H x H Chapter 9: The Arch-Angel's Wrath

Rui's expression remained serious with a hint of anger in the face, she slowly peered over at Hisoka and Illumi then to her sister. She nodded to all three of them with her wings still in blinding motion, before she instantly vanished.

"Wait Rui, don't be so reckless!" Ruby stretched her arm out after her, with her eyes wide. "Damn it, Rui!" She cursed out while sweeping her sword to the side and flying after her with haste, simultaneously.

Hisoka walked up to the edge where the hole was, then placed his hand on the broken wall. Illumi came up beside Hisoka then flicked a few pins out, which were held by his fingers down close to his thigh. "You want to watch first before stepping in, Illumi? I want to see what their full power is, I mean aren't you interested in seeing Rui's full potential?~" He asked with muse, before noticing Illumi stashing his pins away.

"Very well..." lllumi monotonously replied, while keeping his usual blank stare towards the twins and Mr. Kane

Hisoka wickedly grinned, after turning his attention toward the two girls.

Ruby flew after her twin swiftly, desperately trying to catch up to her, a few seconds later she had finally caught up and realized she was too late. She seen Rui fighting that monster with a serious face, so far she hadn't been hit once cause if she were...Then all her emotion would've been gone, her ogles would've been wide, her mouth would've been open a bit and she would have been attacking instinctively. "Rui hang on, I'm on my way!" She shot out to Rui in the air with haste, she directed the tip of her sword at Saurus with her body straightened and one leg bent against her stomach a ways, while her other arm was behind her. Saurus flashed out of thin air to avoid Ruby's thrust, he reappeared afar from the twins, which were high up in the air. His bat wings flapped rapidly then his body began to morph; Two more pairs of bat wings dispersed out of his back, his skin turned gray but his eyes remained as black as shining coal; He had a large yet wicked grin, that posed as evil on his face.

Rui and Ruby both quickly flew after Saurus in mid air, Ruby having her sword vertically out while her other hand held an explosive light in the palm. Rui had her mantis claws extended with some Asian Giant Hornets tailing along side her. Both the twins were side by side, charging after Saurus but only to have the big boss raise his arms up and vanish; He had reappeared in between the girls within a split second, which made the twins gasp and turn their heads in slow motion. The man dropped his arms down and thrashed both of the twins heads, the force were strong enough to make them crash into the surface bellow and make a quake that would last for about five seconds.

Dirt had flown in the air after they had crashed and shown Ruby gradually getting on all fours, she turned her head to see Rui doing the same except...blood had covered her face. Not from the impact..but from the hit she had gotten from Saurus; Ruby knew she was going to snap, her face expression turned to a worried look with her mouth barely open, then rushed over to her.

(Play the song Moving mountains by two steps from hell, with Rui's scene. If you wanna feel the stimulation, in what's going to happen next o-o . ) "Rui don't! Don't lose yourself! RUUUIII!" She knew it, she knew if she was too reckless that this was going to happen. She felt as if there was no reasoning to her, as well feeling powerless to stop her. Only reason why she had been able to stop her before was because... the person she fought in the arena, was innocent and made Rui come back to her senses. She knows that it's pointless to stop her from getting into that state, it's because that 'that' man...is not innocent nor harmless.

Rui gradually stood up but kept her head down. Her eyes were as wide as Illumi's, while her mouth hung slightly open. Ruby jumped back to keep away from what's about to happen, knowing full well that it'd be best for Rui to fight him on her own; She doesn't like getting in her way when she gets this way. Her head rose up a bit, then next her arms that lazily did the same, a swarm of insects came up over the horizon then charged for her; They began spiraling around her so quick it was almost blinding.

The bugs appeared small from afar which made the swarm look black; After a few seconds they all had flown away swiftly. Rui's skin was a dark green, her eyes were the same usual pink touched by a rainbow hue. Her antennas were long and black like a butterfly only they had a small ball on their tips, her purple ears were the same, she had glass butterfly wings in the color of pink that slowly faded to purple. Her outfit appeared like that of a fairy dress, a normal green. She was shoeless and had light green vines around her ankles, which ended under her knees. She had normal green shorts on under her dress, light green vines wrapped around her arms and torso.

