Here on the stage tonight
Let's leave the past behind us
When we reach the room, I quickly let go of Killua's hand, which I had no idea I was still holding. I look down at the hand that wasn't holding Killua's and notice that it is bleeding, probably from holding Killua's razor sharp nails. Not bothering if anyone is looking, I lick up the sweet liquid. Suites comes up to me and inspects my other hand.
He was shocked to find it only came out with a scratch, but when he sees my other hand he starts flipping asking where I got a 'wound' like this. I don't know why he's complaining it, was only a scratch. Well I've had my own time of overreacting because of small injuries, but they were never mine's.
I hear a noise and see the hall that probably leads outside. I walk out with Gon and Killua, both excited to leave. It was too bright. I growl a bit and the two boys seem a bit taken back.
I looked at them unhappily. "It's too bright," I complain as Killua laughs at me and Gon only smile sheepishly. A man with a purple mohawk big circle glasses, and a scrawny figure, eating snacks, stood in front of everyone. I really don't want to listen to what he had to say so I block him out. Then I feel a hand on my shoulder, I look at the person and see Killua looking at me.
"You are up after me so stop spacing out," he whisper to me. I glance at him in confusion, but see Gon go up to a box and grab a tag from it.
When it's my turn, I copy Gon's example and grab a tag and exit. This pattern continues for the remaining people. "Please remove the cover." I do as I'm told and lift the cover off the tag. #198. I look around and see my number, it was one of those three brothers Fatass was talking to. "The number on the tag is the one you'll be hunting."
'Hmm, so this is like a prey and predator. We are the predator, and we are hunting the prey, our numbers.' I think excitedly. Putting my tag in my pocket, I see others people begin to board a boat that is no doubt taking us to some unknown location
I walk around for a bit until my gaze falls onto two familiar figures. I smile and jog up to them. "Killua! Gon!" I calling them, waving my hand to get their attention. They look up and wave back. I sat in front of the two boys instead of beside them. We just stare at each other in complete silence.
Killua decided to break the ice. "Which number did you pick?" he ask Gon
"Secret! What about you?" he says, asking me.
"I'm not telling!" I retort, sticking out my tongue. "Don't worry, I don't have your tags." I assure them with a smile
"Then how about we show our cards on three." I smile at this idea.
"1"
"2"
"3"
My grin widens at Killua, but his attention is on Gon.
"#44" I say, then look confused.
"Seriously!" Killua exclaim at Gon number, "You don't have much luck at lotteries." Gon only shook his head.
"Who's #44?" they look at me, shock written all over their face.
"#44, Hisoka" Killua say, looking at a loss of words.
I smile sheepishly and say, "Who?"
Killua looked more stunned if possible.
"The clown!" Killua shouts in my face, noticing how close we were sits back down with pink tinted cheeks. I've noted that he's been doing this after figuring out my true gender.
A look of realization hit my face, "You mean Joker." I look over at Gon with pity and give him a forced smile. "Ahh-umm, don't die?" I say it more like a question or suggestion then encouragement. He was completely ignoring me, and I felt depressed. I completely ignored their is this world coming to? Gon is ignoring me, what's next, Suites is actually nineteen and not in his late thirties?
Then a look of realization came upon my features, "Hey, Killua," I say. he hums and faces me in response. "Since my number is close to yours, then I think I know your number."
His eyes sparked with interest and his lips curl into a smile, "Who is it?"
"I think it is one of those brothers, my number is one of theirs, but I don't know which one or about the rest."
He looks at me and smile, "Thanks, that's all I need to know," he says.
I feel my heart flutter, as I blush slightly, pulling my hood slightly down so he could see my bangs and blue eye, I smile at him with my head tilted and say, "No problem."
Once we arrived at Zevil Island, we got to enjoy the wonderful guide ramble on and on, again. "Thanks for your patience, everyone. We've finally arrived at Zevil Island! Now, please disembark in the order by which you cleared the Third Phase. After each person disembarks, we'll wait two minutes before the next person's turn."
"That means we'll be waiting here for a while." Killua says with an exasperated sigh.
"Yeah."
"This sucks~" I complain and sit back down on the floor.
"You will stay on this island for exactly one week. During that time, you must amass your six points of ID tags and return here. All right then, the first person may start!" The guide states enthusiastically as Joker starts to walk off of the boat.
