Sakurai: Hello! Welcome to a new chapter of the bodyguards!

Kazuki: Hello there Sakurai. Long time no see.

Sakurai: Haha… sorry about that. I was having a hard time figuring out how to tell about their parents.

Kazuki: Writers Block can be very annoying can't it?

Sakurai: Extremely!

Kazuki: Well, you're here now and that's all that matters!

Sakurai: Your right. I do not own HxH or any of the characters. All rights to Riku's character.

Kazuki: Let's get on with the story!

Killua's PoV

I listened as carefully as I could while Shiro told me about his and Riku's parents.

He told me about how they all worked at a place called R.A.N.E. which stood for Research of Animal Nen Enhancement. Apparently, the same way Nen was awakened in Gon and I, then Nen was being awakened in animals.

One day, while in the lab, a gorilla who's Nen had been enhanced too much too quickly went on a rampage and killed both of Riku's and his parents.

"I had always told them that working with those animals was too dangerous, but they never listened."

I saw the anger in Shiro's eyes and knew that I should stop prying, but my curiosity got the better of me and I continued to ask him questions.

"You said that the company was chasing after you. Why?"

He glanced at me and sighed.

"Some time before our parents were killed, Riku and I were visiting them at work. A jaguar, a jaguar with extremely enhanced Nen, escaped and ran throughout the entire company. It bit many people and many of those people died. Some of them, however, received strange mutations resembling a cat as a result of the bite. It gave those people special abilities, but the mutations made it hard for them to continue life normally."

"The boss of the company was bit and his face morphed into something so hideous that he never leaves his office or shows his face to anyone."

"Wait," I interrupted. "What does that have to do with you and Riku?"

"Riku and I were also bit by the jaguar. Our appearance didn't change or morph. Now the boss wants us to experiment on and figure out how to change his appearance back to normal."

"Is this guy really dangerous?"

"Extremely. He's got some hard-to-beat abilities from the bite. And he's not the only one who wants us either; all the survivors of the bites want to go back to how they were."

"So that's why Riku needs so many bodyguards…"

"Yeah. If anything bad happens, I can simply run away, but Riku can't."

"Sheesh that must be annoying."

"Ha, you're telling me."

I glanced at Shiro and saw that he had a small grin on his face, meaning that he had calmed down.

"Wanna head back to the apartment?"

"Race you."

"You're on!"

"Ready…set…GO!"

We took off, keeping pace with each other the whole time. It seems that our running skills are equally matched. A few minutes, and a couple dozen miles, later, we landed with a thud on the top of the apartment building. We were laughing and having fun when we noticed something was wrong.

We slid in through the window to discover that the glass had been broken and the smell of smoke from a bomb lingered in the air. A few pieces of furniture were singed black.

"There you guys are." Riku said, coming out from the hallway. "Grab your things, were leaving."

"What's going on?"

She turned to Shiro as she went down the hallway. "They know we're here."

In about two minutes, everyone had gathered their things and was standing in the living room.

"Where are we headed?" Leorio asked, shifting the position of the bag in his arm.

"We have another house set up already." Shiro said. "As soon as we move into a new apartment, we go out and start renting another."

"Alright." Riku said, standing up straight. "Everyone follow Shiro."

She started dividing the jobs between us. Leorio, Gon, Kurapika, and Hisoka would be carrying all the bags, and Mikan and I would be guarding the outsides of our little group.

"Everyone ready?" Shiro asked, carrying Riku on his back, piggy-back style. We all nodded and then he jumped out the window and began to run.

He wasn't going as fast as he could, but some of our friends had a little trouble keeping up. I sped up and ran up next to him. "How far are we going?" I asked.

"Far. We'll take a break in a little while."

I nodded towards Leorio, who was having the most trouble out of all of us.

"Maybe a little sooner." He added with a smirk.

We ran over the rooftops of buildings and passed through three more towns before Shiro thought it was a good time for a break. We found a flat roof and decided to stop there.

Riku slid off of Shiro's back and sat on the ground. Shiro and I did the same and the others soon followed. Leorio, panting, remained standing.

"Come one…pant…guys." He said, doubling over. "Let's… pant pant… keep… pant… going."

Riku was trying hard to stifle a laugh and I saw that the rest of us were doing the same. Eventually, Leorio gave up and sat down.

"How much further do we have to go?" Kurapika asked Shiro.

"I'd say about 40 more miles at least."

Leorio groaned and lay down on his back. "Mmm…" he mumbled to no one in particular. "Sun feels nice."

~~~Meanwhile~~~

Anyone's PoV

A tall man in a dark suit stood in front of the Boss's desk, trying to explain how the kids got away.

"We sent the sleep gas bomb in, but it seemed to have malfunctioned and just made a small explosion instead. While we were waiting the amount of time it would have taken for the sleep gas to take effect, the kids somehow escaped without our notice."

"Do you know where they went?" The Boss asked angrily.

"I'm afraid not. We don't have a trace of where they went."

"Stop wasting my time then and go out and find them."

"Yes sir."

With a bow, the man left the Boss's office.

"Where are they?" The Boss snarled to himself. "I will find them. I promise you, Sachimi, I will find those kids."

~~~ Back to the kids a little while later ~~~

Riku's PoV

"Phew! Finally here!" I gasped as we landed on the roof of the place that was going to be our new home.

"What are you mean finally?" Killua asked. "It's not like you actually had to run or anything."

"Yes I did!" I protested, crossing my arms. "I had to hang on to Shiro so I would fall off! My arms are so tired!"

Killua's PoV

I stared at her incredulously. She always manages to surprise me…

"Let's go inside, shall we?" Leorio asked, picking up a few bags. "What floor are we on?"

"Top floor." Shiro says. "Same as before."

We found the window leading to the suite and went inside. It was a little dusty, but other than that it was bright and sunny.

"Nice." Mikan said. "Why don't we choose rooms?"

"How many bedrooms does this place have?" Kurapika asked.

"Umm… three. One master bedroom and two guest rooms. They're pretty big."

"Perfect!" Mikan exclaimed. "We'll just pair up!"

"Care to explain more?" I asked her, confused.

"It's simple really. Killua, Gon, and Shiro will share the biggest room. Kurapika and Leorio will share a room and I will share a room with Riku. Does anyone have any objections?"

"Nope."

"Me neither."

"Sounds good to me."

"Okay, it's settled then!"

We all went in our separate directions and started unpacking our things into the rooms. Gon, Shiro, and I were trying to decide the sleeping arrangements.

"I can go on the floor and you and Killua can share the bed." Gon offered.

"That's okay." Shiro said. "I'll go on the floor. You and Killua are better friends anyway."

"You sure?"

"Yeah. Besides, I like to get up in the middle of the night a lot."

"Okay then! Killua and I will share the bed then!"

The next morning we found out that we rolled so much we all ended up in a big pile on the floor. We decided to get rid of the bed and buy three futons instead.

Sakurai: Tada! I really could figure out how to write it in a non-confusing way so ended up like this. I don't really like it, but what else can we do?

Kazuki: Please Review!