Chapter Eight
Protests and exchanges of comments were being tossed between the members of the Brigade like there was no tomorrow. Everyone was arguing with someone about something, and it didn't exactly look like some coin tosses would really solve these disputes.
"No! I hate tea! I said coffee! I-"
"I still want my stuff! You, go buy my stuff!"
"Hey! Hello people, ME! Hello! What about my feelings? Everyone, why-"
"I want alcohol!"
"Really! Hey! Everyone, listen to me!"
"I can't believe we're arguing like this, wonder what Danchou would think of his so called 'Spider's'?"
"Oh! The itsy bitsy spider, went up the waterspout…"
Silence…
"Down came the rain, and washed the spider out…"
More silence…
"…O-out c-came the sun… why is everyone staring at me?"
Even more silence…
"What? I like that song, that should be our theme song!"
Everyone just inched away from Shizuku, obviously more afraid of that song than even the chained and dangerous Kurapica. Of course, who wouldn't? I mean, even a Spider actually singing is a rare and peculiar site, so you can just imagine…
"Someone get drinks!"
So while Phinx, Franklin, and Feitan were busy ransacking nearby liquor stores, and yes STORES, Sharl, Machi, Shizuku, and Kurotopi were planning something 'fun' to do, and that eventually resulted in…
"Well, there was this kid I sort of liked when I was nine…" Shizuku mused as she leaned up against a metal crate. "He was seventeen I think…"
"You were nine and he was seventeen?" Machi inquired, raising and eyebrow at the girl, who just sighed. Ironic, isn't it? But I guess that isn't too surprising seeing that in other countries, the men did have a tendency to choose young… uh, girlfriends!
"How did you even manage to see him?" Sharl asked, very intrigued by Shizuku's life-story. And yes, they're telling their life stories. Boredom does take its toll.
"Well, I was walking home one day when it started to pour really hard. Anyhow, I was sniffling and running when suddenly the guy from behind throws and umbrella at my side and walks off. He didn't say anything, and he just sort of disappeared really fast, but I still got a look at his face… He was really nice though."
"Wow…" Kurotopi said, completely unimpressed by the looks of it. OBVIOUSLY he had never cared much for a love life or anything romantic whatsoever.
"Wait, how did you know he was seventeen? Unless you knew him or something…" Sharlnark asked curiously. I mean there is no one hundred percent guarantee that you could tell the person's age by just looking, unless you have some kind of Nen-technique that allows it.
"Hmm? Oh, because it was Feitan…"
"…"
"…"
"…"
"I was joking," Shizuku answered blankly, obviously not good at cracking jokes. The others sighed in relief. It was rather strange and… well, psycho to say something like THAT!
"Heh, and I believed you for a moment there…" Machi answered, shaking her head as she sat down on a wooden crate. "The day Feitan's 'nice' would be when the next Apocalypse would occur."
And that's the moment the three alliterating trio decided to come back, right on cue! (See, Feitan's name begins with and 'F', and so does Franklin's, and Phinx begins with 'Ph', which sounds like 'F'. And now you know the most idiotic thing you ever needed to know…)
"What was that about Fei being 'nice'?" Phinx asked as he placed down several bottles of possibly the strongest stuff made on earth that won't technically kill you with one sip.
"Yeah, what was that about Feitan?" Franklin added, placing more of the stongest stuff made on earth that technically won't kill you with one sip.
"Me? 'Nice'? That's absurd!" Feitan scoffed as he laid down well… nothing! "I did the killing."
"Oh," answered those who were seeing the lack of his things to carry.
"Yeah, we were afraid he'd break something 'delicate of his' under the weight," Phinx snickered. "So we tossed his stuff to someone else." The others stared at Phinx in confusion, all eyes asking the same thing.
"Well, he happened to be in town, and we did bump into him… and he was a former member…" Franklin started as he avoided their stares, especially one…
"I don't like where this is going," Machi stated simply, crossing her arms as her aura blazed around crazily.
"Please don't tell me you guys brought Hisoka…" Kurotopi sighed, asking the same thing everyone else was probably wondering.
"…We brought Hisoka," Franklin confirmed as everyone stared at the three.
"And we got Nobunaga up and running!" Phinx added, hoping that would help. It didn't. It really didn't.
Silence…