A/N Please comment/R&R if you wish, hope you like my fan fic so far, this is my first -ever made and I hope you enjoy the story
~HxH Chapter 4: Enlightenment
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"BAAAAKAAAAA! You don't go telling strangers where you're from!" Ruby scolded with a strict risen tone. Her and Rui were walking down the sidewalk not far from the restaurant, Rui tailed behind her twin like a little lost puppy, with Ruby angrily stomping a few inches ahead of her.
Both twins were silent for a few minutes, until Rui broke it. "Ruby-...If I told him, we could have had our chance, at asking him if he could save us from SGSF...Along with the other captives...We can't stay on the run forever..." Rui stated with mourn; Ruby peered over her shoulder from the corner of her eye at her twin, with an intense glare from her yellow eyes; She looked back ahead, with no change in expression.
"Rui...We don't know if he's a good guy or a bad guy...I've heard of assassins, rogues and honor bound ninjas, on top of that- mercenaries.. I don't want to take the chance of running in to them...They would most likely kill us..." Ruby sternly spoke with still, no change in her expression.
"H-...Hai..." She replied grievously while gazing down at her feet, as she waltzed behind her sister.
~Elsewhere
Illumi sat there after paying for the meal; Gazing in wonder, as to why they refused to answer his simple questions. In the middle of his deep thought, his phone rang. He reached into his pocket to grab the phone and answered it.
"Yes Milluki...? Did you find anything?" As he sat there listening to his younger brother, he was asked to come see him -quickly-. He nodded before he ended the call, then stood up from his chair and walked outside of the restaurant; In a flash, he disappeared without a trace.
Right after he had vanished, Hisoka came walking by the restaurant with one of Ruby's feathers at hand and a huge grin across his face. He could feel Ruby's aura not too far from him, he could also tell that she was angry by something considering the rise in her nen, thus he picked his pace up a bit to try and catch up to her and her twin.
Ruby and Rui both were looking at an advertisement poster that said 'Heaven's Arena.' on it, which made both twins form an idea in their heads.
"Oi- Wanna earn some quick cash?" Asked Ruby, as she kept her gaze upon the poster.
"Sure!" Rui approved gleefully while looking at Ruby. She looked back at the board, with a huge grin on her face. She was excited to fight, because when she fights- she plays instead... she loves to play.
Ruby sighed from her reaction, thinking to herself of how childish she is. "There is absolutely no limit to her immaturity..." Ruby said in her head before turning toward the direction the heaven's arena was in, only to face plant into a man's chest who appeared gazing at the board behind her; Rui stood there staring quizzically.
Ruby peered up, though during that instant of seeing that grin on that man's face, she knew right then and there, who that man was; He was a couple inches taller than her and Rui.
"Hisoka, don't tell me you're planning on registering for this...arena..." Ruby guessed monotonously, though with a hint of caution. Hisoka rolled his eyes down at Ruby and gazed in interest; Those piercing yellow hawk eyes, he can never get over.
"Hm-hm-hm-hm-hm... Of course I'm here to apply... I love fighting. I'd love to fight you in the arena if that's ok, or is this your first time going?" He asked after he strung his fingers through his hair with his orbs closed, he turned his head away with a faint blush while his other hand got clamped on to his hip.
"Let's go Rui..." Ruby demanded, after she grabbed her wrist and dragged her away from the board.
"Oh- do wait a minute Ruby-chaaann~. I have a gift for you...I was hoping I'd run into you again, so I could give the present to you." Ruby stopped in her path as well did Rui. She looked over her shoulder, with a strict look in her piercing hawk gaze.
"What could that be...? Knowing you, another declaration of war for thrill only..." She stated comically, with a sweat drop down her head and bored slanted eyes.
"Hardly~" He said, with his usual sing-song voice and his lids being closed. He did a hand motion to perform a magic trick and a bird cage appear in his hand, with a white hawk in it. He looked back over at Ruby and faced the cage towards her, only to have Ruby fall forward from disbelief.
"Kawaii!" Rui cooed and ran over to the cage with amaze, then stuck her hands on it. Though the bird kept looking at Ruby, Rui kept trying to get its attention. The bird squawked as it flapped its wings madly in it's confinement, wanting out so badly so it could fly towards Ruby.
