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CHAPTER 17: Water x Revive x Faith
"Onii-chan…? Can I have a hug?"
Alluka.
He blinked at the fact that going to Gon would be a cinch and partly gave himself a pointed look (if he could physically do that) for not thinking about it earlier.
But first off—he'd need a picture of Gon. Something he really wished he had, even before the advent of using it to teleport to her. It was too specific an item to wish for, as well. It wasn't a commodity, not at all, and that eliminated to easiest way to get her picture.
He should've thought about this earlier—it was a path too easy that it by-passed his thought process so effortlessly. If he had, he would've stolen Leorio's picture of them and he would've been with Gon as he spoke to himself.
So close
He whipped his head to the apex and frowned at how long it would take them—hours—to get to the house. He wondered if his sanity could manage that, now that he found out they just crossed paths.
Swimming would've been faster.
Maybe he'd just swim.
His mind was running miles—but sadly he felt as if his chest was beating even faster. That meant the ideas going to his head weren't particularly rational as he would've wanted them to.
It was around then that he heard a grumble below him and saw Alluka patting her stomach. At the sight of his precious little sister hungry, his body slumped in composure again. He didn't realize just how tense it was until he did so.
After all, he was responsible for another person now—in a different way that he was used to. No one was threatening Alluka (at least not openly), but it didn't make the responsibility be any less.
Calming himself down—perpetually telling himself he'd see Gon soon. What was a couple of hours to five years, anyway?—they walked into the nearest bakery, which they later found out to be the only one in the whole island. A big man greeted them with a jolly laugh and he merrily asked them how he could help them, adding later on that it was great to have visitors from outside the island, being a very rare occasion indeed.
"The last time I had two coming in at the same time is when the island's a stop-over for a hunter exam!"
Killua and Alluka smiled along with him, eating his baked goods (which were actually really tasty); the dread of not seeing Gon as soon as he could've slowly fading, even by a little.
"Good thing this year that won't be happening either!" He said and leaned down as if he was telling them a secret. "My daughter would've snuck in." And he grinned a toothy grin. "No one wants that ne?"
"I can hear you." They turned to look at the source and met by the sight of a red-headed girl around Alluka's age. She went to the shop from the back door, holding wooden picture frame with both her hands. Judging by how she held the item, it was precious.
The old man just shrugged and looked at the item in her hand. "Finished framing the photo, I see." He said and stretched his arms as he walked to her. "Anyway, your turn watching the shop."
"But I have to train!"
"Oh, hush." The old man said, grabbing the wood and smiled at what he saw. "You'll have time til' next year. Or next next year." And gestured to place the frame at the free spot on the wall opposite the counter.
Killua followed his movement out of curiosity, the outside light's glare masking the photo and all, but the moment it was stably hung on the wall he stood up abruptly before he even absorbed what it was.
It was a group picture. And right in the middle was a dark-colored head he'd know anywhere.
He could not help but let out a marginally-creepy chuckle.
It seemed like luck was no longer avoiding him, after all.
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Sometime later, far above sea level, Illumi had to make an unusual effort to keep a steady pace and a steady heartbeat. He should be bothered why he had to exert energy for doing things that had once been so effortless, but his brain lacked focus.
Mito's stomach.
Was it still the shellfish? Was it worse than food poisoning? Was that why she rarely went outside now, and why she was always so pale?
But other than the aforementioned eccentricities, she was well when he left a couple of hours prior.
He subconsciously pushed a thought—a realization, perhaps—to the back of his head, milliseconds before it reached his consciousness.
Then he realized he never asked so many questions in his life.
He heaved a sigh, after over an hour or so of endless sprint, and stopped to where he sensed her presence.
She was in the forest, the patch nearest her house. She was picking up apples, like she always did, that time of the week.
"I-Illumi?" The sound of the basket touching the ground, and the apple rolling, followed. He didn't realize seeing fear in anybody's eyes would trouble him as it just did, him not showing a hint of it notwithstanding.
"Are you unwell?"
"…eh?" Mito uttered, visibly surprised by the first thing he said after everything. But, as if she didn't hear his question, he repeated it.
"Are you unwell?"