Rui turned around to face Saurus only to see him laughing at her. "Haha- you think you can intimidate me?! You must be joki-" He were cut off by Rui's punch, which so happened to cut him in the process, considering she still had her mantis claws. Saurus flew a ways through the air but caught himself by flapping his wings. His face held slight surprise, though he quickly brushed it off. His fingernails turned as hot as molten lava then formed a long blade with a hilt, made of the same substance as his fingernails. The blade was sizzling from the heat it gave off, it were as if he had dipped the blade itself into excruciating heat. He was a manipulator and an enhancer; He flew after Rui who just floated there, with her wings flapping at a ridiculous speed.

She rose her arms out as if she was praising the gods, her expression remained blank with her mouth open a bit. Countless roots from trees, insects and thick vines emerged from the ground and kissed the heavens. They were racing after Saurus; The insects came in first but only to be burned by Saurus's blazing sword. Saurus spun vertically in place then swung his sword down to shoot out a massive heat wave, to fry all the approach bugs. The thick vines came in next which were cut and scorched by his fingernail made blade but, were stabbed in the shoulder by one of the large tree roots Rui had conjured; Making Saurus cry out in agony but soon laughed about it.

"HAHAHAHA! C'MON YOU CAN DO BETTER THAN THIS, CAN'T YOU!? AFTER ALL, YOU ARE A MERE...'INSECT!' HAHAHAHAHAHAAAA! I'LL SQUISH YOU LIKE THE PEST YOU ARE!" He vanished then shown up behind Rui. Rui twirled around swiftly yet gracefully, simultaneously side kicking but to no avail he had blocked it with his free arm then slashed her in the chest, which burned her greatly. She fell to the ground all the while regaining her consciousness just enough so she could speak.

(After the music ended) Ruby's eyes widened in horror while her mouth hung open. She couldn't believe her eyes, she prayed to the gods that she wasn't dead. She flew to Rui in panic, then knelt down beside her and began shaking her twin. "Rui! Please don't die on me! Please be okay!" She felt her heart ache, at seeing her sister in that condition. She had been wondering where Hisoka and Illumi were at but, that thought could be ignored for now, what was more important to her at the moment was her twin lying there on the ground probably dieing.

Rui had finally gained enough strength to speak but, all she could muster... were, "Neee...san...G-gomen..." She spoke with a soft and innocent voice, then passed out from the blood loss. She was dieing very slowly from the deep wound.

"RUUUUUUUUUUUUIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!" Ruby screamed from shock and intense emotion. Tears fell heavily over her face, her eyes wider than before while she shook from the emotions, that were building. "Hisoka, Illumi get your asses down here NOOOOOOOOOOW!" She gravelly roared; Her rage had finally had it, she couldn't resist anymore, she needed to eliminate that evil man. Hisoka and Illumi both appeared beside her, Hisoka was smirking, with his hands in his pockets and Illumi kept gazing down at Rui.

"Yes, my sweet ange-" Hisoka got interrupted by Ruby, who had brought his face close to hers in anger. Her teeth were dangerously gritted into view and her eyes were narrowed from rage. "Heal her this instant! If you fools had actually assisted in this fight, then she wouldn't be in this damn mess!" Ruby barked, she let go of Hisoka then witnessed him nod in response. His expression were that of astonishment, he had never seen that much wrath in her eyes before; His smirk were wiped away from her action. He took out his phone and placed it against his ear.

Ruby turned to face Saurus who was hovering in the air, with his bat wings flapping up a storm. His sword was to his side while his face held a demented smirk. "Oh, my dear little bird has come to play?!~ You were such a nice development as well as your sister, but you were far stronger than your sister! NOW LET'S PLAY OUR GAME OF DEATH!" Saurus spoke loudly in the air, with his strong and deep voice.

"You...How dare you nearly slaughter my sister! You're a sick bastard that has been consumed by power itself! You're a demon in a human's mutated body!" Ruby shouted with intense emotion. (Play Archangel from two steps from hell, with this fight.) Ruby gracefully whipped her sword in front of her like a fencer with her eyes closed, her free arm behind her back and her mouth closed. "I will kill you...Yee who slumbers within the heavens...LEND ME STRENGTH SO THY ENEMY SHALL FALL!" She muttered just enough so he could hear, light engulfed her from all around which were the size of a large dome.

