Discaimer: As you all already know, I just own my OC, Hitomi. Hunter X Hunter, on the other hand, belongs to Yoshihiro Togashi.
Chapter 20: Fake Death x Helping Kurapika x I'll Protect You
The girl blinked at her brother's words.
"A contract and restrictions?" Gon asked.
"In other words, it's a condition with limitation?" Leorio said.
Kurapika nodded.
"Nen is an ability heavily influenced by one's spirit. One's resolution can increase its strength," he explained, conjuring his chain. "However, there's a risky setback. Most of my Nen abilities come from my oath to defeat the Spiders. For this purpose, a rule has been set. If I attack anyone other than the Spiders with my chains then I will lose my life."
The three others opened their eyes in surprise.
"There's a Nen blade pierced into my heart," he explained. "My abilities were born from hatred. It's a power that is useless against anyone but the Spiders."
Hitomi just stared at him in disbelief.
"I'm telling you this for your own sake," he continued. "Don't spread this to anyone else."
"Why...?" Killua mumbled, looking troubled, before standing up and shouting. "Why did you tell us something so important?!"
"Yes, you do have a point. Why did I?" he murmured. "Maybe I've let my guard down... Now that their leader is dead."
"We are still in trouble! They are not all dead. One of the survivors has the ability to read memories!" he spoke. "It's a power that can get the desired information simply through physical contact. Even if we don't have the intention of exposing it, she can read our memories. If they were to find out your secret, you'd lose all chances of victory!"
"Killua is right," Hitomi nodded. "Back then, we didn't know that you, Kurapika, were the Chain-user. But if she tries to touch us again, you're as good as dead."
"You'd be safe as long as you don't go near them!" Leorio exclaimed. "And they don't know how you and Kurapika are connected, do they?"
They nodded, realizing that he was right.
"I've been in contact with Hisoka," Kurapika said, in everyone's surprise. "He knows that I'm the Chain-user. We had an alliance, but now that his target, their leader, is dead I'm not sure what his next move will be."
"What should we do then?" Gon asked.
"We should go after them!" Killua said. "Now that we know Kurapika's secret we can't be on the defensive side! There's no time to lose! We have to act now!"
"You're right, that woman may be a threat, but their leader is dead," Kurapika said, calmly. "Now, I should concentrate on reclaiming the eyes of my clan. Just like Hitomi does."
"About time," Hitomi smirked at his comment, feeling happy that he could be able to forget that stupid feeling of venegance.
Kurapika's phone rang and he read some text. He paled and his eyes sparkled a bit in scarlet, before standing up and walking away quickly.
"Hey, wait up!" Hitomi started to follow him, like the others. "What the hell is wrong with you?!"
"It was Hisoka, wasn't it?" Killua asked.
Kurapika stopped in his tracks, showing that he was right.
"What'd he say?" Gon asked, worried.
"The corpses were fake," he said, in a low voice.
They gaped in disbelief.
"Is such a thing possible?" Leorio exclaimed in surprise.
"Now that I'm thinking about that, it is," Hitomi nodded, remembering her battle with Kastro. "You can use Nen to create a double of yourself."
"That's true, a Conjuration-type could definitely have abilities like that," Kurapika said. "Dammit. Why didn't I think of this possibility before?!"
His phone rang once again and he picked up. He talked for awhile with someone called Senritsu, before hanging up.
"It seems that the Community has given up the pursuit on the Ryodan," he told them. "The Ryodan are from Ryuusei."
Hitomi jumped in her spot.
"That's bad."
"First, someone needs to stake out their hideout and relay information back," Kurapika instructed.
"I'll go," Killua and Hitomi said at the same time.
They glared at each other.
"I said I'll be the one to go!" Killua said.
"You? Yeah, right," she rolled her eyes. "You'll be dead before returning here!"
"You are not the one to talk!" he said, annoyed. "Besides, an idiot like you will get lost!"
"Lost?" she scoffed, not believing it. "My sense of direction is perfect, thank you very much!"
Kurapika shook his head.
"I think it will better for you two to go together," he said. "It'll be safer."
The two kids glared each other, again, and looked away.
"I also need a driver," Kurapika continued. "Leorio, can you do it?"
"Eh?" he said, surprised, before calming down. "Sure."
"Kurapika, what about me?" Gon asked.
"You'll create a diversion to get their attention," he explained. "Keep them distracted for at least half second. Better yet, one whole second."
Hitomi and Killua gaped in surprise.
