H x H Fraternal Twins- Chapter 5: Preparation
After Soren's return, who had landed back on Ruby's shoulder, he gave Ruby the directions to the Heaven's Arena. It took nearly ten minutes to find the tall building, which shouldn't of taken that long since the building was a sky scrapper. Ruby nodded and thanked her feathered friend, for taking his time to look for it. Though the twins could have flown in the sky and find it that way, but they wanted to try Soren out and see what he could do. Knowing full well where the building's at, both Rui and Ruby made their way over. Rui talked up a storm about nature and insects but after a while, Ruby's nerves shot up and told her twin to be quiet while trying hard to hold back her risen tone.
After half an hour of walking to the Arena, they had finally come across it, which made both the twins gawk in amaze of how tall the place was up close. Their eyes were wide and Rui's mouth was open slightly; Ruby turns to her twin and had a piercing look to her ogles.
"If we're going to fight...We'll have to put on disguises... Though nothing would really mask us, considering we have wings...but I'm sure we can figure something out." Ruby stated, she didn't want any of the SGSF people finding out their location or capturing them right on the spot; Since arenas are naturally public on T.V and in person.
"I can move my wings down against my lower back, but I don't know how you could hide your wings...They're...so big~." Rui said, with a slightly calmer voice and questioning solid eyes. She tilted her head a bit in thought, making her antennas softly brush to the side with it.
"Hmm..- Perhaps I can put a cloak on...A large one. One that covers my entire body, but in order to fight I'd have to have it open in the front..And more importantly a hood over my head, to hide my face so people can't see who I am..." Ruby narrowed her gaze, as she thought with her fingers lightly touching her chin.
"That's true, maybe I should do the same ne-chan~" Rui replied with a soft voice, her orbs barely squinted and her face held kindness in it.
"Yeah...I'd be best..." Ruby agreed, her face became stoic and began pacing herself towards the front doors of the Heavens Arena. "Let's go..." She demanded with a strict, yet slightly deep voice.
"Oh-kaaaay!- " Rui said happily with her peers shut and a closed, wide smile, then ran up behind her sister hastily.
Half an hour later they were wearing cloaks, which hid most of their features. Ruby had on a real dark green cloak with a white solid mask, that had red markings around the stern, narrowed eye sockets. Through the sockets you could see pink glossing every now and then, from the light inside the building; She had black gloves on that was cut near the wrists so her mantis claws could extend out, as well wearing her usual attire underneath her cloak. Ruby had long white cloak on with golden yellow rope in the front, that tied it together just above her bust; A bulge on her back was from her wings that she tightly folded up. She had on her usual clothing as well but, had her hood completely covering her face, which made a large shadow cast over, where her facial features should be.
"You ready Rui?" Ruby's head turned to face her sister's, she seen her sister with that mask on and heard innocent, muffled giggles behind it. To Ruby, those squinted eyes on that mask sort of spooked her a bit, considering it had thick red eyeliner on that curved upward at the end of the eyes and downward towards the nose bridge. After a few seconds of staring at Rui, Rui lunged at her playfully but only to have Ruby jump out of the way and run the opposite direction. Rui chased her twin through the lobby where you register for a match; Playful, innocent giggles came from the masked twin and Ruby was shouting at her to stop chasing her. "Stop, you're creeping the hell outta me!" Ruby shouted with her hood over her face, running away and trying to avoid her twin's lunges.
"Ehem..." Hearing a man's voice clearing his throat, was all it took to make the twins pause in their little game of chase. The twins looked up and noticed Hisoka standing there, with his hand balled lightly into a fist and up close to his mouth. His eyes were shut and had a slight mocking grin on his face.
"Yes...?" Ruby asked, her head facing the man's direction, with Rui nearly touching her sister's back. Rui was as stiff as a statue, surprisingly the same with Ruby who appeared paused in mid of her run. A comical yet awkward scene, shown all three of them standing their frozen; Then moments later, Hisoka broke the silence and opened his lids in amusement.
"I'm guessing...the sister in white is..Ruby?~" He asked with a smirk and slanted eyes, while moving his hand down and lazily letting it dangle by his leg.
"Y-...Yeah...What do you want...?" The scene turned normal and more relaxed. The twins stood casually and waited for him to respond.
"Oh..I was hoping I could fight you once you've reached a certain floor...First you'll have to defeat 199 floors, before you can get to me~." Hisoka replied while chuckling under his breath. He made his way towards Ruby who wore the white cloak, amusement sparking in his eyes along with a mocking grin. "Is there a reason why you're hiding your face, Arch-Angel~?" He asked teasingly, still wearing his previous facial expression.
"Stop calling me that...You know all too well, I'm not an Arch-Angel...Let alone an Angel in general..." Ruby denied, she stood there cautiously only to be interrupted by Rui who jumped into the conversation.
"Ruby and I are disguised, so people from the SGSF wouldn't- " Rui was cut off by her sister's hand, that was in front of her face. Rui looked over at her twin with her white mask on, that had red thick eyeliner around the sockets; Noticing her shaking her head in saying 'Don't tell him.', which had Rui nodding in agreement.
"SGS-" Hisoka's eyes narrowed in curiosity and was about to ask what that was but, to no avail, he was cut off by Ruby as well.
"We're just hiding our faces, so no one will see our identity in the arena...It'll make us mysterious fighters that way..." Ruby instantly spoke over Hisoka with a strict voice, covering over Rui who had accidentally spoke of SGSF.