I don't know how many minutes passed, but eventually I notice Kurapika gets called and walks off of the boat ,which meant that it's Killua's turn. I stand up since it would be my turn to get off the boat in less than five minutes.
"Two minutes have passed. The twenty-first person may start!" The guide exclaim, calling Gon up as it was his turn. I wave to him as he leaves, but before he exits I whisper to him, "Go get Joker's tag." I smile at him.
"Two minutes have passed. The twenty-second person may start!" The guide exclaims. Killua picks up his skateboard that had been on the ground next to him. "See ya." He says as he started to walk off of the boat.
'This is way too nostalgic,' I think as I leap from tree branch to tree branch, which reminded me of the time I ran away from a group of bandits, or people, or for training. After I jump a few miles or so away from the starting point, I rest in a high branch. I look at the canopy of green surrounding me. There actually aren't any people in this area, so it is quiet. I hum softly to pass the time and to clear my head.
So I have no idea where #198 is, and this island is larger than all of Magnolia. I sigh. "I guess I'll just stay here, maybe I'll find Killua or Gon later." I say to no one in particular. Then I felt it "Ugh, why now?" I question the universe, yet I know it won't give me a reply.
After god knows how long, I finally awoke only to see the sun setting. Glee rushes through my body at the fact. It has been forever since I was alone at this time of the day. I can finally do something I wanted to do since the second phase of this exam, to fly. It's been awhile since I last flew. I scan the area to make sure nobody was near me, and thankfully, it is vacant of other competitors. I'm actually quite happy the curse took effect when it did, now my magic energy is full.
Although both my devil and angel wings are technically 'part of my body' I was never fully trained out to summon them with ease. Father left before showing me how to use them properly. My devil ones come out when I go into my Devil state, and my angel wing almost never come out. To reveal either one, it takes a good sum of magic power, but it's worth it every time.
Using my newly restored magic power, I summon my angel wings. With a glisin of light on my back, the white feathered wings sprout of my back. I smile and flap them a few times. I fly up into the air, just floating in the sky. I raise my hands and I remove the hood from my head. My black and white hair reaching to my knees and perfectly framing my face. I fly horizontally, my front facing the rising moon. I sigh and a smile is plastered on my face. This is great, it feels like forever since I let myself unwind.
Time seems to also fly tonight, because without me even noticing, and I become hungry, like, famished. I descend to the nearest tree, making sure no human are near. I sit on the tree branch, munching on some chocolate that was stored in my bag.
I sigh, satisfied with my night. Not only was it peaceful, but I also got to fly for some time. Although being lazy and indulging in self pleasures is fun, I should really go find my prey soon. More importantly, I have to find Gon. Even though the reason for me being here is to make sure he doesn't die, I seem to split from him a lot.
I close my eyes and let sleep take me for the remainder of the night.
I was wander around hoping, to 'bump' into a person I know. Given how many competitors are left, I should have seen at least one other person by now. I smell the air, but the forest is thick and the smell of mutiple of things such as animals and plants interfere with my abilities, making it harder to pick up other's scents.
I give up after an hour or two of unsuccessful searching. I sit in a tree, waiting for someone to pass by. I wonder if something happened and everyone is dead and I've been left here on this island by myself...Naww.
When evening nears, I begin to see some trails of smoke fill the air. I don't bother going to one of the cites. It's not because I don't want to see people, but because others will have the same eager to go to that target.
Like the night prior to this one, I find a place in the trees to rest for the night. Unlike last night, the silence is annoying and I decided to listen to a soothing song on my music player.
"I'm bored," I whine, slumping against the trunk of the tree. This is so boring, this thing is finally starting to feel like a test. Day three and still no Gon or prey-urr, opponent. My theory of everyone dying is starting to feel me real every second.
Suddenly, I sense someone, snapping me into alertness. I sniff the air smelling a familiar scent. My lips curl into a smile as I realize who is near me. I silently move in the tree, searching for the person.
Soon, I locate my prey, and I stalk up to him, my presence completely gone. I put my hand on his shoulder, "Killua-" I begin, but stop as I noticed a sharp object coming towards me. On instinct, I attempt to grab it. The object strikes my hand, but I wrap my fingers around it so it can't escape.
