H x H Fraternal Twins- Chapter 17: A date~
A/N: Thank you for waiting! I'm so sorry it took so long, and I fear it'll be that way for some time... Real life calls for my attention and it's kind of hard to spend some time writing... Please forgive me! T-T
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A loud yawn occurred, coming from a bedroom. Rui stepped out into the hall way and closed the door behind her, it was her guest room. Poku rode on her shoulder and watched as Rui paced herself down the hall; It was early in the morning and she was drowsy. "I want my nee-chan..." She muttered mentally while gradually growing a grin. "I'm so happy that she finally got together, with her 'childhood, love interest'.. She even got to go on a date! That would be nice...-" She stopped in mid of her pace, at seeing Illumi standing in front of her and Ruby behind him; The bug twin squealed and ran to Illumi in a large hug, then faced Ruby and did the same thing. "Ohio, oneeee-chan, Illumi-kun!" Rui happily squeaked.
"Ohio...Rui-chan... I see, Poku's still attached as ever. I heard from Illumi yesterday, that Soren's in your room, can I get him?" Asked the bird twin, while keeping her stoic expression.
"HAAAAAI!" Rui rose an arm up above her head cheerfully, with closed eyes and a big grin. As Ruby were about to pass her, Rui opened her gaze and instantly became worried. Her features changed from happy-go-lucky, to concerned. "Something's bothering my sissy... I can see her aura colors... What could be bothering her? Is she worried abut Soren...? Maybe Hisoka?" Rui mentally spoke and furrowed her brows in worry, before getting tapped on her free shoulder by Illumi.
"Yes?!" Asked a cheery Rui, she turned around but, got kissed out of the blue. Rui's face lit up to a bright red, watching Illumi's half lidded eyes, gaze deeply into her pink ones. He broke the soft kiss and stared at her, with his usual blank orbs. She began to get comically tipsy with swirls in her eyes and a tomato red flush. "Yeeeeessss?~~..." She asked before falling face-first, into Illumi's chest. A large puff of smoke, popped out of her head once she felt his torso.
The monotonous man just stood there, cheeks barely tinted and eyes still half lidded. "Hisoka had finally returned... I asked him where he went but he didn't answer. Later, after he stayed a while, he suggested for us to go on a...'date'." He replied, as watched Rui perk up instantaneously. Suddenly getting tackled to the ground, she had kissed him after shrieking the word "Yeeeeeeeees! I wanna go!"
"Where do yo want to go?" He asked, still keeping his blank, half-lidded gaze in view.
"The Zoo!" Yelling from excite, she rose both her arms up above her head and giggled madly. Seeing Illumi nod, he got up and turned around, then made his way toward the mansion's entrance door. "Hisoka said that going on a... ' Date' helps a...'relationship'. Perhaps he could give me some advice, on how this sort of thing works..." He mentally noted, then came the question "Would my parents allow marriage...when it consists of a mutant and an assassin...?" Asking himself in his head, with of course..no emotion on his face.. he shifted his black orbs to Rui, who was walking by his side happily.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ countless minutes later~~~~~
"WHAAAAAAAAA!~ SUGOIIII!" Rui expressed with joy, her bug wings were tucked downward against her back. Illumi couldn't keep his eyes off of her, staring at her from the side lines in amusement, even though he didn't show it. Rui gawked at the containers that held...insects... Watching all the butterflies, flutter up higher into the air and other harmless bugs doing about their own business.
*Illumi stepped closer, getting behind her and watched the bugs do their thing. "Not once have I met a woman, that loved insects this much... Perhaps-" His train of thought were cut off by a big hug. Illumi blinked a few times and looked down at his lover, she was giggling with her bug orbs closed. She reached up and pecked him on the cheek; Successfully making Illumi blush and gaze at her in confusion, all though as usual... it didn't show, but she can surely see it. "Arigato..gosaimasu~" She said in Japanese, her features looked so happy and innocent.
The raven haired man just nodded in reply, understanding exactly what she said. Coming from a family of assassins, learning many languages truly helps in his business; Knowing Japanese out of the many tongues he 'knew', he was glad it became of use. "Tell me... What is it about insects..that fascinate you?" He asked, with his blank gaze towards her.
