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CHAPTER 30: United Front x Water x Pedo
Gon, Killua, and Bisuke were once again in the outskirts of town, camping. They preferred it that way, anyway. The wild was so much more comfortable. They were forming a circle around a bonfire, and started doing an inventory of cards.
They had 55. And they knew they were awesome.
Gon's eyes ended up on the Golden Scale, a card Killua obtained when Bisuke took her out to shop for new clothes. She actually tailored for a set that was practically identical to her old ones, destroyed from the bomber fight, but Gon wouldn't have it any other way.
All Killua said afterwards was that it wasn't really hard. He just answered some 'weird-ass' question and that was that, repeating it would jinx the card though so she wasn't allowed to ask.
It was then that Gon's binder rang, indicating someone was contacting them. "Yo. Long time no chat," said a very familiar voice. Gon and Killua looked at each other in suspicion, as the associations they had with this voice was nowhere near good. "This is Kazsule."
The three looked at each other. 'Who?'
They heard an awkward laugh and this Kazsule person just continued. "To refresh your memory… you probably remember me as the guy who took the Sword from you."
Ah
"YOU!"
And he was shameless enough to invite them to a meeting of players, too, not that they really minded. They kind-a appreciated he didn't use violent force to take the card, and he actually used as 'this is a game; it happens' speech which was true.
The discussion was generally about the bomber, whom they already knew about thanks to the African-American person they entered the game with, and told them everything—who the bomber was and what were his abilities—before the mass murder which happened.
And of course, the business-like Bisuke and Killua did not forget to use the information to get maximum gain.
They got three S-ranked cards that night.
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They arrived at Soufarabi in a group of 15, Killua counted, since he could be over-compulsive that way. Or maybe it was a good way to distract himself, considering everything he had to think about lately.
Interestingly, they found out new information with the same questions could be gained with such a number. Therefore, there was an event going on and they planned on joining.
Eventually, they met this NPC with maroon hair and a sad back story. As the others spoke with her, his mind went to thoughts like who made up this character's background. Did the character have any choice but live that way? Of course she didn't; she was a controlled being—
"Killua?" Gon's worried voice quickly pulled him back to reality, and soon felt her warm hands over his cold ones. The team was moving, it seemed. "Let's go?"
"A-Ah."
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Killua followed the group as they headed to the top of a cliff. A bar was there and it reminded him slightly of Gon's home—only this one was nowhere near a 'home'. She was still holding his hand and perhaps had no idea that he was entering his own little world even more frequently lately: Just as he wanted it. He did not want to worry her needlessly with expressions he would probably be making otherwise.
They opened the door and Kazsule, the acting leader, quickly demanded the fourteen (yes, Killua counted) devils and their boss leave the premises. Apparently, that was the condition to get the Patch of Shore card. Killua needed some distraction and quickly looked for one.
"GEH." A fat 'devil' with matching pointed hat smirked arrogantly. "As if we will."
"Take us to your boss, then." Kazsule said bossily and Killua shook his head. Baka
Predictably, the bald fat-man only laughed and took his alcohol and formed a circle around him. "Beat me and I will take you to him." And lit up his lighter and soon blue flames formed a circle around him. He probably wanted to wrestle.
"Let's Wrestle!" Yep. "Whoever steps out of this circle loses."
And with one side having an arrogant big guy, the other one was bound to have the same. "Let me fight you!" Their team bald man stated arrogantly.
"Alright Zeho." Kazsule nodded coolly and they watched the bald man gather aura that could make his muscle look a little bigger. It looked impressive to most, but he, Gon, and Bisuke knew better. This guy was no good. So much time to gather so little aura… it was practically guaranteed he'd lose.
And he did, in a rather humiliating way too. He was even getting tortured at the mome—never mind. Gon just jumped in to save him. That meant Gon wouldn't be able to participate again.
"EHHH!? N-NO fair! Let's do it again!" Gon squeaked. Gon was so cute, but as always—she wasn't thinking her actions through. Mah, thinking was his job. That was one of the reasons why he had to be with her, he told himself.
"Hmn…" The enemy bald-man smirked. "Okay, for you little girly."
