HxH: Fraternal Twins Chapter 3: Questions unanswered and Yearning to fight.

In the city, the twins were walking down the street. Rui kept groaning due to her stomach rumbling; She held her stomach with an uneasy expression and appeared to be leaned over, while Ruby glared at her in the corner of her eyes, with a straight face. Many citizens passed by, completely ignoring the twins, knowing full well that they've been there for a while now. Ruby's wings were folded behind her and Rui's wings was sticking to her back vertically downward, so she wouldn't get as much odd glares, as she would with her wings entirely sticking out.

Ruby looked forward then sighed with her gaze closed, before opening them again.

"Rui...I've got a little bit of money, if you wanna grab something to eat..." Ruby offered in a low and monotonous voice.

"Can we? I'm hungry...Besides we haven't ate all day..." Rui perked up, with pleading pink eyes and her hands clenched against her chest.

"Sure..." She said while sighing in exhaust. She looked over and noticed a bakery passing by them up close; She peered into the building through the window and seen people lined up at a cashier, with their food of choice. She noticed her favorite sweet in there, then widened here eyes in slight excitement. "R-Rui...let's eat here, they have my favorite muffin." She demanded eagerly, with eyes that said 'I want that!'

Rui tilted her head slightly in confusion, then understood what she meant by 'Favorite muffin'. She smiled real big, then lunged at Ruby in a hug from behind. "Haaaai-hai-! Ruby-san!-" She said while giggling up at storm, only to have Ruby run toward the door, with her twin still hanging on her backside and her arms around her neck.

Rui looked surprised, at seeing her this excited. She hasn't seen her this excited in a long time; Only time she remembers her being this eager was when...she found out a boy she liked long time ago, liked her back. Although they were in the facility at that time but hey, who said you can't find love even in a dangerous place like SGSF?

Ruby opened the door to the bakery and looked through the display cases, that held sweets and all sorts of goodies. She squatted down for a closer look and eyed her favorite muffin ever; It was a blueberry muffin, with chopped nuts sprinkled on top. Rui was off of her twin, gazing at all the chocolate in the display cases. She was looking for chocolates with cherry filling in them. Rui's favorite sweets are chocolate with cherries in them, mint chocolates and peanut butter chocolate bars. Ruby's favorite sweets are blueberry muffins with chopped nuts sprinkled on top, donuts with cream filling in side and chocolate chip cookies.. with peanut butter bits made in with them.

"Ruby! I want this one!" She eagerly said in a risen tone, while pointing at a box of chocolates that had cherries in them.

"Rui...Those are pricey...I only have $14.00 on me... These muffins here are on sale; The blue berry muffins are 4 dollars and those chocolates you pointed at..are 10 dollars...that will take all my money...I'd buy it for you if I had more...but we won't have anything left over, if we buy these..." She sighed with an upset look in her eyes

"It's ok Ruby, I understand. I'll see if they have peanut butter chocolate bars somewhere." She said happily with her eyes closed and a big, closed smile embedded on her face

Unexpectedly, a card dropped down in front of Rui's face. She opened her eyes and backed up an inch, to get a better look. She seen someone's credit card in her eyes; Rui slowly peered up at the person, who put that card in her face and noticed it was Illumi with his emotionless face.

"Couldn't help but to over hear your name miss...Rui. I'll pay for your sweets...on one condition." He offered before gazing to his side, so he could get a glimpse of Ruby, who gave off a death glare to him.

"Rui let's go...We don't need people bribing us...for, 'Information...' " Ruby ordered with a hint of anger in her voice and grabbed Rui by the arm in a hasted manner, only to have Illumi's voice ring in her ears and make her come to a halt.

"If I treat you both to a quick meal, would you at least answer some of my questions in return...?" He asked monotonously, with his black ogles peering at the twins.

Ruby turned to glare at the man then nodded slowly. Rui grew a huge smile and gleefully jumped up and down.

"Yaaaay! FOOD!" She said with excite, then ran in circles around Ruby happily giggling.

Illumi's gaze widened slightly at Rui's outbursts, thinking to himself of how childish she is for her age. "Alright then...Come..." Illumi Gestured for them to follow; He lead them to a regular restaurant and sat at a table with the twins. Both twins were looking through the same menu; Rui had an excited face and Ruby... had her usual stoic feature.

Illumi couldn't understand, why Rui was so excited about eating out. What was strange though was, he felt more curious about Rui than he did toward Ruby. He wanted answers but he wasn't getting anywhere with these two, strangely enough he kept his orbs pinned on Rui, without moving an inch. He couldn't put his finger on it..but something was making him a bit fascinated by her features, something about her that interested him. Was it her abnormal speed...?- Maybe...Or could it have something to do with her bug structures? Where they came from, who they are and what they are- were the main questions swirling through his mind, like a swarm of flying insects. It literally..bugged him. (Terrible joke, but wasn't intended lol.)

Both twins finally ordered their meal, after a waitress came by. The waitress looked rather uneasy by the twin's appearance and rushed away after writing their orders down.

10 minutes had passed and the waitress came back, with their drinks and food. The lady quickly sat their meals down and trotted away, as if she was trying to keep away from them.

Rui contently ate her food with her lids closed and a small hint of pink on her cheeks, Ruby was savoring her food and picking at it nonchalantly, with her orbs glaring at Illumi. Ruby couldn't comprehend as to why Illumi was staring at Rui, despite his expressionless face- she could sense a puzzled emotion coming from him. Ruby has always been able to sense a person's emotions, just by being around them and Rui could see a person's emotions, through aura colors. Her bug senses could be triggered at will, when she wants to read a person's emotions.. IF she didn't want to ask about it.