"Oh, Kil-chan, is this really what I get as a grand entrance, no chocolate or roses," I playfully complain with a smile although a wave of pain shoots through my hand and up my arm. It takes the assassin a moment to notice who I am. I let go of his hand he removes his nails, the sharp object, from my palm.
I lift my bleeding palm to my mouth and lick the liquid. I hum, the sweetness of my blood making my mouth water and cheek tingle. Killua look at me with a confused look. I stare blankly at him. "What?"
"You're defiantly weird," he says.
I smile, but it's short lived as I feel something odd. I left my nose in the air and sniff a bit, picking up multiple scents "Hey, Killua, you do know that there are three men hiding in that bush over there, right?" I say, pointing at the bush that kept moving even after I got here.
"Yeah, I know, I tell them to come out but they never listen." When the words leave his mouth, the bush stops moving and out came the trio of idiots. The skinny one wines as the other two beat at yell at the smaller one for not taking Killua's tage, but the smaller one replays with he was going to do it when the albino was asleep.
"Just take his tag!" the fattest one exclaims, making the skinniest one shake getting into a fighting stance and says, while approaching ever so slowly, "Give me your tag and I won't hurt you."
I couldn't help but giggle. He's so weak there's no way he could get his tag. I've seen Killua, and he is fast enough to dodge any attack this man may us.
He takes another step and kicks Killua, which causes me to stop laughing.
'Why would he-oh oh I get it.' I think smirking. The trio starts laughing, thinking it will be an easy win, think again. Killua got up, unharmed.
They stop laughing and look at him. His hands that were occupied in his pocket pulled out a tag, "#198, huh?"
'Wait ,that's my number!" I think happily grinning. "Killua that's my number!" I say to him, the idiot trio finally noticing my presence.
"Huh, I could've sworn that he was my number, oh well, here," he says, tossing me the number tag. I grab it before looking back at him. "Wow, I didn't know which one was my target, thanks Killua." He just looked away as I smile at him.
Before I got to say anything else, I was picked up by my neck, my hood slowly falling off, but not completely, but just enough for strands of white hair to fall out and my eye to show. I look at the prey pretending to be a predator, who snuck up on me while I was conversing with Killua. The largest of the trio is holding me, hand gripping my neck hard. He stares at Killua, smirking. "Now look here," he says. "You give us your ticket, and we won't your hooded friend over here."
Suddenly, a loud laughter is heard throughout the area, my laughter. "Hahahahaha….you know, that was the funniest joke I ever heard," I says as I grab his wrist, hard. My hold on him is much forceful than the one he has on me. "You know this is a game of predator and prey, the predators are strong, and the prey are weak. I am the predator and you are my prey" He cries out in both surprise and pain, dropping me in the process.
As soon as I'm release, I look at Killua who he runs towards the group. Saying he ran fast in an understand meant, it looked like he disappeared then reappeared behind the skinny one. Killua kicks his knees, causing his opponent to fall to the ground. He points his nails at the man's neck.
"Don't move," the albino ordered the idiot trio calmly. "My fingers are sharper than knives." Proving his point, he dug a nail into the man's neck, drawing blood. I unconsciously licked my lip at the sight of the crimson liquid flowing down the man's skin. Then the brothers begin to sweat immensely. I can even smell the fear in the air.
Killua uses his free hand to search through the bleeding man's pocket until he found his tag and made a sour expression. "Huh? You're #197," he whines. "And I was mocking Gon for having bad luck."
I roll my eyes at the whining albino.'You probably don't, but you probably want something fun to do.' I couldn't help but giggle a little at this. Killua turn his eyes towards the fat one who had held me by my neck.
"Hey, are you #199?" Killua ask. The largest man nod slowly. "Hand it over." He holds out a hand for the tag, in which is tossed in his hands by Fatty. "Now for the tags I don't need," he says as he threw two tags, with great force it created a sonic boom.
Leaving the brothers, I follow after Killua. "Where did you get another tag from?" I question him.
"I just got it from a random person I met before seeing you, #87," he states calmly, still walking not looking at me. GROWL.
"Killua~" I whinned, as he looked shocked, "I'm hungry~"
"Seriously?" the albino almost whines.
"What, can I not be hungry? I'm human, too." Well, that's a lie, but whatever.
