The Deal

A black shadow roams the forest at night, even the birds asleep are not disturbed for no sound was made. The rustling of the leaves seem to be in sync with the shadow. An applicant who was wary of his surroundings was seen by the beast's bloody red eyes sparkling in the dark. A blink of an eye was all it took and the applicant was down and stood in front of him, was a girl.

"Oh my that was so easy"

It was Suna. She plays with the tag that she just got and looked at the unconscious man in front of her. She smiled and choked an apology before vanishing into the night again. At every place she's been, the applicant will be either lifeless or unconscious. When she needed one last tag to pass the test, no other fellow applicants passed her sight.

"Dear, just when I needed one last person!" Suna stomped her foot on the branch she was stepping on. Suddenly she felt a presence of someone from below, it took her a few seconds to realize who this was. "Illumi" she mentioned his name with a plain expression on her face.

"As expected from you Aki, no one really saw through my disguise except yourself" Illumi said emotionless and looked up to her. Suna saw that what Illumi said was his disguise is a man punctured with pins on his head.

"If you hadn't been so close, I would've been tricked too Illumi." Suna said and jumped down from the tree. "I must be on my way, Suna's got to be back by Killua's side before morning" she said reverting back to her bubbly self, or to what she calls her Suna side.

Before she even left his sight Illumi threw a tag which caught her attention when it fell in front of her. "I heard you needed one" Illumi spoke as Suna picked up the tag. "I'm giving you this—" He added but got cut off when the tag returned ,stabbed to the tree behind him with a syringe. Illumi felt a wound open up on his cheek as Suna emitted a murderous aura.

"I won't need it. F*** off Illumi" She spat out.

"Oh but you do, unless you don't want to take the test together with Kil and let me have my way right? Aki?"

Illumi knew his way with words, Suna walked a step back to him and disappeared. His collar was suddenly held by Suna as she gazed upon his eyes with killing intent seeping out from her. "I will take this," she said and took the tag along with her syringe "but remember this Illumi, if you make a move on my love, I would be anything but nice" she whispered and moved away.

"That doesn't stop there Aki. I still have a condition" Suna stopped dead on her tracks.

"What is it?"

"After this phase, I will bring Killua home"

"And if I intervene?"

"Hisoka has got some connections with the Phantom Troupe, I don't suppose you want to meet your so-called father?"

Suna got filled with rage and crumpled the tag on her hand, as the needle on her syringe passed through her palms, and blood dripped from the wound.

"Do we have a deal Aki? Don't worry it's not bad, you still have time to spend with Kil. But after that, he'll be coming home"

"Screw you Illumi."

"I'll give you time to think. I need an answer before the final phase begins, Aki. Don't forget what I said"

Illumi vanished into thin air as those words slipped his mouth. Suna stood there motionless.

"I'm sorry, dear. Please forgive me"

She said to herself as a single tear rolled down her cheek.