around Matsumi enough to tell if she likes me or not and I can't stand the rest of them. My mother….well… personally…I think she's a bitch. So needless to say we don't get along all that well."

" What About your father?"

" Needless to say I've never met him, apparently my birth was the last time he was home, and my mother won't let me see pictures of him at all, since she's I'm already to much like him to begin with." She muttered sadly. " But my aunt has told me some stories about him and the hunter I met was a good friend of his."

" I've never met my father either." Gon said smiling at her.

" Really?" She asked and he nodded." it looks like were here." She stopped outside a house that was next to a big tree.

Leorio and Kurapika caught up them , two older men looked at each other and the taller of the two walked up the steps and knocked on the door,

" I'm coming in." He said loudly as he pushed the door open and nearly dropped his bag at what he saw.

" Leorio what's wrong…" Aki trailed off when she saw a large brown beast with claws and strange skinny ear's holding a woman by the neck. "…..SHIT."

The beast looked at them and charged past them holding the woman in it's left claw running off into the night. Aki cursed again and tore after it quickly drawing her Katana , Gon raced after her , his fishing pole in hand.
" Leorio take care of the wounded." She distinctively heard Kurapika yell back as he then raced after them.

The three skidded to a halt.

" He's run off into the forest." Kurapika looked around quickly. " But where?" He stopped when he noticed Aki had closed her eyes.
" THERE." Gon pointed and raced off, Aki immediately following him. The blonde haired man raced after them surprised by Gon ability to see so well.

" Gon up there." The black haired girl pointed to the creature jumping up through the tree's and skillfully followed leaping from branch to branch with surprising speed. He followed suit though hardly as fast. Another beast suddenly rushed at them , and one of it's claws wrapped tightly around Aki's waist lift her up as her rushed off.
" AKI!!." Gon yelled after her worriedly and Kurapika could be heard behind him cursing.

" Gon!! Kurapika!!! Don't Worry About me!!! Just go after the other girl, I can manage myself." She yelled before the beast ran off quickly.

Gon nodded to himself. " Lets do as she says." He yelled back to Kurapika.

" Are you sure?"

" Hai, I'm going to trust Aki ." he smiled easily.

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Aki frowned in thought then leaned back to stare up at the beast carrying her.

" Oi, could you put me down?" She decided to try asking politely, The beast laughed at her.

" Our you kidding?" It asked her in a gruff voice.

" No I'm not, " She paused fore a second. " Don't tell me you tried to separate me from Gon and the rest, because I'm smaller and I look a whole ton weaker?" She then closed her eyes and Curled her body into as much of a ball as she could. " Because I'm NOT." and with as much force as she could kicked back hard sending the beast flying into the nearest large tree, she flipped in the air and landed gracefully on her feet. She glanced at her katana, sighed and sheathed it glancing at the ground and then suddenly jumping up as the Kiriko tried to attack her again. She swung her right arm out to catch a tree limb and pull herself into the tree. Glancing up she could see another set of branches and jumped up even further into the tall tree hiding herself among the leaves and keeping her breathing as quite as possible.

" What the…" The Kiriko glanced around. " Where did she go?"

Aki carefully stood up and jumped to the next tree making only the slightest sound which cause the beast to glance up. Sniffing, the large Kiriko jumped into the tree, the girl held her breath and pressed her back against the trunk carefully balancing her weight on the branch praying to whatever gods happened to be listening at the moment that the Kiriko didn't have that good of a sense of smell. Suddenly it took off away from her and she exhaled and collapsed onto the branch.

" How odd…Why didn't it smell me?" She muttered to herself softly the wind playing through her black hair.

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Gon glanced around the clearing he had just entered and jumped back slightly when he laid eyes on the Kiriko.

"HEH. You are fast for a kid." The Kiriko gave it's equivalent of a smirk. " To hit me like you did."
The young boy blinked as he noticed a bruise on the Kiriko's back , he slowly frowned. He could clearly recall hitting the Kiriko on the head with his fishing pole, not to mention this one looked extremely different from the one he had been chasing. His eyes widened as he realized this wasn't the Kiriko he had been chasing, it was the one that had grabbed Aki.

" But for hit me .." He outstretch his arm showing the boy his claws. " YOU will pay." and he charged at Gon who just blinked and didn't move. Just as he was about to him Gon glanced up at him.

