A/N: So… should I start changing the rating to M? There are some gory scenes in this chapter so yeah haha. *u*

In all honesty, I just really love gore.

CHAPTER SEVEN

Hx

Feitan, however, in his calm and cold demeanor and all, cut her off before she could even muster a word.

"You be careful stupid girl. This Momo person is lying to you."

Aki briefly stopped for a moment, putting the kitchen knife down as she tried to process Feitan's words.

"What?"

Feitan was amused at the sudden change in Aki's mood; perfect, he thought. This was the result and reaction that he wanted from Aki.

So… being the jerk that he was, he decided to mentally torture the poor girl.

"You be careful. Momo girl is lying to you. Understand?" He smiled underneath his bandanna as he stared at Aki; her seemingly cheerful disposition was now dampened by his mere words.

And her face was now turning into a frown.

Feitan couldn't help the smile that kept on creeping up his system; oh how he loved this moment to the core.

Aki, on the other hand, was frowning not because of the hurt Feitan was expecting her to feel, but because she was confused.

'How could he say that out of the blue? He hasn't even formally met Momo yet for him to say that she is lying to me or something'

She heaved up a sigh, before returning to her cooking.

"No, I don't understand a thing you're saying."

Feitan was disappointed at what had transpired; this wasn't the outcome he was expecting. The girl's lack of observation and ultimately dense nature made him want to bang his head on a wall in frustration.

'Stupid girl. Why won't she get sad already? Why can't she figure out other girl is lying to her?' He frowned.

But still, he didn't give up and attempted to pester her once more.

"That Momo girl. I think she cheating on you with Taka."

Aki frowned once again, abruptly stopping what she was doing.

'Yeah right, Momo was indeed acting strange a while back, along with Taka's sudden appearance. But still, she's my best friend... I need to give her some credit. And besides, I know that she wouldn't do that to me. There must be some other explanation for her behavior a while ago; some explanation that someone such as Feitan wouldn't and shouldn't be able to deduce, since he barely knows me, he also barely knows Momo. Heck, I bet he doesn't even know her at all. He just saw her today for goodness' sake!' she mentally chided, forcing herself to think good of her best friend, and boyfriend.

There was just no way she would do such a thing, she thought.

"What are you insinuating, stranger?" She coldly asked, emphasizing the word, stranger.

Feitan raised a brow at her response; he honestly wasn't expecting her to answer like that.

But then again, her response wasn't cheery at all, he thought. This would be a perfect moment to toy with her feelings more.

"I meant what I said. Stupid." He taunted, moving closer to the girl.

She was really tempted to just leave the kitchen and lock herself up in her room, to spite the man as well, since she had a feeling that he was looking forward to tonight's dinner. But then again, she remembered her parents, especially her mother, who told her an awful lot of things when it came to food and cooking. They always taught her never to waste food, let alone, leave it behind half-cooked.

She sighed as she decided to just ignore Feitan's taunts and continued to cook, speeding up a bit in the process.

'The sooner I'm done, the sooner he'll get off my back for now.' She mentally groaned, wishing that the little form of evil would just leave her alone and stop poisoning her mind.

Upon hearing no response from the girl, he decided to give up for now; he was satisfied at the moment with her reaction anyway, as well as with the sudden change in the mood.

He took one last step before whispering into her ear.

"I know not what you and Momo are. But I know when someone is lying. I official torturer and interrogator of my comrades. I know that she hide something from you." He coolly said, emphasizing the words 'torturer' and 'interrogator'.

Aki gulped at this; her hunch was right.

'Shit. I knew he was dangerous. Oh well… there's no turning back now. And besides, he couldn't afford to hurt me, or else he'll never get the help he desperately needs in order to return home.' She thought, regaining her confidence back. She thought about Feitan's negative accusation of her best friend as well.

'Also, he only must be messing around with my head, considering how he now knows the relationship I have with Momo— that she's my best friend.' She chided, remembering how hard Feitan wanted her to suffer.

Returning her attention to the man behind her, she merely nodded her head and decided to change the topic.

"Thanks for the warning, though I doubt my best friend would do that, by which I really hope you won't hurt her, or worse, kill her. Because if you do…" she started, turning around to face him, completely ignoring how merely inches they were from each other. She made a gun sign out of her good hand and pointed it to her head with a 'bang' sound effect. "I'll kill myself as well. That way, you won't have anyone decent to help you find your way back to wherever the hell you came from."

