Sakurai: Hey there! I'm excited for this chapter! More excited than usual!
Kazuki: Why? Is it because your last chapter ended with a cliffhanger?
Sakurai: Yes. But that's not the main reason!
Kazuki: Is it because something exciting is going to happen in this chapter?
Sakurai: Yes. But still not right~!
Kazuki: Is it because it's your hamster's Birthday?
Sakurai: Yes. Muki is a ¼ of a year old! But not the MAIN reason!
Kazuki: Then what is it!
Sakurai: It's because I finally finished all of my Summer homework! And just in time!
Kazuki: That's it? What a letdown.
Sakurai: Hey! It took me forever!
Kazuki: Just get on with the story! Sakurai does not own HxH or any of the characters. We own all rights to Riku.
Sakurai: Let's get this thing started!
~Recap~
We all sat on the couch waiting for the pizza to come, talking about random things. I was feeling pretty relaxed until someone came crashing through the window.
~End of Recap~
Killua's PoV
Since I was the closet my person to her, I grabbed Riku and moved her out of harms' way. She didn't scream "Kya!" like all those annoying girls do when they're surprised. Another point for Riku.
I got back to the window smashing person and saw that Kurapika and Leorio almost finished him. I got out my claws and was ready to strike when Kurapika shook his head no. His eyes motioned towards the hallway and I saw that Riku had come closer to watch.
So he didn't want to kill in front of her. Okay, I'll go along with that. I grabbed the beaten and bruised man by the collar and dragged him towards the crashed window. Riku followed my actions with her eyes and it made me feel strangely self-conscious.
I carried the man to a building out of the sight of ours. I, once again, pulled out my claws then did my business. I ran around looking for a place to hide the body; didn't feel like getting in trouble with the police on my first day at this job.
Meanwhile…
Kurapika's PoV
While Killua was dealing with the man, Leorio, Riku, and I were cleaning up the glass pieces. They were everywhere! I wished this guy knew how to break into a house without making such a mess.
"Oww!" I looked over at Riku and saw that she had a cut on her hand. It wasn't too bad, but it was more than a scratch.
"What happened?" I asked, picking up more pieces and putting and into a paper bag.
"I slipped and my hand landed on a piece of glass."
Leorio, who had been strangely silent this whole time, offered to clean her cut and bandage it for her. She looked at him with a raised eyebrow.
"It's okay. He's actually a doctor."
"Ohh… okay then, thank you."
I was left to clean up the rest of the glass while Leorio got his first aid kit. Killua swooped in the window then and stepped on some glass, making them into even smaller pieces. I growled at him, but he completely ignored me and went over to Riku and Leorio.
"What happened?" he asked, not really caring what the answer was.
"She's not only disrespectful of her elders, she's also clumsy." Leorio said putting some peroxide on a cotton ball.
She smiled evilly and tilted her head a bit to the side. "By saying I'm disrespectful to my elders, are you referring to yourself?"
"Yes."
"So you admit that you're old!"
"What! I never said that you brat!" Then he pushed down hard on her cut with the peroxide.
"It stings!" He laughed and started rummaging through his bag for a bandage. The doorbell rang so Killua went and answered it. In the doorway stood a guy in a tacky uniform, holding greasy looking boxes. I almost forgot about our pizzas!
He looked over Killua's shoulder into the house and saw the window and the glass I was still cleaning off the floor. "What happened in here?" He asked.
I was trying to think of a good response, but Riku beat me to it.
"There are some crazy pigeons these days." She answered simply. Killua snorted and Leorio and I suppressed our laughter. You had to admit: the pizza guy's face looked pretty funny.
Finished with her bandaging, Riku got up, walked over to the man, and handed him some money out of her pocket. He handed to the pizzas to Killua because Riku was obviously too tiny and not strong enough to carry three boxes. She closed the door and made a place on the counter for the boxes.
I finished cleaning the glass and stood up, stretching my legs. I quickly strode over to the delicious smelling boxes, my mouth watering. By the way we were all looking at the boxes; someone would think we hadn't eaten for days.
We each got plates and some pizza and went onto the couches. "Ouch!" Leorio reached under his butt and pulled out a shard of glass. Oops, missed one.
