Chapter 15
"Don't you dare move."
Killua said after closing the door of the narrow closet and as he leaned closer to Hayuri. He immediately noticed the situation they were in and put his forearm on the wall beside her head to put as much distance as possible between them.
He cursed the moment she had chosen to enter that door, since he was extremely conscious of how close she was from him. How was definitely not used to being closer to people. He and Hayuri had hugged a couple times, but their personal space had been - somehow - preserve. Now, they were forced to be so close that his body could almost touch hers. He looked away from her, trying to keep at least distance in that matter. However, not long after, he felt her hands move to pull him forward and he turned his head to look at her.
"Your damn fluffy hair is poking out through the grille." she whispered as she also turned to look at him.
Killua was startled by how close their faces were right now; her big green eyes were locked into his and he couldn't seem to look away from them. The faint light entering through the ventilation grille shone right on Hayuri's face, and it made it look sort of surreal. Her eyes shone in the surrounding darkness and the brown color of her tanned skin seemed deeper. They were so close, that he could feel her breasts brushing his chest and it sent chills down his arms, which suddenly ached to bring her closer. They were so close, that his nose was almost touching hers and he could smell their mixed breaths in between them.
"AHAHAHAHAHA! Damn, that was funny!" The loud voice in the corridor brought Killua back to reality and he immediately turned his head away from Hayuri. He could feel her move her hand to cover her face in either disgust or embarrassment. He felt the hand on his nape slightly move and her fingers tingled him, sending shivers down his spine.
Killua tried to calm down, but the feeling of her breasts brushing against him had his mind on edge. He every time she moved, even if just a millimeter, he felt the tingling of her body against him. He wanted to move his own body to 'accidentally' feel her further, but he could not bring himself to do such thing to someone he cared about. He had to close his hands into fists in order to keep them still. He could swear he felt her take a deeper breath in, her face almost touching his shoulder, as if taking in his scent. He unconsciously leaned a centimeter closer to her shoulder and breathed her scent in. Had she just shivered? Was he imagining things, in this drowsy state? Suddenly, Hayuri shifted next to him, moving closer. Killua's heartbeat went even faster, is possible. Was she going to...?
"I'm going to lean forward and see if we're clear." She whispered into his ear, making goose bumps go across his neck and back. Killua managed to nod his head before she leaned into him. If they were too close before, they were beyond that now. Her breasts were pressed against him and her lips were pressing into the skin of his shoulder as she tried to look outside. Killua closed his eyes and frowned, trying to force himself into place. And then her lips moved.
"It's clear. Let's go."
She moved to put some distance between them and Killua felt his self-control slip away. He brought his hands up and put them on her sides, bringing her closer to him once again. He buried his head into her shoulder and breathed in, heavily. He breathed out as he tightened his grip on her for a second.
"Stay." He said and trailed his lips along her shoulder and softly bit down on her neck. Hayuri sharply breathed in and moved her head to grant him more access. Killua took the hint, so he kissed and sucked on her neck and collar bone, as he heard her breathing pattern become more erratic. After a couple seconds, he moved away and looked at her face. Her eyes were half lidded, clouded with lust, her cheeks were flushed and her lips were parted. She pulled his head to her and kissed him on the lips greedily, to which Killua complied, biting and sucking on her lips. Their kiss became more heated and their tongues began an almost desperate dance around each other. Her arms roamed over his body and he moved a hand to squeeze her breast, which earned him a moan. He grunted at that and pushed his body into her with more force, thrusting his hips into her as he brought her legs up around his hips. Hayuri moaned more loudly this time, as she felt his full erection on her, and bit his earlobe. Killua hissed in pleasure, and felt her move her hips against him. He pulled her away a bit and let his hand travel down into her leggings and underwear. He almost moaned in pleasure when he felt how wet she was. He moved a finger into her folds and Hayuri breathed in sharply at the contact.
The next thing Killua knew, he was panting and sweating on a bed. Alone. In his bedroom in the palace. Another fucking dream. Killua cursed under his breath. His mind had the terrible habit to mix his memories with different outcomes when he dreamed. And in almost three months -since Killua's birthday - he had dreamt about her in that way at least 10 times. However, his dreams had never gone this far. He had always dreamed about kissing her or letting his hands roam on her body. Never in her body. He wanted to get up, start his day and forget about the images roaming in his head, as he had done the previous times. However, this dream had been just too much for him. Killua would've reprimanded himself for doing this while thinking of a friend - his only friend. But the desire running through his body and his lust clouded mind didn't let him question his action as he relieved himself.
