Hunter x Hunter: Fraternal Twins
Chapter 2: Questions in Depths
"That was a close one Rui...Be more careful with your actions, by now they could be trying to track us down..."
Ruby stated while gazing forward. "Hey...Where did you drop that man off at anyway...?" Ruby asked after peeking over at Rui from the corner of her eyes. The buzzing sound of a humming bird was as clear as day in her ears.
"I...put him on a rooftop and out of harm's way..." She hesitantly said with her soft voice while scratching her temple on the side of her head with her index finger and looking to the right.
Ruby sighed with her eyes closed while still soaring through the air along side her sister; at random -a flying card flew toward her face, though instinctively she drew out her blade and sliced the card in half which made both her and Rui pause in their flight.
"The hell was that about...?" Ruby questioned then peered over at Rui with a puzzled expression. Ruby gave eye contact to Rui to show that she's saying 'Have your guard up.' Doing so, Rui nodded with a serious yet innocent face.
Rui rose her index and middle finger behind her back, summoning flies to her side. The flies buzzed and hovered near her, listening to her whispers. After a couple of seconds or so the flies flew off to random directions but, were in her and Ruby's area. Her antennas twitched every now and then, while having a focused look etched on her face.
Ruby used her hawk eyes to scan the area, which made her pupils shrink; In 'her' first person view it looked like she was looking through a scope. "Found anything yet Rui...?" Ruby asked with her hawk eyes, still scanning the area. Rui waved a hand in front of her face to draw her attention; When Ruby looked over at her sister, she seen Rui looking down with a serious face. Looked where Rui was gazing, she noticed Hisoka looking up at them with his big grin on a rooftop.
"Looks like Mr. Redhead wants to play, Ruby." Rui said with a soft smile and gazed over at her twin innocently. Ruby closed her eyes then sighed and opened them again; She flew quickly towards Hisoka with her blade at hand and prepared to strike. Cards flew rapidly at Ruby but, only to have then cut up and evaded; As the last card got sliced she thrust her free hand out and light emitted from her palm. Hisoka jumped off the rooftop just quick enough, to have Ruby crash into the roof's surface; Light exploded from impact and destroyed the entire gable.
"Ruby...chan-..." Rui said with concern and had her hands pressed against her chest. She noticed Hisoka right below her and seen an opportunity, to tangle him up. She swiped her arms out, with her palms facing Hisoka.
With Hisoka being oblivious to Rui's presence- vines from under him, wrapped around his legs and made their way up to his torso.
"Ima no Imoto!" Rui shouted, while holding onto Hisoka.
"This is strange...~ Now how can mere weak vines hold me this tight?~" He asked in his head, looking down at the entangled vines around him. He popped a card out and coated it with his nen, to make it stronger and sharper so he could cut through it; Though when he did try, it failed. His eyes widened in shock then thought in his head. "How can mere vines, be so thick and strong...~? Perhaps she's an Enhancer, but considering she can summon vines like this... That would make her a Conjurer.~
So she enhances her summons's durability and strength?...Interesting."
He smirked but seemed a little less amused, than he would towards Ruby. During that moment he seen Ruby flying toward him with her blade, though her blade seemed a bit more different than usual, it was coated in white looking electricity. In that instant he smirked bigger at the site of Ruby and used his Bungee Gum, which shot out from his index finger under all those vines and attached to Rui's foot.
"Nani ka-?!" Rui was cut off and jerked down toward Hisoka; Losing focus, the vines released Hisoka just enough for him to get out of the way. Ruby stopped in mid-flight, ceased her white lightning from her sword and noticed her twin slowly standing back up on her feet, out of the stirring dirt in the air.
"Rui, you alright?!" Ruby questioned loudly, with worry on her face, then was interrupted by Hisoka who suddenly appeared behind her.
"Don't worry about her Dear- Arch angel~" He said with a cocky smirk and narrowed eyes, that seemed entertained. "She's perfectly fine, I just needed her to release me is all. Your sister is quite unique; She's an enhancer and a Conjurer, so what are you...?~ Are you two both perhaps the same? Or are you different than her?~" He asked in his usual sing-song voice, while giving her intense slanted eyes.
"Why the hell should I tell you...? Me telling you what my category of nen is, is like giving away my weak points..." She quickly turned with her sword, swiping around with her and just barely touching the top of his head. Hisoka ducked down a bit just in time, with some feathers flying about from her spin. "You attacked me first...If someone strikes at me first, I will not hesitate to return the favor..."
Hisoka stood back up, while his expression stayed the same. "Mind telling me, what you two are then...? You're both certainly not humans...~" He asked in his melodic tone; He closed his peers and turned his head to the side, with his usual smirk.
"I'd rather not say...- Rui! Don't tell him where we came from got it?! In fact... don't tell anyone where we are from...!" She said after turning her head to Rui, with a serious look in her hawk eyes.
"Hoooo?~" He hummed with amusement, after opening his eyes to Ruby once more.
