And although time may take us into different places
I will still be patient with you
And I hope you know
I won't let go
About a month has passed since Gon's fight with Gido. Kil and I haven't done any practice with Nen. I wake up in Kil and my room late, it's probably the afternoon. Which meant Kil is with Gon practicing Ten. What to do, what to do? I feel as if I've done little the past month. At times like this makes me wish I could go back to Fairy Tail, where there's always something going on. A few times I thought about going back, but I know I can't though. I made a promise to Ging and I need that information about my dad. I decide to take a shower because it the best thing to do when thinking. I get out of bed and trudge towards the bathroom. I turn around and grab a towel and some clothes and head back towards the bathroom.
I started brushing my hair first so it would be easier to wash. I turn the knob more towards the cold side making sure it was just a little more on cold than warm. I stripped myself, throwing everything onto the other side of the bathroom, and stepped into the shower, letting the cool water hit me.
I finish washing myself, before turning off the water. Walking out of the shower I stare at my reflection. A girl, no older than 12, with white and black hair, showing an icy blue eye. Keeping the other hidden from sight by her hair. A white towel wrapped around her pale, 'frail' body. A black tail popping out from behind, dripping wet.
I smile at my reflection, before sighing. I need to tell them I think looking at my tail, that was making slight movements. I sigh once again, before putting on my clothes. I put on a white bra with a small red bow on the middle and white panties with the same design on. I put on black knee length short, and grab my white oversized t-shirt. Only for it to be drenched in water.
I sigh in frustration, it gets really annoying when this happens. Why must water find its way to the things you want to keep dry?
I grab a small towel and dry my tail first, then walk out as I dry my hair. Not noticing the door open, Kil walks in, "Rin wake up….." he trails off, I tilt my head at him. His face turns bright red and he looks to his left taking small glances of something. I look where he is looking.
I feel my cheeks heat up, as I wrap my arms around myself. "Oi, s-stop l-looking" I say with a stutter. His face turns even more red, if possible until he catches sight of something. I look back at where he is looking, and freeze.
I had to jinx myself because he is looking at my tail, that was moving side to side, at a fast pace. His face is still red, as I throw a pillow at him, that I somehow got. "Get out!" I scream at him, as he slams the door.
I slowly fall onto my knees, clutching the floor. 'Fuck. How am I supposed to explain it. I've gone so long without them noticing it. Why did I have to jinx myself!' I hurry up and put on a white T-shirt, while wrapping my tail around myself.
I stealthily walk out of the room, hoping nobody would notice. "Rin." I hear a voice say, that made me jump a little. I slowly turn my head, only to come face to face with Kil. 'Fuck. What am I supposed to tell him. That it was fake….no that won't work because it was moving… Umm it was magic….no, no, he would only get even more mad….. What did I tell Romeo and Wendy at first? Oh God please help. ' I pleaded to myself, as buckets of sweat began to drip from me. Ew, i'm going to need to take another shower.
"What was that?" he says looking away, cheeks red. I turn around, not wanting to even look at him, from both embarrassment and not wanting to crack.
"A-a-anyway, what did you want to say." I try and start up a different conversation before he could ask any more questions.
"O-oh yeah, I have something to tell you and Gon," he says still not looking my way and starts walking forward. I walk behind him, in silence we went.
Kil opens the door. "Gon, I got something good.." he says, dragging on his sentence. I stop behind him, unable to see what was beyond him. Move~
I push him to the side just enough so I can see what caught his attention. Seeing Gon performing handstands on the arm that was broken just a month ago. I whistled a low tune. "Woah, Gon. Fast healer, must I say" I say amused.
"Oh, Killua, Rin, I was just about to go and look for you," he says still upside down.
"Uh…." Kil said dragging his sentence, probably at a loss for words. He walks in, and I slam the door behind us.
"Are you really healed?" Kil asks, unable to believe what was in front of his eyes.
"Yeah!" Gon replys walking on his hands, towards us. "See!" Forcing himself up, He starts running on the spot with enough enthusiasm to rival happy's. "I'm perfectly fine!"
I laugh at him, a full blown laugh, "Man Gon, you have healing abilities that could rival Wendy's" The words slip out my mouth before I can prevent them.
"Who's Wendy?" he asks slightly curious.
I wave him off, "Nobody." I say with a small smile. Why do you lie, Rin?
"Anyways, what's your body made out of?" Kil says narrowing his eyes at Gon.
"How to answer that?." Gon says, thinking out loud, curiously eying Kil.
"You're weird," Kil says with a sigh "I'm surrounded by weird people."
I quickly interjected thinking of what Gon first said to me. "He's not weird, he's unique," I say with a small smile.
"So you admit you are weird," Kill says with a smirk.
"Yes," I say with a nod. "You've been saying that since day one?"
"Anyways as I was about to say, I got tickets." Kil says pulling out three tickets from his pocket.
"To what?" I question, wondering if we are going to see a movie or something. Heh, I'm in the mood for a movie.
"A fight, to be more specific. Hisoka's." This catches me off guard. I've never seen Joker fight, like getting serious. This might be interesting, I think with a slight smirk.
"But before we do that, Rin explain." Kil says in a demanding tone causing me to flinch and tense.
"Explain what?" I says trying to act innocent.
"That." He demands before pointing to my stomach, where my tail was wrapped.
I tilt my head to the side, not breaking my facade "What are you talking about, Killua? I don't understand."
"You know good and well what I'm talking about. Whatever is under your shirt."
I give him a sly smile. "You want me to take off my shirt, how naughty."