Feitan was supposed to be annoyed at the girl's guts, but somehow, something about what she said made him amused at her, or rather, interested.

He actually commended her for her guts.

"So you no afraid of death?" He asked, eyes gleaming. If this girl wasn't afraid of death, it would be a pleasure to torture her, he thought. If her pain tolerance was high as well, it would be a delight for him to have a share of his own personal 'fun' with the girl, for she most likely wouldn't die easily from Feitan's torturing methods.

If Feitan was delighted at her gradually increasing temper, Aki, on the other hand, was now pissed off by Feitan's taunting, as well as to where this conversation was going. She actually hated topics about death and dying, let alone topics that made her feel very, very, uncomfortable.

It took every inch of willpower within her to avoid smacking the torturer hard in the face— she really was in the mood to fuck off her safety and just stab him with the kitchen knife then and there.

She didn't respond and turned back towards her cooking, ready to toss the veggies into the pan.

After sautéing the vegetables and meat, she finally responded back with a cold voice.

"No, I'm not. I've been dead for a long time."

None of them spoke as Aki finished cooking dinner. Feitan returned to his seat, surprisingly patient in waiting for the food to be served.

He thought about Aki's reaction and behavior; she became suddenly cold as soon as the topic about death was brought up, which made him amused and curious.

'Did girl get trauma?' he silently wondered. For some reason, he also wanted to know more about the girl and her actions; it was a rare enough sight to find someone who could actually keep up with his standards— it wouldn't hurt to find a little bit more information about people who could keep up with him, for blackmail or interrogation purposes.

And besides, he thought; if he needed this girl to help him get back to where his comrades were, it wouldn't hurt to get to know about her a little, so he would also know what circumstance and risk he was entering.

'It would also help me whenever I want to hurt or torture girl.' He mentally snickered.

Minutes later, Aki was done cooking and set down two plates full of Yakisoba on the table. She sat across him and proceeded to eat silently.

Feitan, putting his plan into action, decided to hit a sensitive spot in Aki's now-fragile emotions.

"Girl. Who people in the picture in your room?" he casually asked, delighted at seeing the frown now gradually forming again in Aki's face.

Aki frowned, but did not respond. She continued to eat swiftly in hopes of getting rid of the man's presence as soon as possible; she honestly didn't like where this conversation was going.

Feitan's patience started to wear thin as Aki refused to respond to his question. He narrowed his eyes at the girl as he proceeded to taunt her.

"You no answer girl. You scared?"

Aki stood up and put her dishes on the table, still not responding. She actually refused to tell him about the people in the picture— her family.

Her family has been a very sore spot in her heart for a while now, despite the fact that she lightheartedly mentions them here and there. The word 'family' was also one of the few words in her "Aki's Taboo List".

She honestly wasn't ready to tell anyone at all about them too, save for Taka and Momo.

That was also the reason why she couldn't bring herself to doubt the two; they were the only ones who knew about them, as well as about her secret.

Besides, she thought, she only knew him for a few days, less than a week at that. He could torture her or whatever, but he'll never be getting the answer he was expecting.

She frowned at Feitan before silently responding, her bangs hiding her eyes. She just wasn't in the mood right now to put up with a retort, let alone attempt to argue with him.

"I honestly don't care what you think of me right now but yes, I am scared. I can't just open up my whole life to someone I just met, a stranger at that. And yes, I also am very much afraid of you, considering how you hurt me, breaking off my arm at the first time we met despite the fact that I saved you and took you home; despite the fact that I have a boyfriend who I bet would not be too pleased upon knowing that a male I just met is currently living with me." She stood silent, watching as Feitan continued to stare. It seemed that he was actually listening, she thought, before answering again.

"I know how much you want to hurt me and torture me with your words; I understand that because you are very sadistic in nature. But still, I'm not ready to tell you about them, I'm not ready to tell you about my life. Even though I accepted you into this house to help you, I still don't trust you enough to tell my life story to. I hope you understand. And at this point, even for just tonight, please… just leave me alone."

After she had proven her point, she immediately walked up to her room, surprising Feitan.