We devoured our pizza quickly. Leorio was flipping through TV channels while the three of us talked.
"Thanks for finishing your business with that guy somewhere else." Riku said to Killua. He nodded.
"No problem. But don't thank me, thank Kurapika. He's the one who told me to."
She turned to me with a confused expression on her face. Then looked back at Killua and then back towards me. (We were all on one couch and she was in the middle of Killua and I.) Then she brought her face really close to mine and stared intensely.
She was so close I was able to feel her breath and smell her strawberry shampoo. We stayed like that for a few moments. I could feel everyone's eyes on me. Suddenly she pulled away quickly, with realization in her eyes.
"OMG! YOU'RE A GUY!
I sweat dropped as she starred innocently at me. Leorio and Killua broke out into laughter.
"Sigh… yes, I'm a guy!"
"I'm so sorry! I'm so sorry! I really thought you were a girl!"
Leorio fell off of the couch and Killua was holding his stomach because he was laughing so hard. Listening to their laughing and listening to Riku panicking and apologizing eventually made me laugh too.
It seems like all we ever do is laugh at each other, but I like it. This place is already beginning to feel like home and we've only been here a few hours.
Leorio's PoV
At first I hated this little brat, but after what she said to Kurapika I started warming up to her. She actually thought he was a girl! Well, when I first met him I did too…
I flipped through the channels on the flat screen when it suddenly went dark. "Hey! What's up! Turn the TV back on!" I looked at the others angrily but they shook their heads. "We didn't touch the TV."
"Then how did it turn off?"
"I'm not sure. Does this place usually have power outages?" Kurapika asked Riku. She shook her head. We checked if anything else had gone off, but it was only the TV. It became eerily quiet as we stared at the dark screen.
"… Hehehe…" We all jumped up startled. No one knew where the voice came from so Kurapika decided to speak. Wait just one second! Why is it always him?
Pause the story real quick: Hey! Author lady! What! You can't just stop the story in the middle! Only I can do that! Sorry but I have a question. What is so important that it can't wait until the end of the chapter? Why does Kurapika get to be all brave all the time and do his duties? Why can't you ever make me seem important? That's it! Are you kidding me? Arg! Whatever…
Back track-
No one knew where the voice came from so Kurapika decided to speak. Take Kurapika and replace it with "I". Now back to the story…
"Who's there?" I asked suspiciously, but threateningly. No one answered. Just the playful laugh. "…Hehehe…"
"Search the house." Killua whispered. "Riku, stay with Leorio." We nodded and separated. Killua and Kurapika went to the rooms in the hall and Riku and I stayed in the living room/ kitchen.
No one under the tables, in the fridge, on the ceiling, or in between couch cushions. Where was this guy?
Killua's PoV
I went into Riku's room and searched everywhere, except for in her clothes drawers and stuff. That's just awkward. I was in the middle of tearing the blankets off the bed when I heard the laughing again. It sounds like its coming from all directions! What the hell is going on here?
Out of the corner of my eye I saw someone or something come in from the balcony and run to the hallway.
"They're in the house!" I yelled while running after them.
Leorio's PoV
I heard Killua yell and immediately headed in Riku's direction. I wasn't fast enough; as soon as he said it, something zipped past me from the hallway and was behind Riku in an instant. Killua showed up a millisecond later. How did this person outrun Killua?
There was pure fear on Riku's face. The mysterious intruder was slowly coming from behind Riku's back. None of us moved, in case he/she/it hurt Riku. A few seconds later we saw his face. It was a kid about Killua and Riku's age with reddish orange-ish spikey hair and green eyes.
He stared at us, Riku still frozen in fear. Suddenly he was hugging Riku and hiding behind her back again.
"Riikuuu~! These people are staring at me~! Make them stop!"
Riku whipped her head around and looked at the boy. (As best she could. He was still clinging to her and hiding.) "Shiro! What are you doing here?" She exclaimed making us relax a little knowing she knew the person.
"I wanted to see you but these people keep scaring me~!" Riku escaped from his hug and sat down on the couch. We did the same, keeping as far away from Shiro as possible.