"Don't you have snacks in that pack of yours?"
"But those are snacks, I want food. You aren't hungry?"
"No," he says. His stomach must think otherwise because it let's out a growl louder than my own. He cheeks turn a light shade of pink before looking away saying, "I guess hunting for something doesn't sound too bad of a plan."
I grin at the boy, thankful that he's finally complying. Suddenly, I feel the all too familiar wave of sleepiness wash over me. My eyelids feel as if they are being pulled down by weights and my legs go limp. Killua surprises shout I'm unable to comprehend is the last thing I hear before the world is muted and goes black.
"Oi, Rin, wake up," a voice calls, and I feel a violent shaking. I groan, sluggishly swatting the hands on me away. "Rin, you need to wake up," the voice commands again. I slowly open my blue eye to see another staring back at me. I recognizing the electric blue eyes as Killua's. I sit up and stretched, yawning a massive yawn.
"Mornin', Killua," I yawn with a small wave to the albino.
"Mornin nothing, it's evening," he say bitterly. "What the hell happened to you?"
"What do you mean?"
"I mean, one second you are complaining that you're hungry, the next you're pass out on the cloud thing from earlier."
"Oh, that…" I say hesitantly with a crooked smile. I look the the left of the boy too see he's started a fire. A creature of some sort is one a stick by the side of the fire, it's body cooked to near perfection. I inhale, smelling the delectable meat. My stomach growls, telling me it's time to eat. "Hold your thought, Killua; I'm starving."
He lets out a protest, but I'm already off my cloud and dashing over to my dinner. Since the meat is cooled, I quickly rip a leg off of the creature. I bite down on it and nearly moan at the taste of it. "Oh god, this is good," I say while chewing.
"Rin, this isn't the time t-"
"It's always a good time to eat," I protest. The albino rolls his eyes and gives me a look a defeat. He walks over by me and takes the front leg off the animal, which I'm assuming is a rabbit. We eat in silence for some time, staring at the dancing flames of the fire.
"Do you ever feel bad for the animals we ate?" I ask Killua, staring at the rabbit leg in my hand.
"No, not really," he says, taking another bite of his. "It is a kill or be killed world."
"Spoken like a true assassin."
"Rin," the albino says with a sternness that catching my attention, "can you please tell me what happened. I don't know if it was normal or what, but I was seriously worried. You just fell asleep suddenly. You were on the cloud thing and all, but I was still worried. It took me a good hour or so to leave you so I could get the rabbit."
I wipe my mouth with the end of my sleeve. "Sorry for not telling you about it," I say. "I have this curse thing that causes me to fall asleep at random. There's no way for me to get rid of it, so I've just grown used to it."
He nods his head slowly, processing the new knowledge. "And that cloud just appears when it happens?"
I nod my head.
"Pft, hahaha," he bursts into a sudden laughter that takes me by surprise. "You're so weird, Rin." He clenches his sides as if his innards my come out from the pure momentum of the laugh. He wipes a few tears away, smile still present on his face. "As long as you don't make me think you had some kind of heart attack, we're good."
I smile a let out a small laugh.
"How much longer do we have until this whole thing is over?" I ask Killua from the tree I'm in.
"Asking the question every hour or so won't change the answer until the next day," Killua snaps at me.
I sigh, ripping another leaf from the branch over me. I twirl the leaf by its stem between my fingers, staring at it rotating. I rip it up and let the torn remains drift to the ground. I let one of my legs sway back and forth like the pendulum of an old clock; ticking away the seconds. "I don't understand why this phase is so long. If you can't get a tag within seventy-two hours, you suck and don't need to become a Hunter."
"That's a bit harsh."
"Maybe. I don't know, I just hate waiting, it's boring."
"What do you originally do in your spare time."
"Ha," I let out a sarcastic laugh. "I rarely had 'freetime'. When I wasn't cleaning my apartment or working, I was being dragged around by my friends."
"What did you do for work?"