"Wait." He intervened coolly. "I'll go against you."
"EHHH?"
Bisuke sighed as he got ready to deal with the enemy and whispered to Gon their next line of action—that was: Hide their strength. This group was useless; they wouldn't win with them as teammates. So they could only gather information.
He slowly walked to the bar and took the bottle just standing there. He mentally chuckled (and yes, blushed) at the recollection of what this drink could do to Gon.
Anyway, he used his thumb to open the bottle (or rather, take off the whole neck), jumped to the fat guy, bathed him with the alcohol and stealthily used his electricity to, well...,
Light him on fire.
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After much yelling and drama, courtesy of the burned bald fat-man, the most level headed devil (looking opposite of the one he just beat, minus the elf hat) lead them to another building where this Razor person was.
Razor… looked surprisingly friendly. Seriously muscular and athletic-looking, but still friendly. At least he had that incessant smile on his face. But then again, Bisuke usually had an incessant smile on her face. That probably meant this guy couldn't be trusted.
In any case, the challenge for the card was apparently a set of sports wherein they could use Nen. People got assigned to go against devils in specific sports.
They weren't surprised when their first match was lost. They didn't expect much about this group, so they only decided to play it smart.
The three made a list of the games, and the abilities of the opponents. It was funny how Gon genuinely tried to win but kept losing anyway. She really had a weakness with long-range shots—just like how she kinda lacked foresight… which he had in abundance by the way, which was another reason why they suited each other.
In any case, they lost and parted with the other 11, having a number of plans inside their heads. They wondered how they'd find a competent set of new members…
"Hey." It was one of their team members and he did not leave. The three kids stared, and Bisuke went to do her cutesy act again.
The man, however, was relatively unaffected. He was even perceptive enough that he noticed their plans. "I'm in." And they agreed readily. They talked a bit about the criteria and Goreinu seemed deep in ponder. Or he just looked like it…, since he had a big forehead.
"I'll go look for some members as well." He said, just before they parted ways. "We'll meet tomorrow morning?"
They nodded, and as they watched Goreinu leave, Bisuke raised an accompany card.
"11 more to go." She nodded and looked at them. "Now, let's go get some rest."
"Osu!"
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Later that night, the three were resting. At least that was the plan. Gon, even in her slumbering state, looked visibly restless. She was having a nightmare again.
Gon's eyes widened when he turned around, only letting his back face her. She automatically gestured to move, but she couldn't. She looked down her feet and realized they were frozen in place, unable to move—despite desperately wanting to do so.
She whipped her head up again and tried to call him. But only air came out—there was no voice, no sound.
Gon could only watch him. She noted that he really was growing to be a man, and yet to her he was becoming smaller… why was that?
Because he was walking away.
Gon woke up in the middle of the night—because of that dream again. She looked at Bisuke who was sleeping peacefully. Gon was thankful she never sleep-talked when she had this nightmare. She quickly looked at Killu—
Her heart stopped.
Killua?
She stood up and sprinted to where she could smell him. It was hard since he barely exuded any smell, but it was his—so she would find it no matter what.
Eventually, she caught sight of his silver hair. She felt herself breathing again.
Killua was just… sitting there on a steep cliff staring into the stars and not even noticing her there. She took a deep breath and approached him. "Is there anything wrong, Killua?" She said and kept her heart from pounding so loudly. His expression—which he now forced to normal—looked so sad.
"Ah… ie." Killua said and looked at her. "What woke you up?
She didn't want to tell him it was that nightmare again, so she only smiled. "I got cold feet." She said and even held her feet up to make her point. "You?"
He looked down the cliff and pondered. "I got cold feet, too." He lied and chuckled. Gon soon realized he probably couldn't sleep at all. In the end, she only sat beside him and didn't say a word.
An unforeseen yawn came from her mouth though, after several minutes of stillness, and she absent-mindedly leaned on Killua and used his shoulders as a pillow. She felt his hand creep behind her back to support her and she quickly realized she must have been quite a burden—especially for someone who hadn't gotten any sleep yet.
