Hunter X Hunter Fan Fiction ❯ A Killer's Heart and Darkness ❯ Pools with Problems ( Chapter 4 )

A Killer's Heart and Darkness

Part 4

(A/N) *grins* I GOT A SECRET!!!! HI-MI-TSU!!!! HAHAHAHAAAAA....Well, I told 2 other ppl, but.....they might not even read this so....*shrug* The OVA is WRONG!!!! If any of u actually got obsessed, went out to buy it, and watched it all the way through, u should kno what Im talking about. CHIGAI CHIGAI CHIGAI!!!! DONT BELIEVE IT!!!! Btw, my B-day is April 4th just like Kurapika-sama! I wouldve liked it better if I had the same B-day as Killua, but......~.~ Well, in my next life, I will......^_^ Heeeeeeeeeeh? Dun blame the lateness on ME, pals. FF.net is screwed up right now, so I hope this EVENTUALLY gets posted before I haul @$$ outta here 4 vaca.

Ack! I feel so ashamed!!!! I finally learned conjugating and have gotten it all down almost PERFECTLY now, but....I just realized alot of stuff I put down aint exactly right! ~.~

T-T.........*shameful* Thanks to all the reviewers, and if u dun c ur name on my lil list I got goin some ways down there, dun b mad-its just that I wanna get this out as soon as possible. Yeah, I did this part last. Thanks 2 all who reviewed and sorry for making u wait so long. GOMEN NASAI, tomodachi-tachi!!!! Oi, read now! O, matte matte!!!! 2 things: Someone, anyone PLEASE tell me how they double the letters in Hiragana and Katakana. How would u actually WRITE `matte' in Hiragana anyhow? It has the extra `t' in it O.o. 2nd thing: I wrote another shonen ai fic. Go check it out if u want-its an original but NOT the original miniseries that I had been talking bout b4. Thats on hiatus. And YES, u can do that with fics-*V*.

Oops! The list! Here it goes:

Mirai Kurosaki: Me just luv u ^_^

SoLeo: Yep, I obviously luv Killua and Gon 2gether, 2! Heh.....

Asshole: Nice name-I kno ur the guy who I flamed, and I feel a lil bad, but.......u had basically dissed my fav. couple indirectly. I would say "Urusanai, kisama!" but me not that cruel ^_^

Killuas Descendant: U dun like long fics? O.o Gomen.......

Silvara Maxwell: Kimi wa kakoi da!!!! Ur so kool, and I had started a small Bran+Will fic, but never even got past page 1! ^_^; U think UR lazy? Look what I just wrote above! Heehee........ Thanks 4 the long reviews-ur so kool #_#

Shizuku: *blush* Arigato......Eeeek, sugoi. I luved ur review 2! Honto ni, arigato!!!!

Yukitsu: *hands u a Kura. plushy* That good 4 ya? Sorry, this fic might only MENTION Kurapika, but.......thats about it. Gomen nasai.....Dun get the ending part of the OVA either. Just a warning ^_^

Ruaki: Ya kno, if u just had an "M" in ur name.........O.O n-nandemonai......Oi, c, c?! I updated! R u proud?! I'll email u soon, k?

Mikaii: U ppl askin bout the "figure" already? O.o Well, basically, he wants.....HAHAHHAAAAA, u thought me give it away just like THAT, ne? Iie! Nope, nadda, yada! *glomps u* Wonder all u want, Mikaii! U'll figure it out though! ^_^

Kumatenshi: Arigato for the review!!!! And HAI, Killua kakoi desu! ^_^ He DID enter the tournament when he was 6-it said so in the anime (I dunno if it said so in the manga-I havent translated all of it yet. U can go on the Toriyama site to c if THEY did.) And he DID quit on the 180th floor. Imagine how powerful he was at 6 when he hadnt even HEARD of nen, much less HAD it! WAAAAAAIIIIIIIII! SUGOI!!!!! Again ~.~, HOW THE HELL DO U TURN DOUBLE LETTERED WORDS INTO HIRAGANA/KATAKANA??!!!! Like "kakkoi." I just put "kakoi" so it doesnt confuse me. The only ones I can do r the double lettered vowels and the "n." ~.~; Makes me mad........grrrrrrr. ^_^

Lan: As in......'Lan' from Chobits `Lan'??!! The manga has him as "ran" tho, cause of the whole "L" thing. I luv him!!!! AND his bro! YAAAAAY! O, thanks 4 the review!

