Chairs were overturned as flying books aim to hit someone square in the face.
"Kurapika-" Melody tried to say but then ducked the killer book.
"Come out! Where are you?!" Kurapika roared in anger, flipping the dining table over.
He had turned hulk right after Katsu had asked him that question,
'How do you intend to take the Genei Ryodan down?'
The question rang in his head once more.
'How did she know...'
Katsu, seeing the frightening scene scampered to safety and hid her presence using In.
Kurapika's eyes flashed with furious scarlet, he wasn't angry, more of shocked he was.
He picked up another book to throw when Melody stopped him.
"Enough Kurapika!" she said sternly, "She won't come out if you keep scaring her like this!"
Kurapika breathed heavily, his heart still thumping wildly. He slowed down his breathing, trying his best to regain his composure.
It seemed to have worked.
Slowly, Katsu came crawling out from under Kurapika's bed. The gap was tiny but Katsu was small enough to fit in.
Perfect hiding spot.
She stared at him, her eyes filled with guilt but he did not stare back.
"Katsu..."he began, she flinched.
"How..." he paused, breathing out to keep calm,
"How did you know about the Genei Ryodan?"
Immediately, Katsu looked away, refusing to satisfy him with a reply.
This time, he looked up, with a furious look on his face.
Red. Blue. Red. Blue. Red. Blue.
His eyes kept changing color, Kurapika seized Katsu's shoulders causing her to turn and look at him with a shocked expression.
"HOW DID YOU KNOW?!" he screamed as both Katsu and Melody jumped.
Her blood red eyes widened in shock and fear as it stared right into his.
She had not expected him to shout.
"I..." she choked, and then hesitated,
"I...can't tell you..."
Scarlet overwhelmed the blue as Kurapika gripped her shoulders even tighter,
"THIS ISN'T FUNNY KATSU! TELL ME NOW!"
Katsu's horrified expression changed into a furious one as she screamed back at him.
"I REALLY CAN'T TELL YOU!"
Tears welled up in her eyes as she immediately broke eye contact with him.
Kurapika instantly let go and stepped away from her, wide-eyed.
'Did I hurt her?'
He had not attempted to shout nor get agitated, it was just that he was worried.
'She's just a child...a bit similar to Gon except she's much older yet stupider'
But that wasn't something he disliked about her. She brought back memories of Gon and the others, and the feelings he hadn't felt for a long time.
He had forgotten what 'lonely' meant.
Then the thought struck him.
'Could the Genei Ryodan have sent her to spy on me?'
He observed Katsu, watching her wipe away her tears with her sleeve.
'No, impossible. The Genei Ryodan wouldn't sent someone that brainless'
He continued staring at her.
Katsu stole a glance at him to see if he was still looking and immediately turned away when she realized he was.
Guilt overwhelmed him as he immediately looked down.
For a moment, silence.
"I...I'm sorry..." Kurapika began, not knowing how to continue.
"I didn't mean to-"
Before he could finish, Katsu pounced on him, knocking him over.
"Wha-" Kurapika was about to tell her off when he realized she was hugging him like he was a giant teddy bear, her face buried in his chest.
'She's so tiny...like a...'
"Chihuahua..." he whispered, completing his sentence of thoughts.
"WHAT?!" Katsu immediately shouted, looking up at him angrily.
Before Kurapika could say anything, Katsu reached out her hands and pulled Kurapika's cheeks.
"Who are you calling a chihuahua you banana head!"
"Argh! It hurts! Let go!"
With all his might (a little more than he had intended to use) he pushed Katsu away, sending her flying through the air like a flying chihuahua.
Then, Kurapika noticed Melody giggling at one side. He blushed slightly, remembering when Katsu hugged him.
In a split second, Katsu came flying back to Kurapika headbutting him in the stomach, trying to push him over.
Kurapika looked down at her unaffected,
"Erm...what are you doing?"
"I'm headbutting youuuuuuu!"
Kurapika then burst into a laughter,
"No way! You're way too tiny!"
Katsu seemed insulted enough as she gave up headbutting him.
"Hmph!" she turned away, folding her arms.
When he had finally ceased laughing, he asked,
"Oh yeah, why did you suddenly hug me just now?"
She shifted her eyes to him without turning her head.
"Why? You don't like it?"
"It's creepy."
Katsu's face redden in anger,
"You're horrible..."
"So why did you do that all of a sudden?"
Then, Katsu broke into a grin,
"My parents always hug me when they forgive for a wrong doing, so just now I was forgiving you."
she said proudly.
"How old are you? Five?"
"Sixteen."
Kurapika sighed in defeat, she's too stupid to argue with.
Arguing with brainless people can drive a sane man mad. So people of all ages, don't try that at home~
Then Kurapika looked at Katsu, and smiled slightly.
'She isn't safe with me since she knows about the Genei Ryodan'
"Katsu," Kurapika began, she looked up at him.
"You...You aren't going to be safe with me, you'll have to leave."
She frowned.
"I can protect myself!"
Kurapika frowned back at her,
"The Genei Ryodan is very dangerous! As long as you're with me, they'll try to hurt and kill you!"
"But-"
"I don't care!" Kurapika cut her off, "Leave now, or I'll throw you out!"
"Kurapika..." Melody came in, pushing Katsu defensively behind her,
"What if the Genei Ryodan already knows that she's with you? What would happen to her if she goes out alone? Nobody would be able to protect her..."
Katsu nodded her head repeatedly in agreement while cowering behind Melody.
That seemed to have convinced Kurapika.
"Fine. But if you die, not my problem,"
Katsu nodded.
"If you get wounded, I'll abandon you."
Katsu nodded again.
Then she paused,
"Hey! But that's too horrible!" she debated.
Kurapika looked away, pretending he had heard nothing.
Katsu was about to say something else when she caught sight of a shadow by the window.
It waved and she nodded slightly.
Melody glanced at Katsu, noticing the change in her heartbeat. It was slight but she noticed it.
Anxiousness.
"Dango!" Katsu suddenly burst out, shocking even air itself.
"I'm going to buy dango!" she declared as she marched out before anyone could say anything.
"What's with her?" Kurapika wondered.
Melody smiled,
'Maybe that was just my imagination'
she thought...
Katsu hugged the bag of dango defensively as if someone would snatch it away from her as she walked down the streets.
She turned from side to side, making sure that there was no one watching, and then secretly turned into a dark corner.
"Long time no see..." whispered a sinister voice.
A figure formed out from the shadows.
"It has been only one day though,' she laughed.
But the figure remained serious.
Feitan.
"Well?"
"Nothing," Katsu shook her head, "He told me nothing."
"How do you intend to find out?" he questioned.
"I tried asking."
Asking?
That was the most ironic answer he could expect.
What makes you think that he'll tell you?
Feitan stared at her suspiciously, whether Katsu was an idiot or a genius he no longer knew, either way, he was not ready to trust her yet.
Without another word, the dark swallowed him up.
Katsu, seeing that he was finally gone, poked out her tongue offensively.
"Creepy broomstick."