Sakurai: I'm going to try something new. I'm going to try putting up a new chapter every one or two days. It seems like a lot but I've got a good feeling about this story and I want it online as soon as possible. I might or might not be able to do it.
Kazuki: With my help, I'm sure you'll be able to accomplish you goal. I am excellent at getting important documents finished quickly.
Sakurai: Wow… you're trying to encourage me while complimenting yourself?
Kazuki: Yes, yes I am. But since I am part of your imagination, you are talking to yourself now.
Sakurai: So you're like, my other personality… but you're a guy!
Kazuki: You are kind of manly when you're tired because you walk around in your underwear and tank top then drink milk from the carton.
Sakurai: Kazuki! That was supposed to be a secret!
Kazuki: Hahaha. That's what you get for making me do all the cooking!
Sakurai: But were the same person!
Kazuki: hehe Sakurai and I don't own HxH or any of the characters. All rights to Riku belong to us.
Sakurai: Here we go...
Killua's PoV
"Come in!" The higher-than-expected pitched voice called.
The three of us walked into the kitchen. Why the first room you come to after you go through the front door is the kitchen, I will never know. We looked around trying to the owner of the voice, but saw no one.
"Heelllloooo…" Leorio was never the best with his manners. Kurapika immediately shushed him, saying that Miss Riku-Sama might be working in her office or somewhere else where she needs quiet.
"Reyolio, if you get us fired from this job, I will kill you. And that is not an empty threat."
Kurapika tried calling for that lady also. "Miss Riku-Sama? We are the new guards you have hired. Do you want us to come back later?"
"No! One minute please!"
The voice seemed to be coming from the end of the long hallway to our right. To be polite, we waited in the living room. (It was connected to the kitchen.) 1 Minute went by. Then 2, then 3.
Then we heard a small scream and a very soft thud. The three of us immediately ran to the end of the hallway and pushed open the door. We came into a large bedroom. Almost double the size of a normal bedroom.
We searched the room with our eyes until they landed on the owner of the voice we've been hearing. There was a girl about my age sitting on the floor at the end of the bed. She was surrounded by lots and lots of photos and a shoebox.
I immediately guessed what happened. The girl tripped, screamed because she was falling, and the pictures she was holding in the shoebox fell out. Kurapika walked over to the girl, carefully avoiding stepping on the pictures. He helped the girl stand up straight and that's when we finally got a good look at her.
She was petite and shorter than all of us at about 5'3. Me being the shortest at 5'7. The girl had long golden semi-wavy hair pulled into high pigtails. And the thing that stood out most about her was two of the biggest bluest eyes I have ever seen.
She dusted off her skirt gently and faced us again. I was still trying to figure out who this girl is and why she was here. Maybe Miss Riku-Sama had a daughter or a niece.
The girl tilted her head to the side a little and smiled. "Nice to meet you!" She said "My name is Riku Shirasai. And what might your names be?"
Riku. Riku. Why did that name seem familiar? Ah, that's right! Riku is the name of the lady that hired us! So this girl has the same name as our employer.
"My name is Kurapika." He said with a bow "It is nice to finally meet you Miss Riku-Sama."
Wait, what?
Riku smiled again. "No need to be so formal. Just call me Riku!"
"It is a pleasure to be working for you Riku" He said with another bow.
Then Kurapika turned to us, with his back facing Riku. He mouthed words to us, without a sound. His mouth said, "She is our employer. Introduce yourself."
"I'm Killua." I said coldly, still in shock.
Then Leorio grabbed Riku's two tiny hands into his and shook then up and down vigorously. Surprise was clearly shown on her face, mixed with a bit of embarrassment and discomfort.
"Well hello there!" That idiot old man exclaimed "My name is Leorio and I'm very very happy to be working for you. But I didn't think I'd be working for such a CUTE girl like you. Hehe Luucky mee!"
I sweat-dropped as Kurapika tried to unsuccessfully pry the two of them apart, without hurting Riku.
The more Riku pulled away from Leorio the more he pulled her closer. I was about to barf. I mean, just how creepy can this guy get? Suddenly Kurapika pried Riku's hands loose and she went flying. She landed hard on the floor.
While Kurapika was busy beating Leorio, I went over to her and pulled her off the ground.
"You okay?"
She nodded. I saw her eyes dart past me and towards Leorio.
"Don't mind him. He's just plain creepy and perverted." I patted her on the head to show that there was nothing to be afraid of.
She nodded again. Something was strange here. She seemed to be thinking hard about something.
I turned to Leorio and hit him on the head, adding to the bumps created by Kurapika. He growled at me and was about to hit back when Riku said something very quietly.
"Can you repeat that?" I asked
"I said; you all would have been dead by now."
"…"
We just stared at this strange girl. Since no one spoke, she decided to continue.
"If I was an actual threat, then you would've been killed at least two times each."
At this comment, my stubborn side kicked in. "oh, really?
"Yes really."
"Would you care to explain how such a thing could happen?"
"For starters, you," Riku said pointing to Kurapika, "had the chance to be either killed or harmed greatly when, one, you helped me up and then, two when you turned your back on me to whisper to your friends."
Being the professional person that he was, Kurapika bowed and apologized. Leorio being the annoying person that he was, butted in during Kurapika's apology.
"What did I do wrong? How could someone have killed me?"
Riku giggled softly and responded, "When you were happily shaking my hands of course! One good kick to the stomach of someone like you and you'd be lying on the floor in pain right now."
Leorio, unhappy that he was being insulted, crossed his arms and leaned against the wall. He looked at all of us quietly. Finally, that big mouth of his was silent. I was beginning to like this Riku girl a little.