- time skip -
"Hey." Hayuri smiled as she saw him approaching her. He was wearing jeans and a green jacket. She chuckled at that, since she was wearing green leggings and a black jacket. "Someone might think we agreed on wearing these colors today. Slept well?"
"Yeah." Killua said as he averted his eyes, a small blush on his face as he remembered what he had done this morning. "You?"
"I hadn't slept this deep for a long time. I feel great!" Hayuri cheered.
"That's good." Killua answered as he sat stood next to her in the garden. "Are you done with your morning training?"
"I just finished. What about you?"
"Yeah, me too." He smiled. "Today we have guarding duty."
"We do. The defense ministry, right?" Hayuri said and Killua nodded.
Soon they met the rest of their squad and Killua explained the plan thoroughly.
"Listen. We have to make sure nothing happens here, as usual. Remember that this ministry in essential to the monarchy and that, for this reason, it's been placed outside of the urban area. This makes the building a probable target, since it lacks the situation the others have concerning security. Also, the blueprints you were given are only as a reference, since many changes have been made in the building. Keep your guard up and make sure to not let anyone be suspicious of you. We're acting as mere visitors who want some papers, since the rebels may have people on the inside. You all have your cover prepared, right?"
Every one nodded, so they set off immediately. They got to the place 20 minutes later and Killua assigned everyone to go in pairs usual. Killua and Hayuri were together, as usual, and they decided to check the second floor. They walked around for a while and did a couple lines doing their 'papers'. Suddenly, while they had just gotten to another line, Hayuri felt Killua tense next to her and immediately caught felt the disturbance in the aura of their surroundings.
"Nen users are entering the building." Killua stated with a whisper. "And they're not one of us."
Hayuri nodded and immediately moved to a guard. "Hello. Excuse me. Where is the toilet?"
The man gave her directions and she thanked him. She moved to Killua and took hold of his hand.
"Honey, please come with me. I don't want to get lost." she said with fake puppy eyes.
"Agh... we'll have to get in line again."
"We're last anyways!" Hayuri said and dragged him out of the room. "Come on."
Killua looked back to make sure they were clear and saw the guard give him a sympathetic look. Killua faked distress and allowed Hayuri to pull him to the hallway.
"The damsel in danger role does definitely not suit you." Killua muttered as he led the way through the corridor.
"What role does?"
"I don't know. Maybe tomboyish warrior or something along those lines." He said and Hayuri pouted. They went down to the first floor and walked towards the east wing. Half a minute later Hayuri spoke.
"We're close."
"Keep your guard up. They're not weak."
Hayuri nodded as they stopped in front of a closed door. The nen users were inside and Killua crouched down as he raised four fingers at Hayuri and she nodded in agreement. Four nen users might've been a little too much for the two of them to handle, so they released a sigh when they felt two other members of their squad approaching. When they got there, Killua signaled for them to follow him and they all walked a good ten meters away.
"From now on, this guard mission has gone to a whole different level." He whispered. "We will follow them and find out what they're doing, but avoid fighting at all costs. However, after gauging their strength, I can say that they probably knew we were here from the moment they stepped into the building. You will probably have to fight them. If you do, try to capture them alive. If you cannot do that, try to get as much info as you can and finish them. We don't want the rebels to find out how much we know about them. If they do, we'll be doomed and a confrontation will be inevitable. As soon as they come out, I will inform you how to further proceed."
One of them had a hatsu that allowed him to observe the door from where they were. They waited in silence for five minutes until the door was opened. The four nen users walked out and towards the entrance hall. The four royal guards followed them until they exited the building. They all inwardly cursed as they watched them part ways in pairs. Killua saw that on one of those pairs was a slightly stronger user. He turned around to whisper to them.
"Hayuri and I will follow the long haired one, he's the strongest. You two follow the other two. If you need a transport call directly to our superior and ask for it. If there is an emergency we can communicate through our earpiece. We will meet back at the palace if everything goes as planned."
They all separated in the designated pairs and Hayuri was suddenly worried, especially at the fact that one of them was almost as strong as Killua. She wanted to voice her thoughts to Killua, but she obviously could not at the moment. They followed them into the woods, further away from the city. Hayuri and Killua locked eyes for a moment, knowing that they would engage in battle any time. Killua was about to take a step forward, but Hayuri held his arm.
"Be careful." She mouthed and Killua immediately recognized the alarmed look that she wore. He nodded and both kept following the pair.
A couple minutes later, when they had walked far enough as to not harm any civilians, they all stopped. Killua looked around and saw that they had stopped just next to a lake. He weighed the chance that one of them might use the water to his advantage and decided to beware of it.
"Well. What do we have here?" One of the men said and turned around. "Monarchy dogs?"
