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A/N: It's Trivia Time! Last chapter, I asked, "What was the perfect scene that I had written in the chapter?" Was it: "A) The pillow fight" "B) The bottom of the stairs" "C) Breakfast" or "D) the hug in the forest"? Stay tuned for the answer at the end of the chapter. Also, things get a little... "intense" near the end of the chapter. Still T, though! Just making that clear.
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Chapter 17: The Voice

"Alright, Gon. You win. What do you propose we do?"

Gon looked at me blankly. I stared at him expecting an answer. He had to have a plan. Otherwise he wouldn't have told me to trust him. The silence between us lasted a couple minutes, where we just stared at each other.

"Come on, Gon," I said, "You have a plan, right?"

He looked away shyly. He let out a nervous laugh and said, "Not really. I was hoping you would come up with a plan."

"Idiot!" I said while hitting him on the head, "I can't always come up with the plans!"

"I know, but you're so good at it."

"Ki-llu-a~"

I turned to where I heard it. Gon wondered what I was doing. I told him to stay quiet for a little bit. I knew he wouldn't like that very much, since he didn't like it when people told him to be quiet. But since it was me asking, he did so. I listened for the voice again.

"Ki-llu-a~"

I ran off into the forest. Gon ran after me, telling me to stop. He told me not to go in the direction I was going and some other cliché lines. I didn't pay any attention to what he was saying and just kept running. I stopped at a clearing and Gon finally caught up to me and tackled me to the ground.

"What are you doing, Gon?" I yelled, "Get off me!"

Gon stood up and said, "Sorry, Killua. I just wasn't sure if you were possessed again."

"Don't be ridiculous, Gon," I said while getting up, "I don't get possessed that easily."

"Ki-llu-a~"

That voice was really getting on my nerves. I needed to find the source of it and take care of it. I stepped into the clearing so I could hear the direction the voice was coming from better. Gon asked what I was doing and I shushed him. Gon hit me on the head.

"Ow!" I said turning around and hitting him on the head, "What was that for?"

"Sorry, Killua," he said, "I just lashed out of reflex."

"Reflex?" I questioned, "So if your Aunt Mito tells you to be quiet, you hit her?"

He thought about that. He seemed to be at a loss for words. It looked like I had posed the hardest question in the world. He brought his hand up to his chin after a few seconds of just thinking. I had to admit, he looked kind of cute when he was deep in though. It made me smile.

He noticed I was smiling and stopped thinking, "Killua?" He asked, "What's wrong? Why are you smiling?"

I looked away. "Nothing," I said, "Nothing's wrong, Gon."

"Ki-llu-a~"

Every time I heard that voice, I cringed. It was annoying. It was grating. It was tearing my nerves apart one by one. I was about ready to snap. Yet, as much as I hated the voice, a part of me loved to hear it. A part of me wanted to hear that same, sweet voice calling my name over and over again. But I had to remind that part of me that it was not the same.

"Killua," Gon said, suddenly serious.

"Huh?" I said, just coming out of my thoughts, "What? What? What's wrong Gon?"

"I know what you're doing, Killua," Gon said.

"And what's that?" I said, feigning ignorance.

"You're trying to find where that voice you've been hearing is coming from," Gon said, "I know you don't want me to get hurt or do anything rash, but I still want to come."

I sighed and said, "You're impossible, Gon. You know I couldn't stop you even if I didn't want you to come."

Gon's face brightened. "You mean…"

"Hey," I said smiling, "We're a team. We'll find this voice and deal with it together!"

"Yeah!" Gon raised a fist in the air.

"Ki-llu-a~"

I looked in the direction of where I heard the voice. It was definitely getting closer. However, I wasn't sure if it was because I was going towards it or if it was coming towards me. I couldn't see anything so I figured it was still a ways away. I looked at Gon and he nodded.

"It's this way," I said, "Let's go."

We walked into the trees again. This time, following the voice when it called to me. We made several turns that I didn't know which direction we were going anymore. It didn't help that all the trees looked exactly the same to me. If we were ever going to make it back after this, we'd have to rely on Gon's instincts.

"Ki-llu-a~"

It was getting louder with each step we took. I wasn't sure how long I could keep my rage suppressed. I had to find this thing to be sure it wouldn't bother me again. While we were walking, I looked up to the sky. I noticed that the sun was getting lower and lower, almost behind the trees.

"This is bad," I said.

"Huh?" Gon asked, "Why?"

"It's getting dark," I said, "Remember what the old man said? About how we should be out of the forest by dark?"

"Hmm…" Gon thought, "Maybe it's a good thing."

"What?" I said.

"Well," Gon began, "last time you heard the voice it was a night, right? So, maybe whatever it belongs to only shows itself at night?"

"Yeah," I said, "I guess that could be it. But what makes you so sure?"

"I don't know," Gon said, shrugging his shoulders, "Just a hunch."

I've learned from experience that Gon's hunches were usually correct. So, I'd learned to trust in them. In fact, I was worried when he didn't have any hunches. His hunches were pretty much the only thing I relied on. Aside from my own instincts, of course.