Demon Master: GOMEN T-T I lost ur email addy, but me c it now *sweatdrop* I'll email real soon and thanks 4 emailing all those times!!!! U gotta have one of the koolest/freakiest personalities I have ever met! Sorta like Ayatsuri Sakon ^_^; Oi, hope u like this chap!

Usagimc: YAY, GO U! Im so glad alot of ppl r in2 anime and NOT just readin fics. I DID start out with the intention of just adding in more stuff, but then the plot got a mind of its own, so now Im just watching as words appear. *V*

Amiko: I hope the MOST that U read this. It sounds like u really enjoy it and I feel MORE ashamed now 4 making u wait so long T-T Then again, I can just use ff.net as an excuse, ne? I hope u like these chaps!!!! Read my other fic, 2, onegai?!!!! ACK! I read ur fic, btw! Its AWESOME! SUGOI!!!! KAKOI DA!!!! So kool........*starry eyes* #_#.

Eeeek, so many pics of Killua+Gon! Heeheeeheeeeeee. Ok, ok, Im done! Ja ne! *V*

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Gon lightly huffed as he ran down the long, desolate hallways, trying to catch up to his best friend. He already knew that he had lost-Killua was sure to be waiting for him at the pool by now, especially since he had given himself a head-start, but it would've been *extremely* embarrassing if Gon showed up HOURS later, and it sure looked like it would be that way, seeing as how he had NO CLUE where he was going.

Killua, again, got the advantage-he had been there before.

Rounding a small corner, Gon picked up speed and dashed forward, making sure to run more lightly so he could run quicker. He almost didn't stop in time when a tall figure stepped out from the shadows.

"Eee-!" Gon skidded to a stop and bent forward, panting out his exhaustion as it quickly overtook him.

After a second, he looked up and smiled cheerily. "Sumimasen!" He straightened and started to walk around the person, now noticing it was a dark-haired, pale-faced man in a tight, black, long-sleeved shirt and greyish fatigues.

As he prepared to run again, a deep voice called out: "Matte."

"Nani?" Gon looked behind him, still in a running position.

The gazed at Gon with a smirk almost apparent on his face and seemed to think about what he was going to say. ".......What's your name?"

"Ore?"

The man nodded, but his eyes seemed to narrow.

Gon turned around and smiled cheerfully again. "Ore wa Gon! Kimi wa?"[1]

The eyes looked him up and down, ignoring the question. Gon felt a shiver slowly crawl its way up his spine and found himself holding his breath, not knowing why.

The eyes finally found his own and the thin lips broke into a somewhat satisfied smirk. He stepped forward, his right pointer finger slowly twitching, and smiled even wider as the cheer left the young boy's eyes, replaced by hesitant wariness.

"Are you being expected,.........Gon, was it?"

Gon blinked and unintentionally stepped back, his body knowing it wanted as much distance as possible from the creepy man. "Expected?" Gon blinked again then shook himself back to awareness.

"Hai! My best friend and I were going swimming. He's probably waiting for me." Remembering this, he completely forgot about the strange fellow in front of him and envisioned Killua's angry face.

"Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhh! He's going to be so mad at me! I gotta hurry-!"

"Tomodachi?"

Gon stopped babbling to himself and turned his attention back to the guy. "Nani?"

The man stepped forward again and smiled thinly. "I said........is he your friend? The silver haired boy, ne?"

Gon nodded mutely.

The man smiled wider and came closer, just a few inches in front of the still and slightly alert figure of the green-suited boy. "Just a friend? He seemed like more........."

Gon blinked in confusion. "Nandayo?"

The dark figure lifted his right arm, his fingers inching towards Gon's left cheek. "Such innocence," he murmured to himself. "Such blind innocence........" His eyes stared into Gon's deep pools of chocolate then flickered down to the boy's small surprised-formed lips.