The albino's face turns a deep pink in a heartbeat. "Y-You know what I'm talking about."
"Well, I don't," Gon says, thoroughly confused.
"Fine I will tell you my secret. I..." I pause for a dramatic effect. "am into cosplaying."
The boys stare at me in utter confusion. I inwardly smirk, mentally thanking Wendy for the excuse she came up with months ago.
"Yes, it is something I did when I was bored. But now you know. Do guess know hard it was trying to hide my love of being a neko? Think about how I feel deprived of my beloved cat ears." I place my hand on my chest for dramatic effect.
The boys are speechless for some time. I do love cats, but I have never cosplayed in my life. Wendy told me giving a dramatic explanation like that will make people feel awkward and the tail thing will never be mentioned again.
"I've seen cosplay before, but I know fake tails don't move and act so well with the person's emotions," he says clearly frustrated that I was playing or messing around with him. But before I could say anything else Gon intersected clearly confused.
"Umm, what tail? And who has one?" he questions.
"She does! And I want to see if it is real or not!"
"How do you know she has a tail" Thinking back to what happened I couldn't prevent the blush that that lightly crossed my cheeks
"W-well I s-saw it," he stutters face all pink.
Gon looks even more confused until Kil whispers something in gons ear, in a really low tune, knowing I can hear him, but I only caught the words 'try' and 'that'.
Once Gon makes up his mind, he looks towards me with big wide eyes, sparkles and roses coming and blooming from behind him. Everything around just starts glowing and makes him look really adorable.
"N-no…" I say with a slight tremble trying to look away from his eyes, and having a difficult time at it. I remembered all the times Wendy did this to me, and how much it became less effective around me. I put on my best poker face I could offer at the moment, which wasn't that good, but still did the trick.
Seeing this wasn't working he adds more effect. Tears are pouring from his eyes, cheeks pick, and lips trembling. Shock fills me as I realize my true weakness is working on Gon. Tears. No matter the person, if I see them crying I just can't help myself
I fall to the ground helplessly as the two boys high five each other. I...I have to show them. I sigh and stand up. I point to the bed nearest to me. "Sit down if you want to see it." They stumble over to the bed and quickly sit down.
I once again find myself in the situation of showing off my tail to two comrades, the irony is pathetic. With a sigh, I begin to move my extra limb. Using the muscles in it as if it was another arm, I unraveled it from my body. It begins to move under my a shirt and I here the boys gasp. Soon, it's completely unwound and pokes out of the back of my shirt. It sways back and forth in front of the two and they stare at it with wide eyes. I move it to the side of my body so the boys have a better view of it. I actually feel kind of embarrassed showing it off.
"Can I touch it?" Gon ask, hand inching towards it. Hesitantly, I nod yes, not wanting to go through what I just went through. I sit down on the bed between the boys. With just a finger running along my tail, it send a wave of shock in me. No one's ever done that before. I think back to when Wendy and Romeo asked to touch it. Romeo was a bit too infatuated and tugged on it a bit hard. I didn't allow him to touch it again after that.
I remember the aching pain, then the soft cooling fingers of Wendy healing my aching tail. I could only smile as I thought about them, but was immediately pulled out from those thought when I heard a, "Me too"
Before I could say anything or protest, I felt cool hand handle the middle and warm hands at the edge. I am probably as red as a tomato right now, but it can't be helped. Since my tail was extremely sensitive. Imagine all the shivers running up my spine, even though it sounds weird, it felt really good. I shiver slightly as the pleasurable feeling runs from my tail and throughout my body.
"P-p-please s-stop," I manage to breath out, making them both halt in their movements. Ever so slowly they both retracted, as I breathe a sigh of relief. Hesitantly I look at both of them, Gon had his cheeks painted a deep red, while Kil's face was just stained red.
"My tail is really sensitive, so when you do something like that, I'll have that reaction." I say as everything goes silent.
"So what if I do something like this?" I hear Killua say not even hiding the mischief in his voice. Before I can say anything or object to whatever experiment he wants to try on me, I feel an extremely hard yank from my tail. I jolt right off the bed, holding my tail in pain. I look at the culprit, only to see him laughing and Gon with a worried expression.
"Oh, hehehehe," I hear Killua chuckle evilly, I look back at him, slightly scared at what he's going to do. A shadow covers his eyes, making it impossible to see what he's planning. He lifts his head, with the worst smirk on his face and a light shadow covering his eyes, he chuckles "I see, I see, This will be fun."
Oh god, please help I think as I start backing away from him, Then on a full sprint I run around the room, with Killua hot on my tail. Literally he is a few inches from yanking my tail. Using my last resort I jump behind Gon, using him as a shield.
"Don't bully Rin," Gon says sternly arms held across from each other. This causes Killua to halt in his tracks. He takes a good look at me, seeing my slightly shaken from his eyes wide.
"Sorry," he states softly yet still audible.
I look at him before apologizing, "No, it's also my fault for reacting like that, I should have told you more detail about my tail." I pause, " it's just that the way you react, was the same as someone I knew before pulling my tail, so the only thing I thought of, seeing your expression, was, well….run."
"Why are you apologizing, I told I was sorry for scaring you!" Killua exclaims
"No it's my fault!"
"I told you it's my fault"
"Mine!"
"Mine!"
"I said it mine, that's that!" I scream getting closer to his face.
"What don't you get, I said it was my fault. So i'm the one who has to be sorry!" He screams getting closer too.
"Mine!"
"Mine!"