"They help with the balance in nature! For example, bees have a role in life- to where they carry pollen around and deliver them to other flowers! Some fight off German hornets and collect honey for their hive! Long- legged cellar spiders are also known for killing black widow spiders and other disease infested bugs!" She happily explained with ogles shut, hearing this was a bit of a surprise to Illumi.
From behind Rui, they both heard light tapping sounds coming from the glass. She turned to face the Glass confinement and seen most of the insects, ramming into the see-through wall, with her giggling cutely at the site. "They're trying to get out!~ Wait..." She paused a minute and looked closer, her pink antennas began to twitch from communication.
"What is it...?" Illumi asked, he leaned over and looked at her face... it was red? "Illumi-kuuuun!" She whined, then faced him and buried her face into his embrace. "Why is she afraid all of a sudden...?" He asked himself, he looked over at the glass containment and noticed countless bugs sitting on the viewing glass and crawling towards Rui's direction. "I was talking to them through my antennas... THEN THEY GOT EXCITED AND STARTED TALKING TO ME! They were begging me to free them and even flirted, to get me to free them! I wanna go!" Her cries were muffled, but Illumi understood. Any average human would freak out from hearing terrible pick up lines from insects, just to get the person to free them...
He nodded and trotted off with Rui in tow. She held on to his bicep, as they paced down the many paths of the zoo, with a frightened Rui.
About five minutes of walking around, with many by passers watching them. They had looked at monkeys, lions, tigers, gorillas, bugs, bears, polar bears, ant eaters, apes, hippos and many other fascinating species. Rui kept getting kissy faces from the monkeys, Illumi got roared at by a gorilla and a lion; Rui kept laughing at Illumi every time an animal would react to Illumi, as if he were taking territory from them.
"I bet Ruby would love to look at birds! What do you think-" Rui was about to ask Illumi but, were cut off when he suddenly picked her up bridal style and ran into a deserted area of the zoo. She gazed at him in question, reading his aura colors. "Red... Danger?" She asked herself.
He halted in a run down preserved habitat, that people would put animals in. He placed her behind two large empty crates, before saying "Stay here..." He demanded, still keeping his emotionless demeanor; He walked toward the middle after seeing her nod, hoping she'd be out of site. "Illumi-kun..?" Rui asked mentally.
The habitat's area had a high ceiling, with burnt out lights attached. The place looked as if it was made to keep bats in. He stood there in the middle of the place, just staring into nothingness, waiting.
Rui- who hid behind the crates, felt a strange chill in the air. She peeked passed the edge of the container and seen white mist streaming in, from the exit. "Death awaits Kowaza... Permafrost cries to seal you, in eternal silence..." Sikiyona's disembodied voice echoed through the area, while she gradually paced herself through the icy fog. Her shadowed figure could be witnessed through the thick mist, walking toward the center of the place.
Illumi averted his eyes from the nothingness, to look behind him from over his shoulder. As he watched the figure become clearer and clearer, he took out his pins and prepared himself.
Siki came into view, having that dead- narrow eyed look to her. She peered at Illumi from afar, holding a white Popsicle in one hand and her cooler full of Popsicles in the other. "Where is the insect twin...?" She asked with her robotic voice. "Rui... Kowaza...?" Her body began glitching like a hologram, suddenly two more Sikiyona holograms appeared around Illumi, all three of them asking- "Where is she...- where is she- where is she...?" Illumi seemed unfazed by her holographic skill.
"Why are you after her and her sister...?" He asked, he knew she wanted to kill her, but for what?
"That is purely classified information..." She replied just as monotonous as Illumi. Her soft, robotic and spine chilling voice nearly made Rui shudder and sit with her legs against her chest, behind the containers and against the wall.
"Then my information, is classified to you... I refuse to answer." He shot back in his usual voice.
"Very well... Death shall befall you, from a glacial embrace..." She said so coldly with a softly spoken, monotonous voice. Her holographic self faded and left Rui and Illumi alone in the room.
"Illumi!" Rui ran out from behind the crates, toward him. He flashed then re-appeared in front of her instantaneously, catching her by her shoulders.
"Now is not the ti-" Interrupted, a huge quake surfaced and nearly made Rui stumble but hardly budged Illumi. "How strong is this 'Sikiyona' ?!" Rui questioned herself, she looked up at her beloved and could see the color of protection and danger. Seeing that- she understood why he grabbed her.