"That's a very dangerous mission! He'd have to be in direct conflict with them again!" Killua shouted. "Wouldn't be better if either Hitomi or me went with him?"
"It's logical to think in that way, but it's also more dangerous than going alone," Kurapika explained. "One person can run away easier than two, because they will unconsciously try to escape together. That's why Gon would be safer going by his own."
The girl sighed, knowing that he was right.
"Umm... say, Kurapika," Gon spoke. "Could you pierce me with your Nen blade too?"
"And can you make also a copy for me?" Hitomi asked. "Just in case."
"You two, weren't you listening?" Leorio asked. "If he was to attack anyone other than the Ryodan, Kurapika would die!"
"Then, how did he manage to pierce his own heart?" Hitomi smirked and Gon nodded.
They jumped in their seats, but saw her point. Kurapika stayed silent for a while.
"From here on, my answer will greatly increase the risk to me," he said. Leorio understood almost immediately, so he stood up.
"Killua," he called.
Killua glanced at his two friends and sighed, before standing up as well. Both of them walked away, letting the other three alone.
Kurapika conjured the chain and showed it to them.
"To sum it up, yes, I can use it on both of you," he explained, before opening his palm. "Each of my five chains have a different function. Among those, there are two of which I use to fight the Ryodan."
They nodded. Kurapika showed the chain of his middle finger.
"This one is called the Chain Jail. It restrains the opponent and forces them into Zetsu. It's an ability I developed to capture the Ryodan. When I fight them, I use this first to restrain them," he said, before taking the little finger's one, "And this is called the Judgment Chain. I stab the target's heart with this dagger and declare a binding rule. Breaking this rule would result in death."
"That's why you can die if you use them in someone who's not a Spider," Hitomi said.
Kurapika nodded at her.
"This chain has one special requirement," Kurapika closed his eyes and opened them, now scarlet. "I can only use it while my eyes are scarlet."
Speechless, Hitomi stood up from her seat and pointed at him. Her mouth opened and closed, but no sound came from it.
"You can turn them on yourself?" Gon asked in surprise.
"I can now. It takes time for them to turn scarlet though," he replied. His sister sighed, before sitting down once again, "This condition was necessary because of my abilities. I'm a Conjurer, but materializing the dagger, controlling it and forcing rules upon others are Manipulation and Emission abilities."
"But you shouldn't be able to use those types of abilities," the boy said.
"Once the conjured chain leaves my hands, it would become too weak to be useful. The chain on my pinky solved the problem for the Specialization department," he explained. "When my eyes turn scarlet, I become a Specialist and all the abilities I have learned can be used at 100 percent of their strength."
"God, I really should think twice next time before pissing him off..." she thought.
Hitomi sighed, before smirking.
"So, in short, you can stab us with the dagger too," she said. "Well? I'm tired of waiting."
Gon nodded, determined as well. That's when Leorio and Killua appeared behind Kurapika.
"Can you make four of those at once?" the kid asked.
"You can cancel the rule after the mission is complete, right?" Leorio asked. "We decided we should be in the same boat."
"We're all part of the plan."
The entire room stayed on silence, waiting for Kurapika's anwer. He however, chuckled softly at his friends' actions.
"It certainly is possible, but all four of you are making one mistake," he said. "I've never considered using the chain on any of you."
"But if we were to be captured by Pakunoda again-" Gon trailed off.
"Then my abilities will be revealed," he nodded. "So, what kind of rule would it have to be? 'Don't let Pakunoda touch you under any circumstance'? Also, if you look at it in another way, that would throw away a chance to counterattack."
"But Pakunoda may not read our memories as soon as she touches us!" Hitomi shouted. "That's why, brother. If I die before she can examine me, she won't get the memory. So, please..."
Kurapika stared at her for a few seconds, before laughing slightly. Her eyebrow twitched in annoyment.
"What's so funny?" she asked, irritated.
"Do you think I would be that heartless to let you all die by my chains for my sake?" he smiled, kindly.
She pouted, before looking away.
"Then why are you telling us all of this when it only increases the risk to you?" Gon said.
"I wanted to repay all of you for your dedication," Kurapika replied. "Even if they find out my secret through you, I won't have any regrets."
"Repay?" Hitomi raised an eyebrow. "If you mean the minutes of my phone that I had wasted trying to make sure you were alive, you should start now. I think that we could buy Greed Island with all of them..."
Kurapika smiled again, making a chill run through her back.
"He is smiling... again. This is the first time I see him smiling that much..." she smiled nervously. "Something bad is going to happen."