"Mine!"
"Mine!"
We are up inches apart from each other, growling. I let a small laugh escape my mouth, "Pfft." Then it turns into a full blown laughter, the two boys joining in a couple of second later. "Well, that was unexpected." I say, the two boys nodding in unision.
"Well, as much as I would love to explain the rest of my tail to you, We have a match to watch, and a Liar-san to see." Realization hits them as I make my way to the door. I turn around tilting my head. "Well are you coming?"
(*|o|*)
"By the way, Kil. Where did you get those tickets?" I ask my albino friend, as the three of us walk towards a restaurant. "As a two hundreds fighter, I got dibs on tickets. These tickets to Hisoka's match are a really hot item. There are even scalpers hawking them," he says as I think of people swarming the booth of tickets, yelling a price for the precious slip of paper.
I can't help but pale at how messy that would be, but immediately snap out of when it I smell the nice, sweet smell of food. When we get to the restaurant I order a giant bowl of ramen, while Gon gets a chicken leg and rice, and Kil eats spaghetti.
"So, I've been gathering information," Killua begins. "It turns out Hisoka's the real deal. He has an 8-3 record, with six KOs. Each leading to death." Then what about the times he lost?
"But three lost matches," I say voicing in my thoughts.
"His three losses were due to forfeits."
"Forfeits?" both Gon and I ask at the same time.
"He reached the registration deadline. So he signed up for a fight, but didn't show," the albino says as if it was a wonder, then I realized it.
"That means…" I trail off, Kil nodding at me.
"Yeah, if Hisoka actually fights, he doesn't lose." Well shit, I knew something was up when he said three loses, but I never expected this. This unexpected development makes me look at my empty bowl of ramen.
"He's only given up a total of four points. One knockdown, three clean hits. He's as strong as a floor master." If a floor master is really strong, I worry how Gon will be able to beat him. I look Gon, determination written all over his face. I smile meekly seeing how pumped up he is.
"I'm in trouble…." Gon says as a small smile plays his way on his lips.
"Gon, do your best!" I say giving him a thumbs up. We, Killua, pays for our meal as we continue our conversation.
"So, his opponent is some guy named Kastro." I listen, my attention completely on the albino. "Two years ago, he claimed the sole knockdown against Hisoka. And of the four points scored against Hisoka, he's responsible for three." Damn he must be strong to get points from Joker.
"He scored three points points against Hisoka…" Gon mumbles
"You could say they have a history. Apparently, they both registered for the same day so they could fight each other. You should have the chance to analyse Hisoka's fighting style. Maybe we'll get to see him go all out." I nod, this seems to be a good chance to see what Gon has to go against.
"But is this ok? I promised Wing-san.." Gon says dejectedly while I also nod at this.
"Lier-san wouldn't be pleased…" I say and Kil just shook his head at us.
"It'll be ok! You'll just be watching a match." I pause smelling a familiar scent and look up before hitting the teacher. Unlike the other two who fell after bumping into him, I stood my ground.
"It's not Ok! Viewing a match counts as learning Nen!" To say he looks mad would be an understatement, he was furious that we would do something or suggest something like that.
"W-Wing-san…" Gon stutters.
"Don't scare us." Kil finishes. I stay silent knowing things are going to get bad.
"Gon-kun. Has your arm healed?" Lier-san asks, eyeing the body part.
"Y-yes! It's fine now." Gon replies
"Since he's recovered, he can watch the match, right?" Kil adds hopefully. I honestly hope Gon sees the fight, Seeing the fight first-hand is always better than a recording.
"No. I told Gon-kun to wait two months," he says sternly, as we all share a collective pout. "Gon-kun, you should spend one more month practicing Ten, and recover from your injuries." But he just said he's healed.
"Oh. Ok, I understand,"
"But he's healed! He should start getting used to using his arm again, and start practicing asap," I complain. Lier-san shook his head and started walking away.
"It's fine, Rin. Just one more month." I frown but nod none the less. "Oh well then. You'll just have to watch a recording. So I'll have to see it in person with Rin," Kil says, quite disappointed. I mean so am I, I would love to watch a fight with just the two of them.
"So is that a date?" I ask, as a blush slowly creeps its way to my face.
Killua's face also flushes, surprise written on his face. "I-It's not a d-date!" he stutters, running to our room. I blink for a few seconds before thinking back to what I said.
I just said it was a date, Juvia would say if she went anywhere alone with Gray, then it would be a date. So isn't it the same. I walk back to the room, opening the room with a nervous smile on, "This is my room too…" I trail off, not seeing the pillow aimed for my head.
"Don't come in now!" I hear Kil say as the room becomes nothing but swirls.
/*o*\
I stand by the door waiting for Kil to come out, "Hurry up Killua! I still need to get ready!" I yell through the door, only to hear a grunt in response. God he takes longer than Lucy, when she's in her shit-Erza's-going-to-kill-me mood. "Killua! If I die of old age, make sure everyone will know me as 'Rin the Mysterious'!"
He walks out the door as I finish my sentence, "I'm done, let's go," he says, calmly completely ignoring my previous comment.
"What do you mean 'let's go'?" I question "I still have to change." He raises an eyebrow at me.
"Then why didn't you go before?" he says turning around.
"Because, some damn idiot, locked me out of MY OWN ROOM!" I scream in his face, as he backs away rubbing his ears.
"Geez, go change now, and hurry up or we won't make it to see Hisoka's match."
I grumble under my breath and slam the door in his face just to get some revenge. I take off my over-sized t-shirt, and slip off my legging, leaving me in my undergarments.