The light dispersed away from her and she appeared different than before. She had light silver armor on with golden yellow lines glowing brightly, a long and pure white dress where the chest part were under her chest plate; Her dress was split down the middle which shown her stomach and it's slight muscle. She had yellow shorts on, silver metallic boots with heels on them, glowing golden streams on the boot's tips. As the boot's metal went up passed her knee it flared out into a sharp point and gray leather under her metallic boots. Her silver chest plate covered her entire torso up to her shoulders, with a northern star symbol carved out in the middle which exposed some of the dress underneath. Metal came out from under her armored shoulder part and ended just above her exposed elbow, while more metal covered her four arm just underneath the flared out gauntlets. Some gray leather were under all that metal on her arms as well; Her sword was it's usual color except the dark gray markings, were glowing yellow just like the lines on her armor. Her hair changed to pure white, her yellow hawk eyes were gleaming far brighter than before and she had a silver metallic helm on her head. The helm's middle curved down to a sharp point just over her beak and had a golden yellow, line on the tip that went upward in the middle of the helmet. The sides of the helm were spiked up into a flare, as well to avoid injuring her feathered ears. Her pure white hawk wings had another additional pair, making her appear like she had six wings.

She flew after Saurus with her sword ready at hand, which were coated with white electricity and her free hand held an explosive light attack in the palm. Saurus flew at her with his sword ready, they clashed blades together; From afar Hisoka and Illumi were enjoying the light show Ruby gave off. Hisoka was smirking in amusement, while Illumi just gazed, Machi sat beside Rui doing her best to fix her.

Ruby swatted her sword at blinding speed in order to emit white waves of energy from it, though Saurus quickly shot back with his own heat waves from his sword. Both were swinging their blades incredibly fast, sending out waves at each other with the same haste as their swings. Ruby held up a light barrier then gripped her hilt tighter, she shift the blade in front of her and teleported, like before when she fought Hisoka. She reappeared behind Saurus with her blade piercing him through the chest, Saurus cried out in pain while the white electricity jolted his vessel.

She gripped on to the top of his head, then pulled him back with the blade still in his heart. "YEE WHO RESTS WITHIN THE HEAVENS! DESCENDE A SPIRAL OF PALLID BLAZE AMUNGST MY ENEMY, WHO DEEMS HIMSELF A DEMON!" The sky opened up with a bright heavenly light in view, down came a tornado made of white fire which engulfed both Ruby and Saurus. The suction from the twister was so great, it had almost sucked Machi, Illumi, unconscious Rui and Hisoka in; Hisoka attached his bungee gum to the others and himself so they wouldn't get absorbed, into the blazing tornado.

After a few moments had passed the twister ceased, Saurus was on the ground burnt to a crisp while Ruby rested not to far from him on the ground, barely able to move. Ruby shakily rose her head then made her way toward her twin, inching herself across the surface. Her body had deep bleeding cuts, bruises and some scorched areas. "Ru...ee..." Her head got bashed into the ground by Saurus's foot, he stood above her panting strongly with fists at his side; His bat wings were burnt and unusable.

"YOU LITTLE WITCH! I'LL TEACH YOU NOT TO USE A DIRTY TRICK LIKE THAT AGAI-!" He got cut of by Hisoka, who had lodged a card into his wind pipe, he was behind Saurus with a smile plastered on his face. His bungee gum held the twisted man's body tight like a rope, random flying pins buried themselves in Saurus's skull and killing him in that instant. "Forgive me, my sweet arch-angel~...but we had to finish him off for you. You were strong but, not strong enough to kill him~." Hisoka spoke to Ruby, who's head were just barely moving to peer up at him. Hisoka turned to face her then squatted down to her level, lifting her into his arms so he could carry her to a safe area, while Illumi did the same with Rui. Machi followed behind them, growing curious about what just happened.

~Later that day~

Two hours had passed and the twins woke up in the hospital, with bloodied bandages wrapped around them. They were in their original forms now, instead of their transformations; Ruby sat up quickly but to her mistake, it had back fired and agonized her body. She grunted in pain with her eyes closed then fell back on the bed, she turned to her side only to notice Rui sitting up in her bed, with a worried gaze. "Nee-san..." Rui spoke with mourn, she dared not to stand, considering her body was still in recovery even though Machi had healed her.

"Rui...-san..." Ruby stated right after, her hawk eyes appeared slightly dazed, from the sleep she used to be in. "Are you...Alright...?" She asked with concern, almost monotonously.

