okay, here's a new chapter, I wrote most of it in one night, hope you enjoy it although it's not likely, I really need work on my rusty writing skills. tell me what you think.
Btw, the lyrics at the beginning will most likely not mean anyting about the chapter since I just write what I was listening to at the moment, I apologize for any mistake I made.
Set Yourself on Fire
"We'd be so less fragile
If we're made from metal
And our hearts from iron
And our minds from steel"
Three Wishes- The Pierces
He didn't feel anything at the second the axe cut through his wrist; he only saw crimson blood splatter across Anita's face, her eyes void and cold.
It only took one stroke, it was only a wrist after all, she dropped the axe and touched her face, wiping the blood on it, she looked at her now ruby fingers and then licked them.
Pain shot up his arm and exploded in a gigantic bolt as he looked incredulously between Anita's sadistic face and the space of air that was previously occupied by his hand. Blood was gushing out and he felt dizzy, the shock and the blood loss were too much.
Anita lit up the propane torch and bent down closer to the place where he no longer was, fire splashed over the raw and bleeding meat. Smoke drifted up and the smell of burnt flesh was sweet. Disgustingly so.
He didn't scream, he didn't know such a thing but he bit his lips until they started bleeding.
Anita looked at him and smiled "I hope you'll understand Killua" she said in a surprisingly gentle voice with a motherly tone, that tone of voice made him sick.
Killua couldn't take much more and slowly, unconsciousness pressed down on his mind, usually, he would be able to fight it for days, weeks! But this time, Killua didn't fight it, he embraced it and was thankful for it.
His head shot up, his eyes were wide and he was panting. He immediately looked at his hand, he touched it, grabbed it, licked it, bit it and checked its existence in every possible way he could imagine, and he was relieved to find it was real; his hand was still where it belonged, attached to his arm.
He looked up to see where he was, he was in a café, he knew this café, it was one of Mika's favorites, it was shaped in a crescent shape and he was sitting at the end of the café.
Mika's cell phone was on the table but Mika wasn't, he looked around for her and finally saw her.
She was wearing a leather dress with a scoop neckline that hugged her figure tightly and ended just above the knee, every eye in the house was on her as she walked the café as if it was her runway, men with lust and women with jealousy. Her hair was pulled up in a French twist and was secured with a stick; she smiled brightly at him making him forget all his previous thoughts and worries.
Mika sat down next to Killua.
'Are you okay?'
'What happened?'
'You don't remember?'
'So it's true? Anita…..' he looked down
'Was that her name?'
'Yeah, she was after me about 6 years ago when I went to the hunter exam' he started flexing his fingers 'what happened? Did you…..'
'Don't mention it' she waved her hand nonchalantly
'How did you know?'
'You were a little late so I went to check on you, being late for chocolate isn't something you would do' she smiled 'the guy was already dead- great job by the way- but I couldn't feel you any where, I know you hide yourself well but I can always tell when you're around, we're equals' her mind went back to the fight in Heavens Arena and how no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't win 'I felt another nen though, very murderous, and in a town as peaceful as this, it can only be associated to you so I went there and found that lunatic with an axe near your arm!'
'Did you kill her?' he said in a low voice, almost feeling pity for Anita, almost being the operative word.
'No. I would've been happy to do so but that is one murder I'm not responsible for' she laid back 'she burned'
'Huh?'
'Have you ever heard of spontaneous human combustion?' she smirked
'So he didn't believe you?' Leorio asked while fixing his tie in the mirror.
'No' Gon said while swinging his legs sitting on the counter.
'I think he feels betrayed, it has been 6 years, his family probably tried to wash his brain into believing no one cared about him and we didn't exactly make it hard for them to do so' Kurapika tried to explain.
'How can that brat believe we don't care about him' Leorio picked up his briefcase.
'How can he not?' Kurapika argued.
'Ok, ok, what do we do now?' Leorio wasn't in the mood to argue the intellectual blonde, who despite his age, was wise beyond his years far wiser than Leorio.
'I don't know, there's a coffee shop near here, we'll go there and figure out our next step' Kurapika proposed.
'Yeah, I could use some caffeine'
'Wow, she just ….. went into flames?' Killua was amazed.
'Yup, I was ready to cut her to pieces but she just started burning, I don't thinks she wanted to though, she seemed pretty surprised' she smiled at the memory.