Could I possess such innocence.............?

Just as his finger brushed Gon's cheek, the boy jerked back as if he was burned, a hand flying to the place the man had touched just seconds ago.

Gon's eyes hardened, and the man noticed his figure had become tense.

"Omae..........dare?!"

The man stepped back, amused at the boy's fearful reaction, and turned around, staring now down the long dark hallway.

"Who am I?..........Wait and you shall see, my little one......" With an eerie and ethereal laugh, the darkly-dressed man sauntered down the hallway, leaving behind a badly confused and somewhat fearful boy in his wake.

After a few minutes of listening to the quiet sounds of a darkened hallway, Gon remembered his best friend and instantly jumped into a run, dashing down the hallway in the direction......well, what he hoped was the direction...... of the pool. Flying past many other hallways and rooms to ponder over later, he rounded a sharp turn that instantly opened up to a magnificent indoor pool.

Staring at the light blue sparkling water, Gon almost walked past his slightly miffed but grinning best friend.

"Oi, what took you so long? I coulda done laps waiting for you to get here......."

Gon lowered his eyes in embarrassment and scratched the back of his head in shame. "Killua, gomen. I got a little lost........." He had decided to keep the mysterious encounter to himself, not wanting Killua to get into any more fights on his account.

Killua's eyes almost glittered with mirth as he pictured Gon lost in the big arena's long hallways.

"Lost?! Hahahaaa, baaaaaaaaaaaaka!!" He slowly walked to a still shameful Gon, grinning almost like a lunatic as his best friend still didnt look up.

"Speaking of lost..................Heheheh......"

Go looked up in alarm as he heard the evil giggle. His eyes widened as he saw his grinning friend getting closer, Killua's hands reaching for him.

"O-Oi, oi, Killuaaaa! Whats with that look? Killua?" No answer. "Killua?!"

Gon: O.o

Killua: ^_____^ "........................."

Killua LEAPED. He glomped onto Gon, swinging him around, then lifted the smaller boy into his arms.

Gon: O.O "Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep!!!!" Gon saw the world spinning in a disarray of blue and silver, then everything stilled as he gazed into the midnight blue orbs of Killua's eyes. He looked up at his grinning best friend, speechless for awhile. And then.............

"Nandayo?!! HANASE!!!!"[2]

"Iie~" Killua ignored him and walked over to the pool, sticking his chin up and holding his head high in a supreme smirk. "I do have one question for you, though......"

Gon blinked from his position...........being held like a baby by an ex assassin.

"Nani?"

Killua looked from his best friend to the pool then back to Gon again, suddenly grinning evilly. "Can you swim?"

"...................." O.O "NANI??!!!"

Bringing Gon closer to his chest and preparing to launch him out to the expanse of glittering blue, .......he stopped.

Something didnt feel right.......

Iie........something felt TOO right.........

*dokidoki*

Killua froze.

Everything around the pool became quiet. He at once became aware that Gon and himself were the only ones there.

Killua stared intently into the pool, trying to figure out what was wrong.

He felt as if he was being surrounded by an electrical wire......it looping and intertwining around his whole body. The hairs on his arms stood straight up and his heart began to race faster than it had ever gone before in his whole life. Not even when he was trained to withstand extreme torture and go through countless years of training did he ever feel something so strange and.........frightening.

But........the fear felt........nice. Sort of tingly but.........nice........

Was it fear?

Killua looked around, surveying the area he and his best friend were in.

He couldnt sense anybody else near and nothing felt.........wrong.

*dokidoki*

But there had to be something wrong, right? Nothing else would make him go almost crazy like this.........

Killua gazed down at his best friend again in confusion. Gon seemed to be staring deep within the water, almost leaning out of his best friend's arms to see into the pool.

Out of my arms...............

Gon suddenly looked up and smiled at him. "Something wrong?"

"I-I-Iie....." Killua blushed fiercely, then cursed himself as he felt himself do so. Blushing was never in his training descriptions.

He gazed down at the black-haired boy again, almost amazed at how much he.......liked Gon in his arms. His arms fit around his best friend perfectly and he held him, safe and secure from any harm that was to come. His grip tightened unconsciously and if the other boy noticed, he didnt show it. He seemed to be, now, smiling up at the ceiling. Killua also looked up.

