H x H- Fraternal Twins-Chapter 21: Painful Discovery

A/M: I'm sorry it took so long, this chapter's a bit short.. Hope you enjoy.

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After about of week of practicing her crystal shield behind her sister's back, she had finally managed to perfect its shape and size; It nearly covered her whole body. Ruby sat on her bed, in her bedroom and was using a whet stone to sharpen her blade. Her hawk orbs stoically gazed upon her silver rapier, watching as each ridged edge got fixed.

Unexpectedly, Rui came busting through the door and nearly knocked the hinges out. "Onee-saaaaaaaaaan!" The twin screamed out in alert, then tackled her onto her back. Ruby accidentally dropped her sword, making it emit a clanging tone.

"OI! WATCH IT RUI, YOU WOULD'VE GOTTEN CUT, BE MORE CAREFUL!" Ruby comically raged, with white eyes. Her twin had her arms wrapped around her and her face in Ruby's collar bone.

"Ne-san, Sir Netero requests to see you... It involves the Rebellions...! Also, Black Shifter wants you to interrogate Sikiyona. He believes you could get information out of her, he said that he and Neon both tried but...didn't get anywhere." She hysterically cried, as wavy tears streamed down her face. Rui wanted to go, so bad.

Ruby sighed in defeat, then nodded with her ogles shut. "Alright.. After all we did join their side, in hopes of defeating the rebellion leader... Speaking of which, did you feel anything eerie and evil about that Janitor? You know, the guy with blonde hair we happened to pass by in a hall way, about a week ago?" Ruby questioned her twin, hoping it wasn't just her, that felt it.

"Y-Yeah but... His aura colors described his emotions. I read evil on him, wits, deceit, crazy and heartless... The atmosphere around him felt so suffocating to where, I almost felt the need to attack him. Yet I was too terrified to do so, I almost got frozen in place...if I wasn't running after you..." The bug twin answered after getting off her sister, she knew he was evil. It wasn't just Ruby's senses but, it was also Rui's bug eyes that could read his aura.

"We'll have to stay clear of him, something tells me that he's a spy... but, I can't just jump to conclusions, I need proof." She said; Seeing her twin nod, she stood up after grabbing her Rapier.

"I'm going to see if Illumi's back yet!" Rui happily expressed, before giggling

"Alright, just don't leave the mansion's grounds." Ruby replied stoically, with a small smile.

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Elsewhere, a black silhouette jumped from tree branch and over to the next. It was heading toward a mansion and tailing Illumi, from behind. Illumi stopped in mid pace, turned around and questioned who was following him; He were on his way back, to his dwelling.

He stood there for a minute, until that feeling had faded. He turned back around and continued on his way, the black silhouette were shown hoping from one branch to another, just above the Zoldyck. "So this Ilumi guy, that Sir Bodoudai had sent me to spy on... Is a strong man. Judging by how he's able to sense me so easily, with the slightest raise in my nen, he must be strong. My power called Veil, helps me mask my presence and nearly any traces of my existence. Unfortunately I just let up a little bit and... he almost saw me, that's the last thing I'd want." The person mentioned mentally, the voice appeared like that of a man; He was completely unaware that, he were spying on a Zoldyck. From above, he watched as the raven haired male kept getting closer and closer to the Mansion's entrance.

Illumi stopped right in front of the door, turned around and looked up at the trees. He popped out a few pins into his hands and shot them all out, toward the shady figure. The spy had jumped all over the place, to avoid the pins but were struck by one of them and fell out of the tree. Illumi flashed then reappeared in front of the person, who wore a full black attire and mask, with cut out eye holes. The raven haired male bent over, pulled off the mask and gazed down at him, with a creepy look. "Why were you following me...?" He asked, with his monotonous voice. A dark aura surrounded his body from his nen, to show intimidation.

The man hesitated to reply but, did none the less. He knew that if he didn't, he'd get killed. "I were hired to learn as much as I could about you, I was promised that I'd get paid if I brought back valuable information..." He answered with a shaky tone, clearly afraid of the Zoldyck above him.

"I see... Then who is this person, that sent you out here...?" He asked, as he knelt down closer. He touched the pin that was stuck in the other man's body and pushed it in deeper, making the guy scream in agony. Illumi smiled darkly from amusement, hearing the needle break through his many layers of skin, then through his muscle.

"Lord Vince Bodoudai! Please don't kill me, I've told you what yo wanted to know!" He screamed out in fear and pain, as he laid there in the grass with blood seeping out of his wound.

"I have no intention of letting you go, not since you've followed me and know were I live.. I can't have you reporting to this 'Vince' person." He shut his black orbs and smiled even more darkly, earning him a scream of terror from the other man. Illumi was in the process of...amusing himself.