'Why wasn't I awake to see any of this?'
'Sorry, that was me, when I first jumped, I by mistake pushed you back and made the back of your neck hit the edge of the table' she smiled apologetically.
'Oh' he felt the back of his head 'she used some sort of chains to seal my nen'
'I know' she looked straight ahead, reminiscing 'it disappeared when she died'
'Do you know anything about those chains?'
'A little bit' she nodded 'just wait a minute, I better go see what's taking them so long to bring 2 damn cups of coffee!' she snapped.
Killua felt sad for whoever had to deal with Mika, he once had the misfortune of ordering her coffee, it took him exactly 4:33 minutes to finish ordering, Mika was very specific when it came to coffee, her simplest order ever was a 'tall iced non-fat soy caramel, extra caramel macchiato upside down'.
'I love it when people stare at me like that' she winked and got up walking like a model, she pulled the stick from her hair and let it fall down to her knees while shaking it, enjoying the spotlight.
The trio walked into the coffee shop to find an onyx haired young woman walking to the counter while swaying her hair, she was breathtakingly gorgeous, they had their jaws on the floor, she walked past them and they were surrounded by the scent of lavender.
'Wow' was all Gon, the first to recover, could say.
'Guys, I think I'm in love' said Leorio after the girl reached the counter 'I'm going to her' he fixed his tie and started walking over to the counter.
Kurapika put a hand on his chest and pushed him back 'are you sure about that Leorio?'
'Yeah, you just got divorced a few months ago' added Gon.
'Oh, you just don't want me to go to her because you want to ask her out yourself' accused Leorio.
'I'm not denying that she's really pretty, to put it lightly, but if you want to ask her out, I won't be the one standing in your way, you know that, I just think you should take it easy considering your recent divorce'
'Am I supposed to stay alone for the rest of my life, Riley already moved on, she actually moved on before we were ever really over, now get out of my way' Leorio pushed Kurapika to the side and moved over to the raven haired woman.
Kurapika and Gon sighed then walked over to the counter.
Mika was furious by the time she came back to the table.
'Not only is my coffee not ready but some cologne-reeking-imbecile thought he could actually get a chance with me, ugh' she shook her head in exasperation 'I don't think he knew I was very close to slashing his throat'
'And did you?' Killua had a small smile on his face
'No, I did what a lady would do and splashed a drink at him' she laid back.
'Guys, he's over there!'
Killua's head shot up when he heard the familiar voice; he saw three figures advancing to him.
'No' he murmured to himself.
Mika looked up and saw the approaching men; one particularly made her grit her teeth.
'You again!' said both Mika and Leorio at the same time.
Killua gave a Mika a questioning look.
'This is the jackass that tried to hit on me' Mika explained.
Killua gave Leorio an intimidating glare that made the older man shudder.
'You know each other?' Kurapika stepped in as he looked at the couple seated at the table.
'Yeah' was all Killua said
'You're Kilua's girlfriend' Gon chirped in 'Hi, I'm Gon' he extended his hand 'I'm Killua's friend' his smile was wide.
Mika looked at him confused then look at Killua asking for some explanation.
'He's an… acquaintance' said Killua causing Gon's smile to fade a bit.
'Alright, I'm Mika, I'm Killua's…' she didn't know exactly what to say, she and Killua never bothered to define their relationship, she guessed she could be considered his….. girlfriend 'close acquaintance too'
'I'm Kurapika and I guess you already met Leorio'
Kurapika? Mika instantly remembered something 'you don't happen to be the last member of the Kuruta clan?'
Kurapika was surprised to hear that, he wasn't wearing his tribal attire so he didn't think any one would recognize him 'yes, how did you know?'
Mika gave him a cold, hard and unforgiving glare 'does the name Genei Ryodan ring a bell? I think you killed some of my friends.
Kurapika's eyes blazed scarlet, even after such a long time, even after convincing himself that he should forget about getting revenge for the sake of himself and his friends, he couldn't forget the sight of his family, dead on the ground, staring heavenwards with eyeless sockets.
'Are…you…..a…. member?' he somehow managed to say through gritted teeth
'Me? No, I'm just a friend of the members' she let out a laugh.
She had been walking for months now, she was dirty and tired and she just wanted some place to rest. She might have been an assassin but she was spoiled, this harsh life was not something she can't do but more like something she didn't enjoy.