A mirror!

Killua: O.o

The ex assassin sweatdropped as he saw another pair of boys identical to them but one grinning widely and making faces.

"Oi, isnt this fun?" Gon laughed. "We can see ourselves swimming now! Sugoi........!"

Killua looked back down and sighed, but gave a little smile at Gon's complete cheerfulness.

"Actually, ......its a lil perverted," he grinned.

"Nanda?"

Killua looked up again at the mirror. "It could be a two-way, and that means there could be some kind of recording device behind it, video-taping us." He smirked again, then gazed into chocolate brown eyes. "Only REALLY old guys or REALLY stingy people do that kinda stuff."

Gon blinked. "Honto?"

*WHOOOOOOSH*

*SPLASSSSSSSH*

Gon broke the surface, gasping a little while coughing out chlorinated water. Killua grinned proudly down at him, hands on his thin hips. "Aa......honto."

"You finally threw me?"

Killua blinked. "Baaaaka, thats a stupid question. Where'd you think you were going?" He smirked. "I hope the hentai-tachi have that part on tape! I want a copy of it before we leave. You should have seen your face, Gon....." He cupped his suddenly neko-transformed face, laughing within his hands. "You looked so funny......heeheeheeeee-"

"Where'd you get the swimming trunks from?" Gon interrupted, finally noticing his best friend was wearing blue ones and no shirt.

"Nani?" Killua stared down at himself. "Ah! While I was waiting for your lost butt," Killua grinned as he heard Gon growl, "I saw the gift shop and grabbed them. I got two towels for us, too."

"With what?" Gon gaped. "You're BROKE!"

Killua scowled, folding his arms across his bare chest. "Yeah, well, you're wet! Besides, ..........I got charm!" He smiled like a cat. "And I got a little money from the competition I won....." He muttered later to himself, "Well, had..........."

Not really listening, Gon started bobbing around while slipping off his now wet jacket and boots. "You coming in?"

"Naw, I'm just gonna watch you paddle around and eventually drown........."

Gon gave a hurt face. His mind, however........Gon grinned evilly to himself, was already thinking up a REALLY nice revengeful plan for his bestest buddy.

Gon evil? Yeah, it could happen.......

He had to play this right in order for it to work. He knew Killua would never suspect him pulling such a prank and relied on that to help himself out. He loved being innocent ^_^

Killua saw the hurt face from Gon suddenly disappear, replaced by a mask of .........what was it, pain? Killua unfolded his arms in somewhat alarm and stepped closer to the edge of the pool, looking down at

his silent friend. "Oi, Gon, daijobu?"

Gon: "....................."

"Daijobu ka, Gon?" Killua asked more loudly, a frown appearing on his features. His mind was far ahead of his body-already in the pool and shaking his silent friend frantically. His body, however, was still crouching at the side of the pool.

Gon finally looked up and smiled slowly. "Daijobu, Killua. I just.........have a stomach ache is all......."

Killua frowned again and motioned for Gon to swim over to him. "Lemme help you out.......Baaaka, you shouldnt have let me throw you in like that!"

Gon's eyebrow twitched but he kept up his scheme. "Gomen, Killua. We can come back later and swim...." He was already slowly paddling to his waiting best friend. The little devil on his shoulder, at the moment, was bouncing on the bruised belly of the angel, laughing lika a little maniac. Evil felt so nice. Gon almost gave into the grin wanting to form. He swam closer.......

He made his movements slower, more sluggish, and clutched his side in fake-pain. He saw Killua's arms reach down for him, eyes alert and worried. "C'mon, I'll carry you to the room......."

Gon almost felt bad....................ALMOST.

Just as he was in arms-length, he managed a pretty good whimper of pain (*HEY! I'M A GOOD ACTOR! ^_^*) and faultered. He took another step again towards his best friend, then scrunched his face up before collapsing into the water. It was a good 4-5 feet of water, but.........Gon being REALLY short, he held himself down near the bottom, curled up and waiting for Killua to lean over the edge more.

Almost there......................