"All kinds of odd jobs and varied from watching pets to finding lost treasure. It was fun going on different jobs with my friends. Once I had got mission a small mission I can do with my friend, Lucy. We had to retrieve a lost item. It was a treasure box, and we had no idea what it was for. So when we retrieved it I had convinced her to try it out. I went first. I opened the box with Lucy peaking behind me. That was when a bright light blinded me and I had to look away. The next thing you know I was in a weird garment. It turn out that they needed that trunk because the owners daughter needed it for the festive they were having and she was the main attraction." I laugh a little remember, "She had to dance ancient dance praying to the gods of their land. I had no Idea on how to dance but I sang instead. All in all it was really fun"
He laughs at this, I too I find this story really interesting. "But enough about me. What about you, what did you do for fun."
He looks past me and up to the sky as if something truly captivating was up there. "The most fun I ever had was this exam. I was raised in a strict house with strict rules. I didn't have friends, either, it was just my brothers and I."
I look at the albino with a bit of pity. So he also knows what it feels like to not have friends. I can relate with him in that perspective, but I never had to deal with demanding parents or rules. I was actually kind of free, or so I thought. I was always chained up, it just didn't seem like it because the chain holding me back was actually very long. But once I gotten older and my father left, I finally felt the tension of the metal. With Iris, it seemed as if it was finally broken, but it was just an illusion. I still tug at the chains at time, trying my best to break from it and be truly free.
A dozen birds fly from a tree not too far away, probably fleeing from the other contestants. I look over at my pack that is hanging on a neighboring branch. I notice that a box of pocky is peeping out, begging to be eaten. I smirk and reach for the bag, ready to eat the sweet treat. "Oi, Killua, want some pocky?"
"Sure," he says with a shrug. "You have chocolate?"
I remige through my bag, positive I have the fruit flavored snack. I find the box and open it, and it is about half full. I do the same with the strawberry, and it is also about to reach the halfway mark. It would be too bothersome to hold both, so I transfer the strawberry ones into the chocolate box. I make my way down to the albino, who was busy fighting imaginary opponents.
"Don't hurt the air too much," I joke as he sits down. "I don't want to breath in bruised oxygen."
He rolls his eyes at me and picks a stick out of the box. "You should train, too," he says. "It's a good time to do it."
"But that seems like a lot of work," I complain, biting my own stick.
"You're lazy yet you got this far in the exam. I swear, you are different."
"Yup."
He is about to bit another pocky when he looks at it questionably. "I thought these were chocolate," he states, staring at the strawberry covered sweet.
"Oh, I mixed them," I say. "Just give it to me," I say opening my mouth. He places the snack in my mouth and I take it from him. I chew the snack and look back at Killua, but he quickly looks away. I shrug my shoulders and pick up another of, but this one is chocolate.
"Killua," I say and he looks over at me. "Say 'ah'."
"Whah?" he questions.
"It's chocolate, so you have it." He looks up at me and opens his mouth. He takes it from me and I notice his cheeks turn the same color as the strawberry pocky. We continue this for some time. Whenever one of us get the flavor the other wanted, we'd feed it to them. Killua's face never calms down and he won't look me in the eye when I give him one.
I look into the box and notice that there is only one left. Right before I pick it up, the albino swipes it.
"Hey!" I exclaim at the boy.
"What? It's chocolate, so it's mine," he counters.
"I want it though," I say with a pout.
"Too bad." He places the stick in his mouth, taunting me. I stick my tongue at him and he smirks in return.
"Fine, be that way." I lean over and take the other end in my mouth. He stare wide out at me, his face flushing again. I give him a challenging look and nibble some of the pocky. He does the same, eating away the space between us. Neither of up break the stick, not wanting to give the other the remain snack and the feeling of victory. We continue to eat little by little, bringing our faces closer together. Our lips are no more than an inch part and I stare into his eyes. He gazes back into my one visible one. I feel my heart begin to beat harder, yet I refuse to break away.
There is then a rustle in the bushes. The sudden sound causes us both to direction of the sound, snapping the pocky in the process. I tense, on full alert to detect a threat of any sort. A small brown bunny emerges from the brush. It sniffs the air, its wet nose twitching, then scampers away.
"Just a rabbit," I say with a sigh.
"Yeah," Killua says lowly, not looking in my direction. I lean over to see his face, but he only lowers his head.
"Kill-"
"I'm going to go find the rabbit," he declares, standing up in lightening speed. I'm about to ask him if he wants me to join him, but he bolts away in the blink of an eye. I left there, confused expression on my face. I look down at the now empty box of pocky. Maybe the strawberrie were bad and the spoiled dairy gave him the runs or something.