"Protective aren't we?~" He chuckled lightly and kept his gaze on her, then stuffed his hands in his pockets.
Ruby lowered her sword and backed away, with a serious yet cautious gaze.
"Blind thee enemy by thy light... Which held captive by thee sword of spells..." Ruby had her eyes closed, then her sword illuminated to pure white. She instantly opened her orbs and jabbed the tip into the ground, which made the ground from all around them glow bright as well. "YEE WHO SLUMBERS WITHIN THE HEAVANS- CAST A SPIRAL OF DEATH AMONGST THOUGHS IN YOUR PATH!"
Hisoka stood there with wide ogles, from surprise and noticed the ground glowing; He looked up, only to witness the sky opening up with a bright shine of light emitting in the middle. Knowing this, he hopped out of the way and Rui flew far away in fear.
The light spiraled like a tornado would but, instantly beamed down a white twister where the ground was lit, causing an earthquake. Ruby stood there in the middle with her lids open, her eyes were solid white and gleaming. Everything within the tornado's path got sucked in and spat back out the other direction. Pallid electricity sparked on the outside of the twister, as well inside and everything that got sucked into it, got shocked by the jolts.
Hisoka had attached his Bungee Gum onto something that can't be uprooted by a tornado, so he wouldn't get absorbed by the spiraling light. Heavy winds were running about, throughout the air and Rui hid behind a building- gazing at Ruby with Amaze and fright. Rui always knew her sister was stronger than her; Her sister was a spell sword after all, at least...that's what she called her nen build; Which is why, Ruby's so protective of her.
During the last minute, Ruby faded away within the thick lit twister and appeared by Rui, only to grab her by the arm. Ruby held her sword close, when she did her sword gleamed white once more. Both her and her sister, dispersed out of thin air; Only to leave a small puff of white fog behind. After they disappeared, the tornado ceased and everything within it fell to the ground. Hisoka fell to the ground while still attached to his Bungee gum and had eyes that said 'Surprise' in them, his mouth was also in a flat line.
He sat there on the ground after dismissing his Gum and drew himself into deep thought; After a while of thinking, the scene zoomed in on his mouth, only to show him smirking mischievously.
Elsewhere-
Illumi was walking down the hall way, in search of someone. He stumbled across his little brother's room and a sign above the door said, 'Milluki Zoldyck.'. He knocked on Milluki's door to gain his brother's attention. "Milluki...May I have a word with you...? It is of utmost importance..." Illumi stated, with his expressionless black eyes and yearned for a reply. Silence kept by the door until it opened; Milluki stood there with eyes that said 'I could care-less.' He was chubby with pale skin, black eyes and black hair, while having a potato chip hanging from his mouth.
"Yeah, what is it..?" Milluki asked with annoyance, while gazing at his older brother.
"I require information of two females, I've met in the city...They seemed inhuman by their looks." He monotonously said to Milluki. After announcing his reason for bothering him, Milluki nodded and gestured for him to come inside.
"What kind of info is it you need...?" He asked after sitting back down in his chair and typing up a storm, with a few clicks of his mouse. He crunched his potato chip loudly and had it all the way in his mouth.
"One of the ladies looked as though she was a bug; She looked human with insect additions to her structure...and the other woman, looked as if she were a bird of some sort...I only wish to know who they are, or where they came from..." He stated, only to have Milluki turn to his gaze with an emotionless look, then snapped his chip that he had in his mouth again; Turning back toward the screen, he reached into his potato chip bag and took out another.
"You don't know their names...? Why didn't you ask for it...?" He asked with irritation while typing and clicking on his mouse; The screen kept flashing to different web pages and ran into a photo, of a bug looking woman on the screen. She had a big open smile on her face and pink bug like eyes, with wings that were almost invisible due to her flying.
Milluki's face appeared shocked and his chip fell out of his mouth, he couldn't avert his gaze from the screen until, Illumi noticed the picture himself.
"That's her...that's the bird woman's sister." He said while peering behind Milluki's head at the screen, with his emotionless face. Milluki seemed speechless at her appearance, he never thought a bug woman would look...pretty. He deemed anyone that looked like a bug, unappealing to the eye but no, not her.
Milluki clicked on a different picture and it came up on the screen, a bird woman with two pairs of wings, flying high above the city; Almost mistaking her as an angel.
Milluki gained an even more shocked look on his face.
"That's the bird woman...Milluki, can you do some research as to where they came from..and who they are...?" Illumi asked but, during that instant, Milluki scrolled down to read the comments. Some said they were fake pictures and others said they were real. Some said they looked interesting and others said 'They must be acting for a movie.'
Knowing this, Milluki nodded and got to work. "I'll call you if I find anything..." Milluki said, then began typing and clicking on his mouse again. "I better get paid though...Perhaps a case of Pepsi?" He looked over at his older brother in question.
Illumi nodded, then walked out of the room and closed the door behind him, Milluki turned back to his screen, then grabbed a chip from his bag and munched on it; Doing so the scene went black.