"KILLUA!" Gon yelled. He pulled my arm and I fell and landed on my butt.

I got up, hit him on the head and said, "What did you do that for, idiot!?"

He looked at me with sad eyes and said, "You were about to step on something between those two trees."

"What?" I asked turning around to look where I was about to step.

The trees were close together. Any other time, I would've noticed how close they were to each other. I should have been more aware of my surroundings. I crouched down to examine the ground between the trees. Illumi wouldn't have been happy of how careless I was. I pushed the thought aside.

Who cares about stupid old Illumi, anyway? I thought.

I ran my finger just a few inches above the ground and noticed that there was a thin string pulled tight. "A trip wire," I said, "We must be getting close to whatever it is if they'd go through the trouble of setting up traps." I stood up and continued, "From now on, we need to be careful where we step. We don't know what kind of traps they've set up and we don't know where they're set up."

"How do we know there are more traps?" Gon asked.

"If they wanted to keep people away," I said, "They wouldn't set up just one trap. They're not always gonna be easy to spot, either. So, keep close to me and we'll avoid all the traps."

"But you just said we don't know where they all are," Gon said, "How are gonna-"

I cut him off just by looking at him. "You just have to trust me," I said, smiling.

He looked at me with curious eyes. He then laughed, picturing my smile. It made me feel good to know that he was doing that. It made me want to smile some more, just to hear that laugh. I knew what the next words out of Gon's mouth would be before he even said them.

"OK, Killua," he said, "I trust you."

We started walking again. I was doing my best to try and figure out where all the traps could be. However, with the darkness caused by the setting sun growing around the surrounding area, it became increasingly difficult. I knew that I wasn't going to be of much use when the sun was fully set, but I also knew that Gon's instincts would help us then. So long as I had Gon, I knew that I was going to be just fine.

"You know, Gon," I said.

"Hm?" I could feel his eyes on me.

"I could still be under the influence of that voice," I reasoned, "I could be leading you into a trap."

I couldn't see, but I imagined he shook his head because he said, "No. I know you're not leading me into a trap."

"And how's that?"

"Because you're never this calm when you are leading me into a trap."

"How would you know? I've never led you into a trap before!"

Gon just laughed. He said, "And you never will. I know that, Killua."

I couldn't argue. Sometimes I wondered how he knew me so well, even though we've only known each other for a short time. Then I remembered. I remembered the reason why he knew me so well. It was because he made me. He made me into who I was.

We walked in silence. The sun had almost fully set. Darkness was covering the forest. I told Gon to stay very close and I did my best to point out where more traps could be set up. I paid close attention to the sound of our footsteps on the ground. At one point, I only heard mine. I stopped walking.

"You're being awfully quiet, Gon," I said, turning around, "It's not like you to just stop and not say anythi-" I stopped myself because Gon wasn't there. "Gon?" I turned around where I stood, hoping for some sign of him. "Gon. Gon, if you can hear me, come out." No answer. "Gon, if this is some sort of joke, then it isn't funny." Still, no answer, "I swear to God Gon, if you don't come out right now I'm going to hit you so hard-"

"Ki-llu-a~"

I turned around to where I heard the voice. I saw a light coming from the direction. It was a strange light. Like what I had seen the previous night when I saw the image of Gon. I walked toward the light while the voice was calling out to me. The sound of the voice was definitely getting louder.

"Ki-llu-a~" I stepped into the clearing, shielding my eyes from the light and it said, "You came! I'm so happy."

I couldn't really see at first, but then the light dimmed. I was surprised with what I saw. It was Gon, sitting on a tree branch on the other side of the clearing in only his underwear. I didn't know what to think of it. Were my eyes playing tricks on me? How did he get over there? Where were his clothes? Where was that light coming from?

I wanted to ask those questions, but all I could say was, "G-Gon?"

Gon nodded his head and he jumped down off of the tree branch. He came towards me and said, "Ne, Killua, let's play a game."

"A… game?" I asked, "Here? Now?"

Gon nodded.

"Shouldn't you get some clothes on first?"

"Why do I need clothes?"

"So we can play this 'game' of yours , of course!"

"Oh!" He said, "But the game we're playing doesn't involve clothes."

"What?"

He nodded and said, "Mm. In this game, you start running and I tackle you. Then we roll around to see who's on top for when we make love!"

"Make what?!"

"Make love," he said, "You know, have sex."

"I know what it means, you idiot!" I said, "I just don't know-"

"You don't know if you want to have sex with me?" He asked, giving me the puppy dog eyes.

I couldn't answer. He was giving me the puppy dog eyes and yet, for some reason, I didn't feel forced to do his will. It was strange. I had to wonder if this was indeed my best friend or just that sickening ghostly figure from last night. This Gon didn't seem ghostly, but there were still doubts in my mind.

"Ne, Killua," Gon said, "Will you play the game? Please? It would really mean a lot to me if you did."

My mind was racing as he got closer to me. I still didn't know if this was Gon or not. I had to make a choice: Do I give in to this Gon's desires? Or do I go back and try to find the Gon that I knew? What if this was the Gon that I knew? I'd be turning away from the person that I cared most about.