She didn't answer for a while and only stared at him, and his expression, and perhaps realize how serious the question was. "I—I'm fine, Illumi." She paused. "W-What…are you doing here?"
Mito unconsciously stepped away from him as she spoke, and his sharp eyes noticed how her hands instinctively went to hold her stomach—only to force it away before her skin touched. There was the feeling of his own needles prickling something inside him then, but his expression would never betray that thought.
He remained silent for a few moments, and this made Mito more nervous. "I'm not here to hurt you, Mito."
There was a glint in her eyes then. He knew it well, albeit in thoroughly different settings.
It was pain.
"Oh?" Her voice cracked in sarcasm and he knew she was about to tell him hurtful, but well-deserved, words but instead kept her mouth shut. "That's good to hear, then." She said quietly—dismissively—and her posture told him she wanted him to leave.
She gestured to pick up her basket. "Now, if you'll excuse me—"
"Killua said to check up on you."
His words made her freeze her movements. "Eh?" "Killua's here?" She asked looking up to look at him, hostility momentarily forgotten. "Did they—"
"I'm sure they'll find each other soon. They always do." He said, but not with as much distaste and irony as he would've expected. There was something in her eyes that softened a little and he knew that she saw through him again.
It was ironic how easily she did that, yet at the same time unable to see through his biggest lies.
It was then he finally noticed the presences that had been so well-hidden, just deeper in the forest, no doubt hearing every syllable of this conversation. But he did not acknowledge them. They were strong, but they weren't hostile. They were watching, and he couldn't afford to heed their presences. Time with Mito was too little.
He took advantage of Mito's frozen state—a state of not running away from him (yet)—to memorize her. He wouldn't realize just how much of her he memorized until he was inside the Zoldyck estate, pondering what he'd do next.
Her movements, the short strands of light-colored hair, and how her skin's tan got fairer now that she spent a lot less time outdoors. Her figure changing subtly through the days—one of the many testimonies of the fact he had been so adamant in denying so deeply he never consciously thought about it at all.
Mito is pregnant.
"Is it mine?"
There was silence between them again, a different sort. The sort that was a conversation with no words.
"Of course."
"I won't hurt it."
"Him."
"You know?" Wasn't it too early to tell?
But instead of replying she only stood up firmly, facing him but not quite looking. "Please leave."
He almost opened his mouth to make an uncharacteristic retort, but decades wearing a cold, emotionless façade rendered him frozen and give her no more than an apathetic nod. "Very well." He said. "You know where to find me."
And he left, just like that.
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When she was certain Illumi was already away—a kilometre away, at least—she could feel all her resolve to stand still deflate. Her legs gave out and she found herself sitting deflated on the grass, the apples' cold skins touching her skin.
Behind her, she heard an impressed whistle. "Well, he really did make contact." It was Bisuke, and she could almost see Pariston nod and smile in assent without looking at him.
"A few days of watching weren't enough?" He said. "Interesting."
"Well, you did take down your En sphere, for some reason."
"I wanted to see." Pariston said in that trademark wily voice of his. She could feel his eyes on her the whole time. "Besides, it's not like I can't take him on."
Bisuke chuckled a little before sitting seiza beside her. "Are you okay, Mito?" She asked, holding her hand.
"Yeah."
"So that's the man who stole your heart, eh?"
Mito shook her head and gave them a rueful smile. The two blondes could only look at her. "You can't steal something that is given to you."
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Killua and Alluka stood at the docks again, but this time Noko was standing a couple of meters away, curious as to the reason the younger was asked to completely memorize Gon's face. The only coherent-enough sentence from the excited Killua was that they were going to go to Gon with it.
He also got Alluka to remember Kurapika and Leorio's faces. For some reason Noko had a copy of a picture with the two along with Senritsu and Neon, likely from Gon (printing a photo from Kurapika's phone), but he didn't really ask anything anymore. Something about the word fangirl made him keep further questions to himself.
The siblings stood at the edge of the docks, looking far from the horizon, seeing the boats with the mind's eyes for they were already beyond the horizon. Slowly, Killua—sweating profusely in a mixture of nerves and excitement—turned to his sister. "Ready?"
She nodded and he smiled and he, after saying a quick farewell to Noko, quickly mustered enough air to speak—
BOOM!