Illumi looked up at the ceiling and seen white ice blanket over; It quickly crawled down from the top, then to the walls and nearly engulfed the floor.
"I-..Illumi-kun... How are we- EEEP!" She got lifted up and tossed over his shoulder, like a sack of potatoes. He vanished from thin air and made it out, before the whole area got made into an ice cube.
He ran down the path ways with Rui riding over his shoulder, Siki was rushing after them with her usual blank gaze and her 'combat tools' on hand. Illumi brushed passed people and jumped over a few, trying to lose Sikiyona. He looked over his free shoulder to glance at the frost woman, she appeared to still be tailing them. He looked ahead, then jumped up onto a building. Hoping from one ledge to another, so he could land on a roof-top.
Siki slowly gaining on them, she readied her popsicle and formed an ice saber; Once close enough, she thrust her ice blade up, like an upper-cut and made a long line of frost, coat a piece of the roof, that he were running on. He jumped into the air and stood on top a tall tree, appearing to be in the gorilla section.
Siki stopped in mid pace and watched Illumi stand there, with Rui still on his shoulder. He chucked three pins at her with blinding speed but only got blocked, when Siki rose her cooler in front of her. Her cooler acted like a shield, she had coated it in ice before blocking. "Give in...and hand Rui Kowaza over,resistance is futile." She demanded with her soft yet dead voice.
He kept silent, knowing what there was to come. Many Gorillas gathered behind Siki, while one large Gorilla came up from behind her and stood there, staring down at her. "I will ask once more... Hand her over, or face glacial death..." She demanded once more; Seeing Illumi give that dark smile, that anyone would shudder to, Siki sluggishly turned her head and glanced at the large gorilla behind her, only to be grabbed and swung dangerously across the ground and into a distant tree.
Rui could see his aura colors shifting. It went from bright red, to dark red, then to black... not being able to see his face, she guessed it meant death or something else.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To Ruby~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Ruby sat in a chair backwards, leaning on the back side of the seat and her arms resting on top of it. Her head wad laying on her arms and faced Soren, he kept cocking his head at her and mentally communicating. "No... It's not Hisoka.. I'm not worried about him... I... Just had a strange experience is all. I almost died... Some divine figure shown herself and told me, that my time hasn't come... More evil awaits for me to vanquish." She told Soren with mourn, before squinting her brows a bit from what he mentally said to her.
"No, we've already taken care of SGSF and their lackeys... There's no way there could be someone higher up, than SGSF... Can't be... Unless..." She paused then rose her head toward the ceiling in thought, she remembered Sikiyona and General Servine Allarie. She thought of what they said before, mentioning her and her twin escaping the facility and eliminating Kane and more. "They're the higher ups... Someone has to be commanding them from the background... But who... Who is it, that's ordering Sikiyona and Servine to come kill us...? There has to be someone else..." She said out loud; Her attention got caught by a door, which opened and in came Hisoka.
"Hello, dearest~ I couldn't help but to over hear you. Yes... There is someone commanding those two higher up warriors... I finally found Allarie, we fought for a bit but.. He got... no- WE got interrupted by his pager.~" He walked over to Ruby casually and pulled a chair out, to sit by her. He leaned over, put his elbow on his thigh and rested his chin in the palm of his hand. Gazing at Ruby, his face looked entranced by her.
"And I'm assuming the person on the other end of the line, was either his leader or his partner Sikiyona~" He said with golden orbs, peering into her hawk eyes with a dreamy look. "I'm still quite curious, why Siki hates you so much~."
"Tch-... Probably jealousy, for all I know..." She looked away, she couldn't look at Hisoka; Feeling heat rush to her face, she knew he were fantasizing about her in the deepest part of his mind.
Silence filled the room, which was broken by light taps of rain out side, hitting the window pane. Ruby looked over at the window and seen sprinkles fall from gray clouds. "I hope Rui's alright..." Worry made its way on to her face, Hisoka saw it and scooted his seat closer to her.
"Let's play a game~" Catching Ruby's attention, he popped out a deck of cards and waved them from side to side, gesturing to play a card game, hoping that the game would take any worry off her mind.