The sun shone brightly on Kurapika's face as he squeezed his eyes tighter, and then slowly opened it. He stared into space for a while, and then sat up. He threw off the snow white covers and yawned. He glanced around the room with tired eyes and caught sight of a girl sleeping beside him on the bed. For a while, he was dazed. When he came back to his senses, he pounced off his bed in shock and horror.

Why? What? Who? How? When?

Then he relaxed, remembering the happenings of yesterday. It was just Katsu. He sighed; he was actually hoping that yesterday night was nothing but a bad dream. He stared at her for a moment; she seemed so innocent and harmless as she began drooling on his bed. He winced in disgust; he would not wish to sleep on his bed again.

"Bound by the chains of Hell

Poisoned by the hatred of Past,"

Katsu muttered under her breath.

"What?" Kurapika whispered, thinking that maybe he heard wrong.

Then, Katsu opened her eyes.

"Morning," she yawned, stretching.

Kurapika glanced at her as he made his way to the bathroom, shutting and locking the door before Katsu could enter.

"Morning!" Katsu said from the outside, louder this time.

Kurapika took the toothbrush and begin brushing his teeth.

"Morning!" Katsu shouted again.

No reply.

"Morning, morning, morning, morning, morning…"

Kurapika washed his face and then went out of the bathroom.

"GOOD MORNING KURAPIKA!" Katsu pounced on him as she screamed in his ear , catching him in surprise.

"GOOD MORNING AND I'M NOT DEAF!" Kurapika screamed back at her and shook her off.

"Well, you weren't replying me…" Katsu trailed off.

"How did you know my name?" Kurapika asked.

"Mach- I mean she told me," Katsu said, almost saying Machi's name.

Kurapika raised his eyebrows, "Who's 'she'?"

"I can't tell you."

Annoyed, Kurapika turned and walked out of the room. The fragrant smell of fried eggs shifted his attention to the dining table. There stood three plates of freshly prepared fried eggs and three cups of milk.

"Who made all these?" Kurapika thought.

The answer came soon enough, Melody walked out of the kitchen with a pink apron on.

"You…can cook?" Kurapika asked, surprised.

Melody gave him a smile as the answer.

"I figured that eating too much takeaways might not be good for health so I decided to cook this time," she explained.

"Wow…" Katsu walked towards the two plates, her eyes shining. She bent down to take a closer look at them,

"They look delicious!"

The three then sat down to have their scrumptious breakfast.

"Oh yeah, how rude, I haven't introduced myself to you yet," Melody began, smiling at Katsu.

"I'm Melody, nice to meet you," she said, stretching out her hand for a hand shake.

"I'm Zannina Katsu," Katsu grinned and shook her hand.

"Do you know where your parents are?" Melody asked, worried.

Katsu shook her head.

"I think she is a lost child, we should help her," Melody said, looking at Kurapika. He turned away,

"It's none of my business."

"I'm not lost! And I'm not a child!" Katsu cut in angrily.

Kurapika looked at her mockingly, "Not a child? I don't think you're any older than 10."

Katsu's face was dyed red in fury and irritation. She leaned forward towards Kurapika,

"How rude, I'm 16!"

That sent Melody and Kurapika laughing. Her face reddened,

"It's true!"

That didn't seem to have stopped the laughing. Katsu was small and tiny, only one head taller than Melody.

Finally the laughing ceased after 10 minutes-the longest 10 minutes in Katsu's life-.

"Okay, put aside the jokes," Kurapika began, turning serious,

"How old are you really?"

"Sixteen," Katsu repeated, hoping he wouldn't start laughing again.

"She's not lying Kurapika," Melody told him.

"Then it just means that she's short," Kurapika said mockingly.

"That's so mean!" Katsu shouted at him, "You're too tall!"

"No he's not, he's a little short too actually," Melody told Katsu with a smile.

"You heard her," Kurapika grinned, enjoying taunting Katsu.

For a moment, there was silence. Katsu's mouth was agape, her eyes written with shock.

"He…?" she muttered, looking at Kurapika,

"…Her?" she whispered, turning at Melody.

Silence.

"Erm, yes, Kurapika is a guy and I'm a girl…" Melody said, betraying the quiet.

"I don't believe it!" she screamed, as she ran to Kurapika,

"Prove to me that you're a guy!"

"What?! How am I supposed to do that?!" Kurapika shouted back.

Katsu then turned to Melody,

"Prove to me that you're a girl!"

"I don't know how I can do that either…"Melody trailed off, forcing on a smile.

Katsu looked up as if she was in a deep thought, then she looked at Melody again,

"Let me touch your chest and I would know,"

"WHAT?!" Kurapika and Melody chorused.

Melody backed away in a defensive manner as Kurapika hit Katsu hard on her head.

"What was that for?!" Katsu whined, covering the top of her head as if he was going to strike again.

"You don't have to know what gender we really are!" he scolded,

"Just go away and stop 'spying' on me because you have already failed!"

Katsu looked down sadly, instantly Kurapika felt guilty for shouting at her.

"I can't, if I go back without information, they'll scold me."

"Whose 'they'?"

"I can't tell you."

"Argh!" Kurapika shouted in annoyance and turned away.

For a moment there was silence.

"I'll go away as soon as you answer me one question…"Katsu said softly.

Kurapika turned back at her and raised his eyebrows,

"What?"

Katsu looked away, as if she was afraid to look at him in the eye.

"How do you intend to take the Genei Ryodan down?"

The question froze Kurapika's heart.

He glared at Katsu, the glowing scarlet shining uncontrollably in his eyes.

Katsu knew she was in trouble.