He whipped his heads to the sea. "W-What was that?" He asked, while Alluka and Noko could only look at him. They heard it, but the noise was barely audible to make them react as Killua did.
But given the circumstance, he didn't really mind it. If anything, the interference made him a tad calmer, as he could feel the words coming out of his mouth would've been unusually high-pitched. "Alluka." He cleared his throat and looked at his sister firmly again. "Bring the two of us next to Gon, please."
Not requiring him to answer her wishes, Alluka nodded obediently. "Aye." She grinned, and her eyes turned black. From the back of his mind, he heard Noko squeak in surprise. He could feel his thoughts travelling so quickly to the point that it felt time slowed down—slow enough for him to see (imagine) the transition from one place to another: from the docks to the deck of Gon's ship.
At least that was what he expected.
Until he was met by his sudden inability to breathe.
His nose was suddenly clogged by water, and his eyes slightly stinging from the diluted salt, bubbles of his own air floating in front of him. He almost yelled out the first profanity that came to mind. But considering it was a waste of oxygen (literally) the profanities remained inside his head. His eyes met Gon's and she was so shocked at their appearances that she blew out majority of the air she saved for herself.
He quickly closed off his airways to keep the remaining oxygen and his head swiftly turned to survey his surroundings. With his peripheral vision, he saw Gon regain control as well and did the same.
It all happened within a few seconds—him finding Alluka, her frantic movements making his hand lose grip of Gon's rod, his free hand grabbing Alluka, and then realizing that Gon was holding two grown men and helping them up. Once again their eyes met, with hers imploring him to swim up.
He looked at her for what felt like a while, worried, but when he realized she had enough composure to worry about the other men falling deeper into their deaths he knew she'd be fine.
But, allowing himself to look deeper into the ocean for a second, he knew her rod wouldn't be sharing the same blessings. He had to push the twinge of longing in his chest away. It was just a rod…
A rod that happened to mean a lot to them.
He hauled Alluka up to a floating piece of wood—which he now realized was a piece of the boat. He looked at the chaos that surrounded him in the surface—men screaming and breathing, pieces of wood floating aimlessly, and smoke lining up the sky. Killua let his sister cough out the water before back diving down.
He never swam in the sea before, and was then thankful for being thrown in deep pools and left there as a kid, forcing him to learn himself, and how to hold his breath in extended periods of time. The stinging in the eyes was new though. He couldn't imagine how painful the salt would be in the shallow waters by the shores.
Underwater, Gon looked at him and then faced somewhere to his right, where he saw a young boy unconscious. He got the message and dove deeper to the boy and began swimming up. As he did so, he saw Gon haul up another man, so she was carrying three men to the surface.
He put the boy next to Alluka and asked her to take care of the boy as he saved more men. But before diving in he found himself looking for Gon, and it didn't take long for him to find her. She was placing the men in comfortable positions next to the conscious men coughing and pale on larger pieces of (what used to be) the boat.
But then he saw it—a silent yacht with a cloaked person holding out a sniper gun and aiming straight towards Gon.
Killua forgot how to breathe.
"GON!" He yelled but his body was already creating small splinters from the wood that Alluka and the kid rested on. With a swift movement, he threw a few sharp bits onto the sniper.
The sniper was hit on the shoulder but managed to avoid most of his attacks and, even to Killua who had once enjoyed a good fight, his stomach dropped at the realization that this was a man that could well cause danger to the two pertinent people in the vicinity—two people who he happened to love most.
He let out a few more aura and concentrated them on the pieces of sharp wood to make them more lethal. Gon was quick to sense what was happening and swam down to avoid being an open target.
But then the sniper took off his coat and his eyes widened at the weird make-up of the… thing. He (it seemed male) was blue and its skin so gelatinous that it reminded him of human skin turned up-side down. But it didn't seem to be in pain (it was apparently what it actually looked like) and just held out his gun to target whatever moving object he saw below.
Killua thought that this time the sniper was an open target for him, but his attack was deflected to the side and the sniper didn't seem to flinch. It was then another humanoid with snake-like skin and bald head appeared. He had a large straw in his mouth, like a blow dart and Killua didn't need to think twice before sending another large splinter to the creature.
