DISCLAIMER: HUNTER X HUNTER AND IT'S CHARACTERS ARE ABSOLUTELY NOT MINE.
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Ah! A beautiful morning to you, Viento! It's morning, right? But it's still as dark as night. It's two a.m.
I feel really good today! I am already sixteen years old! Ahm..well, I know that my family won't ever celebrate such unimportant occasion, especially like this that the celebrant is the least important member of the family –me. But it's okay. I am still as happy as I can be. My nii-san is here with me.
He went inside my room last night. Well, what would you expect me to do? I took him in. And he started to tell me something strange.
"My child, even if I'm gone, you'd stay good, ne? If you miss me, just look up into the sky and I'll be there," he said stroking the strands of hair on my sweaty face.
"Don't speak of such terrible thing, nii-san. You love me, right? If you love me you won't leave me," I said looking into his eyes.
He never answered me. He just smiled.
I never fully understood what he was trying to tell me. But by the lonely tone of his voice, ah! I really don't know!
I don't care at all. What's important is to have him beside me, right, my friend?
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It was morning. The fog rising from the earth cleared up to reveal the surface of the famed peak of Kukuruu Mountain. But an eerie flapping of wings could be heard every now and then.
The phone of the Zaoldyeck household rang. Zeno answered the call. "Yes, Goto? What is it?"
"Please look into the window, master. There is a commotion here in the servant's quarter. There are winged creatures all over the place. The servants are afraid to go outside," came the reply.
Zeno opened the curtains. He was astounded. A flock of dragons! How could it be? These creatures are thought to be extinct. Well, seems like that theory of extinction isn't true.
"I see it now," he said to the person on the next line. "Command all servants to stay inside the quarters. Lock the doors. Alright?"
"How about you, master?" the chief servant asked.
The old Zaoldyeck laughed. "Hey, why do you worry about us? This is our home. We are the masters here." He ended the call.
He turned to look at Silva still gazing at those deadly monsters, their golden eyes shining under the beams of the rising sun. But that fascinated gaze turned into a shocked one as the dragons transformed into humans clad in white clothing, hairs falling cascading to their feet , and faces as beautiful as those of angels. The shock grew even more terrible as the windows of the castle opened without the movement of their hands.
Zeno stepped back as those lovely creatures flew till three of them were inside the very place the two patriarchs were standing.
"By the power bestowed upon me me by the mighty dragons of the sky, I demand you to bring the sacrifice before us," a man in a flowing white robe said in a powerful voice.
"What sacrifice are you talking about, my friends?" Zeno asked albeit confused.
That beautiful face remained calm. "We know very well that the sacrifice is here. I saw him myself ."
Silva stepped forward in defense of his father. "Excuse me, but as I see it, you are barking at the wrong tree. I can't allow any person to step inside my house an accuse my family of something we don't know anything about. Moreover, I think you are committing trespassing as of this moment."
The man in a knight attire beside the robed guy frowned in seeming annoyance. "How dare you insult His Reverence!"
But the leader of the group remained as calm as ever. "Do not let anger devour you, Sanghyun." Then he turned his face back to Silva. "Sire, I know he is inside your abode. Just hand him over us and we will leave you peacefully as soon as we perform the ritual."
"What ritual?" Zeno asked.
The Sanghyun guy raised his sword to strike the teasing old man but the leader stopped him. "How many times will I ever tell you to hold your violent emotions?"
"I apologize, Your Reverence."
"Are you a priest?" Silva asked.
"Not just a priest, you scum! The Highest Priest of the Temple of the Great Spirits!" Sanghyun interrupted.
"Well, I guess you are wasting our time, my friends. Hand him to us," the priest said.
Zeno shrugged. "How would we hand that person to you if we don't even know his name?"
"Perhaps you know Feitan?"
The Zaoldyecks looked at each other. "FEITAN?!"
"Father? Who are they?" Silva heard a voice behind him. It was Alluka walking hand on hand with his "nii-san".
The high priest smiled. "The Spirit of the Heavens are giving the favor to us. The sacrifice is here."
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Feitan looked at the faces in front of him. "Yo," he said. "This one is the high priest if I'm not mistaken."
Alluka looked at him then at the priest. "Nii-san, you know him?"
"Not exactly, my child," he answered cupping those cheeks with his palms. "My dear, I am going to die now. Promise me you'll be a good child alright?"
"Die? They'll kill you?" Alluka asked horrified. "No! I won't let them! I will protect you nii-san!"
"Ah, you don't understand. If I die, if I get burned and become ashes, eternal youth will be yours my child."
Tears welled on those purple-gray eyes. "I don't want to stay young forever if it means living without you! I will die with you if I have to!"
The other people in the house went out in their rooms to watch the scene.