Killua's heart stopped. That was just it. His heart just stopped when he saw the best thing he had ever had collapse into the pool. His arms wavered in midair and his vision must have blanked out for a few seconds, because when everything came back to him a moment later, he found himself leaning more over the edge, breath held, and chest hurting.

He didnt know why his chest hurt so much, though.....

Maybe lack of air?

He let it all out in a whoosh and began screaming Gon's name frantically.

"Gon!"

.....................

"GON!"

No response.

"GONGONGONGON!!!!!!!!!!" A whole stream of more "Gons" followed.

Killua's breaths came out as gasps and he again put a hand to his chest, the pain beginning to numb there but quickly moving to his throat.

After a few minutes of not even seeing Gon's beautiful face, .........the world lost its color. Killua.........lost his purpose.

"No......." he whispered. "No......nononononono GON!!!!" Finally, he couldnt take it. He leaned more over the edge, preparing to leap in.

No WAY was Gon dying without him........

There, Gon grinned to himself. Well, half grinned. He felt a little bad when he heard his best friend scream so. Like a boy who had lost his soul..........

He looked up through the water and saw Killua preparing to plunge in. Gon touched the bottom of the pool with his feet and pushed off, shooting through the clear water like an otter and breaking the surface a second later. Water rushed around him, spraying all about and droplets slammed onto his startled friend.

"YATA!!!!!!" Gon shrieked, grinning wildly, then grabbed his friend's pale wrists and dragged him over the edge and into the whirling pool along with him.

After a minute of struggling beneath the water, they both broke the surface, coughing a little bit and letting the water quickly drain from their hair. Gon found himself holding the slightly larger boy in his arms, not even letting go as Killua whirled to face him, complete shock written over his features.

Gon still held his grin and brought his face closer, touching noses.

"Doshite, .......Killua?"

Killua's eyes widened in surprise and he blanched, but for once, Gon noticed, that his friend did not pull away from the slight contact.

Killua glared at his best friend in surprise, mouth opening and closing on its own.

Gon realized.........he loved that look.

I gotta throw him in a pool more often, he thought with another evil grin.

Killua just stared.

After awhile of floating, hearing the water lap, and staring, Killua turned his head and hmphed.

"That wasnt funny, Gon......."

"Yeah it was."

"No it wasnt! I thought.........I thought...." He whirled back to face the other boy and jerked out of his grasp. Gon let him go, surprised, then found himself feeling hurt.

Killua turned again, facing the edge, his arms wrapped around himself. "I thought......" he tried again, so low Gon had to strain to hear. "I thought you were drowning.........I almost felt something break inside when you didnt come back up."

Gon bobbed behind him in shame. "Gomen, .........Killua," he murmured. "Honto ni, gomen nasai......."

Killua's head seemed to droop, but he turned back and looked at his friend with........anger?

Gon almost let out another eep, but he was too upset, and saw the silver-haired boy stalk/swim angrily towards him. The fiercest glare was in place and his eyes almost looked to be glowing blue. Gon wouldve thought them downright beautiful if he wasnt so........~_~ .....scared. KOWAI!!!!!!!

"Ne, .......Killua.......Doshite no? ............Nanda? Nanda, Killua????"

Killua stalked closer and raised his fists, his features looking to kill.

Gon: ~.~ Great.....Died in a pool............

Killua pounced.

Gon shut his eyes and pre-grimaced, waiting for the beatings to come.

...........They never did.

Gon opened his eyes to find himself enfolded securely in Killua's embrace, his nose snuggled into silvery-blue/violet hair. He felt small but built arms wrap around him tightly and protectively in the center of his back. Utterly speechless, he hugged back, hearing a contented sigh escape from his best friend.

When Killua felt the embrace returned, he closed his eyes, sighing in relief that his most precious person was indeed still with him. It had scared him almost sh*tless when he didnt see his friend break the surface of the pool. Nothing had ever felt so horrible to him.

He NEVER wanted to feel that way again.

He felt like slamming Gon up against a wall a couple hundred times for making him feel that way. Any other person wouldnt have affected him so much as that one fishing rod-carrying gaki did.