Feitan was left alone; delighted at the girl's reaction.

'I can finally see her break little' he mused.

But the way the girl talked to him a while back was something different— different than the past assaults and threats he did to her.

Based on the way she talked a while ago, there was this twinge of darkness and pain that Feitan couldn't pinpoint out.

And in all honesty, he wanted to discover what it was.

It was the first time that Aki fumed and burst at Feitan, despite the little time the man has been in her house.

She was normally the type of person who doesn't get seriously mad easily; she thought that it was a sign of weakness to snap at someone.

But here she was, letting others know her weakness, a man she barely knew at that.

'Great' she thought. 'This time he can have something against me, now that he knows that the topic rendered a while ago is a no-go for me.' she frowned as she proceeded to take a bath.

Aki thought that probably all she needed now was a warm bath to help her relax— she really needed it at the moment.

She washed her hair and proceeded to soak into the warm bubbles as she tried to clear her mind.

Her thoughts then lingered back to her family, the family she once had.

Her family was simple, really. It consisted of a business man for a father and a housewife for a mother. They were a family of three who lived a close-knit and decent life, by which they were very family-oriented.

Her father was a CEO for a company that sold popular games and strangely, catered to weaponry as well, hence, her prized katana.

Her mother, on the other hand, was a simple woman who preferred to stay at home and cook, despite the fact that she came from an elite family that housed a chain of restaurants both locally and internationally.

They were a normal family where her father came home for dinner every night, to be greeted by her as at the front door; her mother would then be setting the table for them to eat together.

They were completely normal.

And peaceful. Very peaceful.

But then again, everything is not what it seems.

She remembered the events that happened a year ago, the memories flashing back into her mind.

*Flashback*

Aki's father went home one night, frowning with grave news.

She was supposed to be alone at that time; it was a Friday night, and Friday nights meant 'Mom and Dad's Date Night'.

However, for this night, only her father was the one who successfully came home. His once crisp business suit was now a mess, blood splattered in different places. He had some bruises and lacerations here and there, the most fatal being a gunshot in his right arm.

Aki, being only 17 at that time, got extremely worried and frantically ran around to tend to her father's wounds. Her father slumped to the floor eyes wide as he thought about what has just happened.

After the girl tended to his wounds, he immediately stood up and ordered Aki to go to the hospital immediately.

"Aki-chan, dear, what I am about to tell you is very important. Listen to me kid."

Aki fearfully nodded in response.

"Now, I want you to go to the hospital immediately and visit your mother. Don't freak out; she's alive. But still, I want you safe. Save the questions for later; I'll be answering them once all of this mayhem is done." Her father gently smiled, patting the girl's head before ushering her to immediately change her clothes and go to the hospital.

Aki dressed up as fast as she could; when she got downstairs, she was surprised to find that her father was again missing.

'I just left him for a minute or two there and now he's gone?' she wondered.

Determined to find out answers, and extremely worried and surprised at what her father looked like when he arrived, she desperately put those thoughts away as she continued to hail a cab to take her to the hospital.

She arrived five minutes later.

But she was too late.

As she entered her mother's hospital room, she almost gagged at the sight; she forced herself not to let the bile rise to her throat as she covered her mouth with her right hand.

The person lying down on the hospital bed no longer looked like her mother.

Her face was seemingly scraped off, blood and flesh mixing together with her eyes wide open and watery with tears and blood; the facial muscles were seemingly protruding out as if they were chewed off by some animal, since there was no skin left to put it in place. The skin on her limbs was now scraped off too— no; almost all of her body skin was scraped off, muscle and bones remaining on her body. One arm was twisted and broken in an inhumane way possible; her IV fluids were spilling out of its bottle, making it drip soundly from the metal rails of the bed towards the floor, earning a pink puddle due to the mixture of blood and water. Her mother's legs were also spread wide open as her hospital gown was scrunched up to her neck, exposing parts that shouldn't be shown to the public eye; it seemed that she was raped before her assailant brutally murdered her.

Tears slowly fell down Aki's eyes as her brain tried to process the sight before her; her mother was raped and murdered. Her beautiful mother was dirtied by someone, no something that could be considered as less than a human. She felt angered at how oblivious the hospital was when a murder just took place in one of their rooms. Slowly, she walked towards her mother's remains and attempted to hug her, but thought twice upon realizing that she may be accused as a suspect once imprints of her were left on her mother's now dead body. She bit her lower lip hard as she forced herself not to cry.

