WARNING: Things happened and other stuff happened to other characters. Also, this chapter will make some of you want to kill me. (Seriously.) xD But whatever you thought I would love to know of them. They can be the usual love, they can be rants, heck they can be hate—I just need to know you're still there, ne? ;)
Disclaimer: I wish I own Hunter x Hunter.
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CHAPTER 8: Unexpected x Circumstances x Rod
ZOLDYCK ESTATE
"You what?!" A certain Nerys Bloodsworth yelled at her older brothers, not quite knowing which emotion to control first: Anger or embarrassment. She knew she was much stronger than most of them, but they weren't stupid.
But still…, it was no wonder she received a stronger-than-usual glare from him when he arrived the previous day. The memory of how her stomach fell was still fresh in her mind. "Nobody asked you to do that!"
"But he hurt you!" One of her brothers, the sweet Aaron who was the youngest of her brothers, yelled vehemently. She ended up unconsciously touching her bruising neck at his worlds. Regardless, she stood firm.
"He threatened me." She said, almost coaxing, but definitely on the border of snapping. "We do it all the time."
"That's different—"
"It is not." She said. Two of her brothers were silent, albeit looking very annoyed. Atom, the eldest, on the other hand didn't budge under her glare. He never did.
"You're defending him, little sister?" He stated sardonically, things were rarely a question with him. Atom was strong—stronger than her, and that was saying something. It made her wonder how Killua got home without much damage if he went against all three of them.
However, she did not expect her brother's next statement. "That's not like the prideful Nerys we know and love." He paused, looking straight into her eyes—as if seeing through them. "Have you fallen for him already?"
She didn't answer at that, she couldn't.
It felt like her throat was congested all of a sudden. Judging by their expressions, she knew she gave the answer away, and she forced herself to calm down and utter something. "Just don't do it ever again." She said as coolly as she could. "We don't want to hurt our connections with this family." She mumbled and turned her head slightly away.
"Now, go home brothers."
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They watched them leave one by one through the Balcony, with Canary then beside her. But before Atom jumped down he stood by the stone railing for a while and turned to look at Canary. "Canary-san?" He asked as if confirming whether he could address her as such. The girl didn't respond beyond a nod, and that meant an affirmative. "Can I please have one more moment with my baby sister?"
Nerys scoffed at this, while Canary did a dutiful bow. Nerys' emerald eyes followed the copper-skinned girl as she left the room, trying to delay the confrontation with her oldest brother. Too soon, the door closed and she had no choice but to face him. "What is it?"
"Haven't you wondered how we got beaten? And with minimal damage to everyone?" He asked, with composure that shouldn't be in there. In any case Nerys did wonder, so she didn't say anything, which equated to her asking him to continue.
Atom lifted a finger to make his point. "It's because we were rendered unconscious so quickly—it wasn't much of a fight."
Her eyes widened. She knew Killua was strong—but strong enough to do that to three top class assassins? "He—"
"He wasn't alone, Nerys." He cut her off. "He got help." "From a girl named Gon. Does the name ring any bells?"
Doki
Still, she refused to assume so quickly. For all she knew Gon was a common name. And so was interfering between duels. So she only allowed her eyebrows to furrow, and gulped. "Pardon?"
"She popped out of nowhere. They worked well together, and…" He paused, and his eyes obviously trying to pierce through her. "The ice prince didn't seem so frozen at the time."
And he was succeeding, to her chagrin. Whatever the case was, she did not like what she was hearing. "You're lying." She said. 'Gon is dead.' Came as an afterthought.
Atom only shrugged. "Am I?" He said. "I don't really care either way. It's your love life. You made it clear for us not to dwindle in it anymore." Atom then stood up in the railing again. "Just consider that one piece of information our last shot." He smirked, just before jumping.
"Take care, sis."
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The two hours that followed that conversation was really challenging her sanity. It wasn't because she was asking Canary and other servants of information about Gon (they knew too little), but it was the fact that it was so… difficult to keep her composure intact in the process.
She wondered if he was worth all this insecurity and instabilities.
She went from servant to servant that were known to be close to Killua. Gotoh was pretty useless, steadfastly stating it wasn't his place to speak behind his master's back. Useless bastard.