He wondered though, ........Did mere friendship such as this want you to break into a million pieces when it was threatened?

He clutched tighter to the warm bundle in his arms, resting his cheek against the side of Gon's head in almost unhindered affection.

Why DID Gon affect him so MUCH??!!!!!

After standing like that a few minutes and hearing the chlorinated water lap against the side of the pool, Killua relaxed his embrace, realizing that Gon was presently going NO WHERE without him.

"Gon,......." he whispered almost uncertainly. He still wasnt used to emotions, and once most of the shock of what had almost happened wore off, he found himself blushing fiercely again. He could hide it more this time, though.

Killua positioned his arms more comfortably, wrapping them completely around Gon's midsection, his semi-curled palms clutching the boy's sides and the boy's forehead resting nicely on his thin shoulder.

"....Nani?" Gon whispered back, obviously enjoying the contact and making Killua blush more brightly..........if possible.

Killua again tightened his embrace, leaning his cheek onto Gon's drenched and actually DOWN-spiked black hair.

"Never.....never EVER do that to me again, you hear?!" His hand unconsciously lifted to Gon' s wet hair, feeling the unusual downy softness to them. After a while, realizing to his complete embarrassment what he had been doing, he dropped his hand back to Gon's side again and hugged his friend more (if possible.) The hug would have been truly PAINFUL if they both hadnt enjoyed it so much.

Gon was wrapped around complete warmth, his cheeks flushed slightly and eyes closed. "Gomen, Killua," he repeated, his arms wrapping around Killua more tightly. He knew in a second he'd be asleep, he was so comfortable.

Everything felt so ..........right.

Killua had the strangest urge.........The type of urge that made him color more brightly again. He didnt know where it came from but he felt he would go CRAZY if he didnt carry it out.

He lifted his cheek away from Gon's green-black hair and leaned his head down, his lips brushing against Gon's bare shoulder in the slightest resemblance of a.......of a ....kiss. Killua quickly lifted his head again and placed it back on top of the other boy's head. He noticed in relief and........a little disappointment that Gon didnt react to that show of emotion-he might not have even felt it, it was so light.

"Ive never been as scared as I was then, Gon. Not even when Hanzo was beating you senseless-"

Gon sweatdropped at that comment but didnt move and continued to listen.

"...........Not even at that time was I so scared like a few minutes ago. It wouldve been all my fault, Gon," his voice cracked. "I threw you in. I couldnt have lived with myself if you died......."

His voice almost cracked again. "All my fault..........." he whispered hoarsely.

Gon finally pulled back, hearing a small noise of disappointment from his best friend. He was almost shocked to find Killua's eyes glazed with unshed emotion, and the way he held himself just then, to Gon, screamed out vulnerability.

Killua bowed his head-Gon couldnt tell if it was out of embarrassment for letting him see his semi-tears or sadness for what had happened minutes before. Gon felt like the most horrible person alive.......for putting his best friend through that. Part of him was wondering why Killua took the prank so hard; another part was basically beating himself up emotionally.

He lifted one hand out of the warm water and flicked a silvery wet strand out of Killua's eyes. The ex assassin's eyes followed the movement of the fingers, head slightly turning as the tanned hand rested on his left cheek.

Gon stole that oppitunity.

Leaning forward, he quickly but gently placed an innocent kiss on the pale cheek, then pulled away just as quickly and almost laughed at the look his best friend gave.

Killua: O.O

Lets just say the world exploded in Killua's eyes. The brightest of colors seeped from the walls and crawled languidly into the pool. What was this?? The room 120 degrees???? Yeah, lets just say Killua was in high heaven for a while.

After a while, Gon grew curious when Killua didnt move.

"Oi, Killua?"

"......................." Killua's face grew beet red, moving from his chin to his eyebrows, and his head lowered, eyes turning to crazy little swirls.

"KILLUA!" Gon surged foward in surprise as the other boy began to quickly but quietly slip into the water, still beet red and, if possible, growing redder.

Gon grabbed his shoulders and shook him, bringing the boy's head to the surface. "Is this your revenge?! That was PITIFUL!!!!"

