DISCLAIMER : Following the word itself "fanfiction", I do not own anything in this fiction and credits belong to the rightful creators of the manga: TOGASHI YOSHIHIRO, the publisher, the broadcasting companies of the anime both 1999 original version and 2011 remake - Nippon Animation and Madhouse, respectively and etc.

REPLIES TO COMMENTS

Infinityworlds : Alright, looks like I don't need to update the story and just stop it right here v_v ... LOL JK! You got it right by a 50-60% accuracy ^^ Nonetheless, it SOMEHOW goes that way however in a much more painful and complicated way. There are still more to happen, cute moments, feels, realizations and change of hearts within the story to watch out xDD

Milye6 : Let's see about that on the later chapters ^^ It was fast cuz it's pretty easy to write about ^_^ Just keep up reading ^^ I hope you wont get tired of it specially when I don't update pretty fast.. ^^;

Senpai .Killua : Haha xD You'll see more of their moments on the later chapters ^^ Thanks! Please keep reading ^^

CHAPTER 13
- SWITCHED -

The following morning...

"I'm so proud of my baby! You did VERY VERY WELL~!"

There's mom, babbling nonsense again with tears in her eyes, squeezing the little devil really tight as if it's not gonna see daylight the following day.

"Your dad was so busy and he's not around to tell you personally, but he told me to tell you that he was VERY proud of you too! I'm so happy my beloved son, I can't help but fall into tears!"

I stood by the door of her room waiting while the little devil was talking to her. For the moment she stopped blabbering so I gotta glance through the small opening and check out of curiosity to see her looking at me. I looked away immediately to avoid the awkward stare. Illumi prolly told her something about me. I noticed she pulled him a little closer to her and told him something I wasn't able to hear, followed by Illumi looking at me after she finished whispering something to him. That's when she called his attention and continued talking.

I think the only one who's acting pretty 'normal' around here is mom. I expect everyone to be highly suspicious of me and on-guard about what I'd be doing every single time. Dad and Gramps were very lenient and mom was the only one who had been extra careful.

I really think Dad and Gramps were up to something. And they're doing their best to keep mom out of it like the usual.

"Kill!" I just felt him tugging on my coat tail. "Let's go..."

I turned back to mom and gave her a bow before I followed Illumi and closed the door.

In the training grounds...

"HAAAH!"

Whack-whack-whack...

I dodged his palm thrusts one by one, finally getting a hold of both his wrists...

"Gotcha!"

I grinned at him as I lifted him up by his wrists wherein he cracked and twitched his joints and managed to slide away from my grip...

"Whoa..." I raised a brow as I watched him dash away from me, stood still and started to walk slowly, creating duplicates of his own image whilst making his way closer...

"Haha..." I chuckled to myself when all of a sudden...

SWIIISH!

He aimed to slice through my chest wherein I quickly evaded him, passing through me and next thing I knew as I turned to face him I needed to dodge 4 of his pins with my fingers that were directed to my head and my spine...

He landed on his feet with a thump on the ground...

"Well done!" I grinned as I threw the pins back at him in which he evaded with accuracy, hitting the tree branches. "So far, you'd be able to execute a victim THIS level at once... If I didn't dodge those pins, I'd be done... That was a good fake..."

"Hmm..." He looked up at me as I pat his head.

"Sooo..." I clapped my hands. "Time for some break!"

I sat besides him on a log. It's a sunny afternoon. He actually ordered two boxes of Pocky just for snacks... The moment I called for break he did call some butlers to send his pre-ordered box of Pocky and there he is right now sitting next to me enjoying his snacks.

"You go get some too..." He ordered me. Was it really an order? Or just formalities?

"Oh... no, thanks..."

"I insist..."

"Oh, okay... YOU insisted..." I grabbed one from the same box he took one from. Can I say no to sweets? NOO!

"NO! Go get one from the other box..." He scolded me.

"Oh... but, isn't it better to finish that box first before opening the other one?" I asked. "It's okay, I'm not supposed to eat YOUR food anyways... I'm JUST a servant..."

"This one has poison in it." He continued eating unaffected by the said poison. I shook my head and chuckled as I grabbed one from the same box, opened the pack and started eating. He was staring at me.