But eventually she got a chance to speak to Alluka, who was rarely alone when Killua was around. She was reluctant at first, but after a few more sets of failures she decided to risk it. She had been careful what to say, she had known all the warnings and happenings surrounding this girl, and it seemed only Killua was truly able to use her powers. Nobody really forced him to say anything, so no one knew anything more than the fact that they shouldn't even get close to the girl.
Fortunately, someone seemed to have taken a request and disappeared on her… so there wasn't any attempts of a request. "Alluka-chan~" She smiled, trying to build rapport to the most mysterious Zoldyck sibling. "Can I ask you things about your brother? When he first ran away six years ago?"
Alluka stared at her innocently, and Nerys' eyes twitched a little. (Who would've thought she was older than the graceful Kalluto?) Alluka was not much younger than she was, but she still looked no more than twelve, and acted even younger. Nerys was never fond of children.
However, despite her inherent dislike for children, she managed to remain cool. "I mean, you were with him for some time right? Did you—"
She was cut off by Alluka shaking her head, and Nerys' eyebrows furrowed a little. "You didn't follow your brother outside?" She knew Kalluto followed Killua outside and joined the infamous Spiders, why would the older sibling—one much closer than the other—not bother running away as well?
Alluka shook her head. "I was locked inside a vault the whole time." She said without any hint of hostility. "And Illumi-niisan used his nen needles to make brother forget all about me."
It was then Nerys realized that her brothers attacking was likely not the cause of Killua's worsening mood.
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It happened quickly, from the moment she realized his problems—she ended up in front of his room, and she did not bother knocking. She just opened the door and peeked in, her heart beating sounding so loudly that she could feel it vibrating in her ears.
But Nerys almost lost her footing at what she saw immediately afterwards: He was sitting slouched on his bed, elbows resting on his thighs, and his head buried heavily in his palms.
She never saw him with any sort of softness—let alone looking so broken.
Nerys walked in and stood in front of him. If he noticed her presence, he never said anything. But she knew he could also be too into a daze that he really didn't notice her coming in. So dangerous, she mused, falling in love.
Nerys wasn't sure who it applied to more.
"Killua." She coaxed, touching his shoulders. He barely flinched, but he did not bother moving. "I'm sorry about my brothers. I swear they were just being overprotective of me."
He did not respond.
"So I heard you fought alongside someone."
That made him flinch, and it made her frown deeply. Still, she forced herself to keep calm—especially after he stood up and transforming from a depressed boy to someone who easily towered over her.
"What of it?"
"I won't hurt her if that's what you were assuming." His face twitched, his jaw clenched, and it all told her he was thinking exactly that. "You don't have to assume the worst of me, Killua." She said as smoothly as she could. And if her life wasn't on the line, one would even call this a seduction.
"She has no memories of you at all, yes?" Another instantaneous change in his expression told her her assumptions were true. She knew pain when she saw it, and what was on his eyes was something a lot worse.
"She's safe and happy." She said, leaning closer. "And you're here with all that burden in your back—"
It was then she felt his sharp hands hovering menacingly on her neck. "What burden? Of knowing her?" He bellowed, but she didn't take her eyes off, even when she was shaking.
"Don't deny it Killua—all her memories cause you is pain." She said. I am not afraid, she chanted, I am not going down so easily.
He did not move, but his glare sharpened, but anyone could see at this point that he was breaking. "That is not true. You won't understand."
She stared at him deeply. Water dropping day by day wears the hardest rock away, she reminded herself, and decided to risk everything in the slither of hope that that popular quote would ring true for her.
Nerys closed her eyes before opening them ever-so-slowly, and tiptoed to lessen the distance between them. "Then make me understand." She hissed softly, gently pushing his knife away. She didn't let go of his hand and, slowly, she leaned down and kissed his neck. "Pretend I'm her."
And with one fluent motion—he claimed her lips. It was sudden and more gratifying than she imagined. She couldn't do anything else but let out a moan.
Finally.
She wrapped her arms around him and deepened the kiss. He tasted so fine, so unique…, so strong. She never felt so sensual before.
No. It wasn't just that, she corrected herself. This was love—Nerys never felt so… loved. And it was a sensation she would never ever want to lose.
No wonder people died for love.
She could hear her own heartbeat: it was so loud. The last time her heart was like this was when she was a young girl, and was on the brink of death. In a sense, maybe she was again.
