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Oh, as a reminder, I'm dragging this arc. So a lot of events/scenes/cards are added. Hope you enjoy~ But whatever you think, I'm happy to read them.
DISCLAIMER: I WISH I own Hunter X Hunter
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CHAPTER 24: Cards X Hormones X Women
PRAIRE NEAR MASADORA
Buru buruburuburuburu—pop!
That was the sound effect made by Gon's little ball of aura as it travelled slowly to a large rock several meters away. It usually popped after a meter or so from her, though.
She sighed again, while Bisuke said she was doing good and asked her to keep doing it. "You practice your Ten daily, you should be able to reach the rock by the end of the—"She was cut off by Gon's nen actually reaching it a second later.
"That was fast." Bisuke blinked.
Gon was such a great student, the older girl noted mentally. It was not only proof of how seriously she took her training, it also showed how much potential she had. Bisuke was internally grateful for this, since she was not particularly fond of herself (as she learned the hard way in the past) when forced to teach a not-so talented student.
She asked Gon to keep practicing and her mind started wandering about. Not-so-talented students, huh? Wing was one, but she had already improved by then. She was at her worse about two decades ago or so… when she was training her son.
Sigh
Admittedly, she was a Spartan. He was a smart kid, but his control over his body was not as exceptional as her past students. In fact, she only started taking weak students after she succeeded with her son.
But thankfully (maybe) he didn't turn out as bad as most would think. He was a hardworking and strong kid, she mused. Sure he had that creepy sadistic smile plastered on his face and inherited her pathologically liar tendencies, but still—
"Suke-san!
"Bisuke-saaannn!"
"Hai?"
Gon slouched back and an aura of depression surrounded her. "You didn't see it, after all…"
"I-I did, I did!"
"Really?" the younger girl said without smiling. "What did I do, then?"
"Well, you, err—" She looked around and stared at her clock. "Oh my~ Look at the time! Ha-ha."
"Bisuke—"
"Killua's returning soon."
And with that, Gon totally forgot why she was depressed in the first place.
.
Killua went back to the building they used before via the exclusive train provided by Battera. He played with his card and was, frankly, kind of disappointed as it was the same with Gon's. One, because he passed with flying colors—and that was an understatement—and second… well, an impressed Gon was not a rare sight but a sight he'd wanna see everyday. He grinned at the perspective more attention she would give him, too. Like her bugging him about exchanging cards or something…
In any case, he quickly used his nen to enter the game once more. He didn't realize how fast he was going and… he didn't realize he missed her more than he anticipated. Frankly, he didn't think it was possible, given he thought about her in abnormal frequencies every day already…
As soon as he saw them, his feet froze, and her wide eyes and bright smile literally flooded his insides. His brain did not register her running towards him to give him the tight hug.
Call him dramatic, but of these went in slow motion.
"Welcome back, Killua!"
"Hmn…" was all he could utter, before gaining the strength to hug her back. She soon parted from him, her wide smile and slightly burning cheeks remaining constant for the following moments. Gah, Killua mused, he could really stare at this all day…
"So how was it?"
"Hmn?" How was what?
"The Hunter Exam."
"Ah… w-well, it was easy." He said, quickly gaining his cheeky confidence. "It took me longer to get there than take the exam."
"Eh… I'm guessing you finished them all during the first or third exam?" that was Bisuke, and she did not look surprised.
"First." Killua smirked. "Too bad for the other examiners."
"Haha. A boring year for them, that's for sure. Thank goodness I refused this year."
"Eh?" Gon uttered, very interested, and turning her head towards him without really letting go of her hold on Killua. "You were invited?"
"Yep. But obviously I have more important things to do. Maybe next year." She shrugged.
"That's awesome, Bisuke-san!"
"Yeah. I'm thinking of a lot of fun exams. Fufufufufu~"
The two sweat-dropped and looked at each other before chuckling awkwardly. They thanked the gods she wasn't an examiner when they took their tests.
…
They returned to the prairie a little after having lunch. Gon showed off her progress, and as usual the kids argued about it like the children that they were, lovers or not.
"EH? That was it for your first time? Oh c'mon!" Killua said, mostly out of wanting to tease Gon.
"I improved! And I did it 5 times already!"
"And how many times had you tried?"
"…" Gon puffed her cheek and stomped back to her old position to do it again. Bisuke smirked. She liked watching these two's interactions. Teasing them had grown to be her favourite hobby.
"Mah, don't be too harsh on her." Bisuke whispered, albeit she knew Gon would still hear. "She never failed saying your name at least once during her sleep you know."