Killua: @.@ *blush*

The silver-haired boy finally got himself together and stood up in the water, shaking off his best friend's worried hands. Getting his blush under control finally, he splashed Gon harshly and whirled around, huffing while folding his arms. "Baaaaaaka, make me worry about you and all........." He made his way to the steps of the pool, slowly dragging himself out and shaking his head.

Gon bobbed like an idiot.

Grabbing a towel, Killua rubbed his hair while glaring. "Oi, get out, freak!"

Gon grinned up at him. "Un." The boy clutched the sides and pulled himself up, shaking dry his hair til it spiked up once again. Grabbing the free towel, he noticed happily that it was his favorite color, a lavish, midnight blue[3]. Making sure to semi-dry the rest of himself off since he didnt have any other clothes to dress into, he grinned over at his best friend, starting to now slip on his boots. "Have you seen the rooms? I hope theyre big. One guy told me they got their own fridge! WAI! I cant wait to check them out!"

Killua stopped mussing up his own hair with his towel, frowning . "Rooms?"

Gon blinked. "Un."

"But....arent we sharing a room?" He reached over into his bag. "I thought......we had only one key........"

"Nope," Gon pulled the keys out of his soggy shorts. "Hora. Two, see?" He jingled them for effect, showing two silver keys swinging in the air. "It only looked like one key when we were given them."

"Oh........"

"Doshite?"

Killua shook his head out of his thoughts and grinned before scowling. "What?!"

Gon was bent over, holding in his stomach, and laughing, tears almost coming out of his eyes. "You....you...!!" Letting out some more giggles, he smiled at his best friend. "You look like a drowned neko!!!!" he crowed!

Killua: O.o He SDed, towering over Gon, his fist wavering above Gon's small head. "HUUUUUUUUUH??!!!!!!!"

Gon: ^_^

Killua folded his arms, turning away. "Whatever......" He picked up his towel and slung it over himself. "I'll be right back."

"Nani? Where are you going?"

Killua turned away, fixing his glare on the white-tiled wall in front of him. "I.......I hafta go and.....tell the front desk a wake-up call. We need to get to the nest tournament by 9am tomorrow. Yeah," he muttered, already walking away. ".................I better go do that........"

Gon slipped his jacket on, now bending over to lace up his boots. "What do you want me to do?"

"Look pretty."

"Huh?" Gon noticed the silver-haired boy was already gone.

Killua practically stomped down the dimly lit and carpeted hallway of the main office building. He had been walking around for a good ten minutes, frowning and scowling to himself. He had taken a big risk, practically shouting out his confused feelings for the dark-haired boy, berating himself for all the stupid and embarrassing things he did.

He scowled, too.

Gon just doesnt GET it! He's too freakin' innocent for his own good......

Killua sighed, shoving his hands into his gray pants. He shrugged to himself. Ehhh, but thats one of the things Killua......liked best about him. Gon's outlook on so many things......

EVEN THE THINGS RIGHT IN FRONT OF HIS STUPID FACE........GAAAAAAAAAH!!!! He raised his fists, tugging on his silver strands.

Demo........

What ARE my feelings, anyways??

He sighed in annoyance, contemplating things the rest of the way. He finally saw the golden-lit room in front of him and made his way to the two women stationed at the large desk. One looked down at him and smiled a little.

"It's after hours, sir......."

Killua lifted one arm behind his head and shrugged, looking at the floor. "I know...."

The other lady smiled and pushed her friend out of the way.

"Ack-"

"What can we do for you, boya?"

Killua reached into his pocket and pulled out the ring of keys he managed to easily grab away from Gon, lightly throwing it on the brown desk.

"Lemme ask a favor, ..........ne?" *semi-evil smile*

Gon sighed heavily as he waited for Killua's return. He sat slouched on a pool chair, swinging his legs back and forth.

"Taku, .....Killua still looked mad......" he sighed drearily, chin in his hands.

*CRASH* *SLAM*

A voice. "Yada, yada, YADA~!"

*POUND* *POUND* *SLAM*

Gon dashed up from his seat and ran out of the pool room, skidding to a halt at the sight in the hallway. To him, it looked like two of the Shinobi soldiers from earlier. But.......one was....