Brink of death, and yet never feeling so alive.
It was going on for only a few seconds now, but it felt so much longer. She deepened their kisses even further, she could taste him so intensely, and she even began memorizing his taste. She relished the feel of his toned body against hers, and thought how perfect everything was, and—
"Gon."
They were immediately apart after that. His face was one of shock, and hers probably mirrored it. Was he making that face because of what he just did with her or was it because he didn't realize he said her name out loud?
In either case Nerys hated it. Nerys mustered all coherency that she could possibly get at the moment and held his face. He was looking at her, but he wasn't seeing her at all. "It's a start Killua." She said. "You don't have to be guilty—"
It was then that he pushed her hand away. "It wasn't the same." He said blankly, before letting out what seemed to be a scoff.
"You would never be even near her." He said firmly—so sure of himself, the bastard—and she was reminded of his words that night when he was choking her against a tree. "Stop making a fool of yourself."
And then he left.
Nerys stared in blank space, her hands ending up touching her lips without her knowing. She knew the sensations Killua gave her were something to kill for.
And Nerys Bloodsworth always gets what she wants.
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Some few floors below of the massive mansion, deep within the master's grand hall…, Silva Zoldyck was looking ( appraising, rather) a yellow familiar rod that was then resting on one of his thighs. It was an article passed from generation to generation, and he personally saw it being used by two.
He found it when he assassinated a depressed old man who sent someone to kill himself. (What was his name? Battera?) And decided to keep it.
Silva was not sentimental, but he did honour debt. He owed a lot of debts to that unshakable idiot Ging that needed to be paid, and one could say allowing his daughter to live was a massive down payment, given what she was threatening just by staying with his son.
Silva knew—no, understood—that his son was happy with the girl, as he was being friends with Ging. However, Killua was granted gifts of assassinations that skip generations. But most importantly, Killua was born with silver hair—the only sort that could rule the family. The silver-haired child was the equivalent of the first born son in any monarchy.
When he was a child, he did run away, but he soon gained perspective—and returned home, with a renewed pride of his birthright. It had been an unfortunate twist that Killua didn't see things the same way.
Silva sighed and stood up, placing the rod back in its case, in a room beyond his own, along with other artifacts that served to remind him of what he must do. As he closed the door, however, as his eyes passed item to item, he somehow begun musing about his other son.
It was rather curious, as Illumi was always the perfect son he never had to worry about his entire life. He was dutiful, extremely talented, and not once had he entered a rebellious streak. Still, he couldn't help but feel that Illumi was indeed going soft.
Maybe he'd have a talk with him, Silva thought, the boy was arriving soon, anyway.
However, very mutely…, Silva still mused what it could mean for the family.
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Sitting inside his roofed guard house, Zebro relaxed his chin on his palm, his elbow lazily resting on the table that had once been filled with pseudo-paper work (to appear like an actual guard that he wasn't). He had been playing back the events of that morning in his head repeatedly since it happened.
Along those thoughts, he kept wondering how possible was it to feel familiarity about something you're not supposed to remember anymore. Illumi-sama's needles were powerful, powerful, mental weapons.
But then he heard a very familiar drag (it was more of a booming sound, really) of a massive amount of stones, which easily pulled him from his meandering thoughts to the fact that his job felt like it was becoming dangerous.
His head flinched and it whipped to the direction of the door. Zebro quickly stood up (his back was killing him) and looked over the translucent surface of his office. He had a quick glimpse of the door's 5th stone layer open and he knew immediately who it was. And Zebro honestly wasn't certain if he could face the young man at the moment.
By the time he got outside, he could already see his favourite master's darkening figure. The bocchama looked remorseful, mad, and disgusted..., and very much deep in thought. If those thoughts were regretful or murderous (or both) Zebro couldn't tell. He was still wondering what happened.
Although…, he was a hundred percent certain that it had something to do with the young visitor he had a few hours prior.
"Killua-sama." He called as he opened the door to the guard house. The young master stopped his tracks and slowly (almost lazily) turned to look at him. As expected, he didn't have the energy to say anything, so Zebro went ahead to the point once more. "Gon-san was here."
"What?" The sudden change in expression was startling, but Zebro continued on.