I look through my shared closet that is mainly filled Kil's clothes, I start flipping looking for mine own clothing. After five minutes of searching I give up and grab one of Kil's shirt. It just so happened to grab his dark blue turtleneck. Pulling it over my head, I pull my black jeans up and take a white belt wrapping it around my waist. I grab my brush, brushing my hair quickly, not before checking my earring. I look at myself in the mirror, before grabbing my music player and sliding it into my back pocket.
Peeking my head out the door, feeling a sense of deja vu. "Rin," I hear someone sternly say from behind me. Yep, defiantly deja vu.
"Oh hey, Kil." I say knowing he is going to go off on me just like I did to him.
"Let's go we are already late," he says dryly. I nod and walk out after him.
Not once since we left the room has he looked at me. I guess that could work on my behalf since I'm sure he wouldn't want me in his clothing. But, oh well, what's done is done. "Oi, Kil. Are you okay?" I ask him, the silence getting to me. He is watching Kastro getting interviewed, which I completely block out, not wanting to know why a sane person would challenge Joker.
"Yeah, just thinking. Rin change of plans, we are checking something out," he says abruptly yanking my arm towards the elevator. As we wait for the elevator , he looks at me. It looks like he is about to explain his sudden actions, but he closes his mouth and looks me up and down. "Why are you wearing my shirt?! Don't you have your own clothes?!"
I only shake my head at him. "Took you long enough, and yes, I do have my own clothing, they were all dirty. So I put yours on, I don't see the big deal," I say as the elevator makes a 'ding' sound, the doors opening.
I look at the numbers go higher, wondering why we would go so high, then I thought of an idea 'Maybe we are checking on the enemy' Thinking this, I slowly lower my presence until it is completely gone.
Coming to a complete stop, we walk out. I see Kil looking around a corner then at a small pebble near his feet. He tosses over the rock in the opposite direction from we are, and then I notice the sounds of footsteps moving getting further and further. As we continue to walk closer to the edge, he hold out a hand, signalling for me to stop.
I comply, but not before getting a quick peek at this Kastro guy. He was nothing much from what I can see, but you must never judge someone off their appearances. I stay at the corner while Kil goes closer to the door. I remain on guard the entire time. When suddenly the man appears behind Kil, I get ready just in case he decided to do something.
"Was there something you need?" I froze still for a second before calming down. 'Teleportation?'
I spot Kil as he flinches. "W-well I was hoping for an autograph." I mentally face-palm, he really a bad actor, I bet Erza can out do him. If he told me we would have to put up a disguise in order to get in or something, I would have handled it.
I silently sigh, before I continue to listen to them. "From me? Oh, you honor me, Killua-kun" Kastro smiles as I tense back up, Kil frowns, and I get ready in a position to spring in at anytime and continue to listen.
"I keep tabs on all my two hundreds class. You're not with Gon or Rin?" he asks as I smile at him.
"Oh so you don't know everything." Kil smirks, while Kastro frowns clearly confused.
"Are you here to scout an opponent?" he asks quite cautious.
"Nope. I just wanted a closer look," the young albino claims, not once looking at me, knowing I hate it when the element of surprise is lost.
"You're pretty dang good." Kil replies with a smirk. Knowing that now was my time to shine.
"You know you should be more aware of your surroundings," I says from the spot I was once in, then quickly move to a heavily shadow area and blend in. He looks at the previous spot a bit shaken up, maybe just a little. "Because for all you know," I say once again before moving behind Kil.
He looks around before laughs. "Come out, I already know you're there, Rin."
I come out with a pout. "You're no fun, but heed my warning, and listen closely because you will be dying," I add the last part just because I wanted to shake him up, but he completely ignoring me and my warning.
"How did you do that just now?" Killua asks.
"Unfortunately, I can't tell you. After all, I might fight you someday," Kastro replies.
"Don't worry. I'm not interested in fighting here again," Killua states.
"Really? That isn't what your aura says," Killua glares at him. "That was a joke. I'll answer your question when we fight. I'll wait for you in Battle Olympia." Kastro leaves into his room, but before closing the door says, "I'm sure you can get there." He then slams the door.
"I told you I'm not interested in fighting!" Killua yell at the door. I tilt my head. "What?!" Killua asks, still angry.
"I thought you liked to fight."
"Not here…. It's different"
We walk to the elevator in silence, "Come on, let's finish our date," I say emphasizing of the date just so he could snap out of, and lucky me he did.
"I-It's nota d-date…" he stutters and turns away, I can only giggle at him.
"Yes, it's finally time..." the announcer Cocco raises her voice, showing as much excitement as she could express with every word muttered. "The long-awaited rematch between Hisoka and Kastro!"
Killua's eyes narrow when Kastro starts to speak, every word calm and collected. "I'm very grateful, Hisoka. If not for the initiation you grave me back then, I'd never have become this strong."
Joker chuckles at Kastro's words, smiling in glee as he taunts back. "You mean to imply that you're stronger now?"
"Just so you're aware, I never used my full strength in any of the nine matches after my loss to you. Those matches were nothing more than warm-ups to defeat you."
The ref brings down his hand, beginning the match.
Kastro raises his voice as the match began, signalling his move "Here I come!" Kastro charges towards Joker like bull after a red flag. Raising his hand like a claw, Kastro swings to his left.