"H-Hai...Hisoka carried you all the way here into the Hospital, while Illumi...Just requested a vehicle. I can't believe Hisoka would hold you until he got to this building... Ne-san...He truly cares about you, why won't you give him another chance...? He's done nothing but save, you since you've met him in this city..." Rui said softly, before looking down at her feet.

"Because...He's a liar...He left me the next day he had confessed to me...I still believe that he only wanted to mess with me before he left... Not to mention, he didn't help us fight Saurus...when he said he would.." She replied, while turning her head with her lids closed.

*Rui gave a questionable gaze, but realized what she meant. "He said he and Illumi both wanted to see our true potential, I'm guessing it's because he's so eager to fight you and wants to see what you can do. But-" She got cut off, when Ruby shouted in anger.

"HE BETRAYED US! He agreed to assist us in our fight, We would have died!" She yelled out with her peers shut, trying not to cry.

"Yes but, if it wasn't for him saving us in the end, we really would have! He had someone heal me, he saved you when you were about to get killed and he even carried you to the hospital all on his own!" It was Rui's time to shout. She understood why she hated that man, he didn't live up to his words and refrained from helping them fight. "He must have had a hidden reason, why he didn't jump in.. He wouldn't risk your life, just because he wanted to see how strong you were!" She finished, making Ruby grip tightly on her blanket.

"You're right... The next time I see that joker, he better have an explanation..." Her grip loosened and her lips relaxed.

"Hisoka told me the reason why he left long ago, too.. He told me while you were still asleep." Tears threatened to fall as a flash back occurred.

~Flashback~

"Hisoka...?" Rui asked while sitting up in her bed, she noticed Hisoka looking up at her with his golden eyes. He sat against the wall near the door to the room, playing with his deck of cards.

"Yes, Rui?~" He replied muscly.

"Erm...Why did you leave my sister...? I doubt it was to hurt her, I just can't take that as an assumption..." Rui looked at her hands, then began fiddling with her fingers.

"Of course I didn't intend to hurt her...I left because I couldn't stand that place anymore, I figured that since it was a simple crush... I would get over it easily; Turns out my theory was wrong in the end. As years passed, I still couldn't shake the feeling I had for her. I thought though, it would've been difficult to sneak two others out including myself without making any noise.~" He closed his eyes then held a passive smirk.

"So you simply left the issue as is and decided to not come back for her?! You are a disgrace!...Though now that I have seen proof by your actions around her...I'm sure she'd forgive you in time..." Rui said before turning her attention to the window next to her. "Ne-san is very protective over me...She cares about me so greatly. She's very kind and soft deep down but, she puts up a strong and stoic front... I know she still feels for you but, she's been trying to ignore it ever since... She believes you betrayed her..." Rui said with sorrow etched in her soft and innocent voice.

Hisoka closed his eyes then put his cards away, opening his lids to Rui once more before speaking. "Rui..Do tell her, I'd never betray her...~ Even if it may seem it on the outside, I hold no desire to hurt her. She is after all, my dearest angel, my first-love.~" He turned facing the open door and waved back at Rui in his leave. "I only wish for her to forgive me and for her to give me another chance~" He said, before leaving through the door way.

~End of flashback~

"That's what he said, Ruby...Please...Please open your heart to him once more! He...really does love you..." Ruby's yellow hawk orbs wavered with deep thought. "I'll...Think about it..." Soren, Ruby's pet white hawk fluttered down and landed next to her in the bed. He snuggled against her, then began cleaning its wing. "Hey Soren, it's been a while huh?'" She asked before flinching back in surprise. "W-what?!..Who's side are you on...? So you think my sister's right, when she says I should give him another chance...?" She sighed with her ogles shut, only to be shot back open from Rui's sudden out burst.

"KAWAIIIIIII!" Rui coed at what was in front of her, Ruby seen Illumi standing beside her bed and wondered "How the hell did he get passed my awareness so easily?!" She asked in her mind, whilst having widened orbs.

"Ruby, look what Illumi got me!" She shown a giant white and fluffy moth, that had black eyes and yellow antennas. "Isn't it the most cutest thing ever?!" Rui cuddled the poor thing as it squeaked out. One of Ruby's eyes twitched at the scene, then turned around. "No one can EVER say that girls hate bugs..." *Ruby stated in her head, with disgust and shock.