"I guess rebel trash can smell it in the air, despite their stench." Killua smirked.
Hayuri inwardly cursed, she did not want to fight these people! She looked at the both of them and decided that their strengths combined were the same as hers and Killua's. They would probably have to kill them, since it would be hard to capture them. However, she decided that maybe that was the best course of action. The rebel cause would not be further known to the monarchy, and both men would probably save themselves a lot of pain and torture. As she thought this, Killua had tried to ask them a couple questions, which were obviously answered with snickering and ironies.
"Well, I guess we shouldn't avoid the inevitable. I want to be back for dinner." Killua smirked and Hayuri felt like slapping him for his rudeness. She actually admired these people. How could she even bring herself to kill them? Suddenly a simultaneous attack was launched at the both of them, and each dodged to opposite directions.
It appeared that the both of them were reluctant to show their full strength with a second opponent present. Killua immediately started exchanging blows with the man, who was just slightly weaker than he was. They had blocked every hit for a whole minute, when Killua connected a nen infused punch at him and the man was thrown back a good 8 meters. Killua stole a quick glance at Hayuri who had received a strong hit in the jaw. He cursed as he remembered that the man she was against was stronger than her. He decided to use his hatsu.
Killua jumped at him and decided to use some electricity to knock him out for a couple hours. However, and to his surprise, the man hissed and jumped away. He ran a couple meters and turned around. He had a slightly higher endurance to electricity than usual, but he could knock him out no problem. It was clear that that one shock had hurt him. He was about to go at him again, when the man changed the course of his aura. Suddenly, a great amount of water was thrown all over the place, leaving a layer of water on the ground a d both of them soaked to the bone.
When Hayuri and jumped away from Killua as they dodged the attack, she found herself in front of the weakest opponent, who was slightly stronger than she was. She dodged hit to the jaw and crouched sending a low kick, which he avoided by jumping. He came down at her with a kick to her face. She jumped out of the way and stopped a couple meters away.
The man molded his aura in a different way, and she knew he would use zetsu right away. He took out an iron bar that looked pretty regular and she frowned in clear confusion. Everything soon became clear to her, when it stretched and hit het square in the jaw. She rolled away, spit some blood and stood up. She moved just in time to avoid getting hit once again by the nen infused iron stick, which had changed its form to a curve. The damned stick was truly fast and it was harder than getting hit by a regular Shu enhanced object. She barely dodged once again and wondered how on earth such a simple hatsu could be so effective.
Hayuri decided to put her own hatsu on the table, and she pumped aura through her body. The next attack that she avoided was considerably slower than her. The man raised his eyebrows in slight surprise and she took the chance. She forced aura to the muscles in her legs and jumped at him at an incredible speed. She stretched her hand to touch his right leg and the man almost stumbled to the floor. She punched him in the gut and was about to deliver a second hit, but she suddenly felt herself be soaked by water.
Hayuri heard Killua curse and wondered how his fight was going, but couldn't put more thought into that. She blocked a roundhouse kick to the ribs with her forearm and tried to elbow the man on the side. He dodged and grabbed her arm, swinging her around and slamming her against a tree. Hayuri felt the air leave her lungs and gasped in pain, inwardly cursing her inability to use her hatsu more often.
Killua, on his side, wanted to ask Hayuri to leave, so that she wouldn't get caught up in his electric attack through the water. However, before he could open his mouth, his opponent jumped at him trying to grab his arms. Killua wondered what he was trying, but he sure as hell wouldn't let him grab him. He dodged him countless times, but his foot slightly slipped and his movement was slowed down. His arm got caught in an iron grip and the man smirked.
"Got ya." He said. Killua punched and kicked him four or five times, but the man didn't budge. "Five."
The man said and jumped back, his face bruising already from the punches he had received. Killua assumed he had been counting seconds and had a bad feeling. He quickly glanced her way, noticing that she had been just slammed against a tree. He decided to end this now, but first he needed to increase his distance with Hayuri. He turned to run away from her and looked back to tell her to do the same.
"Hayuri! Ge-" he was interrupted by a sudden force that pushed him to the ground. It was so oppressive, that he was face down on the ground and couldn't stand up. He couldn't talk, heck, he could barely breath. He looked at his opponent and noticed that he was sitting on the ground, still as a rock. Killua looked to the side and saw Hayuri shakily standing up. Before he could worry about her, her opponent ran at him at full speed. He widened his eyes, knowing that there was no way he could move.
