Mirror World

Arc 1- Old X New X Same

Killua had been on the road for the last year while caring for his young sister, so it was quite surprising waking up in a comfortable bed. In a blink of an eye he was standing up, dread chilling his spine. 'Where am I? I should have woken up when they dragged me here!'

Taking a deep breath, he assessed his situation. He is not in his blimp anymore, that's obvious, and feeling his surroundings he could sense many people, whom he recognised as the family's butlers and his own family. But, something was amiss, none of his family felt as powerful as before, in fact, he couldn't sense any Nen on anyone but him.

Intrigued, he looked around his? room, looking for any useful thing, his questions were getting stranger by each detail he absorbed. The room was 'edgy', with many posters with bloody themes, and had a bathroom adjacent to it in the corner. It was fairly large and had a strange device that keeps changing colors, connected to a screen, maybe it was a computer? Certainly not one he had ever seen.

A sudden sound snapped his mind from his musings, looking at it, he saw another device he couldn't point out. Fitting his palm, he believed it was a cellphone, but a very modern one. Trying to turn it on he saw a screen asking for fingerprint or password, carefully putting his finger on the place he believed was to unlock. It worked.

'Well, I don't remember ever buying something like this, but it is mine…' he wondered. The time showed 00:04 and it had several icons with different names, choosing the one named 'searcher', he was surprised when a keyboard appeared, with, thankfully, letters he could understand. Not knowing where to start, he clicked a 'historic' button, and had several lines like 'how to be dark', 'best murder movies', 'acting like a killer'. Slightly sweat dropping, he started his research for answers.

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Canary was very grateful for the opportunities the Zoldyck family offered for her, a good education, food, a home for her, company and love. But waking master Killua was one of the worst part of her job, with all respect, his edgy tendencies were hard to take seriously. Calmly approaching the door, she gently knocked, after waiting a few moments and receiving no answer she opened the door. For her surprise, the shower was on! 'He is….. already up?' That was a first time thing. To wake up Killua she started the process of waking him up at 6:00, to have him ready by 7:30, and suffer his death threats.

Getting close to the door she said:

"Master Killua, breakfast today will be earlier since is your first day of highschool, please, don't get back to bed after your shower"

She then got out and carefully closed the door, waking away wondering why her master was already up. Killua, in turn, had his mind in overdrive, especially after researching, he was now in Old Gather City, a place that him, a very trained and educated assassin didn't know about. After hours of intense research he could say, he probably wasn't anywhere he had ever heard about! It sounded crazy, but it was like he was in another universe! Worst of all, Alluka situation, how was his sister? Had his family reached her in his brief absence? Too many questions, no ways of knowing.

Turning off the shower, he observed in the mirror that his body showed no changes. Going to the closet he found the least edgy and few itens that were not cringy, it had a really high number of sweatshirts, all of the black and 2 sizes bigger than him. Steeling his nerves, he got out of his room. 'I have to be careful to not make others suspect that I am not their Killua, this is very confusing, but based of what I could gather, here I was not really bright' he thought, while walking through corridors that he couldn't recognise.

Thankfully, he could feel the other's presence, he then went to where he could feel most of the people, reaching a tall room with tables, he saw most of his family's butles organizing the table.

"Good morning, master Killua, would wish the same as always?" One of the kitchen staff asked him.

"Uhmmm…. Yes! Please." After hesitating, he answered, hoping the other him had good taste. Pulling a chair to sit, he waited for a while, when he heard steps coming from the corridor.

"Oh! Kil is already here." His brother Illumi commented, not noticing how tense his voice made his little brother become. Pulling a chair, he sited next to Killua.

After a few minutes, the other members started to reunite in the room, even Alluka showed, her presence enough to make Killua relax slightly. 'At least it seems that she isn't loked away here'. His father being the last one to appear, and after sitting, all dishes were brought to the table. His plate was pancakes with chocolate syrup, making Killua's mouth water. Before he could dig in, his father started:

"Good morning, seems like our heir finally decided to be on time" All eyes went to Killua, who stayed quiet. His family quietly ate, until his mother spoke up:

"Killua dear, as a Zoldyck I expect you to put the others in their place, don't be friend with people like that Gon, he is not capable and only make you look worse. Unfortunately your grades were insuficient to enter a good highschool, be aware that if you don't get better, we will be obligated to send you to a boarding school, until you learn how to be useful, this is your last change."