"It's not fair, Kurapika," Gon complained. "The pressure of letting down a friend is worse than risking my life."
"That's what I was hoping," he smiled once again. Gon laughed as well.
"It's not funny..." Killua thought.
"That's it!" Hitomi shouted, pointing at him. "Now you are really scaring me!"
Kurapika laughed once again. After a bit, they looked at her and Killua, as if they were waiting for them to do something.
"Okay, I think we should be going, Hitomi," Killua said. "No point in wasting time, right?"
"Okay," she started to run. "Let's babysitting begin!"
"Hey!" he ran after her, irritated. "What was that supposed to mean?"
"First, I'm forced to go with you. Then, it starts to rain above our heads..." Hitomi complained. "And now there are fifty identical buildings?! I have the feeling that today it's not my day..."
"Stop being that fussy," Killua sighed, irritated. "And shut up, you're annoying."
"Thanks for that!" she grinned. "I think you know already that being annoying is one of my specialities!"
Killua just facepalmed. Hitomi laughed a bit, before both turned serious again.
"We shouldn't go ahead, this is the work of a Nen user," he told her.
"A Conjurer, and maybe the one who made the fake corpses as well," Hitomi nodded. "Now you call Kurapika."
"Geez, you are bossy," he complained, taking out his cell phone. "Why don't you call him?"
"Because I'm plain lazy."
Killua glared at her, before sighing. He dialed the number and pressed the phone against his ear. After a few rings, Kurapika picked up and he told him about the buildings.
"It's probably the work of a Conjurer," Kurapika said.
"Yeah, we think that too," Hitomi answered, getting closer to the phone. "Also, we can assume they are some kind of trap."
"But it's also proof that their base is still here," Killua added. "The problem is, now there are too many areas we can't see!"
"But you're more likely to run into them if you wander around," Kurapika said.
"Yeah, we'd never try to do anything like that," she replied, and he nodded.
"However, I keep wondering what I'll do if I hear their voices..." Killua murmbled. "My heart is already beating like mad."
Hitomi looked at him, surprised at that statement.
Kurapika thought over his words as well, in another way only he could understand. He then told them to stay there and wait for five minutes. After that, he hanged up.
The boy then noticed her staring at him with a huge grin. His eyebrow twitched, annoyed, as he felt her gaze in him.
"What?" he asked, irritated.
"Oh my! I didn't know you were scared!" she teased, poking his cheek. "You're so cute~!"
"Who is scared...?!" he murmured, annoyed. He flushed a bit due his embarrassment.
Hitomi let go of his cheek and grinned slightly. Killua just stared at the girl, waiting for her to talk in confusion.
"Don't worry, Killua, I'll protect you no matter what," she smiled warmly.
"Look who is talking..." he sighed, annoyed.
"Wha-?" she whinned. "I was dead serious about that-!"
"Hitomi," Killua looked at her, with a blank expession. "You'll never be a serious person, you know."
She was about to complain, but Kurapika called her. He told them that a colleague of his was going to help them, so they had to wait once again.
And her phone then rang again, this time it was an unknown number. However, she picked up.
"Are you two Hitomi-chan and Killua-kun?" a female voice asked.
"Yeah. Who are you?" she replied.
"I work with Kurapika. Can you look to your left?" she asked, making both kids turn around to see a person standing meters far away from them. "Hang up the phone and whisper something for me to do."
Hitomi did as she was told and hang up the call.
"Raise your right hand," Killua said so softly that Hitomi, who was beside him, couldn't nearly hear.
"You don't have to do as she said, that literally," the girl sighed. "I bet the poor woman couldn't even hear that you talked..."
The girl then noticed that boy wasn't paying attention to her, instead he was looking at the woman with a surprised expression. She looked at her and gaped in disbelief.
The woman was raising her right hand, as the boy told her to.
"What an amazing Hell's Ear!" Killua exclaimed while Hitomi nodded, amused.
Killua tensed when he heard steps coming closer to them. Hitomi sighed, with her arms still crossed behind her head.
"You don't have to worry, it's Senritsu," she assured.
"We can't be completely sure," he replied, "We are after the Spiders after all."
"Well, I think that being always on guard is a feline thing, isn't it, kitten?"
The boy glared at her for a bit, before climbing on the roof. He looked at her, with an eyebrow raised.
"I got it, I got it..." she sighed, before lazily doing the same as him.
Not a heartbeat later, the door opened. The person, Senritsu, took a step and smiled kindly.