"Killua, what is happening, ne? Who are these pretty people around? They do have gold eyes like Mr. Feitan. Why is Alluka-chan crying? It's his birthday, right?"
"Yeah, Gon."
Leorio shook his head. Kurapika stared blankly at the windows as those majestic beings floated in the air.
The high priest shook his head. "A waste of time indeed," he whispered silently and opened his book. He took untied the shroud tied to his waist and veiled his head with it.
"Hear the words of eternal freedom, oh children of the skies!" he declared in a loud voice. "The skies will shine as bright as the sun. The moon will be shattered into priceless diadems. And the Fires of Heaven shall descend upon the face of the earth! A gift of the hundred years has finally come! Oh, Holy Fire, consume our souls!"
"OH, HOLY FIRE, CONSUME OUR SOULS!"
"Hark! The Divine Flame is showering it's glory upon His lowly children! Hail the Fires of Heaven!"
"HAIL THE FIRES OF HEAVEN!"
"They're chanting!" Kurapika said. "Feitan, if you are truly in love with Alluka, you must leave right now!"
He looked around. Alas! Every side of the castle was surrounded by those flying creatures! There was no way they could pass through.
"He showered His glory upon His lowly children! Hail the Fires of Heaven!"
"HAIL THE FIRES OF HEAVEN!"
Alluka wept louder than ever as he saw a sparkling flame pull Feitan away and wrap him in a burning embrace.
"My child, promise me you'll behave properly, ne? You also need to learn how to take care of yourself, okay? And don't ever run away from your home again, my dear. You might get lost in the city."
"As beautiful as the majesty of a thousand flowers! Hail the Fires of Heaven!"
"HAIL THE FIRES OF HEAVEN!"
Alluka tried to use his nen but the pressure of the chanting voices hindered him from doing so. Even Silva, Zeno, Kurapika and the rest tried to prevent the cruel ritual but even their ten seemed to be blocked by the powerful nen of those beautiful beings.
"He turned His merciful eyes towards His lowly children! Oh, Holy Flame consume our souls in Your loving care. Hail the Fires of Heaven!"
"HAIL THE FIRES OF HEAVEN!"
Alluka knelt on the floor. "Please I beg you! Don't kill my nii-san, please! I beg you!"
"As glorious as the face of the rising sun! Hail the Fires of Heaven!"
"HAIL THE FIRES OF HEAVEN!"
"Nii-san!"
"My child, I'm giving my last gift to you now. But I can't hand it to you personally. Please forgive me."
"It's not your fault, nii-san! It's this stupid priest and his fires! But I can't get you out of that big thing."
"As merciful as a mother's bosom! Hail the Fires of Heaven!"
"HAIL THE FIRES OF HEAVEN!"
The priest removed the veil from his head. " Oh, merciful Spirit, we offer to you our choicest gift. Accept our sacrifice!"
"ACCEPT OUR SACRIFICE!"
The fire suddenly vanished. Feitan dropped into the floor. Alluka caught him in his arms. "Nii-san, please don't leave me! Please!"
Feitan forced his lips to smile.
"Spirit of the Highest Heavens, accept our sacrifice!"
"ACCEPT OUR SACRIFICE!"
Alluka brushed his lips on that beautiful face he adored so much.
"Spirit of the Highest Heavens, accept our sacrifice!"
"ACCEPT OUR SACRIFICE!"
All of a sudden, the once that dainty figure was broken into ashes. Alluka shook his head, tears falling down his face. "Nii-san!" He tried to catch the smallest remains of his beloved, but even those were deprived to him, blown by the wind towards his face.
The high priest smiled with seeming satisfaction at the success of the ritual. He closed the book. "Now, people of the skies, the Great Spirits had accepted our offering." Then he turned his face towards Alluka. "Now, young man, since your beloved's ashes were sprinkled to your very face, you shall receive the gift every person in your world would ever envy --the gift of eternal youth."
Alluka remained clutching his hair fiercely still weeping.
Illumi blinked as the golden-eyed creatures flew away to the skies. He walked towards his younger brother crying so silently. "Alluka.." There was no answer. "Alluka.."
Every person gasped in horror as the once silent yet joyful Alluka jumped out of the windows of that tower, six hundred meters above the stony ground.
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Killua stood still as the chaplain performed the funeral rites on the very spot where his brother died. He sighed as his father Silva marked the grave with a tombstone.
"Ne, Killua, don't be so sad. Na... It will never happen again."
"You're right, Gon. It will never happen again because it happened already," the silver-haired young man said bowing his head.
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THE END.
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WHOooohoooooo yeah! I finished it! Ai, ai, ai, ai,ai ! I will have peace of mind regarding this fic. Oi, oi, oi, oi, oi! Haha!
Well, did it really suck? Hehe.
Please review just the same if you have sufficient time. haiiiiii!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
TC always you and GOD Bless.
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