Disclaimer: I do not own Hunter x Hunter or any character used~
After dropping off the bags, Gon headed to the decided area where he would meet up with the others. On his way there he texts them a small message to tell them that he was on his way. It took him a couple of minutes to finally arrive at the small café that they had decided on.
"Killua! Leorio! Kurapika!" He waved when he was getting closer to his friends.
The trio sat at the outside tables that the café had.
Killua stood up and ran over to him."Where have you!?" He asked. Leorio and a blonde hair boy name Kurapika followed after him.
He nervously laughed."Mito-san needed me to run to the store" He hoped that they didn't notice that he wasn't telling the full truth.
"We were starting to worry about you"Leorio added.
"Gomen"He turned to the blonde hair boy."Kurapika, are you feeling better?"
Kurapika nodded."Yes thank you for asking, Gon"
Gon sighed in relieve."I'm glad. You seemed angry before we headed to the circus" Killua and Leorio silently agreed.
"It's nothing...come on we planned to spend the day together, right?"
"I agree! Come on, Gon" Killua pulling on his sleeve.
They walked along side each other to the close by mall. Gon started to retell Kurapika of the amazing trick the Magician Hisoka performed, and how he got chosen to help him with it. He happily talked about the rest of the performance and how he wished that he could've seen the circus from the beginning.
As they walked Killua couldn't shake off a nagging feeling that they were being followed.
"Oi! Killua, hurry up!" Leorio shouted to Killua who had stopped walking.
Gon ran over to him and grabbed his hand."Come on, Killua"
Killua blushed but didn't remove his hand from his.
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The group walked through the glass doors and their ears were quickly flooded with the sound of shoppers and music blaring from the speakers inside the stores.
"Hey, Gon let's go to the candy shop!" Killua suddenly said.
"Gon,Killua, we're going to look around. Let's meet in the food court!"Kurapika shouted over the music.
"Hai!" They said in unison before Killua dragged Gon along, still holding his hand.
Kurapika and Leorio watched them until they got mixed in with the crowd.
"Hey, Kurapika, did you notice that Killua seemed a bit off?" Leorio asked when they went a different direction.
"Than usual? In a way I did. I notice he kept glancing over his shoulders like he was searching for something"
Leorio nodded."So, are you going to a least tell me why you acted the way you acted the day we invited you to the circus"
He softly sighed."I didn't feel well that's all"
The black hair male stared at him, seeing through his lie."I don't believe you!" He pointed at him.
Kurapika shrugged, not wanting to continue with this subject."Believe what you want"He stated, walking ahead of him.
Leorio huffed and followed him. One way or another he was going to make Kurapika tell him the real reason he acted that way.
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The pair was so engrossed with the variety of candy that they didn't notice that every move they made was being closely watched by a certain magician.
Hisoka watched with an enraged look from inside a store that was across the candy shop they were now in. He watched as the white hair male fed his child a small sample of chocolate like he was a puppy. Even if he was a puppy he would make sure that he belonged to him. The magician didn't like the fact that this kid was getting too close for his liking, it wasn't those friendly touches anymore it was somewhat similar to the kind of 'innocent' touches that lovers give one another on their first date. How badly he wanted to go over there and yank him away from his child. He could feel his blood boil by every second he watched the pair.
"Calm down, calm down, calm down" He softly whispered to himself, trying to control his darker side from seeping out. Though he had a small hunch that the white hair kid knew that they were being watched.'Damn kid~' He thought.
"Um...excuse me..."Someone said from beside him.
Hisoka turned to them with a creepy smile."Yes?~ "He could tell the worker was trying hard not to shake.
"D-Do you need any help finding something?" The worker had been watching Hisoka ever since he walked into the store. She thought he would just look around and leave, but he's been here for over 10 minutes or so.
He didn't even really pay attention what kind of store he was currently in. He glanced around the store and saw he was inside a store that sold fragrances, lotions and similar things to that."I was just wondering what could be a nice gift for a...uh... friend~"He lied.
"We have small gift bags that come with the usual products but I'm sure they'll love it"She motioned for him to follow her to the back area of the store.
He followed her even though he didn't want to move away from the window. He might as well get something nice for his "best friend" Machi. Just before he turned away from the window He saw that the white hair kid was looking straight at the store he was currently in. Hisoka smirked realizing the reason that white hair kid was acting so touchy with his child was because he knew that he was watching them. He probably thought it would get a reaction from him. And oh it did.