Smiling with glee, Joker ducks. Then it happens like a delayed reaction. Joker gets hit, making him slide across the floor. I'm at a loss for words. No, I know Joker is a strong fighter. I know he is a strong yet psychotic fighter who rarely loses, but that doesn't seem to be the case.
"A clean hit!" Cocco declares proudly. "Kastro has landed the first strike!"
Kastro frowns, bringing his thumb up to point to himself. "Give me your best shot, Hisoka."
The crowd cheers as Cocco declares loudly, "Kastro is the one to land the first strike! Hisoka has surrendered the first point, after failing to avoid Kastro's swift chop!"
I gawk in realization. "Joker was caught off guard!?" I exclaim not knowing how this its possible.
"I'm not the same person I was two years ago. I won't hold back on my next attack," Kastro declares proudly, voided of any other emotion.
Hisoka stands up, smiling slyly. "You'll have my best shot when I deem it necessary."
"Very well. Then I hope you'll change your mind soon." The thoughts that are running free through my mind made me shiver, holding my arms as I think, 'Exactly what are you planning….. Joker?'
Kastro charges to Joker like the first time, missing the clown completely. Like the first swing, Hisoka has a delayed reaction when hit, as if Kastro is either extending his range, or moving faster than Hisoka can react.
"Again... I was sure he dodged that!" Killua speaks up.
"Yeah me too…I'm still trying to figure out how Kastro is doing it. It's like he is teleporting to another spot closer, catching him off guard," I blurt out.
Joker jumps back, landing on his feet. Kastro charges Joker, swinging frantically as he tries to get another hit. However, when Kastro swing it didn't feel frantic.
"What's wrong?" Kastro asks while grinning. "Will you just run around, rather than attack?" Bringing up his foot, Kastro delivers a kick to Joker right side. Joker blocks it with a frown. It seems as though he got distracted by something, and over all wasn't paying attention to the match. This allows Kastro to put all his power into the kick, which knock Joker down into the ground.
"Clean hit! And knockdown!" as the referee announces.
Cocco declares at the top of her lungs, "What an amazing start! Kastro has been knocking his opponent around! The score is now 4-0. However, are my eyes deceiving me?"
Kastro stares down at Hisoka "Have you still not changed your mind? Would you prefer to die ignorant?"
"C-Can you still fight?" the ref freaks out when Hisoka stares coldly at the man. Soon, Hisoka smiles, standing up like the hits he had just received did nothing to him.
"If I am not mistaken," Hisoka pat the concrete dust of himself, before turning to smile in glee at Kastro "You seemed to disappear..."
"That's right!" Cocco yells. "He disappeared! That's what I saw!"
No, it's like he's changing positions, closer and more accurate. I'm still stuck on teleportation, but that may not be it. If he was going to use teleportation, why not just use it to sneak up on him instead of getting closer?
"No," Hisoka thinks out loud, while grasping his chin, "that is not an accurate description. You were readying a kick from the front, when suddenly, you were behind me. I suppose that would be more precise." So it is teleportation, but something doesn't feel right.
Hisoka looks down on Kastro, while holding out his hand in a calm manner as if every piece of the jigsaw puzzle had just fallen into place "But that doesn't sound right...something is off." For once I have to agree with you Joker, what trick does this dirty old man have up his sleeve.
"Yes," Hisoka makes a moan of appreciation as his eyes looks over Kastro. "I feel I'm missing something very basic here..."
"It's futile. If you continue to run in circles, you'll never learn the truth. Because I'm done waiting. I'll take your arm with my next strike."
Joker frowns at Kastro, looking as though the man had said something stupid.
When Kastro fails to get a reaction from his opponent, he continues to egg Hisoka on, enticing the man to fight. "If you still will not attack, then so be it." Kastro raises his arms, holding out both hands in a similar shape to dragon claws. "It seems you weren't good enough."
The crowd cheers as someone vaguely mentions that Kastro is about use 'Tiger Bite Fist'.
"Huh. Tiger Bite Fist… Kil what's that?" I ask him, seeing as he clenches his teeth.
Raising a finger, Kil describes the ability "That technique can split a tree in two, when used by a master."
"That's...cool" I nod, now understanding. The air in the room suddenly changes drastically, feeling more dangerous. And the one emitting that kind of danger isn't Joker's, but Kastro.
"Here I come!" Kastro declares aggressively as he charges down Hisoka like a raging bull.
Smiling in glee, Joker holds out his left arm, egging Kastro to take it. "Go ahead and take it."
"Not worried, huh? Or is this meant to be a trap? Either way," Kastro jumps into the air, ready to take the man's arm. "I'll take your arm!" When Kastro strikes Jokers's left arm, he suddenly disappears, leaving the man's arm intact.
When Kastro reappears, he was behind Hisoka's back "Your other one." Everyone panics as Joker's right arm is forcibly removed. I grin at the sound. Cocco yells at the top of her lungs for the whole crowd, "Hisoka's right arm has been severed!"
"You shouldn't assume that I'll act the way you want."
Joker's lips part slightly as he turned to Kastro, smiling like a maniac whose arm had not just been removed "This was just part of the plan." Kastro reels back his arm to strike Joker, "What crap." he brings his arm back, delivering a heavy blow to Joker, knocking the man backwards. Joker slides to a stop, unfazed by the attack.
"Have we ever seen Hisoka in such a perilous situation?" As Joker catches his left arm with a smile, Cocco is still yelling."He's taken considerable damage!"
Joker chuckles; smiling mischievously at Kastro like nothing had happened. "I understand. Your ability is, in fact, a double."
"Impressive," Kastro smiles. "You are correct."