She stood up, expecting another attack. However, her opponent turned away from her and ran at Killua, who was crouching on the ground. She knew right away that there was something wrong with him and he wouldn't be able to move. She ran at him, hoping that whatever attack he received would be cushioned by his aura but something happened, which Hayuri was not prepared for. Instead of hitting Killua, her opponent lifted him over his shoulder and threw his with full force at the lake. His body splashed and sank towards the bottom. Hayuri's eyes widened and she ran at him, but was stopped by her opponent.
"Where do you think you're going?" He said as he jumped before her.
"I'll let you go! Just let me save him!" She desperately said.
"Let us go?" He chuckled. "You don't know your place, you monarchy dog."
Hayuri's mind went overdrive, the excess of adrenaline increasing her concentration by tenfold. Without wasting any more time, she sent aura through her body and, increasing her speed, touched him in the knees with her zetsu, making him loose balance and fall to the ground. He was about to push himself up when she punched his face and kicked his leg with all her might, making sure his movements would be hindered. He jumped away in time to avoid another hit, but having an injured leg, he was too slow to dodge again. Hayuri used her zetsu on him again, this time on his hips, forcing him to stand still. As she did this, she grabbed a twig from the floor and used Shu as she stabbed the man on the neck. His eyes widened and she forced herself to stab him again, making sure to destroy his jugular artery.
Without wasting time, she turned around and forced more aura into her legs, running at Killua's opponent, who had been sitting on the same spot, but was now standing up. She tried to stab him as well, but he grabbed her hand and twisted her around. He let go of her and sent her at least 10 meters to the opposite side of the forest. When she stood up, the man was sitting like a rock again, intently looking at her. She assumed that this position was necessary to stop Killua's movements, a restriction to make his hatsu stronger. At that moment she widened her eyes. She stood still and closed her eyes for a moment, knowing that every second in this battle was critical. When she opened them, she used her hatsu to increase her speed and launched herself at him, taking hold of one arm and one leg.
"Aghhhhhhhhh!" The man said as he felt sharp pain through his thighs. He looked down and saw that he had a deep injury on those limbs. Hayuri took the moment to punch his chin and kick him in the gut and the head. The man fell down on, holding his weight on his good arm, and she picked another twig. She stabbed him in the back of the head three times, thanking her luck that he hadn't been fast enough to use ken.
She let go of the twig and looked around for a second, making sure that both her enemies were down. They were, and she ran towards the lake, hoping that Killua was still alive. How long had she taken to win? One minute? Five? Had Killua had the chance to take a breath in before sinking? It certainly hadn't seemed that way. She splashed as she entered the water and frantically searched for him. She spotted him not far from her and was by his side in an instant.
Hayuri took Killua out of the water and ran back to the forest. She laid his unconscious body on the ground and put her ear on his chest. There was still a heartbeat, but it was faint. Hayuri sat on his hips and started pushing on his chest with her hands and blowing air into his mouth. She didn't really know too well how to do CPR, but she was desperate.
"Come on, Killua! Wake up!" She kept on trying to revive him for a whole minute, but he didn't budge. When she spoke again, her voice was broken in despair. "Don't you dare die on me! I won't forgive either of us if that happens!"
She kept on pushing on his chest and she leaned on him again, her lips just centimeters away from his.
"Come back, Killua." She whispered and pushed air into his lungs again, this time with full force. She was pushed back up by Killua's hands as he abruptly sat up and started coughing violently. Hayuri didn't move from her spot on his lap and watched him with tears streaming down her face.
"D-damn, Hayuri. You're not supposed to blow that hard. You almost killed me." Killua said with a raspy voice.
Hayuri said nothing and simply hugged him with all her might. She sat there on top of him for a while and finally pulled back to lock eyes with him.
"I was so scared. I-I thought I would never see you again." She said as tears kept streaming down her green eyes. "I'm so happy that you're alive. You don't know how much it means to me."
"I can guess how much it does. I'd feel the same if it had been the other way around." He smiled.
Hayuri was at a loss of words as her eyes widened and she stared into his blue orbs, which were also glossy. Only at that moment, Hayuri realized what position they had ended up after hugging. He was sitting with his legs crossed and she sat on his lap. Her arms were placed on his shoulders and his arms were holding her waist. Their faces were only a palm apart and completely leveled as they looked into each others eyes.
Hayuri's heart was still pounding in her chest at the contact with his lips, her own tingling at the memory. She looked at Killua's lips and gulped down as her mind went into a twirl of thoughts. She wanted to kiss him, feel him, and touch him so much. Her body was about to move on its own when there was a sudden voice through their earpiece. Both jerked away from each other in surprise and dreaded the next words they heard.
"Killua, Hayuri. We just lost a man and one of our enemies escaped."