She let the boys talk as she talked the twinkling of stars, "oh a shotting star" she muttered quietly. Internally voicing her wish...
Sliver hues glancing towards the animated slivernette. The smile growing on his face, sapphire hues glittering as he laughed at something gon had said.
Maybe it was a wish that could come true.
-x-x-x-
Kyriak wasn't sure how it came about but, two hunters and an assassin was staring in puzzlement at the metal box aunt Mito had given gon. A clue from the boy's father.
Apparently, it was something given to her from ging to give to gon, when the boy had become a hunter. The man had become a hunter at 12, same as gon – the box being the only thing he'd left for the boy. The box was made from a dark sliver material, each side a number of groves craved cut into the metal – a pattern repeated on all but the top and bottom of the box. It looked simple to open, or at least pry apart.
"So, this is the box" killua muttered, spinning it on his finger. "How do you open this thing?"
Kyriak took it from the boy's hands examining it closely – bringing it up to her eye trying to get a better view of the box.
"That material..." she muttered, a frown donning her lips, "I see it before"
"Can I use force?" the slivernette gestured to the box.
"Yeah, I tried that too but I couldn't get it open" gon sighed, as killua took the box back.
He tried; the assassin tried crushing the box in his hands to no avail. The box wasn't shifting at all. "This is no ordinary box!" killua grumbled, "even if it welded, I should be able to wrench it open"
Kryiak stared at the box, why did the martial seem familiar...
She watched as killua shook it, only for the thing to make no noise. She brought here finger to her lips Bitting it as her thoughts whirled. Racking her brain for the answer.
"Nen..." she muttered brow furrowed.
"When you became a hunter..." killua wondered out loud.
Gon being the dense boy he is brought out his hunter license, not what killua was suggesting. Kyirak grinned, "its Nen constructive metal! It's a type of alloy that has a high conduct to Nen."
The boy glanced towards her, "alloy? high action? Nen constructive metal?" the pair questioned, eyes going from the box to the grinning kyriak and back to the box.
Gon took the box placing it in his hands, concentring on his Nen. It took a moment as the boys Nen seeped into the boy.
A blinding flash of light filled the room, there was a clatter as the pieces of stick like shapes of metal scattered to the floor. In its place in the centre of the chaos sat a box. Black and gold coloured small box, with a card like slit in one of the sides.
The group of younger teens stared at the box in awe, what you could do with Nen was SOOO cool!
Kyriak pieced up one of the metal sticks examining it, noting the Nen scripture what would have been the inside of the box.
"Another box within the box" gon spoke examining the newly discovered box. As killua pieced up the metal stick.
"Yeahs, these have no traces of adhesives" he muttered with no confusion.
Kyriak nodded, "they don't need it, it's purely stuck together with Nen" she channelled the Nen into her stick before poking killua's stick and letting go.
The Nen in the stick holding it together in a 'L' Shape.
Killlua nodded, turning his attention to gon, showing the other boy the Nen scripture on the metal as she turned to the black and gold box.
She sat beside killua as the pair watched intently eyes on the boy like a hawk. As gon slowly slotted his card into the box. The group grinned as a slight click was her and box opened, to reveals.
"a ring" she muttered, "cassette tape and a memory card" confused glances were exchanged as the three examined the items.
"look" gon picked up the ring, "that same pattern inside the band"
"Its Nen scripture" kyriak nodded to the pattern.
"Writing it Nen? So, this could have something like the string wing put on gon or the box"
She nodded, "and much more, it could be cursed to harm the wearer or aid. It depends on who made it and the intent behind the Nen"
"You shouldn't put it on just yet" killua turned to gon, heeding the girls unsaid warning.
"Why?" gon question, he didn't really think ging would harm him, "you think ging would try to mess with me?"
Killua shrugged, if it was his family... yes, yes, they would. "Just in case" was the assassin verbal respond.
The group quickly turned their attention to the cassette getting a tape player, setting it to record just encase.
Kyriak didn't know the voice that echoed out of the machine but it held something of important to gon, so she held her breath. Concentrating on the words – a determine look flashing though her eyes. The young teen determines to help her friends. Killua glanced towards his faces, a small smile growing noting the face of concentration. Cute.