Knowing this, Hisoka gestured for Rui to take a step back. After Rui nodded and did exactly that, he opened the cage door and out went the hawk-soaring its way over, on top of Ruby's head. The hawk sat on her head, with a straight face; It pecked at its inner wing then pecked Ruby's head, motioning her to get up; Which surprisingly she did.
Ruby felt the hawk make its way to sit on one of her shoulders, her expression read annoyance, though not towards the bird but towards Hisoka who bought her the bird. "Why the hell did he buy me a hawk...? Although..." She asked in her mind, then moved her irises to their corners so she could stare at the hawk with her stern face. "It is...pretty cool...hm-..." She said in her head, thinking to herself at rather she should keep it or give it back.
"Please keep it, it's a gift from me.~" He pleaded while gazing at Ruby. "Consider this gift as a...token of our friendship~." He chuckled a bit, after closing his eyes and forming a grin to tease her.
"Tuh-...If this will set a truce between us, considering that time you've attacked me; Then so be it... I can see blood lust in your eyes, deceit, amusement...and even strange 'Desires'... I'm no fool...You're only playing yourself...You're not playing me nor my sister. So drop your act- NOW..." Ruby replied with a demand, only to notice Rui running to her and snuggling against her back for protection. Rui didn't like where this was heading, she knew she despised Hisoka but she didn't know how much; She felt a fight coming soon, due to seeing her and Hisoka's auras.
"Now now, who said I was 'acting'? I am only trying to give you a gift, that I went through the trouble of buying for you~. " He opened his eyes to her with a tint of amusement. "Hmmm~... She's rather witted isn't she...? Not to mention I can tell she's cautious, she's always that way towards me; And those piercing eyes of hers, just makes me feel all tingly inside.~ I'm really going to have fun fighting her." He spoke in his head, while making strange expressions from pure excite.
"I get it...He bought me this hawk, hoping that I'd show a different side of me... Knowing his twisted mind, he's probably going to try and butter me up so he could burn me afterwords...After my years of traveling with Rui, people told me that I was too cunning for my own good; Though those words, came from large crime organizations on the streets that we've ran into...but still." Ruby spoke in her head, as she strictly glared at Hisoka.
"I'll keep it...but only because I'm not so heartless, as to let this poor thing out on the streets to get killed...or shot at from the sky..." She stated, but only to have Hisoka smirk in interest. He chuckled lightly to himself with his eyes closed, before walking towards the direction of the heaven's arena.
"Enjoy your feathered friend, my dear~" He sung as he waved his hand goodbye, with his back turned. Both twins looked at each other, then Ruby sighed; She rose her hand to pet the hawk, which the hawk liked very much. The white hawk kept tilting its head further against hers.
"What are you going to name it, Ruby?" Rui asked while getting closer to the hawk's face and slipping giggles out here and there.
"Hm-...Maybe...Soren?" Ruby looked at the hawk, then noticed it flapping its wings and nuzzling its beak on her cheek.
"I think it likes the name!" Rui stated with glee, while her mouth hung open happily. She stepped back and closed her peers ,as well as her mouth and giggled cutely to the scene of Ruby and Soren. "I think it's a boy hawk, sissy~!" She opened her bug eyes, which appeared soft and kept her mouth closed in content.
"What makes you think that...?" Ruby asked in reply, shifting her head and golden eyes to the hawk in curiosity.
*Seeing the bird glare at each and every passing man, made hr slip small giggles. "Because, Nee-san~...He keeps glaring at men, that pass you by!" She couldn't help but find it funny and burst out laughing.
"Baaaka-!..." She shown irritation and struck her fist on Rui's scalp, only to have Rui wince and cry comically, with her eyes closed; She began rubbing her head with one hand.
"Ruby-chan, so meeeaaan!" She cried hysterically.
Ruby walked away with a sweat drop down the side of her head, leaving Rui behind crying. The scene shown Rui looking chibby formed and acting like a big baby.
The scene switched then shown Ruby in side view and her twin running up behind her, with her cheeks puffed out from annoyance; Her fists were tight and her orbs were narrowed.
"Rui...where was the Heaven's Arena, again..?" She asked while darting her yellow eyes left and right, searching for the building.
"Hmm..." She tilted her head up to show she was in thought, her index finger touched her chin and her other arm lazily hung on her side. "Maybe...In the sky? I mean, take it's name into consideration~!" She excitedly expressed with wide eyes and a huge open mouth.