It went into his straw and it should get inside his mouth and past his skull. But the snake-like humanoid coolly took down his straw and saw that his wood dart was stuck between the humanoid's sharp teeth like a cigarette.
Killua frowned at the challenge, especially when he couldn't even use his lightning here. At the moment he really just needed insurance that both Gon and Alluka would be safe.
He decided to swim towards the two humanoids but the snake instantaneously made a movement and targeted them—Alluka and the boy. Alluka was no assassin, and she was definitely not a fighter, and the mere existence of that imaginary line of attack was enough to make his stomach drop.
The snake blew his dart and Killua used his remaining splinters to deflect them. He did, thankfully, and the first thing he did after that was to swim back to Alluka.
However, at the instant he turned to the snake again he realized it was a distraction.
Because yet another dart was heading to their way—this time aiming right in the middle of his forehead—and it was already half-way to him.
"Onii-chan!"
His eyes widened at the sudden weight on him. For a moment he saw nothing, because the weight blocked his sight. But then it dropped and he saw light again, but at the same time the realization of what just happened dawned to him like a pile of bricks hitting his head simultaneously.
"Alluka!" He yelled, catching his sister and gently pushing her back to the floater she had just been in. She was breathing, but there was blood, surrounding an area too near to her heart. Nononono
At that moment, he didn't even realize the snake was targeting him again, and what only pulled him back to the present was the sudden force underwater and the rippling wave that followed it.
Pushed back a couple of meters, he turned his head to its center and with a paradoxically silent boom the enemy boat was pushed up vertically. The actual sound of water exploding came in a second later, and at that same moment the boat was upside down. He saw Gon's head pop out of the water and he saw her looking a little tired at what she just had to do. How much force she had to muster to push that boat and that volume of water like some sort of geyser—he didn't even want to think about it now.
Satisfied that Gon was safe, he turned his head to look at Alluka—assessing her condition as calmly as he could. She was heaving, her breath smelled like gasoline, and…
….the area around the puncture turning purple.
His eyes widened. Poison.
He whipped his head to Gon's direction again. She was swimming to them at a normal fast pace. But it was not fast enough. "G-GON!" He yelled. "Quickly!" And he looked back at his sister and held her hand.
"Breathe evenly Alluka." He said with a soothing, but cracking, voice. "You don't want that poison circulating more quickly." And then he sighed. "One more request Alluka. Can you do it?"
Lethargically, she nodded with a smile.
Gon was floating beside him a second later, and he mused she probably used a lot of her remaining energy to turbo herself to them.
These creatures were no doubt after Gon; going to the hospital was not an option. He grabbed Gon's hand with his free one, and then turned his head to meet his sister's eyes.
"Take us to Leorio."
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"What the—" Killua saw Leorio standing up in what seemed like an overtly-decorated office. A pink-haired girl was a meter from him, both wearing stances that meant they were intimately arguing something.
"K-Killua!?"
"She's poisoned." He said firmly in response. "Help her, please."
Leorio nodded (and shook his shaken state away) and immediately asked him to put Alluka in the broadest sofa. The doctor put a small pillow behind her and checked her pulse. A moment later he had his basic equipment beside him. Killua would've been impressed at the sudden professional air around Leorio if it wasn't his sister's life on the line.
He watched in eerie silence as Leorio sliced the infected area and let it flow for several seconds before treating it.
Everyone watched Leorio work for what felt like hours and eventually they saw Leorio's stance slowly relaxing, they unconsciously did the same. It was only then that Neon allowed herself to look at the other two newcomers.
A moment ago she was arguing with Leorio about something stupid, and the next thing she knew three dripping-wet teenagers appeared out of nowhere. But it was really them—Gon and Killua. She heard a lot about them from her companions, seeing them there finally together was surreal.
"It's from a creature of the Dark Continent." Leorio stated, reeling her back to the present. "A poison found only there. Until now, anyway." "Good for us, I was once a member of the Zodiac Twelve."
"Just take care of my sister."
"You do realize that this person is a—"
"I know." Killua snapped, but heaved a sigh and looked at Leorio apologetically. "…Long story."
Leorio didn't ask further and barely even spared both Kurapika and Senritsu a look when they entered. Those two's hearing were impressive. They should've both been somewhere on other ends of the mansion…
Everyone's heartbeats must've been that loud to them.