"A double? What does he mean?" Killua speaks up, drawing my attention.
"Maybe, just maybe. He might be making a clone. At first I thought it was teleportation, but when Joker said double, clones suddenly same to mind," I add in my opinion, hoping he might understand some of this. Though I don't know if it was wrong, but I highly doubt that.
Kastro holds out his hand, creating an exact duplicate of himself for the whole arena to see. The crowd freaks out as Killua states, "Then it isn't an illusion! When Kastro attacked, there really were two of him."
"What is going on here?" Cocco asks just as confused as the rest of the crowd. "Kastro has split into two? Cloned himself? Instead of disappearing, he's multiplying! Does he actually have a twin?"
Really…did you see two of the same people walk onto the stage. No, don't ask retarded questions, even if it is for entertainment.
"Is this your doppelganger?" Hisoka asks as he uses his dismembered arm to scratch himself.
God damn it! This man is so crazy... he's using his dismembered arm like a back scratcher. And why isn't he bleeding? Is he somehow using his Nen to stop the bleeding? Can Nen do that?
"Indeed," Kastro and his doppelganger spoke at the same time, making it harder for me to understand what the hell was going on. If I remember correctly, a doppelganger was when two people look and act the same.
"I listened to your warning." As joker speaks, he stops using his arm like a portable backscratcher "and I watched carefully, rather than run. And it turns out my deduction that you disappeared was correct. So why did I question that description? That's because I sensed your presence beside me. In fact, right before you disappeared, I felt a new presence." Hisoka smiles ever so slyly, happy to have figured out how the ability works "You duplicate yourself before disappearing."
Both Kastros speak at the same time. "I'm impressed that you managed to figure that out. I was able to successfully create a double with Nen. My double goes on the attack, while I hide in the shadows." The two Kastros merge together to create one before he continues. "As soon as you react, I dismiss my double, and attack."
I smirk. "That actually is cool concept... but it has weakness... doesn't it."
"Huh?" Killua ask.
I turn slightly to answer Killua's confusion. "Well, it's more of an assumption... everything thing has a weakness, that can be exploited... Father usually pointed them out while training. He would name weakness after weakness, I would be so caught up in trying to get rid of those weakness I would forget my strengths. But then after a while, he would point out my strengths, making me notice that I wasn't distracted, It would make me realize that I was aware of my weaknesses and caused me to tighten up my guard."
Killua nods at me, which made me smile. Killua thinks out loud as he looks back to the fight "Everything has a weakness, but what if they don't?" Killua asks which catches me off guard.
Smirking widely, I reply in a calm yet threatening tone, "You make one."
"Naturally," Kastro frowns at Joker, "my double is no mere illusion. It exists as a second me until I send it away. You know this after suffering an attack from my double. In other words, you must fight both of my selves."
Kastro takes a step out, holding his Tiger claws out. "This is the true 'Tiger Bite Fist', completed through the mastery of Nen. I call it the 'True Tiger Bite Fist'!"
Hisoka smiles in glee as I snicker at him.
"Can't you name it something not so…plain and boring?" I ask aloud. "Like 'The Shadow Tiger Bite Fist'. No, no, shadow's my thing… Then why not' Double Impact Tiger Bite Fist'!"
Killua snickers. "Seriously... you're thinking of other names for such a dangerous technique?"
I smile in glee, "Yup, it's never too late to rename a cool attack like that. Cool attacks deserve cool names. Like 'Roar of the Fire Dragon' or 'Urano Metria'."
Killua his usual 'you're weird' and directs his attention back on the fight.
Cocco roars at the top of her lungs "Incredible! We have an upset in the making! Hisoka, the winner two years ago, is in deep trouble! Will Kastro be able to avenge his previous defeat?"
Kastro pulls his arms back. "Next, I will take your left arm. Will you continue to act disinterested?"
Joker's lips part slightly, slowly twitching into a smile "Hmm, let's see..." He licks his lips in anticipation, eyes narrowing on the man. "I think I have a little motivation now."
Joker twirls his dismembered hand on his finger. No one will like to know what he's thinking about, well, I'm sure I don't. Smiling, Hisoka put his arm in his armpit and reaches around to his pocket. He produce a large sheet and carefully wrapped his arm around it.
"What's this?" Cocco asks in confusion. "Hisoka has covered his right arm with a scarf?"
Hisoka smiles, looking more menacing than he had earlier. "Shall I demonstrate my power of clairvoyance?" He throws his arm in the scarf up into the air, only to have cards fall out of the scarf.
"WOW!" Cocco cheers in surprise. "His right arm has disappeared, and cards rained down! What does he intend to do?!"
"Now, then..." Hisoka drawing everyone's attention to the card lying on the floor. "I have cards here, from one to thirteen. Pick a number from these, and picture it in your head."
"Ok.." I look back at him. Most people would pick a lucky number at times like this, but I do the exact opposite. I close my eyes and think of my unlucky number: my age at the time Father left.
Hisoka raised a finger, smiling as he looked into Kastro's eyes "Are you ready? Once you have your number, add four,"
14..
"and double the result."
28…
"after that, subtract six,"
22…
"and divide by two."
11….
"Finally, subtract your original number,"
1…..
"and what do you have?"
"I already know your answer." Joker smiles, raising both arms. He reaches into the arm that Kastro had severed. Jokers starts fiddling around with the wound for moment. He then pulls out a card, showing it to Kastro "The answer is one."
"This is very strange..." Cocco declares loudly, unsure of what is going on. "Insane! A satanic magic trick! And he's incorporated his own injury into the trick!"