" Say… who are you?" he asked and the Kiriko stopped it's attack and looked at him in confusion. " Your not the one that I hit on the head, instead you have a bruise on your back." he paused looking almost angry. " and I want to know what you did with Aki?"

" How could you tell that?" The Kiriko let his claw fall to his side.

" Huh you don't look a thing like that other one and I got a glimpse of you when you grabbed my friend." He blinked. " Also your voice is more powerful and more shrill. Plus I hit your pal on the head and you have a bruise on your back."

The Kiriko laughed and patted Gon on the head. " Well I have to admit I'm impressed."

" What about my friend? She'd better not be hurt."

" Don't worry I think she hurt me more then I hurt her." The Kiriko laughed again.

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Aki took a breath as she jumped down and landed gracefully on the ground. " Now to find Gon and the others." She paused and jumped back quickly in time to dodge another .

" I found you now girl." The Kiriko growled at her.

" What do you mean found me now?" She rolled her eyes having noticed immediately that it wasn't the same Kiriko as before. " You weren't even the one looking for me."

" Wha?"

" First off I kicked the one before into a tree, yet you have a bruise on your head, besides, your skinnier then the other one." She said blinking . " Sides your faster then the other one , I actually had a bit of a harder time dodging that."

" HEY TOCHAN COME HERE, I HAVE SOMETHING FUNNY TO SHOW YOU." a very similar Kiriko voice shouted and the Kiriko in front of her left following the sound of the voice. Aki blinked and followed through the tree's into a large clearing.

" GON!!" She exclaimed loudly when she saw him , and he turned and grinned at her.

" AKI!!!" He then promptly tackled her a hug.

" GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!" She yelped and stiffened the minute he came in contact with her. " GON let me go… this is embarrassing , plus I can't breath." She gasped for breath as he finally let her go.

" I'm glad your alright." He smiled at her widely.

" I couldn't tell." sarcasm literally dripped from the young girl's voice.

" Gon!! Aki!!" They both turned to see Kurapika and Leorio come into the clearing with a man and the woman they had seen carried off before. The two Kiriko knelt by the young boy and girl and grinned.

" it's been a long time since anybody could tell us apart." One said and the other finished with, " it brings us great pleasure."

" I couldn't tell you apart, I could just tell your speeds were different from the way the wind moved around your bodies and by the bruises." Aki said with a shrug.

" You could tell that one of us was skinnier then the other though." The skinnier Kiriko pointed out.

" Oh yeah." the girl scratched the back of her head lightly and laughed cheerfully.

" Hey can you tell the difference." Leorio whispered to Kurapika who merely shook his head.

" So you're the one that carried Aki off?" Gon asked one of them and nodded. "And the other one hit Kurapika right?" Again one of them nodded.

" Good you are very nice to us." One said clearly. " know then that me and my wife are your navigator's and these two are our children." He gestured to the other two humanoid's.

The girl smiled and held of her tattooed right arm. " For those who wear this tattoo, The young girl's of the ancestral clan sumi wear it in witness of a promise of marriage made to a god and no one else. Without an excellent knowledge of ancient history it would be impossible to understand. The wise Kurapika understood it and knew that we were not married." She then smiled at the blonde haired man.

" Leorio understood nothing till the end ." The young man that looked similar to the girl said, Aki sweat dropped.

" Well, there's a surprise." She muttered sarcastically but smiled at him when he glared at her none the less.

" But he did know." The man held up a finger with an expression that made him look quite like a Kiriko. " how to give me first aid maybe better then a doctor, and even more importantly when I was worried and asking for news of my 'wife' he stay confident and sure of himself and spoke reassuringly."

" And as for Gon, he straight ahead showing extraordinary movement and observation." One of the Kiriko looked over at Aki.

" And Aki show excellent movement and observation, and more importantly was brave and strong enough to have to rely on her friends alone, and was determined not to cause us serious bodily harm and an excellent ability to completely hide in her surroundings when realizing that fighting was not the best option." The tiny girl blushed brightly.

" Now we will take you to the testing site." The Kiriko spread their very interesting wings.

" AHHHHH I'm afraid of height." Aki sweat dropped as she heard Leorio yell and felt the Kiriko lift her up..

" Shut up Leorio. " She yelled over to him. " I am to and you don't see me complaining."

Gon and Kurapika both chuckled at the sound of the two arguing.