AN: Hi, guys! I hope you don't get mad at me because of what happens in the end... Also, I have a very important announcement to make at the end, so stay tuned! Enjoy and please R&R as always! I'm always curious about you opinions! :D
"What happened to him?" someone whispered.
When Killua appeared, everyone that was present in homeroom noticed the cloth bandages wrapped all around his arms and hands. They looked at him, puzzled, and continued to gossip about their theories on how Killua got his terrible injury. Despite this, most of the girls crowded around him and squealed and shot many questions at him.
"Hi, Killua!" a girl greeted flirtatiously, seated herself on top of a desk, and crossed her legs. "How was your weekend?"
Oh, Lord, Killua thought, annoyed. Where's Gon when I need him?
"Uh... fine, I guess?" he answered out loud nervously.
"What happened to you?" another girl asked, pointing to the bandages.
"Uh, I did some stupid stuff, that's all. You really don't need to know."
"What kind of stupid stuff?" another inquired suspiciously.
"It's none of your business so get away from me!" Killua's voice raised like a perfect musical crescenndo. He speeded out the classroom to the nearest boys' bathroom.
"How rude!" the flirty girl exclaimed, hands on her hips.
XxXxX
Killua stared at his reflection using one of the bathroom mirrors and stepped back, disgusted at what he saw.
Wow, am I ugly or what? Killua thought to himself, his hand on a freckled cheek.
Of course, his mirrored image included his white skin, cheek freckles, cold and sad-looking eyes, and ruffled silver hair. Now, it introduced him to something entirely new: a great injury many kids seemed to be intrigued by and how it was temporarily obscured.
I should've worn a sweater...
Killua continued to stare but jumped a bit from familiar sounding voices coming from the stalls.
"Pete, are you trying out for varsity baseball?"
"Heck, yeah, I am! You know I love baseball!"
A sly and mischievous grin crept up slowly in Killua's mouth. This was finally his chance! As quiet as a ninja, he walked to Pete's stall and grasped its doorknob. Pete flushed the urinal and switched the lock to make the door open. Killua popped out of the blue and electrocuted him.
"YEOOOWWWW!" Pete screeched like a little girl.
He fell on his back, hitting his head on the tip of the urinal and got knocked out for good. When his friend heard a thud, he rushed out of his stall.
"PETE!" he shouted, his pants all the way down.
When Killua first noticed him like that, he started to snicker very loudly and his sides soon began to ache from the amount of laughter he let out.
"WHAT DID YOU DO TO PETE!?" he hollered in a demanding and forceful tone.
"Oh, nothing," Killua just continued to grin evilly and cackled. His cackling was the same as that time when he found out about his new supernatural powers.
"STOP PLAYING GAMES WITH ME! WHAT. HAPPENED. TO. PETE?"
"You really wanna know? Taste THIS!"
At the word 'this', Killua formed a field of electricity in his hand and used it to get grasp of the boy's bulging belly.
"WAAAAAAAHHHHHH!" he cried. "IT HURTS, IT HURTS, IT HURTS!"
Killua cackled more as he was gaining pleasure from harming people who hurt him before. He let go of the lump of fat in his long, skinny hand and the poor kid fell to the cold tiled floor.
"Now you know what it's like to be bullied," he said casually and sauntered out of the bathroom like nothing happened to him.
XxXxX
"Alright, young men, " the baseball coach started. "Ready to show off your school?"
All the boys nodded, shouting, "Yes, sir!"
The week of baseball tryouts was a huge success for the boys who strongly desired to reach their goal of joining the baseball team. These people included Gon and Killua, big baseball fans. They've admitted to each other that they've collected hundreds, maybe thousands, of cards of their favorite stars and stick lots of posters of them on their walls like glue. Ever since they found out that they shared this interest, they've continued to talk about the teams they cheered over and even quarreled about which teams were better compared to other ones. They've become much closer in a matter of weeks because of their love for this popular sport. Now they're working towards becoming professional players, out on the field of the opposing team and wearing the colors of their school: gold and blue.
When Gon first saw that Killua was injured, curiosity continued to eat at his mind but he was able to keep his questions to himself. He knew it could be something personal and sensitive to Killua. Gon was that understanding.
"Good luck, Killua!" Gon shot a luminescent smile at him.
"You too, Gon," he grinned.
Killua was the first one up to bat. The pitcher on the opposing team stepped back on one foot and flinged the small white ball with red stitches straight at him. Killua locked his eyes on it like it was an FBI target that shouldn't escape from the organization's eyes. It was going faster and faster. A foot away. 7 inches away. 2 inches away. Now a quarter inch away from the slender, metal bat.
NOW! his conscious called out to him.
He slammed the ball with as much force as he could, the bat clashing with the puny thing as if they were sparring in a sword battle and they reached its climax. The ball soared high through the warm air in the form of an arch. The teams, coaches, and spectators stared at it in wonder like they were watching fireworks explode with vibrant and exciting colors. Meanwhile, Killua sprinted the bases with god speed and slid towards home base, letting out a loud whoop.
The only person who watched both the ball and Killua was Gon, of course. When he kept an eye on Killua, he noticed Killua appearing and disappearing with flashes of lightning in between as he gave their team a home run.
EH? Gon thought, thinking that all of what happened just now was only an illusion, a hallucination. I guess that's what happens when I don't sleeping enough...
Killua's victory happened much, much faster than when the ball finally landed far away in the empty, vast green space outside the baseball field.