She sat up properly. "I'm sorry." She whispered, but they were still very close and his hand was still behind her back. And instead of saying anything he leaned down. She could feel his face get warmer, or was it her face? It was probably both.
"Gon…" he huffed when their foreheads met. "Can I kiss you?"
"Eh?"
Killua placed his lips on hers without waiting for her answer. It soon turned into the type of kiss that made the usually-oblivious Gon know for sure that Bisuke would strangle them both if she saw.
They parted after what seemed like a long, yet wonderful, time and stared at each other. She could see even more clearly Killua's eyebags, and he to hers.
"You haven't slept yet have you?" She asked and he looked at her in embarrassment, before shaking his head in admittance. His eyes ended on her lap, and Gon saw it… much to his humiliation.
It turned out to be a good thing though. "Do you want to use my lap as a pillow?"
Killua stared at her and nodded shyly, before letting his head rest on her lap. She was so… soft. It was then that he felt her hand on her head. He felt even more blood rush up to his head. He concluded it would explode soon.
"Your hair's so soft…" She said, and he wanted to reply 'you're soft, too' but that would be improper.
He could feel her soft petite hands playing around with his silver locks, soon massaging his head.
He fell asleep before he could think of another thought.
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Killua woke up and he was already flying in the air. As he spun around, he realized immediately he was probably kicked to the air the first thing that morning.
That blasted old bag.
It would have been a dream come true to wake up on Gon's lap.
Anyway, he was kicked so far away that Bisuke already finished bathing, and was then guarding Gon as she took her bath.
Bath.
Killua quickly shook perverted thoughts away from his head. As Gon was innocent, he was a pervert. Then again, that could be yet another reason why they suit each other…
"Stop thinking of hentai stuff, kid, it's disturbing."
"Che. No I'm w-wasn't."
"Yes, you are."
His eyes twitched. "How do you know, then?"
"I've been a pervert for 45 years. I just know."
"WHAAT?!"
And she called him disturbing.
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"Sorry." A voice from behind Bisuke soon interrupted the silence. "Did I take long?"
Killua turned around and—whoooosh—blood poured out of his nose.
"W-Wha! K-Killua?! Are you alright?!" Gon quickly ran to Killua, wondering what happened. Bisuke did, too, for a bit since Gon was wearing full attire. The only difference was that she had her hair down, as it was still wet.
Bisuke had to admit the style suited Gon. It made her look more mature. But Killua certainly overreacted. Perhaps the fact that he had been holding back the thoughts (he's a healthy boy undergoing puberty, so it must've been a lot), was an even larger factor. If so, she had to bring her guard up in case the former assassin turns to a hungry wolf.
When Bisuke went back from her reverie, Gon was already wiping Killua's nose. "That's kinda much of a reaction isn't it, kiddo?" She said and Killua frowned.
"No one asked you."
Gon gently tapped his head. "Mou, that's rude." She pouted. "And it's true. What happened?"
He blushed and looked away. Gon frowned in annoyance and held both his cheeks and made him look straight at her. "Look at me." She said. "What's wrong? You're losing blood now for goodness' sak—"
"Remember the kiss we had last night?"
She blushed but managed to nod.
"I wanna do it again."
Gon's eyes widened. And Bisuke's anti-wolf antennae tingled. It was her cue.
And Killua found himself hanging on a tree a hundred meters away a second later.
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Killua was tapping his head to ease the pain (from that bump Bisuke made because of his 'predatory tendencies' as she would call it) when they met up with Tzesguerra, the elf looking guy who worked for Battera. Goreinu was also with them at the time, and it was interesting he also had Tzesguerra on his mind.
Fortunately, the elf-looking man agreed. And with team Tzesguerra's 4 members (the four leaving the game for that morning since they had things to talk with Battera), the gorilla (who would stay with them, it seemed), and the three of them… there was only 1 more player that needed to be competent. The rest could be anyone.
One more player…
"We should try Kuroro."
"EH?" Killua voiced out rather loudly. He had a tendency to overreact that day. Gon pouted and said it was probably not the real Kuroro as they could only access the island with Nen. She said it was probably strong and with some kind of connection with the spiders. It was worth a try. Killua, of course, being the worry-wart was absolutely against taking the risk.