"Hey gon, so you've become a hunter too?" the voice of who the group guessed was ging sounded.
"there's one question I want to ask? Do you want to see me?" the voice recorder asked. "If you do, keep listening... if you don't just press the stop button" kyirak and killua glanced at gon, letting the spikey haired boy take the lead.
It was silent a moment, as the group held their breath, only for the recorder to start up again. "I guess that's a 'yes'. I'll ask again, are you sure? Hunters are a bunch of egomaniacs. We cast aside everything else to get what we want" the voice explained, before continuing on, "you should stop the tape here if you just think it would be nice to see me. I'll give you a minute to think it over"
Silent once again descended on the group.
"Now what?" killua started, already knowing the answer to the question, "or do I even need to ask?"
Gon hummed turning to the cassette player, a determine look on his face. It was his goal to meet his dad, he wasn't going to be deterred now.
"All right. So, you want to see me that much?" the tape continued as the man's words failed to deter the determine boy.
Stubborn, father like son.
"Well, I don't want to see you, honestly, I don't know how I could face you" the recorded man admitted. "I quit being a parent for selfish reasons. I'm not a decent guy. At least ten years will pass before you'll listen to this tape. But there's one thing that'll never change. I'll always be that guy I am" kyriak glanced towards gon, the boys' eyes shining. He didn't seem upset to the girl. "I'm sure I'll be off horsing around somewhere. If you still want to see me, then come find me. But like I said I don't want to see you. If I hear you coming, I'm gonna bolt" kyriak perked up, that sounded like a challenge if she ever heard one. "Try and catch me. You're a hunter now, aren't you?"
Gon grinned, at the challenge his father had set. "Heh," killua let out a sound, "your dad's a tough customer"
"Hold on. Gings still there" gon pointed stop to the cape still going in the machine.
"Oh yeah... one more thing. About your mum... if you want to know keep listening and if you don't-" gon didn't need telling twice stopped the recording from playing.
Killua and kyriak stared at the other boy, "you sure?" she questioned with a tilt of the head.
"Yeah..." gon nodded,
"But he might've given you clues" killua intrigued.
"I don't think so. It's just a gut feeling. Beside I told you aunt Mito is my mum!"
Gon stood by the door ready for from.
"I understand!" kyirak grinned, "it's like papa is my papa, even though he's not and the first time we meet I broke into his house trying to rob him"
"You broke into his house?" killua questioned.
Though before she couldn't answer a whirring sound starting. It was quiet though grew louder as the group's attention snapped towards the cassette tapes machine.
"The tape is rewinding itself!" killua stated being the closing to the machine. "Huh? The stereo has aura?"
"Its Nen! That's what's rewinding it!" killua concluded.
Kyirak couldn't help much as the hunter ging Nen grew, erasing this own voice on the tape. Not that she didn't try, she just wasn't sure how she could help...
Not even strength could break the Nen covered machine.
The tape was now useless.
Gon and killua were looking at the empty tape, in defeat trying to figure out why the man may have wanted to erase the tape.
"Nene~ kyriak" gon called, drawing the vermillion haired attention to the discussing pair, "could Nen allow someone to analyse stuff a machine can't?"
"of course," she nodded, "Nen could do just about anything if you put your mind to it and set the rules. There are people with the ability to track other by using voice or parts of the person body. Some can control others if say you give, they your full true name. I even know someone who can change they shape, someone else who'd bring artwork to life and" the girl leaned closer holding a hand to her lips as she whispered, "even someone who can bring you back from the dead" she sat back a close eye smile on her face. "It all depends on your Hatsu."
The boys signed, "so much to think about."
Gon turned back to the box, "right one down two to go"
It left the ring and the memory card.
To be continued...
these next few chapter are gonna be abit rushed... gonna skip out of most onf the information and get right into the fun part!
finally were gonna meet the spiders! well proptly meet them!
hoped you all enjoy!
gonna try and get another chapter who today as well!
let us know what you think!
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happy hunting xx