I was smiling at Leorio when Riku decided it was my turn to be insulted.
"You know, I've seen some people that can make a person go insane using their Nen just through touching that person. Stupid people should at least check a person's aura and see if they're dangerous before touching them."
"But I knew that you weren't dangerous so it's fine."
"What If I was using Zetsu to hide my aura?"
"You know Nen?"
"Yes. Now answer. What if I was using Zetsu?"
"I knew you weren't."
"You're pretty full of yourself aren't you?"
"Well I am the best fighter among us. And the strongest."
Riku glanced at Kurapika and Leorio and the nodded their head in agreement. She faced back towards me.
"Fine." She said with a sigh. "You win for today. I'll admit you are the strongest because, when you helping me up or I should say 'pulling me off the floor,' I thought you were going to break my arm or something."
"You're pretty weak aren't you?"
She thought about this a moment, then crossed her arms over her chest and pouted. "So?"
I grinned at how childish Riku's answer was. Kurapika was also smiling and Reyolio was making such a stupid face that I didn't know what in hell's name he was thinking of.
"How can you criticize us when you can't do any better?" Leorio complained "That's not fair!"
Riku smiled. "Isn't that the reason why I hired you three in the first place?"
Kurapika's smiled while I stifled my laughter. "She does have a point there." Leorio turned to Kurapika and me and groaned.
"Why are you taking Riku's side? I thought we were friends!"
I tried even harder not to laugh and I saw that Riku was doing the same. And at the same moment, Kurapika and Leorio were engaging in a battle of words.
"I'm not taking anyone's side here. I'm just stating the facts."
"Still you could at least back me up a little bit."
"Why would I do that? It doesn't benefit me in anyway."
"What? It doesn't have to benefit you! That's what FRIENDS do for each other."
"Great. Now I'm friends with an idiot."
"Well if I'm an idiot, then you're a smarty!"
"Umm… thank you?"
Riku and I exchanged glances then exploded in laughter. Eventually Kurapika did too.
Leorio stood there looking offended while we were literally 'rolling on the floor laughing.' Seeing his stupid expression made us laugh even harder.
When the laughter died down Riku apologized.
"Sorry if I seemed rude, but I do that to everyone new."
"Why?"
"These are past guards." She said pointing to the box of pictures on the floor. "They are all dead now. Or should I saw they were killed. Actually eleven of them were killed by the mistake Leorio made, four were killed by helping someone up, and nineteen were killed by turning their back to their enemy."
She bent down and picked up a black and white picture of a scar-face man with big, bulging muscles. "I just didn't want you three to do this without knowing what could happen."
Riku's smile was soft and sincere which proved that she didn't insult us without a reason. "It's fine." I said. "But I do have one question. Why do you have these pictures anyway."
"Most of these people don't have any family or real friends." She answered, turning over the picture. On the back it had the man's name and two dates. "I do this so the person doesn't leave this world with no one to remember them."
"What do those two dates mean?"
"When the person started working for me and when they were killed. Oh, I almost forgot! If anything happens to one of you is there someone you want me to call? Like a family member or a friend or a girlfriend or something?"
Kurapika shook his head no, as did Leorio. I was about to when I remembered Gon.
"There is. He's our friend."
"Okay! Here, write his number down on this paper, if you wouldn't mind. And you said 'our.' Does that mean it's the same person for all of you?"
"Yup." I handed the paper to her and she read the number.
Then she decided to let us choose our rooms. Figures, a penthouse apartment WOULD have three guest bedrooms.
All the bedroom doors were facing the hall and they were pretty much the same. Leorio claimed the slightly bigger one at the beginning of the hall and Kurapika took the one across the hall from it saying he should be closer to the entranceway in case there were any intruders.
Seeing as it was the only room left, I chose the one next door to Riku's room.
"How about a grand tour?" Leorio asked
Riku nodded and took us to the kitchen. "Kitchen." Then to the attached living room. "Living room." Then she walked out onto the balcony. "Balcony number one." Then we started down the hall and she pointed into the first room on her right. "Kurapika's room.
Then Riku pointed to the room across the hall from Kurapika's. "Leorio's room." Then she pointed to the small door next to Kurapika's room. "Extra closet." She pointed to my room which was on the same side as Leorio's. "Killua's room." The room across the hall from mine. "Bathroom. We all share one so keep it clean.
Then we went into her room and continued with the tour. "My room." She pointed to the glass doors behind her bed. "Balcony number two. Any questions?"
"Yes, I have one." I said. "Where can I go to get some food? I'm starving."
Riku smiled and we walked into the living room. She picked up the phone pressed a few numbers and handed Kurapika the phone. "Order pizza, however many you think we need."
So he ordered three. We all sat down on the couches and talked. Mostly about pointless stuff. I was feeling pretty relaxed until someone came crashing through the glass door from the balcony.
Sakurai: Yay! It's kinda a cliffhanger. Sort of.
Kazuki: What do you mean someone came crashing through the door?
Sakurai: Well, there was the door.
Then a person jumped through it.
Making the glass break.
Get it?
Kazuki: I guess…
Sakurai: Anyway you have to review this chapter okay! I made a bet with my friend who is also writing a Killua x OC story.
I have to get more POSITIVE reviews on my second chapter than her story did so I can win.
And it's not just a stupid bet. It has a reaaalllly good prize.
The prize is… Drum roll please… A ten pound chocolate bar!
That's right. I'm as crazy about chocolate as Killua is.
So help me get it by reviewing.
Or, if you don't care about me, then pretend you're helping Killua get the chocolate.
You want to help him right?
I would.
So review this chapter.
And give Killua the gift of chocolate.
Please and Thank You.