I'm pretty sure this is only a dream, nothing real! Gon assured himself.
XxXxX
"Hey, Gon and Killua!" a short boy on the baseball team shouted and waved his hand up high. He was talking happily with his gang of friends on the field. "Come here!"
Killua could hear him all the way from the benches as he was also talking with Gon. Their team had won their first game of the season. Their supporters, family members and friends, cheered as loud as they could to show how much they were proud of everyone.
Killua headed down the long set of bleachers, Gon following suite.
"What's up?" he asked Bill, the boy who called him over.
"Since you did awesome out there, we were wondering if you could join our pool party later on!"
Killua's heart skipped a beat and his eyes bulged at the offer. He made new friends in just two seconds! So Gon isn't the only one who doesn't hate him at all. He was petrified like a stone statue and did not blink. He was that shocked that there were other boys actually liked him.
"Uh, Killua? Are you okay, dude?" Bill asked worriedly and waved his hand directly in front of his face to earn his attention.
Killua blinked twice and said, "I'm sorry about that! Most of the boys in my class were never that nice to me! I do want to come!"
"Great! Meet me at my house at 6:30! Gon should come too since he knows exactly where I live. See you later, guys!"
XxXxX
Gon and Killua soon arrived in their trunks and sandals while carrying towels on their shoulders. Killua wore a long-sleeved waterproof shirt to provide coverage for the bandages so they wouldn't get drenched in water.
"We're here!" both of them said loudly.
Bill was relaxing on a white chair, hands behind his neck. He was accompanied with ten other boys, some in the pool.
"Come and enjoy the jacuzzi!" Bill called.
Meanwhile, a group of mean-looking boys were walking on the other side of Bill's fence. If you saw them and compared their attractiveness to Killua's, then you would definitely agree that they looked inferior. They were actually that ugly and unpleasant to see. Killua was the first one to notice them and he stared them down with narrow, hostile eyes. These were the boys who pushed Killua around during lunch. No wonder they caught his eye so quickly.
The leader of the pack peeked a little over the fence and became a little disappointed at how Bill excluded him and his gang from the fun that he was currently having at his house. He ordered his friends to come to a halt.
"Well, well, well," he spoke out loud, dominating the less important voices speaking over the fence. He was targeting his voice at Bill and his group of friends. "I'm guessing something really good happened to you guys!"
The other boys finally glanced at him.
"Why else would everyone be at my house?" Bill responded. "Also, why do you care? Get out of here!"
The pack hopped over the fence with ease. Damon, the leader, strolled towards Bill and stood very close to him, not leaving one bit of personal space. He glared at Bill straight in the eyes. Hard. His mouth tightened into a frown and his filthy hands were soon wrapped around his pale neck.
"You little brat," he gritted through his teeth.
Everyone got scared so they shifted away a bit from their current spots. Boys in the pool stepped out just in time. Killua slowly walked to where Damon was, long hands rolled into tight fists. Hints of electricity appeared from the dents between his fingers. He sneaked up behind the horrendous-looking boy and attempted at striking him with as much electricity as possible to get what he truly deserved. But he could not. With the full force of his body, Damon shoved Bill into the water as hard as he could and joined him as he fell, too. Killua also hopped with them in order to get his revenge. Bill still had his throat being threatened by ordinary but dangerous hands.
"What do you think you're doing here?" the boy asked harshly, glancing at Killua like he was trash.
Killua opened his right fist and revealed a palm of electricity right before the shocked boy's eyes. He grasped his bare back and electricity immediately scattered through his whole body. From head to arms to belly to legs to feet. To make matters worse, they were in water, meaning it increased the amount of produced electricity tremendously. Everyone else, lucky enough to not be in the pool at this moment, witnessed the scene in total disbelief and shock with their mouths like rain drops arriving to the lowest grounds from the highest clouds. All of their jaws lowered down in perfect rhythm.
"Killua..." Gon muttered quietly to himself, realizing what was occurring right now was reality, not a dreamy fantasy.
Strangely enough, they noticed that Bill was caught in the mess even though he was innocent. Both Bill and Damon shrieked so high that anyone wouldn't be able to detect its sound. Other animals such as cats and dogs were the ones that had the ability to hear at much higher pitches than people.
When Killua realized he was also hurting Bill, Killua stopped his electrocution on Damon as soon as possible, great flashes of glowing blue vanishing and static sounds silencing themselves. He noticed that they were knocked out and sinking gradually to the shallow bottom. Gon volunteered to handle Damon on his shoulders and get him out. Killua took care of Bill.
Killua laid Bill out on his beach towel as if he were straightening out a map. Gon and the boys crowded around the silver-haired boy and the unconscious tiny kid who got harmed by accident. They started to question about Bill's condition.
"Do you think he'll be okay?"
"Is he going to wake up?"
Killua gazed back at them with determined, enlightening eyes.
"I won't let you down," he answered in a serious tone. "I promise you that he'll be fine."
He held up his two of his fingers, index and middle, and placed them against a spot right under Bill's jaw to check his pulse. Unfortunately... he could not feel even any hint of pulsation in Bill.
"No, it can't be..." Killua said desperately.
"What's wrong, Killua?" Gon asked worriedly.
"I think... he's dead."
Here's the announcement: I have a poll posted at the top of my profile page having to do with an AU fanfiction called Singer x Singer. I would appreciate it a lot if you could inform your friends about it if they're also Hunter x Hunter fans. Anyways, see you next chapter!