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"So where are we headed?" I asked as I haphazardly braided a few strands of my own hair together. Illumi had chosen a seat next to me and continued to try to maintain body contact of some kind. As I spoke, his knee was touching mine. I looked down at it with annoyance and moved my legs further away. "Do you two have a clue?" I let go of my hair to see it unravel and tilted my head in question.

"Yeah. Gon said he's going to give Hisoka back the tag. But first he has to get stronger. What better place than heaven's arena?" Killua answered with a smile.

The only reason I didn't know any of this was because Illumi had taken me to a private car on the train, and then dragged me to get food after Leorio and Kurapika left. I must have kept my head tilted too long, because Illumi leaned toward me to rest my head on his shoulder and rested his own head on mine.

A jolt ran up my spine and I pulled away from him. I gave him an annoyed look but became distracted by the boys attempting to hide their snickers. I lifted an eyebrow at the two. "Something funny boys?" I leaned my head into my hand closest to the window to avoid more of Illumi's brand of affection. The boys grinned.

"You two act like a quarreling couple." Gon pointed at me. I clicked my tongue in disapproval.

"Quarreling? Maybe, but couple? Not hardly." I yawned in boredom. I reached into my bag to pull out a book to read. Upon realizing that the only ones I had on my person were gushy romances, I decided to pull out a puzzle to play with as my face reddened. I was still trying to get one piece to slip out of the other pieces when the airship landed. I had been aware of Illumi's eyes watching me for the entire ride, and tried to ignore him.

"Big sis, we're here!" Killua leaned forward and kissed my cheek. My head popped up at the same time as the metal piece came free of the rest of the puzzle. I looked up at the boys as they took off to exit the airship. I laughed at their enthusiasm and dropped the puzzle back in the bag to work on later. I ignored Illumi with a smile on my face and followed after the boys.

"Hold on, you two. Don't be so hasty." I called. I chuckled as I walked at a brisk pace to catch up to the two hyper boys. "Do you want me to just watch and cheer you on, or would you prefer I also participate?" I asked curiously.

"We want to see big sis fight!" Gon exclaimed. I grinned as I looked down at his excited face.

"Alright then. I'll participate, too." Killua wrapped his arms around my waist in a tight hug. I ruffled his hair, then stopped for a moment as I felt a strange little knot. I quickly stopped time and checked quickly to see the head of a pin pressed firmly against his scalp. My temper flared, but I reigned it in as I carefully removed the pin with deft fingers. I knew that would hurt when time started back, but I had no choice but to fix what Illumi had broken. Time started back up, and a line of blood dribbled down Killua's forehead.

"Huh? Why am I bleeding?" Killua questioned as I quickly began searching mybag for gauze and tape.

"Not sure, but let me stop the bleeding really fast." I answered. I was so angry, but I bit my tongue to avoid a scene in front of people. I quickly cleaned the wound and bandaged it up, turning ever so slightly to glare at the source of this problem. He watched with a seemingly detached look on his face. "Go on, now. Get in line. If I get assigned a higher level, do you want me to stay with you or go on ahead?" I asked.

"Go on ahead, of course. Ne, big sis? Can I talk to you in private?" Killua asked. I tilted my head slightly and nodded my acquiescence. We walked a bit away from the other two, sure to be far enough for Illumi and Gon to not be able to hear us or read our lips. "What about that guy you bonded to? Can't you just tell Illumi about him and the effects of the tea?" He cut to the chase.

I sighed. "Illumi is that guy." I admitted.

"EHHHHHHHH?" Killua shouted, drawing our other two companion's attention. I shushed him quickly. "You mean you really are my big sis, but Illumi doesn't know?" He questioned in confusion.

"I guess so. But I'm not ready to tell him that yet. Besides. We aren't married according to the rest of society, so I'm not completely shackled to him yet." I explained.

"I hope he proves good enough." Killua said out of the blue after thining to himself.

My eyes widened. "Huh?"

"I would love you to be my real big sister someday." He smiled calmly up at me, to my growing embarrassment. "Besides. Even though you are really good at hiding it, I can tell you're happy with him by you." He turned back around to rejoin Gon in line for registration to the Heaven's Arena. I stared after him in bemusement, which turned to aggravation.

These Zoldycks are gonna drive me crazy! I watched Killua and Gon interact for a moment before turning my attention to the older Zoldyck. I guess I don't mind so much, though. As crazy goes, this isn't half bad.

"Hey, big sis." Killua called back to me as I leisurely walked back to the group. "If you get to a floor with rooms included, are you and brother gonna share a room?" Killua's face was contorted into a mischievous grin as I turned the color of a tomato.

I opened my mouth to respond in the negative when arms wrapped around my torso and his voice spoke up next to my ear. "That's a great idea, Kil! I think we will."

I take that back. It's so bad. I'm gonna lose my mind!

We had reached level two hundred that day, and though we each could have our own room, Illumi had decided we should share a room to help us get to know each other better. I fell into the single bed that was, thankfully, big enough to fit us both comfortably and closed my eyes. By comforably, I meant no touching. When Illumi Sat on the other side of the bed and stared at me, I opened my eyes to stare back, defiantly.

"This side of the bed is mine. That side is yours. You get onto my side at night, and I notice or you touch me, you get pushed out of bed. Simple as that." I informed him. He stayed silent as he continued to stare. I took that as acceptance and lifted myself off of the bed. I grabbed my bag and sauntered into the bathroom to get changed. As I dug for my pajamas, I came across why Iwas so angry with him today, in the first place. I set the pin down and quickly got changed into my lilac cotton camisole and plush grey pants, nixing a bra completely. I walked back through the door to see him in a black undershirt and black cotton pajama bottoms, reading a book of some sort. I flicked the pin at him in irritation, and he caught it with no problem. He raised his eyes from his book to look me in the eye. "If I ever find out you've done that again, you will regret it, dearly." I hissed.

"What will you do?" He asked me, much like he had with Gon.

"You will never see Killua and I again. And aside from Killua, You will be the last Zoldyck. You will be alone in this world for the rest of your days." My bloodlust flooded the room as I hissed my promise to him. He watched, seemingly unaffected, while my aura lifted my hair and caused my eyes to glow.

"You really are beautiful when you're angry. But I won't do it again. I would like to be allowed to stay by you after all." He finally spoke, sounding like he had when he had told Killua he was lying about killing Gon.

"Glad to see we understand each other, then." And with that, I collapsed back into my side of the bed, my bloodlust diminished to nothing. I closed my eyes so that I could get some rest.

I had fallen asleep so fast, that I didn't feel the careful hands tucking me in.