"Be serious Rui...Don't make jokes about something, that you're unsure of...Someone could take offense to that, for all we know..." Ruby stated with an expressionless face, she looked down at the bird but only to meet the hawk's gaze with her own. Right then, and idea occurred and shot her eyes over behind her shoulder to Rui. "How about we ask Soren? Perhaps he could have been trained to seek out things, like off one of the movies we seen in the theaters."
"We can try~" Rui mused before tilting her head to the side in wonder; Her antennas flung softly, with her head's movement.
Ruby looked back over at Soren and narrowed her eyes slightly, then leaned in closer to his face. Soren- the hawk, cocked its head slightly with it's straight face, then flew off into the air with haste. "Woaah! Ruby-Nee chan! You actually got him to look?! Sugoi!" Rui expressed with amaze in her tone, while gazing at Soren's flight.
"Yeah...Luckily I can communicate with all kinds of birds...ONLY birds...Which I don't understand why, I guess it's cause I'm a bird myself..." Ruby said, closing her stoic eyes and stood there waiting for Soren's return.
~Meanwhile, at Illumi's location~
A pale hand knocked on Milluki's door, a few seconds later the door opened slowly. Milluki stood in the door way, then turned sideways and gestured for his older brother inside.
Illumi casually walked in, then leaned against the wall close to his brother's door. Milluki walked over to one of the filing cabinets and opened one of it's drawers, he pulled out a couple of folders which was labeled 'Private' on both of them. One folder had Rui's face on it, while the other had Ruby's; Many papers were held inside, making them appear thick with information.
"I've found some information on their history. I've found files, all sorts of evidence including their age, date of birth, names, birth locations and other valuables. These twins were once human but, as to how they became what they are now, is still a mystery to me and it's becoming harder for me to find out where they came from... Their history only goes back two years; As if the previous year before the two years, got concealed personally and made private...
As for the evidence I've found while looking into their records and such... I've learned that they haven't made hardly any stops at a shop, paid for barely anything or even had their ID's scanned- 'IF' they actually had one. If they actually bought something that required an ID or some sort of card that had a bar code on it, I'd be able to trace all the spots they've visited and find the pattern within...I'd be able to narrow down to where the first stop they made at- was; That way I'd be closer to a break through, as to where they came from..." Milluki spoke before sitting down in his chair and opened one of the files in his hand, which were Rui's. "It says here in this file...That this girl named 'Rui' is 18 years old this year, born in japan's hospital, shows her birth date as well as the time when she was able to leave with her birth mother."
Milluki pulled another piece of paper out, after finding it in the mess of documents in her file and laid it on top of the stack. "Here it says that her and her twin- who were born 5 hours before her, that their mother was murdered a few days after their settlement in their new home, within one of japan's districts. The murderer continues to be unknown to the police and crime investigators... It also says here...that the murderer along with the infants, were no where to be seen; No traces of which way the murderer went."
"The investigators assumed it was a kidnapping by the same culprit, who killed the twin's mother. Her and her sister's father had already died before their time of birth, which meant the mother's struggle during her 9 months of pregnancy, was hard and had no aid...Til the day she entered the hospital..." Milluki heavily sighed in relief, that his explanation towards what he had discovered was finally done.
Illumi inched closer to Milluki from behind him, peering over his shoulder at the folder. "So you're saying that they were kidnapped...? Perhaps by a skilled mercenary or rogue...? No one in our family had been hired to kill and kidnap anyone back then, or up to now... " Illumi turned to face the door; He opened it, brought in a large thing of Pepsi and sat it beside his brother. "I had a conversation with the twins just before you had called me... Rui had slipped something out, something about SGSF...Until her sister covered her mouth with haste...Ruby is desperate to prevent me from knowing anything... I may have to try and separate them, in order to get some proper answers from one of the two... Hmm-... I appreciate your efforts in searching for information, I've brought what you've requested in return for payment." He said monotonously, then marched his way out the door and closed it on his way out.
Milluki sat there in silence while staring at his computer screen, then moved his eyes down toward the other file that had Ruby's picture on it. "Why did I take the other one out, if they both said the same thing...?All I needed was one file..." He muttered with irritation and had peers that said 'how annoying' in them.