"Hoooo...?~ I knew you were hiding something from me, Ruby~ Why don't you tell me? Hisoka asked, he felt interested to what SGSF was. "It's not like i'll-"
"I don't care what you say...Hisoka...I gave you my answer...Now leave it at that..." Ruby replied with haste, not allowing Hisoka to finish his sentence. She's trying to avoid the conversation as much as possible, since she's so afraid of someone finding out and capturing her and her sister; She and her twin do not wish to relive the horrors in SGSF...All they want is to be free from the pain and suffering, which they were granted for three years so far but, still on the run since the agents from the facility are still after them.
Hisoka's mischievous smirk formed into a frown after her response. He is really beginning to wonder why she's so protective, over her and her twin's secret. He closed his lids then reformed his grin back on his face, he stuffed his hands into his pockets and turned to walk towards the register. "My little birdie...At some point you'll have to answer my questions...I too, have my limits.~" He hummed, then began to talk to the lady with pink hair at the register. The pink haired woman's facial expressions changed from a passive smile to a big grin every now and then, their voices were muffled due to the distance between them and the twins.
"Rui no bakaaa!" Ruby bashed her fist on top of her sister's scalp historically, only to have Rui hold the top of her head with both hands and thick comical tears rolling down her mask's sockets.
"Ruby wa, son'nani imi shite imasu! " Rui cried out with still yet, silly tears running down her face.
"Anata wa baka...Anata wa baka...Kare wa anata o kiite ita baai, anata wa kare ga okonatte irudarou ka to omoimasu ka...?" Ruby asked in Japanese, yearning for an answer.
"Kare wa watashitachi o yuko ni shite irudarou ka...?" Rui replied in question, peering over at her twin.
"Un..." Ruby said in Japanese at the same time, as she nodded her head once. "Come on Rui...Let's go register..." Ruby demanded, knowing Hisoka had left a bit ago, it was safe to confront the lady at the registration desk.
"Okay, coming!" Rui replied happily, then began giggling at the thought of being able to 'play' in the arena.
Ruby and her twin behind her stood at the desk, the woman behind the desk greeted them both and asked for their names. The twins spoke amongst themselves, trying to think of an alias. Once they thought of their fake names, they both turned to face the pink haired woman and gave them their aliases. The woman at the desk nodded and approved of their request of going through the Heaven's Arena; The lady began typing, then handed them two small sheets of papers each. One piece held their schedule and their list of opponents, while the other piece gave rules and advantages of what they can get as they went through the floors.
The twins looked over the schedule and approved of the times, they both walked up to an elevator and made their way inside. The door shut but, some strange people were already in there before them; What was strange though was...Illumi was in that small crowd, along with some other people. An old man, a tall muscular man with long white hair and bright blue eyes, a woman in black standing beside the white haired guy. Rui turned around slightly, she felt a familiar presence in her senses.
"Illumi!" Rui tackled him against the glass part of the elevator, giggling up a storm then go off him and backed up, before tilting her head to the side. Illumi who had surprised eyes, had an idea of who this girl was; He knew that voice from anywhere. He and his family was shocked beyond measure, his father being the tall white haired man and his mother being the woman in black, along side her was his grandfather.
"Rui...Is that you...?" Illumi asked in his monotonous voice, his eyes going back to their usual blank look, after adjusting himself and pushing himself off the glass wall.
"Yes! My sister and I are going to attend the Heavens Arena, to try and earn some money! I can't wait to play!" Rui gleefully spoke while continuing her giggling storm, then began running around Ruby in a circle.
"...Play...?" Illumi asked, curious enough as to why she would want to 'play' instead of fight. "Why are you two wearing disguises?" He asked while pointing in their direction, with his expressionless face.
"We don't want anyone finding out our identity in the arena! It's more fun to be mysterious!" Rui happily replied in a heart beat, Ruby came up behind her then stood beside her to face Illumi and his family. "I take it, these guys here are your family..?" Ruby questioned, considering her hood hid her entire face, you couldn't see her expression, which was slightly annoyed if you were able to see it.
"Yes, they are. How did you know?" Illumi was curious of how she found out so easily, without a proper introduction.
"I can see a resemblance..." Ruby muttered slightly with a monotonous tone. "What brings you guys here, anyway...?" She asked, though her emotions was still very cautious of Ilumi.
"We're here to watch Illumi's friend fight in the 200th floor, If you're fighting then we wouldn't mind watching..." Illumi's father stepped up, with his arms behind his back and a stern look on his face.
"Are You two the friends, my son here told us about? Their names were Rui and Ruby; Oh forgive me, allow us to introduce ourselves, I am Kikyo Zoldyck, my husband here is Silva Zoldyck and this is Zeno Zoldyck." Kikyo introduced everyone to the twins.
"Of course, feel free to watch and yes, I'm Ruby Kowaza and this is Rui Kowaza...We're Fraternal Twins..." Ruby said after pointing to Rui and introducing themselves. "A proper introduction...At least these guys are mannerly..." Ruby thought to herself, then stopped pointing at her sister and let her hand lazily lay on her side."Be best to stay honest with these guys...Illumi's already told them about us..."
"Illumi told us about how he feels funny, when he's around Rui...I'm going to keep a close eye on the two of you and examine your fight, cause I'm sure that's why you're here, isn't it...? Examining the two of you...especially Rui- would give me an idea as to why he feels strange. He had explained to me what he felt and he doesn't understand it himself...Thus, that is why I'm watching you..." He said, hoping that they wouldn't go against him.
"Sure, but just so you know...We're not removing our disguises until we're in our rooms..." Ruby gave them a future reference, praying that they'd respect her and her twin's wish.
"Very well..." Silva nodded; The elevator's bell rang to alarm those inside, that they have stopped. Everyone walked out on to the floor and went their separate ways, what was odd though was that Illumi looked back over his shoulder while still pacing himself with his family, in order to glance at Rui who wore the white mask and dark green cloak; Rui was following her sister in the white cloak.