+ Illumi Vs The Vampire Hunter +

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+ Illumi Vs The Vampire Hunter +

+ Chapter 07 +

+ Undeniable Concern +

Before she could enter the building, Kuroro approached her with Ubogin, Phinx, and Pakunoda..

"Hi there, Mitara-chan! What brought you here in our building? Are you looking for me?" Kuroro flashes his most charming smile.

"Uhm, Kuroro, actually, I was looking for Hisouka."

Kuroro's eyebrow rose. "Why are you looking for him?"

"Just want to ask something."

"Mitara-chan, can I accompany you to your home later?" Kuroro asked after a while.

"Gomen, Kuroro. I have something to do later. I can't accept your invitation."

"Okay. Maybe some other time?"

"Okay." She spotted Hisouka leaving the building. "Bye, Kuroro." She waved at Kuroro while approaching Hisouka.

Hisouka stopped walking when he saw Mitara approaching him.

"Hisouka-san, I have something to ask you."

"What's that, Mitara-chan?"

"Do you know where Illumi is? He didn't attend our class a while ago. Maybe you know where he is?"

"Uhm," Hisouka thinks for a while. "Try the roof top."

Yeah. Why haven't I think of it earlier? She thought to herself. "Thanks, Hisouka-san." She waved goodbye and hurriedly went to the roof top of their building.

She's heavily panting when she reached the rooftop. When she opened the door, there, she saw Illumi, lying on the floor while leaning his back against the wall. She was shocked when she saw him. Illumi is covered with bruises and wounds; some of it has dripping of blood. He has lots of purple-ish marks on his face and arms.

"Illumi?" Mitara immediately went beside him. "What happened to you?"

Illumi opened his eyes. "M-Mitara...?"

"Yes, I'm Mitara… Illumi, answer me, who did this to you? What happened?" She held him on his shoulders, supporting his body not to slide through the wall.

Illumi shook his head. "You shouldn't get near me."

"What are you talking about? Come on, I'll take you to your house." She positioned herself as she wrapped his arms on her shoulder and helped him stand as she held his waist.

Illumi is a lot taller than her so she had a hard time assisting him to go down the stairs of the building.

After having a hard time to support Illumi while they are going down, Mitara was relieved when she saw Kurapika who's looking for her.

"Uh, Mitara, there you are. I was looking for you," Kurapika reluctantly said. His eyebrows collided when he saw Illumi's form and face. "What happened on Illumu-san?"

"I don't know as well, Kurapika. Can you help me bring him home? Did you bring your car a while ago?"

Kurapika helped her support Illumi standing while he kept his book in his bag. "Yeah. I brought it. It's in the parking area."

"Thank gawd. You really are a savior, Kurapika." Mitara smiled in relief as they are leaving the building.

Anything for you, Mitara, Kurapika thought to himself.

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Illumi lay down on the couch when they arrived in Mitara's house. They decided to bring Illumi in her house rather in the latter's house so she can still cook dinner for Killua.

"Are you sure you don't want me to accompany you here? Killua hasn't go home yet." Kurapika asked hesitantly.

"Yeah. Don't worry, I'll be fine here. This is my house," Mitara stated.

Kurapika looked at Illumi who's now resting his head on the couch.

"I can take care of him. On the other hand, Killua will go home in an hour or so," Mitara said as she's reading Kurapika's mind.

"Uhm, okay...Don't hesitate to call me if you need help," Kurapika reminded her.

"Sure."

Kurapika looked at Illumi once again and then at Mitara. "Okay. Bye."

"Bye."

Mitara closed the door when Kurapika left her house.

It's time to attend to my patient,Mitara jokingly thought to herself.

She took her emergency kit and put it on the table. She sat beside Illumi as she started to attend on his bruises and wounds, while the raven-haired boy is just intently looking at her.

"Tell me, Illumi, what the hell happened to you? You'll not get these wounds by rolling down the stairs or by jumping into the ground. Care to explain these?" she asked while applying a solution on the pale man's wounds.

"Really, Mitara, it's nothing. I don't know either where I got these." Illumi answered with a half laugh.

Mitara's eyebrow rose in that lame excuse. "Don't fool me, Illumi. I'm not a kid."

"Gomen," Illumi casted his eyes down. "I don't want you to get involved on this."

"Not at all. Tell me who did this to you and I'll make them pay. They don't have the rights to do this to the new students in York Shin High," Mitara glanced at Illumi for a while.

Illumi stared at those shiny, red orbs. "You didn't have to do that. It's really nothing. I'm still alive."

Mitara rolled her eyes. "Fool!" she muttered under her breath.

Illumi smiled when he heard it.

Note: So, how's that? It's quite short. However, please read and review… Please… Please… I'll highly appreciate your reviews! Thx!

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