Disclaimer: Yoshihiro Togashi owns Hunter X Hunter, not me
CUPID GONE WILD
Chapter 1: Kirua's Brotherly Love
Kirua was extremely uncomfortable. This was turning out to be a Zoaldyke family day. He was eating dinner and he was used to taking it in his room or sitting at the grand, dining table with just one or two of his family members who happen to be at home. Tonight however, everyone had shown up including him.
"Oh, I'm so happy. All my sons are here," Kikyuo said trying to stifle an affected sob with a lace handkerchief; she was sitting at one end of the elegant table. "Of course, I'm always happy to see you Kirua," she added to her favorite son.
Kirua ignored her then encountered his grandfather's gaze. Zeno rolled his eyes at his daughter-in-law's dramatics and Kirua had to return a smile. He stopped however as he risked a look at his father.
Silver was sitting of course at the head of the table and Kirua was sitting at his left side. Kirua didn't have anything to worry about because Silver just gave a bland smile to his wife, "Yes," he simply murmured and continued to sip from his wine glass.
Kirua didn't feel particularly hungry. Well, he did just eat all of the chocolate balls he had put in his room but that wasn't exactly the reason. He tried not to let his eyes wander and concentrate on the plate before him but you could only stare at a piece of meat and some vegetables for only so long.
He tried to watch the other members of the family, anything but to look at him. "Eeew," Kirua thought as averted his gaze from Miruki who was literally attacking his plate. His gaze swept from his mother to Karuto who was slicing his meat very, very neatly. His youngest brother looked up at that moment and gave Kirua one of his expressionless but enigmatic gazes.
"Man! He's starting to be like…" Without meaning to, his eyes went on their volition to the one sitting across from him, the one whose pair of eyes he had always been trying to avoid. And, as it always happens, Irumi met his gaze.
His eldest brother's deep-set but unfathomable eyes stared back at him and he gave a small smile. He was holding his knife and fork and to Kirua, it looked as if Irumi was contemplating to use it on him instead of the steak before him. Kirua suppressed a shudder but he could feel a tingling sensation traveling up and down his spine. He wanted to get away but couldn't with his father looking on. He could feel the goosebumps slowly appearing on his arms, or it could just be because of the slight breeze that just then blew in from the window…wait a minute.
Everyone of the Zoaldyke family jerked straight up from his or her seat…well that is, except for the poor, nen-less Miruki who continued with his food. They had all felt something but it wasn't nen or zetsu, it was another thing altogether and Kirua felt it most of all. "What was that!" they all asked in his or her version and as is usually the case when asking that type of question, you naturally look at the person in front of you.
Kirua looked at Irumi and Irumi looked at Kirua, and from that single moment, a new realization dawned on them:
"I SOOO love my brother…"
"Please get him away from me!"
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"Onii-chan, chotto matte…please wait for me!" Kirua called out to his brother. It had been two days now that Kirua was always chasing after his brother Irumi. Now, they were out in the extensive grounds of the Zoaldyke estate as Irumi tried to hide from his younger brother by going through their forest.
Irumi leaped gracefully from tree to tree but Kirua was always not far behind him, like a cat he also jumped effortlessly from every branch. "Onii-chan! Since when had he called me that!" Irumi asked himself, trying not to panic. Ever since that dinner two nights ago, he felt the all-consuming need to avoid his over-enthusiastic brother.
From a distance, Irumi saw Mike, their very huge, pet dog. He whistled to it and it obeyed at once. He patted its head when it came to him then he quickly whispered to it, "Go play with Kirua!" Off went the "dog" and after a few seconds, he could hear Kirua's protests as Mike probably licked him thoroughly. Irumi knew Kirua would be detained but he kept on going through the forest. He planned to cut through it and reach the mansion so he could get to his bedroom quickly and lock his door.
He entered through the mansion's service door, then looking quickly left and right, he made a dash up the winding staircase and ran like hell to his bedroom. "Get a grip on yourself, Irumi," he told himself silently as he reached his bedroom, "You are the eldest son of the Zoaldykes, the greatest assassins in the world…you are the best…well, actually after father…and after grandfather," Irumi amended then shook his head vigorously, "Whatever, you're the third greatest assassin, you're…Aaaaaarrgghh!"
"Onii-chan, is this your shampoo?" Kirua asked as he came from the bathroom holding a bottle and soap. Then he continued shyly, blushing all the while, "I want to grow my hair as long as yours, onii-chan. Too bad I inherited father's hair color but I can dye it black." Then he smelled the soap, "Hmmm…no wonder you always smell good, this is…"
"Out! Out!" Irumi fairly screamed as he pushed Kirua out the door. He bolted the locks and sealed it with his aura. Kirua tried to open it while pleading continuously, "My beloved brother, don't be so cruel to me…all I want is to be like you…to be with you…to be…"
"I can't take this anymore!" Irumi screamed inwardly. He saw his bedroom windows and contemplated jumping out of it. "But where would I go, Kirua knows all of our family holdings…" the knocks on the door got louder and louder and Irumi began to chew on his fingernails. "Where can I…Hisoka!" Irumi cried triumphantly as he whipped out his cellphone and dialed his friend's number.
"Moshi-moshi"
"Hisoka! Are you still there at the Celestial Tower, I'm coming to stay with you," Irumi's words came tumbling one after the other, "It's an emergency…"
"Onii-chan! Let me in! Who are you talking to!" Kirua asked suspiciously from the other side of the door.
"Why, Irumi," Hisoka said feigning surprise and trying to be coy, "This is so sudden, you moving in with me."
The panicked Irumi could now see that the aura enveloping his door was slowly thinning, he gave a small scream, "Omigod! Omigod! Hisoka! I'm coming there right now…OMIGOD! What am I SAYING!" Then he hang up, jumped through the window and ran as fast as he could, clutching his head all the while, "Aaaah! Ahahaha!"
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Kirua heard and felt his brother leaving his room through the window. He quickly made a dash to their front door. He got out his cellphone and dialed Gon's number, "Gon, Kirua here, please meet me at the Celestial Tower as fast as you can. Pleeeeease!"
"You sound different Kirua, are you alright?"
"I don't think I ever will be, my onii-chan is going to Hisoka and I need you to distract him, I know he likes you, so I could get my brother back."
In Whale Island, Gon took his phone away from his ear and stared at it for a few seconds before bringing it back again, "Oookaaay," he said slowly, "You're my friend Kirua but…"
"Arigatou, Gon! I know you wouldn't let me down. Ja!"
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In another part of the mansion, Karuto was finishing his conversation on the phone, "Hai, I understand. All of us should be there. The Sky Battle Arena. I'll be going there now." He hang up with a small, satisfied smile and prepared to leave.
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Cupid once again flapped his wings, grinning more mischievously as ever. He heard all three phone conversations and he now knew where to go next…