Joker X Love X Queen
Chapter 11
They say… when you die, it's going to hurt like hell… but I already die a lot of times and realize…it's not as horrible as people think it is. Seeing your love ones die in front of you, hurts ten times more than you could ever imagine. But dying?...it just felt like you're floating in a thin air, free from your thoughts, the burden of your body and …your soul
Scarlet eyes flutter open, the light blinded her vision and the cool air brush to her face. She sat up and found herself siting on a grass full of flowers and wonders. She look up to the sky and notice that its bluer than she can remember, the sun doesn't hurt her skin, she isn't sweating and everything feels so…peaceful?
She squinted her eyes, she never did like this feeling….the world never felt like this, so in instant she know something is absolutely wrong. She try to remember why she is here in the first place, she keep pondering in her thoughts but the peaceful feeling is making her forget.
"Damn it" she stood up on her feet and pull a sharp object from her hidden holster in her legs and without a hesitation
SWIPE!
The pain in her wrist woke her up from those illusion, the image break like a glass and found herself floating in a clear water, her first instinct is to swim on top, which she did. Scarlet gaps for air to breath before she look around to survey her surroundings. She found a glowing cherry blossom in the middle of this cave, some of its petal is showering down the water and also dropping gently in her head. It's a beautiful view, mystical and wonderful but Scarlet groan in displeasure and slap her hand across her face
"Great, just great…. Of all the place we could land, its just have to be this stupid Cherry Blossom Dream" she sigh and swam to the only shore which is where the roots of the mystical tree is. When she got a hold of the tree, memories that once blur brought clear in her mind.
They took the destiny train to Zombie Island, landed in the farthest to Sin City where…she needed to go. Damn..damn, her fucking luck.
Then she remember her companion, actually she needed no use to Hisoka and Illumi now that she's inside but- she look down the mystical water pond. She worries about the teens and of course her shishou.
But what she found in the water surprise her, there wasn't anyone else but her in the water. She squinted her eyebrow in confusion and look around the empty cave. She try to recall the system inside the Zombie Island and remember.
"Oh~ right, that train…never stop and tends to drop live soul to different places depends on their soul" she scratch the back of her head then rub her smooth slender chin "This is going to be hard to guess, I know where I'll see Bisky-shishou, she's probably in that fantasy shore…but I wouldn't know where the others is" then a picture of Hisoka pop in her mind, she immediately shush those thoughts away "Hell will I care about that clown…" she chew her lip in worry then immediately shook it away "Urgh stupid thoughts, I don't care if he dies I-…" she pause and drop her head in surrender "...he's going to be drop Slaughter Field along with illumi… " She hold on her aching head "Their Near the fucking devil's gate…I'm so not going to drop there to get them" she said stubbornly then look down on her face to the water's reflection "Urghh shut up! You can't force me to-" she blink and halted her self-arguments when she saw a hint of white in the deep water…its already too deep to swim to but-
"SHIT!" Scarlet exclaim and immediately strip her coat, her knife holster and any heavy material in her body and dive right down the pond. The water is not warm or cold, actually felt more like a light air than anything else, it felt soothing yet…suffocating. Visions of people, her dreams, her life, her hobbies… runs through her mind like dream, squeezing inside her focus mind as she dive deeper to reach out for that hint of white. It's like fighting a wonderful feeling or her drowsiness, it's like fighting to not to fall asleep, it's like rejecting all your happy thoughts and forcing yourself back to reality, it's that painful inside the deep water. Scarlet almost lost her will and float up- but she isn't a quitter, she's isn't weak…she's kind hearted despite of her change. She knows and she still remembers the pure white Scarlet she always is…she's not all red... yet
GRAB
She hold on to its wrist- and immediately swam up as fast as she can and breaths in a large amount of air to fill her aching lungs. She cough out few mystical waters before looking down at the….. the white haired teenager….Its Killua… if her memory is as sharp as it is
"Killua" The name felt foreign on her tongue but she knows she needs to get use to it, because he'll be her first companion as they search for the others…that's if…he's not dead yet
Panic slightly wave through her skin and hurriedly shake his shoulder, he didn't budge so she immediately lean down to check his heart rate. As a doctor she immediately know that his lungs are filled with water. She pinch his nose, position his head up right and open his mouth to-
Killua felt at peace, strangely enough his mind refuses to think anything logical like he usually do, he refuses to analyze anything and oddly, he didn't have any motivation to push it through
"Killua" Killua stop staring at the beautiful view and look over his shoulder and found Gon, Alluka, Kurapika and Leorio waving at him on the hill far from him, there's a cherry blossom tree behind them.