'I need to get to the bottom of this' she thought, deciding to take action and find her father; it was no use to be mourning over her mother right now, she could save those thoughts for later.

But before she could bolt out of the room and file a report, a hand grabbed her and hit her hard in the head, making her lose consciousness.

*End Flashback*

Aki shivered as the once warm water on the bath tub was now cold; she brushed away the memories of her past as she immediately stood up to change into her night clothes.

She took the hairdryer and turned it on. 'I honestly hate remembering what happened in the past; it's been more than a year now but I still feel the shivers up my spine, it honestly scares me.' She grimly thought. Her heart ached at the sight whenever the broken and dead image of her mom flashes into her mind.

After finishing drying her hair, she retired immediately to bed, desperate to sleep and just forget about the past.

Feitan was long done eating dinner; he even had the heart to put away the pot and used cooking utensils towards the dishwasher, since he assumed that Aki might have forgotten to do so, due to events that occurred earlier.

He sighed and proceeded to the laundry room to launder his clothes and change into his 'pajama shorts'.

'I need to buy new clothes; can't live on wash and wear' he thought, as he put detergent on the washing machine. He frowned at his repeated lack of clothing for tonight; he only got to experience sleeping topless ever since he came to Tokyo. In his own world, he never removed his top, for he always had readied spare clothes to wear.

After changing into his sleeping clothes and hanging his real clothes in the laundry room, he proceeded to wander about the living room once again, wondering what to do.

He tried turning on the television, but nothing good was on it. Frowning once again, he sat on the couch and lazily flicked through the channels, hoping that some good gory movie was on.

As Feitan was close to falling into a deep slumber, a shrill scream reached his ears. He immediately opened his eyes, all the sleepiness and drowsiness wearing off.

'Stupid girl.' He thought, as he zoomed right into Aki's room, wondering what has happened.

As he opened the door, he half-expected the girl to throw another pillow at him, or scream into his ears, running. But to his surprise, he found Aki to still be sleeping, seeming to be in some deep nightmare.

Aki was sprawled on the bed, her arms in a defensive position; she was screaming and tears were continuously streaming from her eyes, which were tightly shut.

Feitan wondered whether he should wake the girl up or not; it seemed as if any moment now she would go into berserk mode and sleepwalk or something. However, his sadistic side got the better of him as he felt a bit delighted at how broken Aki was; it was definitely such a rare sight.

'I could use this against her; blackmail material.' He mentally snickered.

After a brief contemplation on what to do, he finally decided to sit on the edge of the bed and watch the girl sleep… and scream uncontrollably as she cried in pain.

And unbeknownst to Feitan, Aki was currently reliving the past she never wanted to remember.

*Flashback*

Aki opened her eyes, only to find herself in an abandoned hospital somewhere remote from Tokyo.

'Where am I?' she wondered, as she slowly opened her eyes. Her head was aching like mad; and all she wanted to do was to just sleep once again. But upon remembering what happened to her mother in the hospital, she immediately sat up on alert.

She observed her surroundings and found out that she was the only person present in the said abandoned hospital, wherein she was handcuffed to one of the metal rails of the hospital bed.

Akin groaned in pain as she tried to free herself from the metal handcuff that slowly made her wrist swell, a reddish mark starting to form in the said area.

'Shit. How am I supposed to remove this? If only there was a bar of soap here or something…' she groaned, frustrated at her lack of progress in freeing herself.

Almost half an hour already passed by and she still had no progress whatsoever. She was on the verge of giving up when suddenly, the door slowly creaked open. Aki tried to pretend to be asleep as she abruptly lay on bed, tightly shutting her eyes, wishing that she wouldn't be caught.

However, the person who came inside was to be unexpected. It was her father.

"Aki-chan, hey kid. Are you awake?" He whispered into her ear.

Aki immediately opened her eyes and turned to face her father. "Tou-san! Kaa-chan was… Kaa-chan.." she whispered crying, hugging her father with her free arm.

Her father smiled, the wounds reopening once again. Aki saw this and was about to tend to his wounds, but her father stopped her.