"I understand," she said. "You two don't have to hide. Please come out."
Hitomi gave the boy and 'I-told-you-so' look, before jumping down the roof. Little after, Killua did the same, but in a softer way.
Senritsu got surprised by that.
"What amazing skill you have!" she said, looking at the boy. She then smiled at both kids. "Pleased to meet you, Killua-kun, Hitomi-chan."
Hitomi smiled politely, but then noticed Killua staring at the girl. That annoyed her just a little bit.
SMACK!
"Ouch!" Killua complained, glaring angrily at her. "It hurts, you know?"
"It's not polite to stare," Hitomi joked. "Also, you shouldn't judge people skills based only on their appearance."
Senritsu smiled warmly to them. "Don't worry," she just assured.
The kids watched the woman walk closer to the edge of the building. She closed her eyes and put her hands around her ears, as she was trying to hear further.
"I cannot hear the conversation well due to the rain," she told them. "From the footsteps, there should be five or six of them. There's also a woman among them. And they're headed in a direction away from us."
"Just... wow," Hitomi didn't know what to say.
"Amazing!" Killua exclaimed. "I couldn't hear anything at all."
"Well, if you point it out like that, it's not that impressive," Hitomi teased. "You are as deaf as an old man, Whitey."
Killua just glared at her but didn't say anything else, because he knew that it wasn't the appropriate time for that.
"Well then, let's go," Senritsu said. "We have to follow them without getting noticed, don't we?"
They smirked and nodded at her. Not long after that, the two kids were running through the wet streets, following Senritsu.
"Seems like Kurapika is out of ideas," the Musical Hunter said. "For him to actually ask for my help."
"Yeah, that's true," Hitomi nodded, still a little annoyed at her brother. "He always want to handle everything by himself."
"Does Kurapika have any other friends?" Killua asked.
"There are another two," she replied. "Though it's not very stable."
Hitomi was a glad at hearing that fact, but she still couldn't believe that Kurapika had actually made a friend. She noticed Senritsu eyeing at Killua with curiosity.
"You..." she said. "Can it be that you are an assassin?"
"I used to be," he replied. "How do you know?"
"From your footsteps."
Killua stared at her in confusion while Hitomi snapped her fingers in realization.
"If even Senritsu can't nearly hear you, that could mean that your footsteps are very close to the point Estinto," Hitomi explained. "A term used for a type of sound that describes the point where the sound is almost impossible to hear."
"Well, that's it," Senritsu smiled. "You are pretty intelligent."
The boy, however, raised an eyebrow at his friend, annoying her a little bit.
"It's called reading, you should try it sometime," Hitomi said. "But only if your non-existent brain allows you to do such a difficult task."
"I know how to read, thank you very much," Killua replied, irritated.
The woman, on the other hand, looked at them both for a couple of minutes.
"I finally understand the reason why Kurapika would rely on your help," she said, before stopping abruptly when she heard something. "Turn at the corner of this road and those guys should be about 100 meters from here."
"You can distinguish theirs from all the other footsteps?" Killua asked.
"I'm used to it. Each person's is slightly different from one another."
"I can see why my brother relies in your help too," Hitomi smirked. "Well, I think I should confirm the exact location of the Spiders."
"I'm going with you," Killua said.
They both climbed a building and jumped a few roofs. After a while, they spotted them so they stayed quiet to not be found.
"Oh, there's that woman," Hitomi murmured. "But, seriously, can't she do something with that nose? It's almost as big as her face..."
"It's not the time for this, idiot," he raised an eyebrow. "Just call Gon."
"Yeah, yeah," she sighed, taking her cell phone out of her pocket and pressing it against her ear. "It seems like you stopped killing people, but you still love to kill the fun... You, fun killer..."
Killua glared at her. Hitomi shrugged.
"Hello?" Gon picked up.
"Hi, Puppy-boy, what's up?" Hitomi grinned. "I'm here with the kitten."
Killua put his ear closer to the phone to hear as well. The girl felt felt his hair tips brushing with her cheeks and resisted the urge to growl while remembering her 'staring time' days ago.
"Why the hell am I thinking about this now?" she blushed slightly, a little annoyed with herself.
"That woman is over there," Killua spoke. "But she is with her comrades, they are in a group of six... and that ponytailed guy is there too."
"I can also see... Glasses-girl, Scary-girl... uh... the male version of the ghost of The Ring?" she looked at them, under Killua's glare. "Okay, okay, I'm getting serious... umm... There's another guy we had never seen... Maybe he is the leader."