Kurapika and Senritsu quickly ran to Killua and Gon, speechless for a whole minute before Kurapika finally found the composure to speak. "What are you two doing here?" He asked, deciding to push the question of their drenched state later.
"Someone was hunting me down." Gon said softly and avoided Kurapika's eyes. Killua noticed this, and so did Senritsu. Was that a tinge of red on Gon's face? But Gon seemed oblivious at the stares and went on with the explanation. "We thought it was too dangerous to turn her over to a hospital."
"Well I'm flattered." Leorio quipped, but otherwise continued on with the procedure in silence.
Still Kurapika was puzzled at the lack of announcement and the fact that they were soaking—"How…"
"Alluka has a gift." Killua said. "She teleported us here."
Kurapika only batted an eyelid while Senritsu's eye lit up, a bit impressed. "That's an amazing ability."
Killua gave her small smile at that. "If only you know…"
"Alright then!" Leorio yelled out-of-nowhere, probably unaware of the surprise he caused them. "I just need to determine the strain to figure out which herb will be used. It's isn't difficult to obtain nowadays." He paused and looked at Killua. "He—"
"She."
"She'll be fine." Leorio cleared his throat, pushing his questions to the back of his head. And considering the two teenagers' states, it wasn't very hard to do so. "Now, if you two don't want to have hypothermia, I suggest you get a change of clothing now."
…
Gon borrowed Neon's simplest dress, it was trapeze dress that Gon found very comfortable and the others found very good to look at—too good, actually—and both Killua and Kurapika had to force their gazes away before they were considered improper.
Killua, on the other hand, was wearing Kurapika's slacks and white long-sleeved button-up. It was comfortable and Killua felt rather pleasantly formal.
Leorio rewashed the cloth resting on Alluka's forehead as he administered a medicine, before joining the other sat the table as they waited for Alluka's physiological reaction to his medicine. It would determine the strain, something he had to be careful about since medicine for one type could make the other worse.
Killua sat as far as he could from Gon, but had a clear view of her. Really didn't know how much self-control he had to dare be in touching distance with her—especially now, because Kami-sama knew he needed to embrace someone, regardless of just how little of it showed in his face. Kurapika had Senritsu seat between them.
"So… would you tell us about the attack?"
"Two humanoids." Gon said, eyes lingering on Alluka. "They're strong but I think we could've taken them on." "We were caught off-guard."
Killua then described them as clearly as he could and Kurapika dawned at a realization. "They're injus." And proceeded on telling them the information Milluki told them—their strength—and it caused quite a bit of worry.
The silver head blinked in surprise but then met his eyes, wearing a more disappointed look than one of worry. "You were invited to join the ten dons…"
Apparently, this was news to everyone else. "You were what?"
"I declined. It was a stupid request, and the method of invitation even more so," said Kurapika with a shrug. "Why would the dons send them?"
"They're all dead now." "Milluki and I were sent to kill them." Killua said. "But it's weird they're after Gon…" Then Killua remembered Gon's shy blush and unconsciously sent a glare to Kurapika's direction. The latter only looked away.
"Well…," Senritsu intervened. "For now I think we should toast for your safe arrival." "It's amazing—power of teleportation."
"It isn't just that." Killua said, but he didn't tell them anymore. Senritsu heard the sudden change of his heartbeat—one of a guarded person.
"About your sister's abilities." She said. "If you don't want to tell us, that's okay. But it could really help with the planning somehow."
Silence passed as Senritsu and Killua just looked at each other. Senritsu was calm, while Killua calculating. Soon enough, as his mind's eye looked back at everyone else, he remembered what it was like to let your guard down with so many people inside a room. He forgot about it. "She can grant any wish if you grant three of her request." He finally said, before concisely explaining the most pertinent rules. "Only I can ask freely."
"Then there should've been a rule for teleportation." Kurapika said, nodding, albeit obviously very much in awe. "We haven't met with her before."
Killua hesitated for a moment, scratching his cheek. "I've… shown her pictures."
"Oh."
"Well, that was sweet."