"No need to fix this kid, we need to let you out first. And I know… about your mom..." He stopped, sighing deeply before continuing.

"But now, I want you to listen very carefully again to what I have to say." He gently chided, as he took out a small key from his inner pocket and free her from her handcuffs with a soft 'click'.

Aki fearfully nodded, the tears threatening to fall again from her eyes.

Her father smiled. "Alright. Now, as soon as you get out of this room, I want you to go down the stairs and run out the front door as fast as you can. Don't worry about the men who'll be guarding us here; I'll be the one to watch out for them. Now, as soon as you get out, I would like you to jump on the nearby river, you know how to swim, right?"

Aki alertly nodded again, her brain swiftly processing the instructions told by her father.

He proceeded to talk once again. "Now, just let the current take you to wherever it'll ends. You'll soon reach a small waterfall of sorts, just dive through that. I know it'll be hard, but you have to pass through that way or else you'll get caught." He warned, voice stern at the last part.

"But father… what about you? Why are you only instructing this to me alone?" She fearfully asked, wary of the answer that her father will give.

"I'll be right behind you kiddo."

Aki held out her pinky finger. "You promise?"

But before Aki's father could respond, the door violently swung open, startling the both of them and causing them to look towards the door.

Aki's father was the first one to react.

"Akira. Run, run away now! Don't look back!"

Aki froze in her spot. "But…"

"NO! YOU MUSTN'T STAY HERE! RUN AWAY. NOW!" her father started pushing her away from the men and towards the door, kicking the newcomers in the process.

"But wait, you might get killed if you won't run away too. Please don't leave me alone…" Aki cried, the tears now streaming on her face.

"No, one of us has to live, child. And I'm really sure that this time it's gotta be you" he said, before pushing Aki out the door and locking it.

"Now show me what you've got, bastards. Come to papa you pieces of shit."

Those were the last words Aki heard from her father, before she proceeded to run for her life.

Thankfully, her father was right; they probably didn't expect the possibility for them to escape, considering how she was just a teenaged girl with not proper training in regards to the martial arts, aside from Kendo. A lone guard from outside saw her and attempted to chase her down, but she immediately jumped towards the river, avoiding a gun shot in the process.

As she let her body be brought about by the river current, her world slowly faded into black.

The next moment that she woke, she was already in the hospital room, IV contraptions surrounding her.

Then suddenly, the memories from last night came flashing fast in her mind, making her let away tears that gradually turned into sobs… until she became hysterical and started wailing, calling the attention of the nurses.

The nurses came inside and tried to restrain her as she cried uncontrollably, thrashing her legs about. She couldn't accept the fact that she just witnessed her mother's dead body, as well as the sacrificial death of her own father.

Now she was all alone.

No one was there to help her, no one else.

Since that day, Aki vowed never to shed any unnecessary tears, nor snap at someone; her father always told her that it was a sign of weakness.

She went to see a psychiatrist for months; no other relative wanted to accept her, with the reason that she would be of legal age in a few days' time, that she didn't need any more adult guidance.

No one wanted to care for a psych patient, they said.

Instead, Aki was funded by them financially; she could basically buy whatever she wanted. Her father's company was taken over by his sister, by whom she also wouldn't want anything to do with Aki, calling her the "jinx" of the family.

In short, no one wanted to have to do anything with Aki, saying that she was a harbinger of bad luck, a walking danger.

In the first few months of her treatment, Aki was in denial of her parent' deaths; she merely thought of them as working abroad and unable to come home due to their busy schedule. But soon after, those thoughts wore out as she started to realize that no matter how much she denies it, the truth always haunts her at night, in her dreams.

She started to become a rebel who skipped school, going to Kabuki-cho at night to just drink away and forget her worries.

And that was where she met Taka.

Taka at that time was working part-time in a host club to fund for his university fees. He was a high school senior at that time.

He saw Aki walking, and of course, in order to attract customers, he approached her and asked her to visit their club.

Aki, being in the depressive stage at the moment, blankly looked at him and followed him to wherever his club was located.

And that was how their relationship started.

First it was merely business; Aki would often visit and appoint him as her host, until it escalated into something more.

Soon after, they became a couple. But at that same time was also when Taka started to get 'busy' and neglect her, rarely being able to meet up with her in person, let alone take her on a date.