I made a choice. I wouldn't play the game. I'd go back and look for the Gon that I knew; the Gon that I loved. I turned and started walking the opposite direction, when I felt a tug at my arm. I looked toward the one holding it and I froze. The eyes that the one now wore dug deep into my soul and tore it apart. The big, brown puppy dog eyes that could make the strongest of men give in to the demands of one so small.

"Ne, Killua," he said leaning his head against my arm, "let's play the game, alright?"

"A-alright," I said.

He looked up at me with glee showing in his eyes. Pure joy. He was so excited that I figured he'd start jumping up and down while still holding on to my arm. He didn't do that, fortunately, but instead, he leaned up and gave me a kiss. He then let go of my arm and told me to start running around the clearing.

It was a big clearing, so there was a lot of room to move around. However, there were a lot of obstacles to dodge, as well. Some tree roots were sticking up from the ground and some tree branches were hanging low. I ducked the low hanging tree branches and dodged the roots. I looked behind me occasionally and saw that Gon was almost on me.

I tried to speed up, but I felt my feet leave the ground because of some force that pushed me forward. I landed on my stomach and started to roll immediately after I landed, taking Gon with me. We rolled on the grass, each trying to get the upper hand on the other, until we hit a tree. I was laying on my back, looking up at Gon, who was smiling. However, it wasn't a smile I'd ever seen on his face before. I didn't know why, but it didn't seem to belong on his face.

As soon as he saw he was on top of me, he leaned his head down and put his lips to mine. His lips moved on mine, as if trying to find a better position, and he took my right shirt sleeve and started pulling it off. Once my right arm was out, he moved on to the left. He then put his hands underneath my shirt and started to lift it up my body, feeling every part of on the way up. He broke the kiss just to get my shirt over my head.

He put his lips against mine and when he had found a good position, I felt his tongue in my mouth. It reached over to my right cheek, feeling every tooth along the way, and licked it fiercely. It felt like his tongue was scratching the inside of my cheek. His tongue moved back along my teeth to my left cheek. Once it reached, it started licking my cheek just as fiercely as it had my right. He then moved his tongued back across my teeth and started licking my upper pallet as fiercely as he had my cheeks. He then started to lick my tongue. All the while, I couldn't help but feel that his tongue was foreign to my mouth.

At the same time as he was kissing me, his hands were bringing down my pants with my underwear. Soon, I was naked on the forest floor, with an almost naked Gon on top of me. The ground was cold against my bare skin, but I barely had time to register it before Gon had broken the kiss on my lips and started to move on to my body. He kissed me on my right cheek and started to work his way down onto my neck. He kissed my Adam's Apple and went lower onto my chest.

He took his time on my chest. First, he kissed my shoulder blades on the left and then made his way back over to the right before moving back, getting lower with each pass. Finally, he reached my left nipple. I felt the moistness of his mouth on my skin as he began to suck on it and lick it at the same time. Up until that point, I didn't feel anything, but when his mouth covered my nipple, I had to let something out. I didn't know what it was, as that sound had never come out of my mouth before.

When he was satisfied with my left nipple, he kissed his way over to my right and did the same thing. I let out that sound again. While I admit that it felt good what Gon was doing, a part of me kept screaming that it was wrong. That I should just push Gon off of me, grab my clothes and run away as fast as I could. But I couldn't move. I wasn't sure what it was that kept me on the ground, but I couldn't get up.

Gon, satisfied with my right nipple, made his way down my chest. He reached my belly and started to kiss it like he did my chest. When he reached my belly button, he licked it all around before kissing and sucking on it. Again, the thoughts were screaming at me to do something to stop this madness before it had gotten too far. The other part of me asked what was too far. The first part made me realize that the next stop on Gon's journey over my body was too far.

"G-Gon," I finally managed to say, "s-stop. Please."

"Eh?" Gon said, looking up at me, "But this is what you want. Ne, Killua?"

"Yes," I said. I realized what I had said, then added quickly, "N-no! No! This isn't what I want! You have to stop! Now!"

Gon crawled up my body to look me in the eyes. His eyes seemed different somehow. I couldn't exactly place it, but they were darker. They didn't have much color to them and there was something in them that I had never seen before. Much like the smile, they didn't seem to belong on the face of my best friend.

Gon chuckled and said, "You can't fool me, Killua. I know this is what you want. Because I want this too."

He started to make his way down again, but I said, "Stop! Please! Gon! You have to listen to me! I don't want this. I've never wanted this! I.. I just wanted to be with you."

I closed my eyes and laid my head back down on the ground as tears rolled down the side of my face and onto the ground. I couldn't move. I was helpless, defenceless against my best friend who was about to go too far. I braced myself for the moistness that would surround a part of me that I would never want. Then, everything changed.

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A/N: ... ... I think I'll just give the answer without the game show-style to ruin the mood of the chapter. Okay? Okay. The answer was the pillow fight. Starting right from the beginning of the chapter and ending with their tumble down the stairs.
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