"Killua!" I scream the albino's name. He immediately jumps up from his resting position. His body is tense and he looks up at me with wide eyes.
"What!?" he shouts up at the tree where I sit. I bet he can only see my silhouette outlined by the light of the moon. He then looks around frantically. "Is someone coming? Are you hurt."
"No," I say, much more calm.
"What is it then?"
"I wanted to know if you were still alive," I say with a smirk. I know it's mean for me to startle the boy, but my mind seems to shut off when I'm bored.
"Well I am," he snaps. "Jeez, don't scream like that, you made me think something bad was happening."
"'Kay," I say with a sigh.
Killua does the same and lays back down, facing upwards toward the tree I'm in. I stare up at the night sky with a sigh. It is our sixth night on the island, the last one too. The wind blows soft, causing the dancing fire to pop, sparks flying sometimes. I couldn't help but grin as I watch the flame and feel the wind, reminding me of a certain little sky maidan and raven pyromaniac. I wonder what Wendy and Romeo are doing now. Are they still hanging around the guild, or off in some city on a job? I feel my heart arch a bit thinking of the two.
I'm snapped out of my thoughts when I feel something on my shoulder. At first I think it's just a leaf from on of the branches, but then I feel small legs moving on me. The crawling object moves from my upper arm to my shoulder blade, spreading panic throughout me.
"KYAAAAAA!" I scream, waving my limp arms in panic. I loose balance and fall out of the tree, falling into a bush at the base of the trunk. Not thinking about my now throbbing head, and climb out of the bush. I still feel the bug's legs on me and I repeatedly brush my arms over my back.
"Rin!" Killua shouts, getting once again. "What's going on?"
"Bug!" I scream. "Get it off! Getitoffgetitoffgetitoff!" I repeat the words until they become nothing more than panic filled mumbles.
"A bug?" Killua question.
I don't respond. I continue to run around our small camp, swatting at my back like a mad person. I then feel a hand grasp my arm and yank me to the ground. I fall with thud and a groan of pain. Killua's hand is on my back keeping me on the ground.
"Where's the bug!?" he shouts.
"It's un-n-n-nder my sh-sh-shirt," I sutter, the bug still crawling under my garment.
"Under your shirt?!" he shouts in disbelief.
"Killua, get it off!"
"Okay, okay," he says. Hesitantly. He pulls up my hoodie from the back, revealing my black tank top. I feel the cool air rush over my back, giving me goosebumps goosebumps. "Oh, god," he says. "It's under you other shirt."
"I don't care, just get it off of me," I cry turning around and staring the boy in the eye.
He closes his eyes tight and nods. I feel him take the hem of my under shirt and pull it up. With my pale skin and bra exposed along with my aril wrapped around my waist, I feel my face heat up despite the cold. The freed bug travels down my back and jumps off of me. I let out a sigh of relief once it's off. I sit back up and fix my clothes. "It fine now," I say.
He hesitantly opens his eyes with a nod. I'm able to to get a look at Killua's face, which is as pink as mine. There's a moment of silence between us.
"Th-thanks," I mumble to the albino.
"No problem," he replies. "So, you're scared of bugs?"
I let out a nervous laugh. "Yeah, I hate them. They creep me out with their big eyes and hairy legs." Another shiver runs up my spine just thinking of them.
Killua smirks at me, a menacing look I've seen far too many times on different people. "I guess I know your weakness. I'm going to have fun with this."
I stare wide eyed at the boy. I stand up and take some steps away from him. "Don't you dare put one of those things next to me. If you do I swear I'm going to kill you."
"Death doesn't scare me."
"Then I will steal whatever sweet I find near you."
He narrows his eyes at me. "You wouldn't dare."
"Don't try me," I threaten before climbing back up the tree I've been sleeping in. I stare down at the albino, watching him lay back down. I refuse to go to sleep until this dude is knocked out. After some time, I hear is breathing rhythm change I sign, he's asleep.
I let out a yawn, signalling my fatigue. Right now, sleeping seems like an amazing choice, especially since I haven't slept for the past two days. I have the urge to go up a tree and sleep, but the nerves in my back demand other wise. After using my wings within such a short period of time, my nerves begin to 'regret' them. I've had this feeling before, and the best thing to do is to fight the unsettling feeling and allow my body to accept them once again. But...since I'm probably not going to be able to fly again anytime soon, I think I can let them out one more time.