Also at that same time was when she started to get close to Momo.

Momo was one of the popular kids in school who started to step down from her throne in order to defend Aki, when she was bullied by her ex-friends, saying that she was a 'black sheep' and 'cursed girl'.

Momo defended her by asking her father to expel the said ex-friends.

Since that incident, they became close… until they became the best of friends.

*End Flashback*

Aki was now dreaming of other random things, such as memories of her and Taka going out, or of her and Momo being mischievous in school.

"You be careful stupid girl. This Momo person is lying to you."

"That Momo girl. I think she cheating on you with Taka."

"So you no afraid of death?"

Aki's eyes suddenly shot open as the last three lines of her dream sent a chill down her spine, and upon realizing whose voice it was, her blood started to boil with anger.

As soon as she sat up, her irritation and anger escalated into ultimate fury upon seeing Feitan sitting at the foot of her bed, smirking at her in his half-naked glory.

She stared at him for a moment, mortified; this was the second time in a row that she had seen him topless.

Such abs.

Feitan interrupted her thoughts by snickering at her.

"What? Like what you see?"

Upon hearing those words, Aki scowled in response and attempted to throw a pillow at him, but was ripped to shreds before it even reached a centimeter away from Feitan.

Aki gasped at his fast reflexes, but before she could answer, the man pinned her to the bed, gripping her good wrist hard.

"Now. You girl. Cook breakfast."

Aki rolled her eyes once again.

"I'm still mad at you, you bastard. What you said last night was unforgivable. Now, would you please get off me?" she scowled.

Feitan narrowed his eyes, attempting to incapacitate her; until he realized that if he did do so, she wouldn't be able to cook, hence, no food.

He internally groaned as he finally let go of Aki, suddenly remembering how half-naked he was at the moment.

'Shit.' He thought before suddenly vanishing into a blur, leaving a mortified and half-dazed Aki in bed.

"Stupid jerk. I'm still mad at you you know... I'm supposed to be mad." Aki muttered before shielding her eyes with her good hand.

"So… Kurapika rejected your offer, huh?" Killua asked, smirking at his best friend.

Gon frowned. "Yeah, unfortunately. He kept on telling me that it was dangerous and that it was not worth the risk. He sighed as he ate a large serving of roast chicken.

Gon and Killua were currently in a restaurant to talk about their so-called plan to hunt for Feitan… and take his picture.

Much to Killua's dismay, despite Kurapika's disapproval and warnings, Gon was keen on pushing through with the plan, reasoning out that Feitan might be 'lenient' with them, since it was only a photo that they wanted.

And much to his annoyance as well, Gon had just made the stupidest and most ridiculous plan ever.

"So as I was saying, we should just get straight to the point and go to the headquarters of the Genei Ryodan. That is, if they still are residing there. We're actually better off going to them directly rather than waiting for them to come to us, or rather than waiting for leads that will lead us to Feitan." Gon announced proudly.

Killua wanted to strangle Gon right then and there. He slapped his forehead and replied,

"That is a very stupid idea, Gon. Even Kurapika will get mad once he learns about your so-called 'genius' plan. It's also very dangerous; our lives will be put at risk once we attempt to walk into their territory. Remember what happened last time?"

Gon stubbornly shook his head. "My instincts tell me that we'll be completely safe right now."

Killua protested. "No."

"Yes"

"No"

"Yes"

"No"

"Yes"

"Ugh. I said no! It wouldn't work. We might end up dead. Hisoka won't even be there to help us!" Killua exclaimed, exasperated.

Gon rolled his eyes. "Well fine, suit yourself. Whether you like it or not I'm still going." He stood up to leave.

Killua groaned in response, tempted to stomp his feet in the process.

There was no getting around Gon and his decisions.

He finally gave up and just wished for the best; Illumi would probably murder him twice once he realizes the risk that he's about to enter.

"Fine. But we have to plan first, there's no convincing or persuading your stubborn head anyway." He sighed, standing up as well.

Gon jumped in joy, punching his fist into the air. "Yatta! I knew you would say yes in the end."

Killua rolled his eyes. "Hai hai. So how are we gonna start this hunt?"

Gon grinned. "We search for them in their possible headquarters of course!"