She looked at where her feet had taken her and she wasn't pleased, she was in some sort of dump yard, junk was every where, she wasn't gonna rest any time soon.
'Hey Danchou look, it's a little girl' she heard a voice yell
She looked at the source of the voice and saw a large man with a long katana in his hand; he had a stupid grin on his face and was walking towards her.
Behind him, 6 people looked at her with a gleam of interest in their eyes.
'Hi little girl, I'm Nobu, what's your name?' the katana guy kneeled down to her level and tried to pinch her cheek when she quickly slapped his hand away and gave him a cold glare.
A roaring laugh could be heard from an even bigger guy behind who was walking towards her too, Nobu soon followed suit and started laughing too.
The violet haired man said 'fearless! I like her' he looked at her ending down with his hands on his knees 'what are you doing here?' he picked her up and carried her much to her dismay, she started kicking and hitting him.
'Put me down!'
'Tell me your name first' he smirked
'Mika now put me down' she slapped him which caused him to laugh harder.
'She has a strong hand, hey Danchou, can we keep her?' he asked while trying- and failing- to tickle the young girl.
A raven haired man with a reversed cross on his forehead, apparently no older than 19 slowly approached them. He stared at the young girl for what seemed like eternity until he suddenly looked at the necklace she was wearing
'Akiyama?' he asked, a bit surprised.
Mika wasn't sure if she should answer or not, she didn't know who those people were, maybe they were hunters after her too so she kept silent.
'I'll take that as a yes' he smiled 'how did you escape?'
Mika kept quiet, she didn't know who those people were and she didn't know if she could trust them.
'We won't hurt you' a hulking man told her in a surprisingly gentle voice.
After a while of awkward silence, Mika decided to break it, she still didn't trust them but they seemed harmless enough, despite some of their strange appearances.
'I ran away before they reached the mansion'
'Smart girl, I always say, pick your battles wisely' said the big man with violet hair.
'No you don't' said a young girl with green eyes and blue hair.
'Hey Machi! I'm trying to make a good impression' he whined
The young girl only rolled her eyes and murmured something to herself.
That was how Mika got to know the Genei Ryodan and became almost family with them, though she never became a member, not that she minded thievery and murder, the reason she never became a member was quite silly actually, she hated tattoos therefore could never become a real member but nevertheless, she was considered a part of the family.
Mika smiled at the memories of her time with the Genei Ryodan until she looked at the blonde man in front of her and her blood slowly started boiling. This was the man that killed 2 of the closest people to her; they were more family to her than her real one. This was the man that sealed Kuroro's nen and rendered him powerless in order to satisfy his lust for revenge. She was not the person to talk since she herself avenged her family but that was mostly for practice, she didn't give a damn if their souls haunted her for all eternity, she didn't care.
The blonde in front of her was obviously at rage, he had his fist clenched and his teeth gritted.
Ha! Like he's the one who should be angry.
'Seems you love the company of murderers'
'Yeah, they're much more interesting' a flash of a crazy magician in her head backed up that opinion. 'And I only assume you know Killua's job if you are of his acquaintance'
'Yeah but Killua is good at heart, he doesn't wanna kill people' Gon jumped in 'tell her Killua' he looked at the silver haired man with a pleading look.
'I am a killer, that's my destiny' Killua answered automatically.
'But…' let out Gon
'But what? Did you honestly believe I was anything else?'
'Yes you are Killua, I know you're a good person Killua, I know you are'
'How would you?'
'Because you're my friend Killua'
'I don't have any friends'
'YES YOU DO!' yelled Gon making every one in the café stop what they were doing and stare 'We told you what happened, call Zebru, he'll tell you we were there!'
'There are so many things I'm worried about other than that girl' said Kikyo while fanning herself 'who knows if those 'friends' of his don't come after him again? I don't want him leaving again!'
'I'm sure they forgot by now mom' answered Kalluto
'But what if they didn't?'
'Killua thinks they don't care about him so he won't let them get to his head'
'But what if they convince him somehow? Maybe they'll use that fact that they came here for him as proof! We can't let that happen'
'What do you suggest we do then mother?'
Kikyo sat up and looked straight ahead, a sadistic smile pulling at the corners of her lips.
'We eliminate them… and maybe that girl in the process'