They argued about whether or not to contact the player named 'Kuroro' all the way after breakfast.
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"I think I'd have a leap of faith." Goreinu said, looking at the two still-bantering kids as they travelled. Tzesguerra left to find the rest of the people who would fill the slots, while he and the kids were going to get the other main member. Well, in any case, he watched the kids in doubt.
He was surprised with their occasional show of sweetness—telling him they were more than friends, yet exuded that homey feeling true friends gave off. They were perfectly at home with each other.
"Yes. Yes, you should." Bisuke agreed with him and pulled him back to reality. "They're more reliable than they appear." She said and looked at him. They could trust him, and he seemed to be trying to trust in their capabilities.
"There's only one way to settle this!" Killua yelled seriously catching the two adults' attentions. To their surprise, Gon was just as vehement.
"Agree!"
And they went to battle pose. Or so Goreinu thought.
"JAN.
"KEN
"PON!"
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"Yatta!"
"Tsk." Killua mumbled in annoyance and looked away like the kid that he was. "Don't blame me if you get disappointed at what we will see."
Goreinu kept praying for a miraculous leap of faith, while Bisuke nonchalantly wondered if Gon would, indeed, be disappointed.
And an accompany card later, they realized that they weren't going to be disappointed after all! At least she wasn't. Heck—not being disappointed was a wonderful understatement… for Bisuke was so not let down at what she saw at all~!
Beautifully carved male body. And all for her to ogle.
But of course, she had her image… so she hid behind the tree and 'covered' her face to keep her act, but otherwise watched everything with utter interest.
Whoever this man was, this man with bright orange hair and well-chiselled abs, was amazingly well-built. Such picturesque body whose details she could just stare at all day lon—
"DON'T LOOK!" Killua's panic-stricken plea, this time, pulled Gon back (not that she actually took her eyes away) and ex-assassin covered Gon's eyes with both his hands.
"EH? But I already saw my—"
"T-That doesn't count!" He yelled making her ears ring, and then glared at Hisoka. "What are you doing just standing there?!"
"This is… Kuroro?" Goreinu mumbled in surprise, not that anyone heard him. But then Hisoka raised his aura and the kids automatically did the same.
"Mah, kid, don't cover Gon's eyes—she couldn't concentrate on her nen~" He said with that usual annoying voice of his and mused how they improved, he even pondered who their new teacher was.
"URUSAI!" He yelled and looked at Gon. "She's doing good enough Nen."
"Demo… Killua… I really think I can—"
"NO!"
"…"
"Anyway," Killua turned to Hisoka. "Go get dressed up so we can talk already!"
And Hisoka raised his eyebrows and stared, but chuckled anyway. "Hai, hai~"
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As Hisoka dressed up, the four made a circle. They occasionally asked him questions as he took on his undergarment like what was he doing there, who assisted him, etc. He made no answer connected to the spiders, as the kids thought. Bisuke made a message with her nen: 'He's lying'. And the kids believed her immediately, unsurprised.
In any case, when he approached them—finally, fully dressed—Bisuke (since Killua didn't want to ask anymore) offered him to join their quest, if he had the time to of course. Bisuke was sure to look especially cute that day. It was about time she looked for a new 'prospect'.
Pedobear-Hisoka shivered a bit, sensing the thought, but he kept his façade. "Okay." He said. "It's not like I have much to do, anyway."
They knew that moment that he already finished what he had to do in the game, or at least was only waiting for something sure to happen to, well, happen. They decided to keep an eye on him, after all. Well except for Gon.
Gon wasn't allowed to keep an eye on him. No, she wasn't.
He held her hand.
But for some reason, he could feel the clown staring at both their backsides as they walked. Creepy, creepy. "You should walk ahead of us." Killua said and Hisoka pouted.
"I was enjoying the view here…, but okay…"
Kami, Killua huffed practically shivering in disgust.
Hisoka must be the creepiest pedo-clown the world had ever seen.
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END OF CHAPTER 30
Coming Soon
CHAPTER 31: Team x Dodge x Monster
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