I stand up and walk away from the fire towards the nearest tree. I climb up the tree until I can sit on one of the branches. I go from branch to branch, swift and agile. I continue until I make it to the tree I have been returning to every night. I inhale through my nose and remove my hood. Although it is a bit easier now, it take much less focus and energy to summon my angel wings.
I just floated like I usually did but this time I was going over what has happened ever since I came here, Unconsciously singing a song, casting magic upon them.
(allen walker 14th melody)
Soshite bouya wa nemuri ni tsuita
ikizuku hai no naka no honoo hitotsu futatsu to
ukabu fukurami itoshii yokogao
Gon; you really are an amazing boy. You stand in front of your enemies with a smile, that does not falter. You are full of courage yet still so simple minded. You hold no hate towards those who have done you wrong, yet you smile and ask them to be friends. Angel's heart
Daichi ni taruru ikusen no yume yume
Gin no hitomi no yuragu yoru ni
umare-ochita kagayaku omae
Kurapika; even though when I first met you, and still didn't know you name, you were still suspicious of me always wearing a hoodie and always kept a keen eye on me, even more when I killed that guy with the 'light'. when I told you all what had happened to me you looked as if you understood me, not pitying me, which I was grateful for. Angel eyes
Ikuoku no toshitsuki ga
ikutsu inori wo
tsuchi e kaeshitemo
Leorio; when i had first saw you, getting into a fight with the captain, i immediately knew i wasn't going to get along with you for one reason only, your loud. But over the time i realized that was just your character, You like to say what you think. Everyone has their own characters and that was yours, so you have got to used to it get your point across. Angels voice
Watashi wa inori tsuzukeru
Douka ko noko ni ai wo
Tsunaida te ni kiss wo
Killua; you know I think I understand you the best. I didn't want my future plan out for me just like you. I didn't want to be an outcast with nobody to turn to, and you didn't want to be an assassin.
Then the boy fell asleep
and one or two embers in the fading ashes of the fire
flared up in the shape of a beloved face
I had fun when we hung out together with Gon, too. When you had seen my face for the first you flipped, wondering why I hid why I was a girl. You didn't care for my outer appearance unlike the rest, you just wanted to know why I hid the truth.
Dreaming many thousands of dreams
spreading across the land
Your silver gray eyes shine their light
like stars falling down from the night sky
When I had caught onto your scent, you don't know how happy I was It was like that time when I was with Iris, but different. You made my heart jump and skip a beat. Whenever you look me with your electric blue eyes, the way you smile at me always fills me up with butterflies
Even though countless of years
turn so many prayers back to earth
I wonder what this feeling is, I want to know. No, I need to know.
I will keep praying
somehow, love for this child please
kissing the joined hands
This feeling that yearns for you, that needs you, and when I do….
When I figure these feelings out you'll be the first to know.
I promise. Angels Kiss
and with that floated in the starless sky that radiates a bright glow that belongs to the moon. I started getting tired and headed back to my tree but wanting to be a lazy butt i am flew towards killua instead.
When I reach our area, I get rid of my wings and drop next to Killua, making sure not to make a sound. A smile stretches upon my face when I notice the peaceful look on the albino boy. Not wanting to disrupt his sleep, I lay down next to him, snuggling on his chest.
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Omake
"What about this one?" He said holding a brown bug near me face.
"NO! Get it away!"
"Then what about this one?" A spider
"Nooooo! That's even worse!"
"Then, this one!" A ladybug
"Get the evilness away from me! I can't stand bugs! I really hate them, so keep them away!"
"Come on, a ladybug is supposed to bring good luck. How can you be sated of something this harmless?"
"Looks are deceiving! You of all people should know that. So get it away!"
"Fine, this is the last one." He grabbed something from a nearby bush. "Here!" Her thrusts a snake out to me
"WHAT NO! GET IT AWAY! EW EW EW EW STAY AWAY! PLEASE LEAVE ME ALONE!" It chased me around the area, with no help from a certain albino.
"Don't worry I'll get my reven-! STAY AWAY!"