Back in the mansion, Rui had run off to look for Illumi. The hawk twin remained in her room but, her expression held deep thought. The memory from that vision, before she re-awoke from her near death experience troubled her mind. "What did she mean by 'the evil that awaits'...?" Ruby mentally asked before shutting her orbs, she sighed and sat back down on her bed. Having her Rapier leaning against the bed's side, she clasped her hands together and held it near her mouth. "God... I know I haven't prayed to you in a long time but, I need an answer. I saw a vision with a white figure, in front of me... before I got saved from that poison. Please..Tell me... What evil is it, that awaits me? Who is it, that I must train to get stronger for...?" A soon as she asked, she heard a slight murmur in the back of her head. God had responded and said 'him', with the image of the janitor in her mind. The voice was male and knew, that it wasn't hers. "I knew it... I had a feeling that the Janitor was up to something, we both felt and saw it... I have to go warn Sir Netero, immediately; Afterwords, I'll have to jump back into training. I need to practice my other two skills. Thank you... for answering me." She opened her eyes, with her hands still folded in front of her mouth. There was such a deadly glare in her orbs, that it would even make a dinosaur tremble.

Outside of the mansion, Rui burst out of the doors and tackled Illumi to the ground. She squealed his name out of sheer glee, then began rubbing her cheek on his. Illumi's cheeks flushed faintly, as his gaze changed to it's original emotionless state. "Illumi-kuuuuun, I missed you! Where did you go?!" Rui asked, before turning her head slightly. She seen a man laying on the ground, slightly whimpering from pain. Blood pooled around him, while his gaze looked traumatized. Rui gasped and ran over to the man in shock, wondering why he was in that condition. "What happened?!" She questioned with worry, Illumi stood up behind her and watched the dieing man.

"I found him amusing, his screams were quite interesting... He managed to hit the pitch of a little girl. Don't worry though, he's an enemy; He was sent here by a man named 'Vince Bodoudai', hired to collect as much information on me as possible and report back..." He explained, only to have Rui turn around and put her hands on her hips.

"Illumi! He was HIRED, meaning he was only doing his job! Why are you letting him die?!" She was furious with Illumi's actions. Not understanding the consequence, if he'd let the man go.

"If I had spared him and let him run, he would've reported to that 'Vince' guy and everyone including you, would have been in danger. The knowledge of the Zoldyck family mansion's whereabouts, are to remain hidden. If I continued to let him follow me, my family would have killed him instead and I'd ruin the Zoldyck family's reputation.. My parents would not be pleased with me." He explained once more, with his usual monotonous voice.

"So... He's a bad person, just as you said...?" Asking Illumi with an innocent expression. Seeing him nod once, she turned to face the whimpering man and knelt down to him. Gazing into the man's frightened eyes, her expression turned cold. "It was your fault for ever accepting this mission, you should have looked into it more before agreeing to the mission..." She said with that voice of hers; She tried so hard to hide the fact that, she despised 'Vince' for sending him out with no awareness of him, spying on a Zoldyck, yet it was his fault for not considering the information on the mission first. As she watched him slowly die, she stood back up and faced Illumi once more; Though doing so, she met the eyes of her twin... and might I say, she was quite surprised and looked hurt.

In the open doors, stood Ruby in its frame. Her orbs were wide from shock and pain, that one would mistaken her to break down into tears any minute. "R-..Rui... W-what was that about? You acted so cold, what happened to you...? You're not the Rui I know...Who are you...?" Ruby's features changed from stunned to strict, she's never seen her sister like that before. "Rui...Please tell me, that it was an act.. I tried so hard to keep your innocence, where did it all go...?" She ask herself mentally, with a worry and stern face.

"Gomen...Nee-san... I tried to keep this a secret, for as long as I could... Do you know why, all my emotions ceases when I get a cut, or blood gets drawn from me...?" Rui asked her twin quietly, as mourn engulfed her heart.

Ruby looked as if she was holding back tears, even though her features seemed as stoic as ever. "Tell me..." Twas all she could say, she felt too hurt that her own twin lied to her.

"When I got transformed into...this... I was forced to watch animals rip each other apart... I've watched blood gush out, seen so much death and...women be tortured.. They were trying to make me into a killing machine..." She said, then continued after a long pause. "I didn't wanna tell you because... I didn't want to hurt you, with the information...I'm still the Rui you know, I just...Lied. I kept a facade of innocence to cover my true self, at least only half of myself is still innocent... " She replied, with a soft and nearly monotonous voice; She too tried to hold back tears but, failed. A single tear trailed down her cheek, as she stood there near Illumi.

Ruby's eyes were masked by shadow and only her dark red lips, could be seen. Her mouth wavered a bit, as more than one tear fell down her face. She sprawled her wings out, jumped into the air and flew off into the distance in a hurry. Racing to sir Netero that had given her a task he asked her to do, with tears and shadow still engulfing her features.

Rui fell to her knees, she too broke down into silent sobs. She put her palms to her face and began crying, making Illumi stare down at her. He knelt down behind her and peered over her shoulder, gazing at her weeping form. "I knew I shouldn't have told her... Please Nee-san, I'm sorry..."

Elsewhere, Ruby was flying to Netero. It took about half an hour before she actually reached her destination, her eyes were puffy from crying on her way there. Walking down the halls to Netero's office, she knocked on the door and held a mournful stoic expression. "Come in~" His voice echoed through the door; Ruby opened it and seen the Chairman sitting at his desk. "I'm here..to interrogate Sikiyona..." She announced with a sorrowful tone, nothing has ever made her this upset before.