Gon's ears perked before fuming. "B-Bisuke-san!"
Killua on the other hand, was too embarrassed to react.
And Bisuke internally laughed boisterously… swearing she just had to do this again. And in retrospect, they should finally start collecting the cards.
So she'd just tease them along the way.
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The first card they went to get was the Giant White Beetle, since it was very near. Plus it was easy. For the kids, of course. Apparently only 7 people succeeded in getting it out of thousands, so they decided to take multiple beetles after making insects rain. The old man looking after the tree looked flabbergasted, of course.
Next they went back to Masadora, where they found out about a very useful card. It was one of the three cards from the Girl Series. The gold dust girl, number 046, was said very interesting and someone Bisuke would want to keep. After all, 500g gold could harvested in her every bath. And after walking a while, following the 'rumors' of the NPCs, they ended up in a large mansion with a guard standing outside. The three looked at each other for a moment before an unspoken plan took place.
Gon and Bisuke walked over to the guard and innocently asked if he knew a girl who could shed gold from her skin. The guard looked surprised and denied the claim.
He denied and denied for about a few minutes (even slipping up about traps or something), soon threatening them that he would call the other guards to drag them away. Before he could do so though…
"We're back." It was Killua, followed by a pretty girl. The guard also looked absolutely flabbergasted, too, and tried to attack Killua only to be thrown to the sky. After the guard turned to a (level F) card, the girl turned to a card. And just like that—they have their second designated card.
The three huddled together outside the door for what to do next. Bisuke tried to recall conversations with NPCs on the possible whereabouts of the other two girls.
"Hmn… I recall one girl would be found in a forest in the East, but near the border of Masadora already so we should leave her for last. Hmnn…" She mused again, she couldn't remember anything significant though.
"What about the bartender?" Gon asked. "Didn't you say he was annoyingly pomp—pompu-"
"It's pompous, Gon." Killua smiled and turned to Bisuke. "Like you?"
Twitch
And so Killua flew several meters up in the air… again.
"Anyway," Bisuke huffed slapping her palm together after her deed. "I don't think what he said was anything useful. When I asked if he heard of girls with special abilities, he just kept bragging about never having to sleep, which I could not be sure was true. The only not-so-annoying thing he said was that his granddaughter had a knack for sleeping so much."
"You couldn't tell if he was lying or not?" Killua asked, after recovery, rather demeaningly for revenge. Bisuke kept her punch to herself for now and shook her head. "If he wasn't telling the truth, he seemed to believe otherwise."
Silence
Bisuke blinked. "Somehow… when I say it that way…"
"…yeah, seems like a lead."
…
They stood outside the noisy bar and inhaled a bit of air. Killua and Bisuke stood frozen as they tried to think of good approaches. After all, they would rather not show their abilities to anyone. They want to be as underestimated as possible. It was just easier to get information that way. Plus, to Bisuke, it was totally fun.
They were too late in noticing Gon (as careless as usual) entered without a single thought.
"Sumimasen."
The noisy bar instantaneously quieted down. It was broken about a second later, by a boisterous laugh.
"Ora, ora! Such a cute little girl!" There was a pause. "Come here, will you?" they flinched as they heard the loud exclamation from the inside. They twitched and mentally sent Gon some 'don't-get-closer' vibes which she probably would never receive.
"…ah."
The two sprinted to enter the bar, too, and the first thing the saw was Gon being offered a large mug of overflowing beer. "Drink up!"
"But it smells bad…"
"But it tastes good. Right, boys?" The man asked and the others nodded, drinking their respective mugs to prove their point.
"Oh."
"DON'T DRINK THAT YOU IDIOT!"
"Eh? Why?"
"Because you're underage!" Killua said, quickly glaring at the old men. "What are you planning, eh?" He cracked a knuckle. "Old man."
"We—We were just planning on having fun with her, yo!"
"That's right, kid. No need to get all overprotective over your girlfriend." It was the bartender, and he smirked. "Besides, such rules don't apply here in the island. So drink up!"
"We just came here to ask questions, Mister." Bisuke intervened before Killua tried to kill the NPCs. "About your granddaughter?"
"I don't have one." He said sternly, amongst the noise the people inside continued to create.
'Didn't he just brag about it when we were just gathering information?' The three looked at each other and knew that when such slip-ups happen, then they were totally getting warm to a lead.
"Yes you do, ossan." Killua said and just like that—one of the old man's veins popped.
"I said I don't have one!" He said, grabbing Killua's shirt and lifting him up. The three kids knew this man wasn't a real threat and hence kept their cool. The bar was dead silent by then, and the bartender quickly regained his composure.