Killua shrugged. "I forgot how Alluka's ability could help me." Killua's cerulean orbs stayed hovering over Alluka. "I guess it was too easy to consider, and I never thought my 'accursed' sister would actually be a way to get to Gon." Then he shook his head in disapproval. "Ironic, really." He whispered, soon shifting his gaze to look at Leorio. "If I opened my mind a bit more, I would've thought to borrow one of yours, and I'd have been with Gon days ago."
Leorio smirked at that. "Considering it's my only picture of us four, I probably would've hidden it from you." Killua would've smirked back if he didn't sense Gon suddenly glittering.
"Do you have it now?" She chirped at Leorio, referring to the photos. Her eyes were glittering. May I see it?
The others gave each other apprehensive looks before Leorio stood up to get the framed photo. It was, indeed, the four of them—with Leorio using his long arms to embrace them all, a sense of closeness and familiarity oozing off all their faces.
Gon smiled—one that did not reach her bright auburn eyes—as she looked at every detail, as if trying to remember such a happy moment. "The moments this captured would've been a memory I treasured during my sleep."
Killua wore the same expression, and his hand found her head, patting it. Don't worry. He said, at least in his head.
I've done enough of that for us both.
…
Most of them fell asleep while waiting for Alluka to respond to the medicine. Only Leorio and Killua stayed in the office, the others (with insistence on Killua's part) were sent to their rooms to rest.
"It's really sad how she doesn't remember those times…" Leorio mumbled as he sat at the nearest chair to Alluka. "Any way to restore them?"
"It's possible to get her memories back, but it'll be hard." He remembered he was forced to take it out himself because if he didn't—Gon would die. Alluka could be an option, and so was Illumi, but neither one was going to be helpful, so he thought he'd have to endure for a while.
But that didn't really matter. Not really. They could be together in the same place again. He did too many bad things in his lifetime to even have the right to ask for more.
Leorio wanted to say something wise but then he yelled when Alluka's skin began showing rashes. Killua's eyebrows furrowed deeply at Leorio's troubled expression. "Oh no…"
"…what?"
But Leorio didn't answer and did so many things within a few seconds. Syringe, strips of medicines, and other things he didn't know were administered to Alluka. He had to force himself to stop bothering Leorio by questions. He could feel his aura changing abruptly at the uncertainty.
He didn't even realize Gon, Senritsu, and Kurapika were already beside him until Leorio's back slumped in part-relaxation.
"What happened?"
"We will need another medicine to ensure her tissues will return to normal." Leorio said with a huff, straight-to-the point. "But this strain is the rarest—" He caught Kurapika's befuddled stare. "No, you don't have to go past the Great Lake to get the cure now." He said. "But the person who has it—well, she's difficult to find."
"It's Geru, isn't it?" Kurapika supplied, and he nodded. Killua's eyebrows furrowed at the recognition of the name.
"Geru?" He uttered. "One of the Twelve?"
"Yep. But…" Leorio cleared his throat. "She's pregnant, so—Perhaps its her being fond of snakes, but it was well known snakes become especially lethargic while gestating... they stop eating all-together when they're gravid. But of course Geru didn't quite reach that stage. She just really didn't want any intrusion in her peace. To talk to her, they had to go personally."
Leorio obviously got this by personal experience. Senritsu confirmed this by telling them Leorio had one large slap mark on his face a couple of months ago. One that stayed there for even longer.
"Where can I find her?" Killua asked, pushing down discomfort with anything named 'snake' in general.
"On the Aiu mountains in the Western side of N.G.L."
A second didn't pass before Killua hurriedly turned to the door. Gon, however, stopped him.
"Wait" She said, holding his arm to stop him. A single touch sent a troubling amount of electrifying sensations. "I'm coming with you."
Killua froze then, before his eyes reluctantly looked down to meet hers. It'll be an adventure, he told himself, very nervously. Just like old times.
But then his eyes ended up on her flush cheeks, which slid down to her neck, and—
Killua nodded weakly and gulped, pushing the thoughts away. "Okay."
Relax. He told himself. It'll just be like before they parted. The only difference would be that they'd be alone.
In the end, that was part of what worried him the most.
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END OF CHAPTER 17
Coming Soon:
CHAPTER 18: Shed x Convergence x Medicine
Meeting with new people and reliving old memories. Just like old times.
