Author's note: I'm terribly sorry about the wait, even though this chapter is pre-written, I've been taking a little time off to do some more HxH research...(You see I've yet to see all of the Greed Island eppisodes) But my computer secretly has a vendetta against me, and so I don't think I'll be seeing these eppisodes in time to finish this story, much less keep your attention -.-¿
For those who are absolutely repulsed by people-who-write-fanfictions-without-seeing-the-WHOLE-entire-series-including-all-17,000-eppisodes-15-OVAs-not-to-mention-7-OAVs-and-all-their-family-from-Yugesuella, then I sincerely apologise to each of you.
(Yes Yugesuella; it's lovely in the spring, and they have marvelous cashews)
But don't fret, I HAVE seen the bulk of the series and the first OVA
(I really don't understand the concept of OVAs and OAVs ¿ that's very sad now isn't it?)
So I'm going to continue writing without Greed Island's influence x.X¿ my apologies in advance.
Disclaimer: The above paragraphs could be a big hint that I don't have much ownership of the series...
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The Magician and the Fool: Capitulo Dez
Citeneg Company Tower, the epicenter of the city's economy and all things business. 'Even if you don't know Citeneg, you know Citeneg' they said. It was the tallest building, the summit of York Shin and the single black hole sucking every life it can to feed the city. 'Once you go in, there's no going out, they own you' they said.
Yes, that Citeneg. There's no business like it. The marketing leader of turning humans into time-efficient non-confrontational non-opinionated high percentile output workers. The suits with no light in their eyes. no breath in their mouths. no blood in their veins.
Hisoka straightened is tie and grinned "Undercover?" He entered one of the revolving doors and walked casually in the huge marble-coated entryway. The really sad part was—he got through.
Is security so dull? Lulled into a state of calm by the very notion that they are the highest power in this city? Apparently so, either that or they had just become so jaded they really didn't care about life anymore. Ah ignorance.
Hisoka's reflection in the wall dissected in two as the elevator opened. A shrill voice broke out through the main hall, clomping feet running
HOLD THE ELEVATOR!
Hisoka held a hand over the door as the boys sped in. The clown in his suit merely took his post on the other side and watched the smaller ones pant.
"Thank you so much ojisan! This place is so big…" The spiky haired boy wiped his brow and smiled that simple wide grin.
The one with white hair smacked him upside the head "Hey! Don't smile so calmly…" he rolled his eyes, though he knew all too well that his friend never knew a stranger.
"Ack! Itai…Killu--!" the brown-haired boy was stopped by the clap of the other's hand over his mouth.
"GON! I told you we shouldn't say our names too loudly…" killua hissed to his friend.
Oh is it really you Gon? And little brother Killua too…Both faces lit up in Hisoka's memory, unchanged by time. It had been a while since their tangle in York Shin last time, but not so long that they should age drastically.
"What floor are you two?" Hisoka tried his best to keep both his voice and face straight.
"G-gon…look up…" Killua's face was stark white. He'd been staring dully at the mirrored doors in front of him, but now he saw that familiar smirk in the reflection. "The top one…this one" Gon mumbled half to himself and reached for the button, and as he did the red-haired man's hand clasped over his and slid it down over the panel. Lighting up all the circles.
"Oh my, look how clumsy…"
"WH-HEY! WHAT ARE YOU DOING—HISOKA?" his eyes flicked up at the sneering man and soon he was against the other wall.
"3.75 minutes response time…tsk tsk have you really forgotten me so easily Gon-chan?" he smiled out of the corner of his eye.
"Get away! I want out of here! GET ME OUT!" the poor boy pleaded the plated box of a vehicle, his short fingers clawing at the separation in the panels
"Damnit! YOU FOLLOWED US HERE!" Killua snarled and drove a hard punch into Hisoka's side, and quite surprisingly, the magician only bent to his fist's influence. "Wh…why aren't you blocking?" he shouted angrily.
"Because I'm not fighting," Dull hazel eyes watched the green numbers above the button panel increase slowly 18…19…20. "Besides, wouldn't it be terribly uncomfortable to do it in such a small space?" he chuckled with such narrow eyes that one would think he just cracked a perverted joke.
Killua stood up straight and joined Gon at the other side of the elevator, both pairs of eyes glaring at his smiling pair. "You bought yourself some time…what do you want?" Killua crossed his arms and settled against the wall.
Hisoka smiled and shrugged teasingly. The small space seemed smaller with their eyes falling so harshly against him. "…34…35…36" he looked back at the numbers and chuckled.
"You were sent to stall us!" Gon cried, only answered by another laugh and a toss of his head
"Stall you…from what? Life's too short to be in such a hurry…and it can be shorter" he licked his lips and reached in his coat pocket.
Gon and Killua glared tensely, preparing themselves for a fight. Their so-called assailant merely laughed and pulled out a blue bicycle deck.
"I have said, it is too cramped a space in here…very unsuited for what I have in store for you" He smiled sweetly (this of course not easing their fear) and shuffled the deck. "Besides…it is too soon"
"Too soon…" Gon repeated. His wide dark eyes staring in wondering thought. He knew Hisoka wanted to fight him one day, but the way he acted when he spoke about it…it made Gon shiver.