"This is my childhood friend." Riku began gesturing to Shiro. "He's supposed to be in America, but now, for some strange reason, he's sitting in my house."
Shiro just waved at us happily. "I'm Koshiro Hazuki! Most people just call me Shiro. I guess that you three are Riku's new bodyguards?"
This kid is hyper. Annoyingly hyper.
"Nice to meet you. I'm Kurapika."
"Killua."
"I'm Leorio. And I have one question for you. Were you the one who was messing with the TV?"
Shiro grinned widely. "Yup!"
"How?"
"With this." He said holding up a small remote. "It's a universal remote I got from my dad. He makes this stuff and told me to test it out for him. It can do more than just turn on and off TVs."
He clicked a button and the microwave whirred to life. He clicked it again and it became silent once more. Being the kids that they are, Riku and Killua were 100% interested in the remote.
The three of them went to Riku's room and played with it. Kurapika got out his book and I went back to the TV. About an hour later Killua came out and watched TV with me. "They're talking about his trip to America. I've been there so I don't really care."
The two came out of the room and announced that they were going to the store. "I guess I'm coming too then." Killua said getting up from his comfy spot on the couch. It's a good thing Killua's going because this show is good and I don't want to go.
Shiro smiled and shook his head. "It's okay! I can take care of Riku! Trust me!"
Killua smiled his evil little smile. "I think I should go with you guys."
"Why? You don't think I can fight right? Well I can. Heck, I can probably beat you if we fought."
"Oh really? I highly doubt that."
"Then why don't we have a little fight? To see who is better."
"Okay then. What kind of fight are we talking about?"
Riku, completely panicked, stood in between the two. "Guys, why don't we all just go to the store?" Shiro looked at Riku and then back at Killua.
"How about we play a game instead?"
Killua raised an eyebrow. This was getting interesting so Kurapika and I got off the couch and joined them by the door. "Hmm… What game?"
Shiro smiled, but it had more evil in it then Killua's did. Creepy. "Capture the Flag." He pulled a map out of the kitchen drawer and spread it out on the table. "We'll use this city as a playing field. Since I know it a little better than you do, you can choose where we both have to start."
Killua looked at the map. Then he pointed to a museum and to an office building. "You start in front of this museum and I'll go in front of this building. No going inside places. Outside only. Wait, who's going to hide the flag?"
Shiro grinned and looked at Riku. "Riku will be the flag." She looked at surprised as Killua did. "What do you mean I'm the flag?"
"It's more challenging. Just think about it. It's hard to find a flag in this big city, but it's even harder to find a moving target. A target that can hide."
Killua thought hard about this and nodded his head. "As much as I hate to agree with you, you're right, a moving target would be harder to find."
Shiro clapped his hands together. "So it's settled then! At exactly 6:30 we will begin our game!" I looked at the clock hanging on the wall. It was 5:57 now. I was about to go back to my TV when Shiro stopped me. "Riku is going to be the flag you know?"
"Yeah, so?"
"So that means she's going outside."
"Okay, and?"
"Sigh… that means you have to go with her. What kind of bodyguard are you?"
"Oh, um… I knew that!
Kurapika sweat dropped and I glared at him. Then I pushed every one out the door and into the outside hall. The boys went first. They had to call us when they were at their starting points.
The first call was Shiro. "Hi Riku! I'm ready when you are! Bye!"
"That kid is really fast." I told her.
"Yeah, he's faster than anyone I know. And that includes hunters."
Killua called so we headed out. We came to a park at about the middle of the boys' starting points. Kurapika helped Riku into a large tree. We were set. And just in time.
The clock on my phone clicked to 6:30. Game start!
Sakurai: Chapter 3 finished!
Kazuki: It's about time! You've been working on it for a few days!
Sakurai: That's only because I got writer's block!
Kazuki: Well that's understandable…
Sakurai: To all my (few) readers:
Thank you for your support and I hope that you have been liking the story.
Please tell me what you think of Shiro and if he should become Killua's rival or not.
Also, who do you want to win the game of capture the flag? It's an equal match so wait until the next chapter to find out the winner!
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