Well, that was unexpected."Yes mother, I will do my best" Seems like this Killua is friend with Gon, and his family, again, don't aprove of it. Will be refreshing to see his friend again. Getting out of the table, Killua received a bag from Canary, that had a worried expression." Your driver is waiting master Killua". Following her they ended up in a garage. Entering the car, Canary waved." Good luck in the new school!"
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His family's property still seemed huge, it took over 5 minutes to find a gate. Killua used that time to decide his next steps, he needed more information on how this place works, and if things still the same in both universes, Gon would gladly help him.

"Could you leave me at Gon's house?"

"Killua master, I don't think lady Kikyo would like that."

"Well, she doesn't have to know, does she?" Killua answered smugly, the driver seemed conflicted, until Killua complemented:

"It's not like I you tell on you, you know, it will be a secret between, the two of us" And using his most innocent, childlike smile he stared deep at the driver's eyes, before he sighed and said a quiet 'very well then'.

Gon's house was very much like his own in Whale Island, just in the middle of the city. Killua hoped Gon would trust his history, while he wanted to go back, all research about universe travelling ended up in theory sites or sci-fi content, none of which could help him return.

After leaving him in the front of the house, Killua waited for Gon to come out. After just a few minutes, he heard the door unlock and his best friend come out.

"Ah! Killua!" Gon said after seeing his friend, but then frowned:

"Killua, do you know what a hunter is?"

That was an odd question:

"Sure Gon, those who hunt what they desire and use Nen, right?"

Suddenly, Gon had a very relieved face:

"Thank Goodness! Today I woke up and I wasn't in Whale Island anymore! Aunt Mito didn't know what a hunter was, I thought I was getting crazy!"

"Happened the same with me, I researched but this happening to us is very strange….huh? Gon let's run! We are getting late to school!"

"Do we have to go there Killua?" Gon whined, while Killua guided them to the school. After five minutes of running, they reached the gate. In the gate was someone they knew, Razor.

"Get going kids, or you will be late for the presentation." He gave no sign of recognising them. Walking some more, they saw a huge auditorium, and entered there. Finding some chairs, they waited for the principal to come.

" Good morning students! I am Principal Rueshi, and I welcome you all to this new part of your life!" The principal was a balding man, in his early 50s, using a suit."Please listen well to the rules! First of all…." After almost an hour and a few introductions to the staff, the students were sent to their respective classes, luckly Gon and Killua were in the same one, 1-B. After sometime, all the 20 chairs were full, and the class teacher entered.

"Hi class~I will be your class teacher for the next 3 years! Lets work well together, ok? My name is Amelia Nightjaw, but you can call me just Ms. Nighjaw." She had very dark hair, and hazel eyes, being slighly taller than Killua. She just explained the year schedule, and gave them time to interact with each other. Two girl approached Gon and Killua.

"Hi Gon! Hi Killua! Long time no see, right?" The very palid blond girl, with lilac eyes said. While Killua could control his expression, Gon's faced showed how he didn't recognise the girl at all.

"I guess you guys don't remember me." She said embarrassed "We used to study in the same middle school, but never really spoke to each other. Say hi Stella!" She said to her friend, who was a dark skinned girl, with browl eyes, taller than both boys.

"Hello….." She said quietly. They made a bit of small talk, they discovered the blond girl's name was Amber. Their day went by really quickly, by the they realised, they were getting home. Gon then asked:

"Killua, why did you want to come to school? I mean, we could have haad spent the day searching for answers."

"Because for at least a day I wanted to feel what is like to have a normal life. Here my family aren't assassins, I can have friends without fearing that my name push them away"

"I see...I am very glad to be your friend Killua! Tomorrow let's start to search a away to get back then!" Agreed Gon. Reaching Gon's house, the boys saw a car, probably Killua's driver, waiting for him. Saying goodbyes, both boys went to their respective houses, pondering about the day and world they are.

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"What do you mean!? How could a man over 100 years with dementia disappear!?" Beyond Netero could not believe it, the nursing home that took care of his father's needs just called him. Just how? His father had not spoken a word in many years, moving and disappearing by himself? Impossible.

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After dinner, Killua went to his room, putting some pillows under the cover. Opening his window, he jumped and ran to the city. Certainly, it was interesting how much of a city you could learn by hearing in the right places at the right time. Passing through many alleys, he found nothing truly paranormal. He was just searching for something, anything that could explain why he was there, and how he could get back, back to his little sister. Worry consumed him, was she alll right? He was taken out of his thoughts when he felt it. An energy very much like his sister's. Unfortunately it waas very fast and he couldn't pin point where it exactely happened. But there was a way he could find to get back home, it is just a matter of time.