"She was asking for you." He said and his now-rare shocked expression suddenly seemed permanently etched on his face. "I asked her to leave and warned her not to associate with her." He said, his voice's volume lowering after each word he uttered. In the end, he had to clear his throat. "Did I make the wrong call?"
The three seconds of silence were terrifying, it made his bald head sweat buckets, but Killua-sama ultimately shook his head. "No. No you didn't." He said, but his eyes seemed very far away. "…thank you."
Zebro smiled in relief. But not only because it seemed he'd live a day longer. It was because it had been a long time since he heard the bocchama utter something so softly.
"May I know what happened? She didn't recognize me."
The pause that came afterwards was a little less scary. Thankfully, Killua-sama didn't seem to mind his questions, although he was visibly straining himself. "Aniki made her forget everyone from the Zoldyck family." He said, voice cracking as he narrowed his eyes by habit. "Particularly me."
"I see…" Zebro whispered and his eyebrows forming deep wrinkles on his head. "But, knowing her—"
"I know." She'll definitely be sniffing around. And Killua couldn't help but let out a loud grouse of frustration. "Grr—why does she have to make her being safe so hard?"
"Maybe because you're approaching it the wrong way." Zebro blurted out.
Honestly, he was surprised at himself, especially after he just forced Gon away. But in retrospect, Zebro understood that the trials would be great. He recalled how his three friends risked their lives to see him, even after witnessing him at his worst, and he knew they should be able to get past the obstacles that come at them.
All they needed was time. And perhaps a little help.
And there was also the fact that he was actually a hopeless romantic, but truth be told—he didn't think this was hopeless. It was just that when Gon came here herself—fighting a curse that was considered impossible to escape from—feeling the need that something was to be done… and how the bocchama still felt so strongly for her. Zebro couldn't help but feel more and more certain that, indeed, they'd end up together anyway.
Of course Killua-bocchama remained oblivious to his thoughts and was, at the moment, staring him down. "What are you trying to say?"
Zebro laughed in response.
"Nothing worthy is gained easily, master Killua." He said, and patted the young man's back. "You, of all people, know that by heart."
Whale Island
Kurapika took a deep breath as he stood in front of the peculiar house. He had never been in her house before, but was definitely no less interesting than Gon herself. He wondered how old those trees were? Judging by their trunks, he thought that they must be a decades of years old.
He distracted himself further with other things like the lawn, the clouds, and the sun. Until finally, he knocked.
He closed his eyes as he waited, but didn't have to wait long to hear the door creaking. He was met by a beautiful woman with red hair extending down her neck. Her beam was all he needed to recognize her. "You must be Mito-san."
The woman blinked in surprise and Kurapika smiled in response. "I'm one of Gon's friends. My name is Ku—"
"Wait!" She said, beaming the moment he said he was one of Gon's friends. "Let me guess—Blonde, handsome, blue eyes…" Mito mumbled before raising her voice by reflex. "You must be Kurapika!"
"A-Ah…" He uttered awkwardly. And then he realized: Gon described him as handsome?
"I knew it! Come in, Kurapika!" She squeaked, clasping her hands together in glee, before pulling him into the house. An old woman, who was likely to be Gon's grandmother, greeted him inside. It was a nice wooden house that would feel like a home to anyone. Much like Gon had.
The next thing he knew he already had tea and three small sandwiches for him to choose from, neatly laid out in front of him. "Eat young man." The old woman said, seeing how he was just staring at the table. "The travels must have made you famished!"
He sweat-dropped and nodded dutifully, sipping the tea and taking a bite on the egg sandwich, before looking at the two women who was staring at him rather openly. "What is it?"
"You are even better looking than we imagined." They said. "Although it had been five years since we last heard about you."
He blushed a little, but realized he blushed more at the thought that Gon described him as handsome. It was odd how much a compliment could mean if it was from a person one revered. In any case, he maintained a stoic façade and gave a gentle smile. "Thank you."
The two women smiled in response, and they let him finish his food before they resumed their chat. When he finished, grandma began cleaning up, and Mito remained seated, staring at him as if he was a very interesting specimen… to tease. "Are you here to see Gon?"
"…yes." He said, suddenly feeling as if he just admitted something intimate.
