Summary: Hisoka's creepy obsession is focused on Leorio for this chapter.
Disclaimer: Hunter X Hunter is Yoshihiro Togashi's baby. It's not mine.
Toy box: Leorio
Diamonds in the rough are harder to spot than gems that shine with potential.
As he sat among the crowd containing 96% of the worlds hunters, his mouth twisted into a perverse grin. With practiced ease, Hisoka formed a bridge of cards between his hands rapidly shuffling the deck. Sliding the top card with his thumb, he looked at the cards sorted by suit.
When he'd first seen Leorio, Hisoka had seen a pebble fit only to be crunched under his heels. Leorio had proven, more resilient than expected and after seeing his courage Hisoka realized what he'd found. Leorio was his diamond.
No one had expected much of Leorio as he approached the podium. He wasn't a deadly blacklist hunter, a rich treasure hunter, or a genius information hunter. Their eyes glazed over as the election meetings dragged on and then there was a war cry. Using a portal, his fist flew and Leorio shinned. Zero to hero, he was an overnight star. However his fame came at a heavy cost, he had demonstrated his Hatsu to people who were not trusted allies.
Hisoka could tell the basics of how it worked; Leorio emitted his aura to create a warp portal through which he then emitted a fist. The clown hummed in, thought. A warping punch was nothing fancy, but effective. Could multiple punches be thrown? Is it limited to punches or can he emit any strike such as a kick?
A surprise such as that could save Leorio's life, which was indeed in grave danger. Too many players were involved in the politics game for Leorio's actions to go unmarked and Hisoka was not the type of hunter to share his prey, at least not without extenuating circumstances.
He shivered in his seat when the vice-president of the Hunter's Association cheekily winked at him. Sucking his bottom lip into his mouth, Hisoka bites down till he could taste blood. He knew he had to hold in his blood lust, but if there was one thing Hisoka hated it was someone else stealing his fun.
Leorio would be his to test. He'd find out just how brightly a star could shine as he uncovered every facet of what it was capable of. That the aura portals were stationary, would be the first assumption to test. This would be easily accomplished as it would only require a bit of dodging. Then he would investigate if other strikes were possible. The arms would be vulnerable as the came out of the portals. All Hisoka would have to do is move slightly to the side to dodge the punch and then slice off Leorio's arm where it connected to the portal.
Cleaving off the arms, legs, and then the head, rough human meat would become a blood red faceted gem. Hisoka would cut and shape his diamond.