I raise an eyebrow from Cocco's rant. "I don't think it's satanic... just messed up. Wouldn't you agree Kil?" When I turn to look at Killua for reassurance, I was met by Killua's wavering eyes. For some reason I felt the urge to hug him, there and then. But decided against it and turn back to the fight.
"The trick is worth no points. That had no effect on the match, but he's performing tricks! Hisoka is being totally bizarre again!"
"Isn't he always bizarre?" I object with a huff. "I don't see that guy being sane, for a second of his life..."
Joker throws the card at one of the two Kastros with a smile. "You may keep this as a souvenir."
Kastro hit the card away, growling aggressively at Joker. "Scumbag. I will sever your left arm, so you can never mock anyone again."
Joker holds out his arm with a smile, offering it to Kastro. "Did you not hear me the first time? You may have it."
"Your wish will be granted!" the second Kastro charges Hisoka.
"Whoa! One of the Kastros is charging forward!" When Kastro rips of Hisoka's arm, Hisoka remained unfazed. "Hisoka has sacrificed his one remaining arm! What was he thinking?!"
When IS that guy EVER thinking...?
The Kastro suddenly disappears, leaving behind nothing. Hisoka smiled in glee. "As expected, you attacked with your double. Had you, yourself, attacked, I would have countered." Hisoka pulls his left arm behind his back, showing it quite attached and in working condition "With this."
Just now, there was strings attached to his arm, bring it back and attaching it back on. Though I doubt it would be fixed. His aura, that pink looking substance wrapped around his severed arm, acting as glue. "I can see it…" I let an inaudible whisper escaped my lips.
"HUH? His severed right arm has been restored!" Cocco yells in disbelief.
Joker chuckles, as Kastro looked at Joker in disbelief, wondering how he had managed to regenerate his arm, or at least reattach it. "This is another magic trick. Can you guess the secret behind it?"
Joker's eyes go wide, making me look away in disgust.
"Please, don't make that disturbing expression." Hearing a chuckle, I turn back to the fight. "What's wrong?" He asks once again calmly.
"Are you frightened? You're surprised because you don't understand my trick. That's how magic works. Your power to create a double is certainly magnificent. But now I understand your ability." Joker raise his hand casually as he smiles innocently at the floor. "I can also anticipate how you will attack with your double. And I know how to counter that attack. It's quite unfortunate."
Joker paces himself slowly to Kastro, looking down on the man he once enjoyed toying with. "You have the talent to become a skilled opponent. That was why I spared your life. Here is a prediction...you will die, in a frenzied dance."
Kastro clenches his teeth together hard, furious at the fighter. He jumps into the air growling in anger "Silence!" Kastro split, choosing to attack Joker at both sides. Much to Kastro's dismay, Hisoka chose to face only one of them with an evil glare.
As Joker dodges all of the doubles attacks, he taunts Kastro, "Doubles are created in the original image, so they tend to be pristine. But you can't recreate every effect of an ongoing battle."
Kastro's eyes widen, slowly looking down at his clothing. As he spots a blood stain on his clothing, Joker smiles "Oh? Did you not realize this?"
Kastro frantically charges Joker, losing sight of everything around him. All of a sudden Joker's dismembered left hand comes flying, with the pink aura string attached to it, punching Kastro in the face.
"What is going on here? The sequence of events is impossible to understand! Is this another of Hisoka's tricks?"
"Don't bother." Joker turns, looking slightly in the direction of the stumbling Kastro. "I hit you in the chin, so you'll have difficulty moving for a while. Meaning that you won't be able to evade my next attack."
Cards jumped from the floor, aiming for the drunken Kastro. "You can't create another double." The first two of Joker's thirteen cards, hit Kastro on the left arm, making it sway frantically to how Joker predicted Kastro's death. "You need intense focus to create a double with Nen." The next two cards hit Kastro's right arm. "The only reason you were able to use doubles freely" another two hit Kastro on the left leg this time as Joker continues to freely explain without any worries "was because you had a normal state of mind."
The next two cards hit Kastro's right leg, making the man dance in disbelief, arms swaying around the air freely. "Using Nen to replicate and manipulate" Three cards plunged into Kastro's chest as Joker continues to explain the situation to Kastro "something as complex as a human being" another two hit Kastro in the chest "is extremely difficult."
Kastro dropped to his knees, unable to move. "Just how difficult is it? By the time you've learned to use a double, you've forgotten how to use Nen for anything else. I call that running out of memory." Joker finally turns, facing the now defeated Kastro. "You lost because you wasted memory space."
After Joker's speech, Kastro fell backwards on the floor, unable to get back up again. The crowd roars in disbelief, I can't comprehend what was going on just now. At first the hits, then doubles, then the limbs, and magic trick, and dancing, and, and, and…it kept going on and on. I turn towards my companion, in the same state as I am.
I stare down at the ring, not able to peel my eyes away from Joker. He then looks up and right at me. Any in my situation would think he is probably just staring off into the crowd, but that's not the case. Our eyes lock and for a moment, everything seems to fade. It is just Hisoka and I, dozens of meters away, yet it feels like I'm right next to him. My blood runs cold as he licks his lips and mouths, "I will get you too, Rin-chan."
I feel a hand touch me and I snap out of the stare down. I look over to see Killua staring at me confused.
"Kil, you go explain to Gon, I'm going to think about what just happened." Before he could oppose I was already out the doors.