The other side of the phone was quiet all of sudden.
"What kind of guy is he?" Gon asked.
"Black wind-breaker with a reversed cross on the back," Killua said. "He has black hair but, with his back towards us, we can't see his face. There's absolutely no opening in his posture. I'm too afraid of his anterior appearance to catch a closer look. He gives off a feeling of anticipation."
"As long as they move as a group, we can't attack," Hitomi added.
Kurapika asked Gon for the phone and the boy gave it to him. Kurapika opened a map.
"What's your current location?" he asked.
"Honchirenta Road, in front of Motoba Building," she said, looking around. "Heading west on foot."
"There's a subway station," he said, finding the spot in where they were. "Are they planning to take the subway?"
"If it's like that, I think we can get on the same one with them," the girl offered.
"Yeah," Killua nodded. "Maybe we can if there happens to be lots of people around."
"Then it's decided. Thank you."
"Understood," they said at the same time, before Hitomi pressed the off button.
After a bit, they met with Senritsu and told her the whole plan. They arrived at the place and found out that they were so lucky to be in a rush hour.
Senritsu was in the same car as the Spiders, and the kids were in another. Killua called Kurapika and told him that they were already following them.
"I wonder why doesn't anybody find them a little weird..." Hitomi thought. "I would freak out if someone like them sat down next to me..."
Hitomi's phone rang and then realized that it was Senritsu's signal. They jumped out the subway and ran, following the Ryodan.
"They are on the move," Killua informed Kurapika, "They got off at the Rippai Station. Heading towards the Saruma Department Store."
"This is bad," Kurapika said. "That's the direction of the hotel."
"Hey," Hitomi said once Kurapika picked up, with Killua closely hearing the conversation. "Killua, Senritsu and I are in front of the station right now. The Spider is hurrying towards the west."
"I know," he replied. "I'm chasing them right now."
Hitomi blinked a few times while Killua gaped in disbelief.
"Wait... you are what?!" she yelled at him.
"You're definitely going to be discovered!" Killua shouted as well. "Stop it right now!"
Hitomi stayed in silence for a while, and looked at her phone. Anger and worry were slowly swallowing her sanity when the terrible scenery repeated again and again in her mind.
Kurapika was going to get killed.
"He hung me up..." she murmured, curling her fists in anger. "That idiot..."
Instantly, Killua called Leorio. He told him that Gon had gone with him too, a fact that didn't help the girl in her current condition.
"That's it!" she yelled, her eyes already red, before starting to run. "I'm off!"
"Wait up!" Killua chased after her. "Why is everyone acting on their own?!"
Senritsu did the same too.
Hitomi hid herself, close to Killua and Senritsu. Meters ahead, they knew, were Kurapika and Gon hidden as well.
There were also the Spiders. They were looking at an empty space, waiting for somebody to come out.
Killua and Hitomi paled at the sight of Gon standing up, who probably was just trying to cover Kurapika up.
"I'm very sorry!" he held his hands up, in defense. "I won't follow you anymore, so please forgive me!"
They stayed quiet for a bit.
"The other one in the alley, come out!" Machi said.
Hitomi flinched due the finding of her brother. She wanted to move, but Killua stood up first. A little angry, she grabbed his shoulder.
"Don't stop me, I'm going," he whispered.
"Now way," she said. "I'm the one going."
"For what? Showing your beautifully red-colored eyes?" Killua said, sarcastically.
"Yeah," she snapped, but still in a soft voice. "I will be the one going and I'm not going to-"
She was cut off by a pression in her right cheek. The thought of Killua kissing her was enough to cloud her mind and blush in embarrassment.
Killua pulled back and got closer to her ear. "That's called revenge," he grinned. "The same you did to me back at Heavens Arena."
And when Hitomi realized what was happening, the boy was already standing at a side of Gon. In front of the Genei Ryodan.
"That tricky bastard..." her eyebrow twitched in annoyment.
"What do you want?" Machi asked. "There's no more reward money from the Mafia on our heads."
"Huh, really?" Killua pretended to be surprised. "Why?"
Senritsu looked at the girl in worry, her heartbeat was getting quicklier and more impatient. Her eyes weren't another story, they shone in the brightest tone of scarlet.
Even the thought of jumping there crossed Hitomi's mind.
"I have to calm down..." she sighed, closing her eyes and doing her best to keep them violet. "I wasn't caught, so I don't have to get myself caught. It would be in vain. Even if I don't like it, the best option is to let them get kidnapped and think how to save them after that."