"Ah, that's expected. I wonder how many she invited for her birthday." Kurapika blinked at that. He never knew of her birthday—they didn't ask each other, primarily because almost everyone had pasts too dark to even bother with birthdays.
Mito, however, seemed oblivious to this. Kurapika did notice she looked sad at a thought, which she voiced out a second later. "But unfortunately, Gon's arrival was delayed a week.
"She just had some Hunter errand to take care of." And then her slouch straighted up again, which planted a seed of thought that Mito seemed to have unusual mood-swings. "Are you in a rush?"
"Well, no. Not really."
"You can stay here until she arrives, then!" Mito said brightly and her mother smiled at him apologetically as she sat back down the table with them.
"I wonder if she's with Killua."
"I doubt it." He blurted out and Mito's face dropped as easily as it lit.
"Do you… know anything? We…" She stopped and shook her worried expression away. "She never actually wrote about the three of you ever since she went with her father…"
"It's complicated." He said knowingly, but retained a genuine tone of empathy. "But I'd rather not speak of it until she's here, if you don't mind. I wouldn't want to assume anything."
There was a heavy sigh that followed. "…I understand."
And the awkward conversations ended then.
At least for the moment.
It was soon after a very amicable dinner a few hours later. (a dinner, by the way, in which Kurapika felt like an extrovert with how the two could get the conversations going.) Although many of the topics were about Gon, which meant it was also very difficult to hide his secret: harboring non-platonic feelings for Gon.
But before the two could interrogate (the friendly chat somehow turned into one. He blamed women's intuition), Mito let out an awful gagging sound and ran to the nearest restroom.
"You're unwell?" He asked gently when she returned and disjointedly sat back down across him. Somehow he got the habit of checking up on the ill from Leorio and Senritsu.
Mito nodded, embarrassed. "Yeah. It was the shellfish I ate five days ago…" He was about to nod in agreement, since these things weren't typically in his to-ponder list, but his brain often worked on its own.
"But food poisoning typically doesn't exceed two days."
The two women blinked at that. But as Mito remained clueless, her mother's surprised face seemed to have been stuck there. As he continued his questions, the older woman's expression turned to one of anticipation. Kurapika knew why.
"Do you feel cramps, Mito-san?"
"Yeah…"
"Do you have diarrhea?"
"I'm waiting for it."
"I don't think you have to wait anymore though." He said almost immediately, meeting the old woman's eyes as if to ask for her permission. Gradma nodded in assent, and Kurapika quickly looked at Mito. Although…, it did take him a few moments to try and organize the thoughts in his head a little better. It didn't go well, still, as Kurapika never thought he'd be in this sort of conversation.
But he went through it like the gentleman that he was.
"Mito-san…" He paused, feeling his throat drying up a little. "Have you considered that you're… pregnant?"
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"What?" Mito gasped. "That's ridi—"
Silence
Then she turned as red as a tomato. Then she hid her face on her palms and her mother patted her soothingly on the back. "It's fine Mito, you don't have to be embarrassed. You're of age now." The old woman was holding back gleeful laughter now, no doubt excited for a second grandchild. It had been much too long. "Illumi obviously wanted to marry you."
Kurapika almost gagged. "Illumi Zoldyck?"
"Illumi Walker." The older woman corrected. "Why?"
He shook his head and feigned ignorance. But Kurapika had no doubt that Illumi Zoldyck and Illumi Walker were the same person. So Mito was pregnant with Illumi's baby? That would mean they—
Goodness, Kurapika mused grimly. That was a very hard image to shake off.
Instead of letting his mind wonder (which was now dangerously heading towards the whole Mito-Illumi fiasco), he decided to watch the mother and daughter in front of him.
He realized that despite the complications that they know of—which were certainly merely the tip of the iceberg—they looked so… happy. He didn't want to be the one to destroy it, especially when there was an actual chance, albeit an extremely small one, that he could be wrong.
In the end, though, after much internal debate and dealing with his cynicism—he ended up mentally groaning because of the stress. He then found his palm practically smacked on his face.
And there he thought he was here for a vacation.
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END OF CHAPTER 8
Coming Soon:
CHAPTER 9: Eyes x Stars x Compromise
Gon takes a downtime in the lower parts of Mt. Padioka, while Kurapika appreciates down time over tea.
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