"YADA~!!!! NONONONO!!!! How....HOW could someone have........someone have........It was too easy, man. Too ..........easy!!!!" The smaller Shinobi continued to pound on the wall, tears streaming down his face as his bigger friend tried to confort him.

"I know, Aedi-chan, I know. It wasnt right. He shouldnt have died-"

"DONT SAY IT!!!!!!!" The smaller man blazed to life again, pure rage gleaming in his eyes. "Just DONT say that word, please........"

"He's gone, Ae-"

"YADA! YADA!!!! He couldnt have been beaten that easily....."

"AEDI! He's GONE! Its DONE!" the bigger man walked up the the latter and wrapped him in a huge, comforting bear hug. "Its over, Aedi-chan," he soothed, rubbing the smaller man's back while closing his eyes. "The police will take care of it now. Please, you'll only get hurt carrying on like this. PLEASE, let

it-"

"NANI? Let it GO?! He was our friend! One of us,...........and you just wanna-"

The whole time Gon was listening to the intense conversation, he never thought to conceal his presence........until he was found and it was too late.

The small Shinobi, Aedi, wrenched out of his fellow Shinobi's arms and glared fire at the dark-haired boy.

"O-Omae.........!"

Gon didnt move, his mind still concerned with the other's feelings. "Doshita.......? What's-"

He was cut off as a small streak flew at him, screaming and growling with fierce anger. "OMAE!!!! OMAE NO TOMODACHI WA???? DOKO DA?!!!!!!!" [4]

Gon suddenly found himself hoisted in the air roughly by his jacket color and shoved into the face of a man who seemed ready to take on the world.........A man intent on destroying the world.

"N-Nani? What are you talking about? Why are you upset? Whats wrong?" Gon pleaded, hands reaching up to clutch at the tight, white-knuckled fists around his collar. "I do-don't understand......."

"AEDI! Leave him alone! He has no part in this!" The bigger man startled to walk closer, the smaller stopping him with his glare.

"Dont you dare stop me, Banta!!!! He was with that one gaki, the one with the silver hair!" He turned back to Gon but still spoke to his partner. "I heard some stuff about that kid. He's a Zoldikk. One from that assassin family. ALSO, he's rumored to be one of the most dangerous!"

Aedi suddenly grinned psychotically. "And since I dont see him around~, I guess.........." *smile* "I'll settle for you!"

Insane and vengeful glee in his eyes, pulled back his fist, relishing in the pre-killing feel. "Bye bye, little boy."

(A/N) : YAY! Nice ending for that chap, ne? ^_^ *grins* D*mn, Killua's gettin a LITTLE mushy now, huh?

GOMEN for taking so long! And I gotta finish some touches on my original so it'll go up in a few hours.

Hey, thanks for reading/reviewing whatever and thanks to Amiko-chan for the Killua+Gon fic! It got me in the mood.......^_^ Sorry I havent emailed u guys. I got caught in the MANGA WAVE for a few months there, so I just satisfied my crave and bought 13 mangas (3 of which r Hana to Yume manga monthlies. ^_^) [INSERT OBSESSED CACKLED HERE] Anybody selling Hirone Shii stuff, EMAIL PLEASE! Also, I need Yami no Matsuei #11! ACK!!!! GIMME GIMME GIMME!!!!

O.O

O, here u go: [1]: "Ore wa Gon! Kimi wa...?" This line Gon used on Killua when they first met! ^_^ It basically means-"Im Gon! You are.....?"

[2]: "Hanase!" I dun remember if I ever told u guys this one so here it is- "LET GO!!!!" Basically, if someone grabs u and u dun like it, u scream that.

[3]: Heeheeheehee, ok, ok. If any of u have the manga, u should kno where Im coming from. On the profile slips, they got Killua saying his favorite color is GREEN, and Gon saying his favorite color BLUE! Hmmmm, wonder if that was another hint we're suppose 2 pick up on, ne?

[4]: "Omae! Omae no tomodachi wa?! Doko da?!!!" Basically, that all means "You! Where is your friend? Where is he?!!!"

Just 2 tell u, neko is cat. I hope u guys knew that..........~.~

Ja ato de! *V*