I don't own Hunter X Hunter
Chapter 4: Hotel X Customers X Names
"C'mon guys. I want a hotel room." Leorio complained.
"But Leorio, it's more fun to camp." Gon argued.
"What do you two think?" Leorio asked the two quiet ones.
"Do we have enough money?" Kurapica asked
"We're Hunters! We can use the facility for free."
"How about this?" Kurapica said being the peacemaker, "We'll ask at the hotel. If they still want money, we'll camp. Ok."
"Deal"
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Inside the hotel,
"What is taking them so long?" Anna said as she looked towards the room.
DING
"Customers. Hello. May I help you?"
"Yes. Aren't you looking lovely this fine afternoon?" Leorio flirted.
"Sorry. I'm not interested in going out with you. Do you four boys need a room?"
"Yes." Kurapica said. "However, we seem to be a little short on cash because a few of us," he glared at Leorio, "Have a little trouble keeping our stomachs full."
"We're hunters." Gon explained.
"Hunters? Well then we can let you stay here for free. However, room service will still cost you."
"That's fine." Gon said.
Killua and Leorio both groaned.
"Arigatuou." Kurapica told her.
"Your welcome." She said as she handed him two keys.
"Excuse me." She called out to them.
"Yes?" they asked.
"May I have your names please?"
"I'm Leorio."
"I'm Gon"
"Killua."
"My name's Kurapica."
"Leorio, Gon, Killua, and Kurapica." She repeated as she wrote their names down in the register book. "Thank you."
After they left, Anna said to herself, "Kurapica. He's kinda cute."
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"WOW! CHECK OUT THIS ROOM!" Gon yelled in amazement.
The room was big enough for Gon and Killua to run as much as they wanted. It overlooked the harbor and had a big screen TV. On the writing table, it had one of those birds that drinks water (Like the one when they had to spend 50 hours in that room in the Trick Tower).
"And you wanted to camp." Killua told him.
Just then, a side door opened and Kurapica and Leorio walked in.
"Not too much different from our room." Leorio stated.
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"And then we woke up to the noise of people screaming. Kura told me to run while he went to check on Mother and Father. At first I wouldn't listen, but then he used my full name."
"What does that have to do with anything?" Keitaro asked gently while trying to keep the tears in.
"We only use our full names with each other when we're serious. It is NEVER a joking matter. I then ran to the forest and prayed that Kura would be ok. I think some of the Genei-Ryodon spotted me. Luckily, I knew the forest like the back of my hand. I was able to loose them. I wandered back to the village the next morning and saw the bodies of my people. All of them without eyes. That was when I vowed that I would destroy the Genei-Ryodon. I then remembered Kura. I looked at all the corpses and realized Kura was nowhere to be seen. At first it was a glimmer of hope, but then I remembered how I was chased. The same thing could have happened." She started to cry.
"Just let it all out Kara." Keitaro told his girlfriend as he hugged her.
"I… I went into the nearest city. That was where I met Anna. She was very understanding for she had also just lost her parents in a fire."
"I never knew that about her."
"They left her with a large fortune. That's how we were able to build this hotel. When it was first built, someone tried to pay for a room using a pair of the Scarlet Eyes. Anna went on and let that member of the Phantom Brigade in. As he ordered room service, well, let's just say 'some men can't hold their arsenic'." (A/N: I got that quote from the musical "Chicago")
"You killed him?"
"I recognized him as one of those who killed my family." She said with her eyes glowing red.
"Understandable."
KNOCK KNOCK
"Who is it?"
"It's me. Anna."
"Come in.
"Just making sure you two aren't doing anything inappropriate while we have customers. Oh, and I brought some coffee."
"We're not. Thanks. Wait. We have customers? What did they pay with?"
"You know as well as I do that we let Hunters stay here for free and only charge them for room service."
"Hunters?"
"Yes. Four of them. Two 14 year olds, an 19 year old, and probably a 30 year old."
"I think it might be the same group we saw at the restaurant." Keitaro pointed out.
"Really? Did you catch their names?" Anna asked.
"No." Kara told her.
"Oh, well…"
"What IS your full name Kara?" Keitaro asked.
"And your brother's if it's not too much trouble." Anna requested before sipping her coffee.
"I don't really like it because it sounds too much like my brother's. But, for you two: My name is Karapica and my brother's is Kurapica."
Anna choked on her coffee.
"Anna?"
"I'm fine. I'll leave you two alone. I uh I need to run a few errands." She said as she ran out the door to ask the guests a few questions.
"That was weird."
TBC
Next time on Karapica:
Things have started getting weird. First, Anna asks us questions about Kurapica. Then, when Killua and I go exploring, we find a briefcase of Scarlet Eyes. After that, Anna and her friend's boyfriend get to talking about Kurapika and their friend. Next time on Karapica: Questions X Answers X Eavesdropping. No way!
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