The lady presented him a medium size lavender organza bag."This is one of our newest gift ba-"
"Perfect~ "He took the bag from her hands, not letting her finish speaking."I'll take this one then~"
"Is that all you needed?"
He nodded."Yes, I think they'll rather enjoy the gift~"
They walked over to the check-out and a few minutes later Hisoka found himself looking again for the pair. They had walked out from the candy shop as he was busy paying for the bag. He easily blended in with the crowd.'If I do recall their blond hair friend said something about meeting up with them at the food court~'He remembered.
Hisoka smiled when he spotted the familiar black spiky hair."Found you~ " He took a seat on a bench that was still a bit close to the food court and he had a pretty good view of them. He set the gift bag beside him and lean back on the bench. Waiting for their next move.
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Gon and his friends decided to head home for the day. They each happily remembered that school was coming to an end and summer vacation was just around the corner.
"I think we should go a resort for summer"Leorio suggested.
"I agree it would be nice to get out of town for a bit,"Kurapika said beside him.
"I say we go to an amusement park and stay in one of the nearby hotels"This time it was Killua who suggested.
"Of course you would say that,"Leorio commented.
"I like Killua's idea too but Leorio's idea sounds really good also!"Gon pointed out."How bout we decided after school ends" They nodded to that.
"It got dark pretty quick today"
They all looked up to the sky and saw that the stars and moon were already out.
"Well, I guess this where we part for the day. Gon, do you want me to walk you back?"He turned to him,
Gon shook his head."I need to stop by Leorio and Kurapika's apartment"
Leorio and Kurapika both shared an apartment since they had both gotten jobs at the beginning of their third year in the Hunter academy. It saved them a lot of money with them splitting the rent and such.
Killua nodded."Alright then I'll see you guys around" He waved to them and walked ahead of them. That nagging feeling of being followed suddenly crept onto him again. He walked into an alleyway and stopped in the middle. Waiting for whoever was following."I have to hand it to you, you're pretty good at not letting others sense you"His ears perked up when he heard someone clap behind him."The magician!?" He exclaimed when he turned to face the person.
"My, my, my, I'm quite impressed that you would recognize me on the first try. I must admit that you were the only one that noticed that you and your friends were being followed~ " Hisoka's golden eyes seemed to shine brighter in the dark similar to that of a cat.
"I figured it was you when you followed us instead of Leorio and Kurapika"He crossed his arms over his chest."So are you going to say why you've been following us the whole afternoon?"
Hisoka smirked."I'm sure it's quite obivious~"
He frowned."You're after Gon"
"Maybe~ "He replied in a sing-song voice.
"If you really think you'll get close to Gon, then you're dead wrong! I won't let you get close to him"
He cocked his head to the side."And why is that?~"
"Because I can tell you want something more from Gon"He pointed out.
Hisoka shook his head."All I want is friendship...~ "
"Yeah right. Just stay away from Gon or else..."His warned in a low dangerous tone.
The magician coldly chuckled."I'm quite curious as to what you would do if I were to get close to Gon. Are you afraid that I'll steal him away from you?~"
Killua lightly blushed."No! I just don't want some creep like you to get close to my friend!"He shouted, pointing a finger at him.
"Creep? No need to be rude I'm just a simple magician~ "
"Yeah, a simple magician that wants something more than friendship from my friend. Just stay away from him!" With that, Killua turned on his heels and started to walk towards the exit of the alleyway.
Hisoka felt a small bubbly laughter at the pit of his stomach that slowly rose. The bubbly laughter slowly turned into a madman laughter, he raised his head and looked up to the moon. Still laughing like he had lost his mind. To hell with finding out how far his child amazement could. All he really wanted now was to keep Gon to himself. That boy was crazy if he thought he would back down just because he "threaten" him. As he had said before, nothing was going to keep or take him away from his child.
It was true that it was too soon to say if this child was really what he was looking for, but he had a pretty good feeling that he was. This child had made him act of character and he made him feel the same exact feeling he had felt a long time ago. He tossed his original plan out the window and started on a new one, which was to slowly gain his trust, make him see that he came with good intentions, and then take him for himself. Once his laughter subsided he hunched over and begun to walk back to the circus.(Sort of how he was when he was in his blood lust form)