Back in Hagya's den, the lion general sat on his rock. He wasn't pleased at how his surprise encounter with the other leaders went but he figured he shouldn't be sulking on it and instead, focus on what's important.
« Flutter? How's it going? »
« I'm fine, general, my back hurts a bit but.. »
« The mission! Flutter! Any reports? »
« Ow, Ahh, yes.. sorry » Flutter tried to gulp the hurt but couldn't help but take a deep and heavy breathe. Hagya Just frowned, impatient.
« Meloth has reported that the boys have passed a border, black hair hasn't gotten any rest and he looks like he's getting weak, White hair has been sleeping for a whole day, he doesn't seem to be getting worse, Black hair is still using his power to protect him and the severed arm as well. He called for help using some sort of technological device shaped like a beetle, a certain Leorio was the man contacted. »
'ow that's a pretty cool name' thought Hagya.
Flutter continued :
« The man named Leorio inside the technological device said 'hold on, I'm coming!' Meloth's appraisal of the man's voice is that he's not sure of himself and probably pretty weak but he fears that Welfin and him aren't going to be strong enough to knock Black hair down before reinforcement come. »
Yup, Welfin is a soldier in Hagya's army, specifically he's one of Kerpico's Elite 4, a team of ants Handpicked by the rat himself mostly for their sensory prowess. You already know Meloth the moth and his incredible hearing and Farko the falcon as well, whose eyes were able to pick up Ren. The last one.. The sly Fawkes, Kerpico thought wise to keep him close.
'Tchh! I Should have requested Farko and Fawkes to follow them too, I'm the boss! I don't care what Kerpico thinks, Farko's talents are much better used spying on how black hair uses his aura than in assisting Rammot to control his.. And Fawkes being here able to talk to everyone after I got humiliated, this back-stabbing fox would do anything to get a bit of influence and I absolutely can't let these stupid kids get away..'
Hagya was biting one of his fingers as he pondered.
'Dang Leorio is a really cool name though, I'd like to also capture him and since Meloth said he's weak that shouldn't be too troublesome, even if he's a rare human too and we've got to send reinforcement to Meloth and Welfin anyway..'
Hagya stood up and announced his decision, a decision that will have huge consequences on him and on the future of his species.
No, I know it would have been funny but that's not about his name.
« I Want our best stalkers on the prowl! get Farko and Fawkes as well, i don't care if they're with Kerpico But I don't want Kerpico to know they're being summoned.. No, actually I'm fine with that I don't have to justify myself to him just tell him that I'm requesting Farko's presence for a 'private hunt' hehehe and add that he ought not to ask any question.. understood? they have to be ready to go in 3 minutes! »
« Yay Private hunt! » exclaimed Hina happily..
« Ow, right I forgot about that, Kerpico wants you to join him, he probably have an idea for Rammot.. » Hagya took a lot of pleasure to destroy her glee.
« But..But..Private hunt? » she implored with a cute and pouty face but that only convinced him to not take her. He growled at her and she left stomping and still pouting though she wasn't trying to be cute anymore. well that didn't mean she wasn't cute of course, it's not like she could help.
...
About 4 minutes later in the 'hospital' which honestly is just a stinky hole in a building Literally made of shit.
« Gwuhu, this is so unfair, Farko and Fawkes go on a private hunt with master Hagya and not me »
Hina wept and lamented on her terrible fate next to Rammot who was pretty much bathing in his own vomit and blood at this point. It was a mess.
« Shut the fu.. » He got caught in a very conveniently timed series of coughs..
« You Bit.. » he coughed again, this is a really Cool profanity filter!
Kerpico was very curious about this private hunt but couldn't think properly, he just wanted to do anything in his power to help his fellow ant.
« Alright so essentially, my hypothesis is that Aura can be manipulated but if you take the problem from this angle, you get nowhere cus that would require to conceptualize aura, so I'm thinking that instead of learning how to manipulate aura.. »
Of course he had to do that, even though no one would listen to him go on and on about his theory, he just had to.
« I don't freaking care! Tell me what I have to do! » Rammot was, you guessed it, fuming.
« Well er.. get laid » Kerpico couldn't believe he was able to form such a short sentence and was very proud of himself.
Hina and Rammot had the same reaction, a moment a silence and then they started to point at each other and at themselves all the while saying « you mean? » in a very synchronized manner.