I walk the halls aimlessly, not knowing what to do. I should go back to the room now, it's been about twenty minutes and Killua and Gon may be worried. After that thing last month, I doubt they would want me running away again. I sigh and head in the direction where the vending machines are; I'm craving for something sweet at the moment.
I turn the corner to see Joker purchasing something from the machine. I want to leave or hide in the shadows, but our eyes meet and there's no time to go. Joker smirks at me and says, "Why hello, Rin-chan."
The way he says my name makes a chill run down my spine. I clench my fist and look him straight in the eyes. I don't want to look weak and cowardly, that will only make the man's ego enlarge. I don't want to think about what he said not too long ago although the words haven't left my mind yet. "Joker," I say sternly, acknowledging his presents.
"Still using nickname, I see?"
"Well you rather I call you 'clown', because you look like one."
He chuckles as if I told a joke. "Children will be children. I saw you watching my match."
"What of it?" Slightly curious as to what he wants to get out of me watching his match. I don't know why this man is so...fixated on me.
"Are you interested in me?"
The question makes me want to barf. What the hell is this creep talking about? "I was focused on your fighting style. I wanted to have a better view of it so I know how to kick your ass when the time comes for me to do so."
"What a coincidence, because I'm also interested in your fighting. I've only seen you a few times, and you were simply kicking people." This dude was watching my fight, does this dude not have anything to do in his free time besides stalk little girls. "I also wonder why someone like you, who has already achieved their Ten, is hang around those two novices. And don't try to deny it either. I felt it that day when we got our licenses, you let just a bit of your power slip. It didn't go unnoticed, though."
He takes a few steps closer to me, shortening the space that separates us. His yellow eyes stare into my one visible blue one. He stops once there's only about a meter between us. "Tell me, Rin-chan. What exactly are you hiding from us all? I know you have some kind of secret that you don't want those little friends of ours to know. You were even covering up you gender, so I can only assume you have something much bigger under wraps."
The tension in the room builds and his words seem to weigh me down. He says everything with a lightness in his tone and a smirk on his face, but I know there's a dark aura behind it. And his invasion on my personal space only makes me more uneasy. I know this man is not one to be played with and I can't take him lightly. I begin to form a ball of light in my right hand. His eyes leave mine and land at the glowing mass in my hand.
"Oh, so you're going to show me," he say as if it's the most delightful thing. The statement makes me freeze. He can see it? I thought people in this world can't see my magic. I asked everyone in the room that day if they could see and it and they said there wasn't a thing. Can he because he has Nen?
I try not to let the question faze me. I keep my eyes hard as I can, not showing any form of cowardness. "What the hell do you even want to know?" I snap.
"My dear, precious Rin~chan, You should already know what I want," he say it, like asking for my name or an easily given item. He takes a step closer the me, but I don't move.
I then pick up a scent that smell vaguely familiar. I try not to let it distract me from the task at hand, but a nagging part in the back of my head is curious. From behind me, I hear the sound of footsteps, but that isn't the direction where the smell is coming from. That isn't important right now, Rin.
"There's nothing different about me," I stare to the man. "I'm just a girl who lets action speak a bit louder than her words. You know not everything I say can be true, but actions seem to never lie."
"Right you are, and I'm also interesting in your action. Why you do what you do. Everything about you is just interesting." Why do I seem to attract all the pedophiles!? The man takes another step so there is little space between us "You intrigue me, my dear Rin~"
I raise my fist so I can punch Joker, preferably his face. He moves out of the way before I can touch him. I realize a moment later that he wasn't just moving, but dodging. The instant his body moves from in front of me, a ball of fire sails right over me. I have no time to react before a figure moves past me in a blur and towards Joker. My eyes widen as I turn to see the person. They are throwing punches at Joker, hands engulfed in flames. The person, about my size, lands a single punch on the man. Joker, shocked from the impact, jumps a few meters away from his attacker.
"Well, it seems like another problem child has joined us," he says with a smirk.
"Rin!" two familiar voices shout in unison. I look behind me to see Killua and Gon staring wide eyes at me.
"My, my," Joker says with a shake of his head. "This is a fighting arena, not a daycare. I will be taking my leave. See you later Rin-chan and company."
I could care less about the pedophile, my attention long departed from him. My eyes aren't even on Killua or Gon. I'm too distracted to register the questions Gon and Killua throw at me. My stare is directed to the raven haired boy in front of me. His face is deprived of his usual grin, I smile at the boy who I haven't seen in over months. I stare into his dark purple eyes as if they were the only thing in the whole room.
The boy takes a few large steps towards me. He practically throws himself at him, wrapping his arms around my body.
"Rin," Romeo says, as if my name is a prayer. "Finally. I finally found you."
Omake
"OMG, I can't believe you're here," Rin said.
"I know," Romeo commented with a smirk. "Guess I can add to these things." And lowly whispers, "And your harem."
"Hell no," Killua exclaimed.
"Who else is in it?" Gon questioned with the cock of his head.
"What is that?" Zushi asked.
Hisoka peeks around the corner with a smirk.
"Where's the female population?" Rin deadpans. "It's just me a Pika at this point."
"Kurapika is a guy," Gon says.
"What is this world coming to!"
"Who?" Romeo chimes in.
I'm sorry to say this, but I'm gonna be on a mini vaca, maybe a month or two. I don't know if you've heard but, on the coast we have Hurricane Mathew and I live on the coast, so we are going to be evacuating soon and I won't have time to type or post, not like i do any way, but after thats settled i still have school and a whole bunch of other drama. So sorry in advance.