"For brats who couldn't even take a mug of beer, you sure are arrogant."
"Hmph. I'm confident I'd beat you old man."
"Heh? Wanna bet?"
"Sure. If I win we get to meet your granddaughter."
The man stared. "And if I win?"
"You… get to see those two kids drink their first mugs of beer!"
"Oi, oi. Isn't that unfair?"
"Is it? Didn't you just say you didn't have a granddaughter?" the man paled. "And even if you did, what? Are you scared?"
"No." The man sighed and whipped his head towards Killua, before smirking arrogantly. "Be ready kid."
Killua shrugged.
And so, half-an-hour later…
"YAY!"
"Our third card! YAY!"
"Yaaaayyy~ Hic!" They caught Bisuke as she lost her balance and they took an arm each. Gon stared at her and tried not to faint at the foul, foul, smell. She felt pain on her lower abdomen too, but she just attributed it to the smell.
"So that's what those yellow bubbly drinks do…" Gon mused in puzzlement. They did own a bar after all, but none of the man looked as bad as Bisuke…
In fact—having a bar inside her home or not—she never saw a drunk person in her life.
"Tsk."
"Gomen, gomen! I didn't know…" Killua sighed as he saw her guilt-ridden face.
"Fine, so long as you understand."
They walked to a hotel room, and checked in. They got a 3-bed room and lay Bisuke on the nearest bed there. Killua stretched his arms but paused when he saw Gon pat her lower stomach.
"Is there anything wrong?"
"I'm having this weird sort of pain on my lower stomach…"
"You hungry?"
"I… don't think so…" She said and then moved her hand to her back. "I feel discomfort on my lower back too. Is this the effect of beer, as well? If so then I can't imagine what Bisuke would feel like when she wakes up then."
"I think she'd have a headache tomorrow, not stomach pains." Killua commented, slowly getting anxious. Gon shook her head and decided to just go to the bathroom and take a bath or something. Killua signed an affirmative and muttered something about taking a nap as he waited.
Although… as Gon walked towards the bathroom, Killua's eyes couldn't help but follow her there. His eyes widened when he noticed something he didn't expect to be there at all!
Blood.
It was then Gon suddenly paused her steps, making him gulp in terror. So… much…blood!
"Ne, Killua? Do you know where they put the to-" She turned around and saw Killua's pale face. "Killua?"
He jumped to her and turned her around. "W-What happened?"
"What?"
"So much blood!"
"Eh?" Her eyes widened when she saw Killua lifting her skirt for a better view. "Killua you hentai!"
Killua blushed furiously when he realized what he just did. "S-Sorry! It's just that- did you get injured or s-something?!"
"N-No." She mumbled embarrassedly and took a look on her lower back as well. She gasped.
"Oh my goodness! So MUCH BLOOOD!"
"What do we do, what do we do, what do we do." Killua was panicking now. Obviously he was having second thoughts on helping her treat herself since the wound was there on the lower part of her body which he wasn't allowed to see. He really needed the peace of mind so he quickly ran towards Bisuke's bed and pushed her down to wake her up.
Thump
"K-Killua?"
"I have no choice!"
"Why you little—"
"Stop!" Killua yelled making the angry Bisuke halt. It wasn't everyday she saw such a seriously panic-stricken expression on the former assassin's face, after all.
"What happened?" She asked and Killua (shivering) pointed at Gon's lower body and Gon turned around to show her.
Bisuke blinked (partly due to her headache), too, and chuckled when she saw. "Oh, my."
"Why are you chuckling?"
"It's called a period, Gon." She chuckled. "Women naturally have it at some point in their lives."
"Period?"
"Why only women?"
"Who knows~" Bisuke smirked. "What do women have that men don't?"
"…"
And Killua soon steamed up.
Bisuke cackled and shooed him. "Now, now, go to bed Killua." She said and held Gon's shoulder and started pushing her to the rest room. "And don't go *hic!* having weird fantasies~"
Killua's face felt like it was going to explode.
"Darned old hag!"
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The next day, they went to get the final girl found in Masadora. They walked, and walked, and Bisuke couldn't help but think about the humorous incident the previous night. Gon was thought about periods, after all, but only rudimentarily and she was probably not paying attention.
In any case, Gon was growing up~
It would post a problem as her hormones would start raging. Sure, she was abnormally innocent and probably wouldn't succumb to them, but she already had a lover for goodness sakes! Who knew, right?
And Killua, even when he was oblivious about menstrual periods, was not particularly innocent. She nodded to herself, she'd have to watch these two very closely from now on.