Machi put her threads around their hands, to avoid them from running away. After that, they started to walk away.
Kurapika met with both girls and Hitomi resisted the urge to smack her brother because of his recklessness. It was, after all, what put them in that situation.
"We can't get any closer to them," Senritsu said. "Those guys have already raised their defense barrier and are even more alert that they were before."
"Dammit!" Kurapika growled.
"Anxiety is forbidden, Kurapika!" she told him, with a serious tone of voice.
"I know that!"
"You don't know it at all! They are in danger right now, because of your senseless pursuit!" she shouted. "Do you know why they put themselves at risk of being captured? If you were discovered here, there'd be no one who can stop the Ryodan!"
"She is right, so now, calm down!" Hitomi instructed him, before directing to the woman. "Now tell me, Senritsu, can you overhear the conversation and tell us where they all heading now?"
She nodded and they started to walk closely behind them. After a while, they found out that they were being taken to the Beichitaku Hotel.
"Good, the place we agreed before, so Killua and Gon know that we will fight. We have to prepare a trap for the Spiders," Hitomi said. "Maybe... Can we plan a blackout or something like that?"
"We can," Kurapika nodded. "But we have to find a way for them to know about it beforehand."
"About that, leave it to me," she smirked. "First of all, we have to arrive to the hotel before them. They are walking slowly, so we have to take advantage of that."
Hitomi was sure. Her plan would work without fail.
Now they were all in the car with Leorio, heading towards the Beichitaku Hotel. In the way, Hitomi decided that she could tell the plan she had in mind.
"We need someone that the Ryodan doesn't know, and that leaves only you, Leorio," she said and he flinched. "You'll be talking through a phone... or yelling more likely... and pronounce somehow three words: dark, fight, the time we will attack," she turned at him. "Can you do it?"
"Of course," he smirked, raising a thumb.
"Then, we all have to hide," Kurapika said, and she nodded.
"And, in the dark, we have to manage to either save Gon and Killua or kidnapping the leader," she said, in a serious tone. "We can use him later as a hostage in exchange of the boys."
Kurapika thought about it for a little, before nodding.
"Sounds as it would work," he said.
"It will work," Hitomi replied, determined.
Yeah, there was no way they failed. If Gon and Killua got dead... she would never forgive herself. Never.
She looked at her bracelet, the one she had got for her birthday, later that day.
"Don't worry, Killua, I'll protect you no matter what," she smiled warmly.
At that time, it was supposed to be a joke, but now it wasn't one anymore. She now really meant it, she wanted to protect him...
But he protected her instead.
Senritsu noticed something, making her look at the girl her and smile. Hitomi, on the other hand, raised an eyebrow at her gaze, feeling a little uneasy.
"Your heartbeat become tender all of sudden," she said. "Did something happen?"
Hitomi flinched. She had forgot the woman's hell hearing.
"You were looking at that bracelet, which I had never seen you with before," Kurapika added. "Where did you get it?"
"Today is my birthday, idiot," she murmured, blushing slightly.
"And it was a gift from...?"
"Someone I don't remember," she completed the phrase.
They stayed quiet for a few seconds, before Leorio's laughter broke the silence.
"I didn't give it to you, and that only leaves Gon and Killua," he wagged his eyebrows. "Gon complained all the day because he couldn't get a gift... so you know who is left."
The girl flinched again.
"So it was Killua..." Kurapika smiled a little. "That's why that that thing is that special for you."
"It's not!" she looked away.
"You are lying," Senritsu said, making reference at the girl's heartbeat. "So... do you like Killua-kun?"
That question took her out of guard. She had never thought about the boy in terms of liking or not liking, but she remembered all the times with him and she felt heat in her cheeks.
She would never admit it, but...
"Maybe... just a little..." Hitomi mumbled, unconsciously.
All of them looked at her, and she realized what she had done. Her eyebrow trembled in irritation.
"Damn... I said it aloud..."
"Aww... The bratty-girl likes the bratty-boy!" Leorio teased. "How cute~"
"Shut up!" Hitomi shouted, feeling more embarrassed than she had ever felt before. "Concentrate in the traffic instead of talking nonsense!"
She slowly turned her head towards her brother, who had an amused smile in his face. She opened her mouth to say something, but no word came out of it.
"I had never thought that I would live to see the day you develop a crush," Kurapika put a hand over her shoulder.
"You too?" she pouted.
End of another chapter!
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