REPLIES TO ANGELS
Suntan140 – Yes, she will. But because I'm me (and I want this story longer) I'll delay it by adding a few more bumps. xD Hope it's Ok, and thanks for commenting!
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Lizzys-chan – Thank you for reviewing! So glad you found it a good and interesting read. Will do my best to keep at it! And do tell me when I'm… failing somehow. xD Thx~
Jennosaur – I know, I know I should more! I mean you angels/vocal readers certainly deserve weekly updates! xD Anyway, I can only hope these chaps are worth the wait. And thx for reviewing~
Jonica77 – hahaha thank you for reviewinG~! Super glad you found the chap exciting and I do hope this one doesn't disappoint. And yep! I wrote Nerys with some attempts to rouse empathy. xD So yeah, I'll be considering her humanity. ;)
Slytherin Studios – Ah a GonxNerys fight eh? Not sure how I'd write that yet, if I ever would. I hope my decision to use Injus instead (for now) is nice enough. And thx for reviewing!
Darlingfedz – Aww man *blushes* Thank you for reviewing (and all them compliments xD). Glad you're loving this so far! And yep, the convo kinda felt weird to me so I put in a few other… obstacles to make it less easy lol. I'm so bad. Hahaha. Anyway, hope you enjoy this chap!
Aeva elementia – Wahaha. Well, they don't cross paths just yet. xD I wanted Illumi's attention solely on Mito for now. *wink* And nope! Maha's not lying. You can say it has something to do with life force lol. Anyway, thx for reviewing~! ;D
ChiharuSACHI – IKR. Haha. Well, you can say they just met when Ging rang away but yeah it's still funny. Haha. And yep! That's why other… things and obstacles will happen. The kid thing just fixed most of the problems with the Zoldycks. Hihi. And thank you for reviewing! Sorry I wasn't able to update this Monday…
KG-Ai – ahahah indeed~! Too bad I didn't write a ParistonxIllumi confrontation just yet huehuehue. And yes! Alluka will come. xD Can't go with two teenagers travelling alone just yet. *wink* Oh, and thank you (and Okire) for reviewing~
Sierra. Steinbrecher – You could say Maha knew judging by the fetus' life force. Huehue. And I'll probably reveal more SilvaGing thing on the Agatha arc or something. xD Thx for reviewing btw!
Digilover23 – hahah Yay! Thank you for reviewing~! Glad you like it so far and yep! Can't have two teenagers travelling alone for now. Hahaha
Grapes – Thank you for reviewing! I'm glad I'm managing to express their emotions so far and that you found the chapter beautiful! Hope this chap doesn't disappoint. xD
Kaeberlily – Yep! Altho… I won't give Illumi his happily ever after just yet. xD #DraggingThisOut lol. And glad you like the story so far~ Thx for reviewing! ;D
Lala – Aww *blushes* I'm flattered to know this is one of your faves. I hope the chaps remain interesting so I stay there! Heuhue. Thanks for reviewing btw!
Larrlyngulle. 27gmail .com – hehehe glad you're liking this so far! But alas, Gon's rod would play a bit different a role here. Hihi. Hope the chap's nice tho, and thx for reviewing~
Chosanbhir – Gon's going to the mountain, but not with Kura. He actually left a while back, it was where he met Bisuke and Pariston. ;) And they'll meet here! Not as fluffy as most would expect but oh well. Heheh
Chani – You're here! Hahaha. I knew the site's messing with us talking again lol. I'm glad you're liking this so far, and I hope what I plan next will not disappoint. Thank you for reviewing~
Guest [Nov 2 2014] x 2 – Iknow, I know I'm sorry! xD You angels deserve weekly updates. Lately I can't tho, so I can only hope the chaps're worth the wait. xD Thank you for the comments :D
CelestialFireKey – Lol. Nerys is just naturally dislikable lol. And yep they'll meet here! Hoping the not-so-fluffy reunion is fine~ Hhaha. Thx for reviewing btw! ;D
Egichuu – (ch4) hahaha. Well then, glad to see you all the way to the sequel! xD I'm super glad you're really liking the story that far. (ch16) XD hahah yay! Welcome to the latest chapter~! Hope you like this next one, and thank you for the reviews! :D
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