"So, do you know what type of ability the next girl has?"
"The next girl's named the Aromatheraphy girl. She emits the most comfortable aroma for anyone, relieving stress."
"EH… then my sense of smell will prove nicely, then!" Gon said proudly and the two nodded in assent. They walked around the forest for about an hour or so, with Gon sniffing around. It was uneventful for a while, until—
"Ah, this smell! Mito-san!?"
The two blinked. "Try to find out where it emitted Gon!"
"Hai!" And she ran, with the two not too far behind. It didn't take long for Killua to abruptly halt his steps and Bisuke to twirl around.
"Ah Victoria's Angel~!" Bisuke squealed. "The most wonderful perfume in the world!"
Gon continued sniffing around with a smile on her face. She literally skipped to where the girl was, and it felt like she was floating. It was beautiful girl—the prettiest out of the three they saw so far. She sat above a rock in the middle of a beautiful clearing. Gon beamed and ran to her.
"Sugoi, you really smell like my aunt!"
The NPC smiled. Gon's smile widened, and she quickly turned around.
"Killua, Killua! What do you sme—"
She paused. Killua was barely walking towards them, in contrast to Bisuke's large jumps as she twirled around. His eyes were wide with fear. He was sweating buckets, and he was shivering—she could tell even with their current distance.
Gon looked at him worriedly and turned to the girl. She smiled apologetically. "Gomen ne, but we have to go now." She held her hand out, the girl smiled in understanding. The girl calmly took Gon's hand.
Poof!
And now Gon held an inanimate card.
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Killua walked several meters away, after concluding he couldn't take it anymore. Killua frowned as he reached a good few meters away from where he originally stood and bumped his head on a random tree.
He recalled Gon's excited face quickly turning to one of anxiety.
Darn it—he kept worrying her…!
"Killua?"
His heart stopped, and he found himself sitting on the dirt.
"Killua!" Gon yelled and quickly sat down to his level. "Killua? What's wrong? What did you smell?"
"…"
"Killua."
"Blood." He forced himself to say. "So… much blood, as if we were all showered by it. I know that smell—It's the same scent as when I just performed a massacre."
Gon didn't speak, of course. And all he could do was look at her in despair. "I'm still a monster."
"I'm still a monster."
SLAP!
He felt a rather painful sting on both his cheeks. And suddenly, his darkening sights became clear again.
"It doesn't matter!" Gon shouted, then only a few inches away from him. Her warm, loving, hands on his cheek— as if they were holding him in place. But… even when she said that— it was true, he was a monster. And he believed she didn't deserve to be friends with an innate monster.
As if sensing this, Gon repeated her words. "A monster or not—it doesn't matter."
"Of course it does!"
"Why?"
"Because—I'm dangerous."
"You underestimate me, Killua." She huffed with that serious expression on her face telling everyone she wasn't going to take any other answer. "I love Killua no matter what."
Killua's eyes widened, and he looked down the ground unsure of what to do. He knew Gon loved him very much, and he did to her—both willing to do whatever it took to protect the other. For some reason, that old woman's two-choice question appeared again, and this made him worry like hell.
But what he was doing… it was doing nothing but making her worry. He was not only a monster, he was a pain in the ass too.
So he took all of his courage to slightly tilt his head up, to see her beautifully relieved expression. Killua blushed harder and he couldn't do anything else bury his face deeper on her petite shoulder. He could so strongly smell her addicting scent.
"I love Gon, too, and your smell. Your smell should have been what I sensed…" he whispered and unconsciously sniffed to inhale as much of her as possible at that moment. Somehow… he climbed up all the way to her neck. His nose accidentally brushed a… spot on her soft neck, and she let out an odd enticing squeak, making him flinch, and separated from her to see what was wrong.
She was blushing so much— and it was different from the others. He gulped, and let his hand move on its own to try and touch that spot again, when—
BAM!
He was already kicked strongly, and realized as second later that he was suddenly several meters away from Gon.
Aura darkened around him and glared at the person who fly-kicked him. It was Bisuke, obviously.
"Oi, oi!" He snapped and to his surprise Bisuke did too.
"Don't go and stain pure little Gon! Sheez—kids these days!"
"…Ha?"
Bisuke's eyes twitched. She obviously did not want to explain, and just glared at Killua back strongly. She waved her hand to shoo him away. "Shoo, shoo."
And so, another childish brawl commenced.
Bisuke mused it was probably going to happen even more often now, too. She shrugged.
Oh, well…
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END OF CHAPTER 24
Coming Soon:
CHAPTER 25: Gambling X Push X Pull
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