"We're having dinner to Mito-san, wanna come…." Gon shouted with a smile, Killua eyes brighten
"Of course" he grin
"Hurry up then!, RACE YA"
Killua's eyes brighten and ran after Gon passing Kurapika and Leorio
"Aniki" Killua stop by to Alluka, who gave him a peck on the cheek before letting him run along with Gon
Gon and Killua race down the hill laughing and pushing each other playfully, having a time of his life.
They arrived on Mito-san's house where Gin, Dad's oyaji is there and surprisingly, his dad there chatting with Gin on the table
"Wha- OYAJI" Killua exclaim in surprise
"ooh~ Son, you made it, Gin here invited our whole family for dinner" Silva said a little drunk with Gin who's in the same of happy state
"What?" Killua ask in surprise not believing his eyes
"Your mother and your sibling will be arriving soon" Silva said in a out of character motion
"a-am I dreaming" Killua murmur but Gon's hand stop his doubt and pointed at the door where his whole family arrive along with some close butlers
Killua got on alert ready to protect Gon's family but
"Oh~… Welcome, come in come in" Gin happily invited his crazy scary family as if they are just normal family friend visiting
"ooh~ I'm sorry to come in such a short notice, we brought pie…oh Killua… My lovely Son" his mother surprisingly gave him a warm hug and smile at him gently
Killua is staring at her stun in disbelief "I'm so glad I get to see you again…you're all grown up…can you forgive mommy for all the thing she had done?...mommy just want the best for her baby…but Mommy realize, that you are okay on your own" she said softly, Killua is now gawking at this shocking event
Until he heard a laugh and snickered not from Gon but- from his other sibling that he thought he didn't get along. He even found Alluka being carried by Illumi like a little sister she is.
Everything is so perfect, they are seated in a table having a normal family gathering, enjoying their time. It felt so surreal but- Killua eyes went teary, this is… what he had always dream of…
"Killua" a voice said, he blink and look around
"What's wrong Killua?" Gon ask cocking his head on the side
"Ah…n-nothing…I just" Tears rolled down Killua's eyes then he gave shaky smile "Its just that- I" Everyone is now looking at Killua with a smile "I -…"
Killua eyes widen he felt a lack of air suffocating his lungs
"K-killua what's wrong are you okay" Gon ask in a worried tone
"GrandSon?" Zeno Ask in concern tone
"I'm fine… I'm fine…I'm fine…I'm…." Killua eyes widen as he cough out water
"ANIKI" Alluka shouted in worry standing up her table
Killua keeps coughing out water holding his chest, then he felt warm soft lips in his and he keeps coughing….his lungs stop suffocating and- when he look up
His wits shoot through his head, widening in realize "This is not real?"
"Pardon?" Kurapika ask across the table
Killua stood up from his seat "THIS IS NOT REAL" he shouted before running to the window and jumping out of the house. He turn a look back at the house where his happy Family as well as Gon is still in view, he gritted his teeth and punch his cheek as hard as he can then-
CRACK!
The view shatter like a glass and with a sad smile Killua close his eyes and-
"Good Morning" A familiar pair of piercing eyes greeted him with a playful tone "Did you had a nice dream" she said giving a soft gentle smile
TBC…