Rui finished with a sigh of relief, only to notice Illumi gazing at her with his blank face. She couldn't tell by facial features of how a person felt, when they're expressionless; Thus she decided to read his aura, doing so she peered at him with a straight blank face. Her head tilted slightly to the left, with her straight face gazing at his colors. She seen black mixing in with red, yellow, blue and some purple. Once she realized how he felt, she smiled real big with her eyes closed.

Black can resemble death, evil, depression, fear or negativity. Red can resemble passion, energy, blood, war and even hatred or despise. Yellow can mean curiosity,youth, fun, happiness, sunshine and cheerfully energetic. Blue can mean creativity and intelligence as well as loyalty, strength, wisdom and trust. Purple could mean royalty, nobility and prestige. Thinking to herself, she thought, "Hmm, he must be intelligent, wise, strong, loyal to someone and quite curious about something~" She guessed in her head, with her ogles still closed. She looked over at Ruby, who had a patient look on her face while having her eyes closed. "Alright..as for my questions...Who are you two...? Where did you come from and what are you...?" He asked in his monotonous voice.

Elsewhere- Up in a tree sat Hisoka holding one of Ruby's feathers, with a smirk on his face and contently gazed at it. "Hmmmmm- ~" He hummed to himself while twirling the feather around with his fingers. "I wonder when I can have a real fight with my dear- Arch Angel...I'm growing rather bored just sitting here...~" Deep thought caught his eyes and thought to himself, of how thrilling it'd be to fight her again. A small flush of pink grew on his cheeks, just by thinking about it; He loved how she would slice through his cards with such ease and fly with those majestic wings of hers. That sharp glare of hers gave him thrill chills down his spine. "You're such a toughie on the outside...I wonder if there's a soft spot in your heart somewhere, so I could tug at it and make you show your weak side...~" He lightly laughed under his breath at the thought, with his gaze closed. He brought the feather to his nose and felt the softness of it, brush against his face.

He sat there remembering the time when she unsheathed her sword during their escape when he was with Illumi in the alley way, and the time when she summoned that strange tornado of light, with such an interesting incantation. He smirked even bigger and groaned, by the thought of him fighting her again. "Where...art thou my dear white bird...? Yee, who summons light to bring forth pain and destruction, amongst those who dare trample thou and thy sister..." He questioned, copying Ruby's Shakespearean speech from her incantation, to mock her summoning style.

Back with the twins.

"We're human just like you...We came from a far away place...and as you can obviously tell..we're sisters with a name and last name..." Ruby said, hoping that Illumi would give up soon.

"That does not answer my question Miss Ruby...I expect a proper answer this time...Now, answer me...Or I'll have to resort to force..." His tone grew dangerous and lowered his head, so a shadow could mask his face in a piercing way; His eyes pinned to Ruby, then peered over at Rui.

"O-kaaaay!-" Rui said simultaneously raising a fist in the air, with her lids closed and mouth happily open. "We came from the SGSF! We were-" She was cut off by Ruby's hand, that covered her mouth in great haste. Rui looked over at her twin with a questioning stare. "N-nani?" Rui asked, though it was muffled by Ruby's palm.

"Rui wa, watashi wa anata ga... Darenimo Iwanaide kudasai katarimashita! Sore wa watashitachi no ryoho ni owari o imi suru kamo shiremasen..." Ruby said angrily to Rui, with her eyes closed.

"Watashi wa Ruby Gomen'nasai! Wasureteta!" Rui apologized, after her twin removed her palm.

"Hai...Soreha daijobudesu..." Ruby replied after sighing, then opened her eyes to Illumi, only to notice him glaring at her; She noticed irritation coming from him, even though his face was as blank as piece of white paper.

"Very well then...You leave me no choice..." He stated before reaching out to Ruby, with his zetsu raising. His eyes swirled like that of hypnosis; He kept in mind though, those letters of abbreviation and took note of their names, when they exchanged conversation in the bakery and just now in Japanese.

Ruby closed her eyes then smacked his hand away in annoyance but to no avail, he turned to Rui and grabbed a hold of her jaw line then tried to manipulate her mind, into giving him the answers he longed for. "Give me my-" Illumi was cut off by a tackle hug, which sent him flying out of his chair a ways.

"Kono yona kawaii me!" Rui cooed over Illumi's eyes, she thought his peers were adorable, considering how big they were. She was nuzzling his face with her orbs closed, while giggling up a storm.

Illumi's gaze was stunned at her sudden attack, he never thought someone would be so expressive like this...let alone childish, he was also stunned by the fact that his power didn't reach her well; He felt slight control over her but, in an instant he lost grip of her mind, a couple seconds before she lunged at him. Despite her childish behaviors, Rui was intriguing him even more for some odd reason. He never thought he'd be curious toward someone, that's happy-go-lucky like her...He felt strange thinking about it, then shoved that thought in the back of his mind, ignoring it.

"RUI-CHAAAAAAN!" The scene shown outside of the restaurant, then a big thud on Rui's head was heard, which emitted a loud, comical thunk.

The scene shown Rui crying comically with her eyes closed and silly tears rolling down her face, while her butt was flat on the floor and her knees bent; Her arms in front of her, wrapped around her kneed. "Ruby- so meaaaan!" Rui stated, then felt her arm being grabbed by her sister and got dragged outside, with her body being limp.

"Baaaaka!-" Ruby said before the door shut behind them. Illumi sat up and watched them leave; He blinked in surprise and couldn't comprehend, as to what happened just now. That bug girl, truly caught his interest.