Then Hina went on to say « Ow c'mon on now I wouldn't do that with a male weaker than me.. » which made Rammot fume harder.
« C'mon Hina, we have to try, and it's not like I can ask Zazan, Only YOU can do it.. »
Kerpico wasn't Kurapika, he wasn't human anymore and more specifically he REALLY wasn't a gentleman anymore.
Rammot puked in a possibly related way and then voiced his opinion :
« Ew! Why do you only mention those with the disgusting bump on their chests? »
There was a silence in the room until Hina made an extremely sassy cat face looking at Kerpico :
« C'mon Kerpi, We have to tryyyy.. »
She let that trail in as her smugness intensified.
« Only YOU can do it.. » She was obviously looking forward to see that 'Oh My! Yeeth! Yaoi! I don't care about the private hunt anymore, this is the best day of my life!'
In that moment, a simple change of perspective made Kerpico learn to respect females.
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Meanwhile at the airport, hidden from his prey's attention, Welfin was getting agitated, It had been 2 hours since Gon had asked Leorio for help and no one was there. Gon was barely staying conscious, his head would slowly fall and his eyes close without notice, his body desperately demanding rest.
But Welfin didn't care, now that he had heard He and Meloth were going to get reinforcement, he really didn't want to risk a confrontation with a super human teen, no matter how exhausted.
The wolf was sweating profusely from his nose of course and Meloth seeing him in such stress decided to whistle a soothing tune for him at a frequency humans wouldn't be able to hear.
But Gon picked it up anyway.
Gon didn't realize he was being followed up till now, he didn't even think about it..
Now that he thought about it, It was obvious.. He was in no condition to fight and he knew that..
And he feared for Leorio. He cursed his naivety but the frustration couldn't give him the second wind he needed..
Second? that would be a sick joke, lost a thousand winds down the line.
Meloth stopped his song.
« Why'd you stop? that was nice.. » asked the wolf soldier.
« Compromised, I messed up. he heard it.. »
The wolf gulped : « he knows we're here? »
The moth simply nodded with a very quiet hum.
« What should we do? Fight? » Welfin was terrified of the unknown and that teenager was the greatest unknown.
« Welfin, Kerpico would want us to let them go. » Meloth said that in a very calm tone.
Welfin looked at his face and understood : « we can win? »
« It wouldn't be a victory, it would be a betrayal, it would be sad and it wouldn't be fair »
Welfin sighed, « you can't ask me.. we can't »
Then he got visibly angry and snarled « that's high treason, General Hagya gave us orders, Kerpico isn't that important, we have to capture them! »
Meloth sighed : « well it's too late anyway, Farko's going to find us any second now ».
Welfin looked up and sniffed the air.
« You sure? »
But there was no response.. well except :
« I found them » The telepathic message wasn't specifically for them but that did the job.
« Ow.. okay.. » Welfin looked up again, Farko was flying in circle above them.
« Wait! Don't come! we have to Retreat! » Meloth boomed in the head of nearby ants. It was quite unusual of him.
The moth-like hybrid put his hands on head, he was shaking.
« Someone Dangerous! Very Dangerous! »
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« Gon! Killua! GON! »
A loud man disembarked from a private jet.
He was wearing a suit and was holding a suitcase, he looked young, thin and athletic, he had short black hairs and wore glasses.
« GON! »
He was basically running around screaming. His case didn't look quite as heavy as it truly was.
The young Gon felt relief hearing his energetic And familiar voice And he let go..
The man's name was Leorio, he was a friend, a good one.
He barged into the airport and saw Gon collapsing on a bench, Killua looked asleep next to him.
« GONNNN! » Leorio ran to him and caught The dark haired teen before he hit the ground.
He then looked at Killua horrified and angry, his arm was bleeding again but Leorio knew that he couldn't have been bleeding like that this whole time and understood what that meant. The man quickly tore His sleeve, opened his suitcase, realized that he didn't have to tear his sleeve because he had all the necessary kit, facepalmed and then applied a tourniquet on the wound.
He was quickly followed by other humans wearing black suits, more silent and efficient ones, ones with serious looks on their face as well as a tall and androginous guy with long black hairs, unusual clothes and a blank look in his eyes.
Just in case, yes, that's Illumi..
I didn't want to spend so long without a chapter but I spent the last 8 months without a computer, crazy right?