"Be at ease today," Hisoka said at last. At least forty floors had blinked past before then. "Even if I were to give in to temptation I could not…" he snickered flipping a card between his fingers and looking at its face before placing it back in the deck. "I am preoccupied"
"Oh, so Hisoka has a girlfriend?" since said clown was acting so lightly, Killua took a playful stab at him. "Didn't think he was interested in that kind of thing" he laughed, though Gon didn't get it at all.
The magician frowned, but soon his lips were up in a smile once more, snickering as they did. "Who are you to dig into my personal life?" he bounced back with another question.
At this, both Gon and Killua looked at each other genuinely "Hisoka has a personal life…?"
Needless to say…silence choked the elevator once more.
Piin. The top floor was finally reached after an agonizing silent remainder of the way. The two boys bolted out, happy to get as far as they could from the sulky suit. The plane was very wide for a rooftop, and what a view! Nearly everything Yorkshin had to offer could be seen from this vista, at the expense of one's well kept hair of course.
The two looked around searching for something and took to the far corner next to the small elevator building. Meanwhile Hisoka took the opposite side, looking out onto the city. Hawk's eyes bore hazel that day as he scanned the grid-lined streets and tall buildings. Darting randomly from block to block, searching for anything matching his quarry. It was times like this he would smile and think of his opponent, maybe thank them for giving him such a challenge…but right now he felt damn annoyed.
"Nazo-chan….you make me frustrated" he growled to himself, smirking this time. "You'd better stop soon…If I kill you while I'm angry, it will ruin our fun you know…No…no don't stop" his grin widened as he closed his eyes. It was as if Nazonazo herself were standing next to him smiling, linking her arm in his and smoothing his sleeve with her tiny gloved hands. The wind whistled over the rooftops, in reality only the two boys and him were there. But that whistling sang against his ears like he expected her to, comforting him and holding his arm tighter Relax Magician…just clear your head and slow down… She would say. Don't even think about it…just listen to the wind, it's such a nice day, just smile she would say, such an innocent voice at his side…even if she wasn't really there it…it made him feel calm again. Then as quickly as she came the imaginary warmth was gone, she seemed to be a distance from him, just tugging at his sleeve Just think…what is it you're looking for? Hisoka…hey Hisoka are you listening…Hisoka?
"Hisoka? Ne, ne! Are you listening?" Gon furrowed his stubborn brow and tried to snap the clown out of his daze "You've been staring at the same place for half an hour, what are you looking for?"
Had the time really gone by so quickly? Hisoka looked back to see Killua lying out on the concrete with a notepad and pencil, scribbling furiously and looking back and forth at some mysterious writing on the ground. "Hm? Ah…just enjoying the view" he tried to gather his thoughts, for once actually disoriented.
Gon crossed his arms, not taking that kind of answer from the magician at all. There was no way in hell that his enemy would actually be staring blankly without plotting! Large brown eyes stared up focused at Hisoka's. Why was he acting so weird? Well…weirder than usual
"A train…" He put his hands on the thick concrete railing once more, searching the same stretch of city again. There were dozens of train stations all over, mostly subway and monorail. Since she wasn't in the tower, then the actual meeting place would be a train station. But why have him come to Citeneg in the first place?
"A train?" Gon blinked, and repeated him. Even though Hisoka was his enemy, and despite he really scared the hell out of Gon sometimes, Gon was still Gon. And it really wasn't often he saw Hisoka even remotely strung out. "You can see everything from here, aren't train tracks really simple to find in a city?"
Hisoka's eyes widened. Of course they would stick out. Of course it was so simple, so simple a child could see it when he couldn't. Gon. The magician fished a crumpled piece of paper from his pocket, the one he'd written the notes on. Gon's eyes locked on the word-circle and the lines in it
"Atta! I've seen that, it's that way!" Gon shouted excitedly, and for a moment even forgot that he had anything against Hisoka. The spiky brown-haired boy dragged the magician by his sleeve to another corner of the rooftop and pointed to an oddly shaped brown building, low to the ground with several straight lines coming out of it. Train tracks. Hisoka looked back and forth between the paper and the location, and sure enough…they were the same shape.
Hisoka was actually dumbfounded. How could she base everything on a whim? So simple and so complex? And all of this trouble…it just made the clown more hungry to kill her. All in due time of course, like a thief admires a famous painting before burning it. Regaining composure, Hisoka shot the sweetest smile to his little tour guide, which of course reminded Gon of how insanely creepy the red-haired man could be. Hisoka leaned in close and stared into his wide brown eyes now full of fear, planted a dangerous hand on top of hisspikey brown hair and ruffled it, offering only this poetry before leaving a shaken Gon for the elevator
"San Kyu"
End Capitulo
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LOOK LOOK!
ACTUAL cameos from OTHER characters from HunterxHunter!
It's so rare!
(It's true...I've been dreadful about other characters -.-¿ I'm not promising much, but there will be more -)
But still...I'll admit I colored outside the lines on Gon's character in the fact that he was cheery around Hisoka -.-¿ I just adore his pure appraoch to life and everyone...I'll admit my weakness on that
Sadly things in the outside world are getting more and more complicated,
Standardized tests and midterms are ruling the day, and I'm trying to plan a trip to Daytona on my birthday soon
(yes I know these are personal affairs and that no good writer would dare babble about this kind of thing but
1. It's in my nature to give reason for bad behavior
2. Who said I was a good writer?)
Just saying that, whenever I DO get time to work on The MatF, it always turns out miserably
So please read, review and bear with me ¿