"Cyanide, huh... so basic..." I said in between munches.

"Mm-hm..." He nodded. "I almost forgot you don't get affected by poison..."

"You easily forget! You're growing old!" I pinched his cheeks.

"Oww..." He narrowed his eyes at me before looking away to that other box. "I actually did order that other box for you..."

"For me?"

"You win..." He uttered. "I asked mom. And you were right. She is a Manipulator, while Dad and Gramps are Transmuters... I also asked mom if she ever talked to you about Nen or have you battled with Dad or Gramps. She said No."

Oh yeah! I remember... We did have a bet about my 'Fortune Telling' ability and how accurate it could be! How could I forget?!

"Who's growing old now?" He pointed at me grinning. "I wasn't able to get your desired snack because the butlers said the store didn't have those so I just bought Pocky instead because it's pretty popular..."

"I don't mind..." I scratched my nape, giving him a guilty grin. I also forgot that Chocorobo-kun wasn't yet actually out on the market during this time period. "I honestly have forgotten and I never thought you were serious about it... haha!"

"It was a deal. We never fail to comply deals... Dad strictly told me."

THUD!

I came flying down to the ground after I dodged a jab to my face with my forearms, in which the impact was too strong it almost broke. Had I not been able to dodge it, my face could've took the whole damage.

Aniki approached me, bending down to my level, giving me a hand up.

I looked up at him, I was panting.

I automatically reached to grab his hand however,

SLAAAAPPP!

He slapped me too hard I flew some meters away bouncing my back to the tree falling face first to the ground.

"Owww..." I groaned as I tried to get up.

"Kil, you forgot again." He walked towards me. "Never trust an enemy. Always put yourself on-guard. I never called for a break yet so I'm still considered an 'enemy' in this training..."

"I.. know." I wiped the dust in my face as I stood up again.

"You forget a lot." He told me as he suddenly disappeared into thin air. I looked around. I can't see him! I tried to sense him... but can't!

SWISH!

I suddenly felt him reappeared behind me to realize he was pointing his sharp fingernails on my back.

"You see now? The mental pressure is stronger when the enemy is invisible. Their minds are too focused on looking for you and what you can do while invisible. This is one of the best ways to catch them off-guard then instantly killing them."

I turned to face him. "I got it." I uttered.

"Always remember that..." He retracted his claws back to normal. "Anyways!" He clasped his hands. "You managed to endure my attacks after putting the level a few notches higher. And you also managed to dodge some of it... As your request according to our deal, your box of Chocorobo is on its way now... Time-out..."

"YAY!" I jumped up and down in joy, can't wait to eat my snacks!

"Kil..." He called me out once again cutting me off. "Let me remind you again one more thing. A deal is..."

"A DEAL...! WE NEVER FAIL TO COMPLY DEALS!" I blurted out finishing his words, grinning like a cheshire cat at him.

"Good." He pat my head...

"Kill!"

I was awakened from my thoughts to see him looking at me.

"Oh sorry... were you saying something?" I asked him.

"Nothing really. You were staring blankly you actually forgot you were eating..." He asked me like staring blankly was something new to him when it's one of his apparent favorite mannerisms.

"Oh... well, I was just reminded of something..." I gave him a guilty chuckle as I resumed to eating my snacks.

"Hmmm..." He grabbed another pack and ate it. "I just had a thought... instead of Dad and Gramps, you were the one training me right now... and I was wondering, who trained you before if you didn't have your parents, and also didn't have a strong butler like you?"

"Hahahahaha!"

"What's so funny?!"

"You're too smart..." I shook his head. "It's not necessary to have parents so you can train and become strong y'know?"

"Then who?..."

"I have my own master who taught me Nen. Actually there are two of them who trained me... one with the basics and the other that helped me develop my personal techniques..."

"Are they the same people who taught you your Combat Abilities and gave you a lot of Tolerance Trainings?"

I stared at him for a few seconds contemplating on whether telling him the half truth, or lying to him completely about it...

I scratched my nape... "Sigh... You can keep a secret right?"

He nodded. "You see despite a lot of things you told me, you weren't dead yet, so you can assume I can..."

"Alright!" I took a deep breath.

"I actually have an elder brother..."

END OF CHAPTER 13