Killua could only do a facepalm in response.

Feitan was annoyed once again.

"What is taking girl so long? I'm hungry." He muttered, returning to Aki's room to pester her into cooking breakfast.

But as he was about to enter the room, a seemingly blur of brunette almost smacked into him, if only he didn't sidestep to the right.

Aki on the other hand, attempted to regain her balance and began running down the stairs.

A vein popped on Feitan's forehead as he chased down the girl, grabbing her arm, much to Aki's annoyance.

She frowned at the sudden resistance and attempted to yank her arm away.

"Stop it you monster! I'm late for school! And don't you start ordering me around because I'm still mad at you!" She whined.

He narrowed his eyes at the girl. "No. You cook food, I don't care if you mad or not."

Aki stomped her feet as she tried to yank her arm free.

"Who are you, my mom? Well as much as I would like to cook for you, I can't. Because. I. Am. Late."

'And it's your entire fault I remembered the past last night' she silently added.

Feitan glared at the Aki, still not letting go. "Then why you no rush when you woke up."

Aki forced herself not to bang her head in the wall next to her. "Of course it was because you interrupted my waking ritual! I wasn't able to see the time on the clock immediately thanks to you pinning me down."

Feitan interpreted her cocky answer as a sign to physically hurt the girl.

He smacked her in the head and dragged her towards the kitchen, despite Aki's attempts to stay put.

"No. You cook for me before you leave."

"No! I. Can't. Be. Late. I also have to talk to Momo! And how many times must I repeat myself that I'm still mad at you?! People who are mad certainly do not cook for the source of their anger" She exclaimed, attempting to use her feet as brakes while gaining another reason for her to leave. She needed to talk to her best friend.

Feitan ignored her attempts and whines and dragged her to the kitchen, feeling his stomach faintly rumble.

'It will definitely be a fucking challenge to have this incarnation of evil in my house' Aki muttered, giving up on being on time to school as soon as she realized that her attempts to retaliate were futile.

Feitan in return, smirked at his triumph for this morning.

'Heh. Feitan – 1 Stupid Girl – 0' he mentally pat himself in the back for his achievement.

It will definitely be a challenge for Aki to get used to Feitan, which at the moment, will not be happening anytime soon.

"Hey let's make a bet again!" Shalnark decided, earning the attention of his comrades.

"What will the bet be?" Shizuku asked, interested.

Shalnark put a finger to his chin in thought. "Well… we could bet on what Feitan is doing right now, since we have nothing better to do."

Machi rolled her eyes. "That's stupid. How will we know who wins when Feitan isn't even here?"

"We could always just ask him when he arrives!"

Kortopi nodded in thought. "Okay. I bet that he's torturing someone right now."

Phinks butted in. "I bet he's reading those Trevor Brown books again!"

Franklin thought for a while before answering. "I bet that he's trying to find a way to get home."

Machi, being the most intuitive of the group answered. "Well I bet that… he's hungry right now."

Shalnark turned to Machi in confusion. "Eh? Really?"

All Machi did was to shrug in response.

A/N:

SilverSapphire34523: Hihi at the moment it seems that he didn't want to help Gon and Killua. Feitan... well, it may probably depend on Aki. XD And thank you so much for the adorable bunny! :`)

Ven'aranar Angel: Hihi it's close, but not quite. *u* But indeed, Aki would definitely not be happy once Taka cheats on her.

YADY- CHAN : Hooray for Aki being the most dense character in my fan fic! XD I know :`) I would have had a nosebleed if I were in Aki's position tbh. Yup, Feitan couldn't permanently incapacitate her... or he'll never get to taste her wonderful cooking again. Gaah OMG YOU SHOULD POST THOSE FANFICS! Really, Feitan needs some more love. So, Feitan fan fics should be prioritized! *-* And you're welcome, I'm glad to be of help in regards to your writing. n_n

Ruby720: Hah! Of course, Feitan will definitely torture them... once he starts to develop feelings for Aki, that is. If he does. XD Hihi, thank you! I'll think about it. I don't know who to pair off Feitan with though. But writing Yaoi would definitely be a wonderful change in my writing. *u*

Comments, reviews, suggestions, criticisms and whatnot are very much accepted and highly appreciated, thank you!