Part 11: Alone X With the X Killer

SECCO RASVIN

"Let's go.", Killua said and started to walk, still holding his skateboard. I got up from lying on the ground and approached him.

"Where?"

He sighed. "You can't go around the island with that bloody dress of yours. We must find a river so you can take a bath."

"You mean... you're concern about me?~", I asked him with a smirk as I peeked at his face, and caught him blushing. It makes me really happy. Even though he sees me as a burden, he treats me right now as his little sister. I wonder if he has one. If he has, then I can't wait to meet her and be friends with her!

And then, I realized something. So I went back towards the area where I left the corpse of the poor woman. She is lying on the ground, with her eyes and mouth wide open, still wearing her bag on, and her sunglasses were being thrown away from her eyes. I noticed Killua followed me back and also looked at the corpse.

"What about her?", I asked Killua and he rubbed the back of his head, thinking of an answer.

"Hmmm... It will be mean if we left her here. We must give her a proper burial.", I nodded and turned my head on the corpse again. Come to think of it, her face looks familiar to me...

Wait! She's...

"She's my target!", I shouted at Killua as I pointed my index finger to the dead body.

"Then what are you waiting for? Go get her tag.", Killua said and I followed him.

Once again, I laid in the pool of blood, surrounding the woman who actually has the number 80 tag. I looked at her bag to look for the tag. I finally saw some tags after some seconds of searching, and grabbed it out of the bag. "I'm sorry.", I whispered to the soulless body and moved away.

I looked at the three tags that I grabbed and one of them is number 80. The other two are...

"Number 197 and... 362...?~", 362? He got caught by this woman, huh? Poor thing.

"She must be your hunter too.", Killua said as he didn't have the energy to look at the other tags. I shook my hand as a disagreement.

"If she is, then she wouldn't have these two other tags. Maybe her target's tag was stolen by another applicant and now, she is hunting for three tags which still worth 3 points altogether.", I said and Killua listened, but he became uninterested so easily. Like he did to those brothers' tag, I threw the other two tags away from us, hopefully, that it might be a great help to the other applicants.

We started to dig a hole, throw the body on it, and made her a burial. I put the sunglasses on the top of the hill and prayed for her. After some hours of making, the sun rises again, hitting our faces with its light.

We started to walk again since I don't have enough energy left to run. I've been practicing my knife-throwing skills and I've been running for hours earlier. I didn't have the time to sleep last night because of what happened, and plus the digging.

Walking for hours really tires me up, even my legs are starting to give in, and we still don't have a sight of a river, flowing rapidly. I leaned over to Killua who has no problem at all, still carrying his skateboard.

Suddenly, he stopped walking, so I looked at him, confused. Then, he lowered his knees, letting go of his skateboard, sat on the ground like a frog, and put his hands on his back. I don't understand his actions at first but, I realized that he's giving me a lift. Maybe he found out that my legs are tired because of the walking.

"Hop on.", he said to me, still wearing the same poker face. I didn't move an inch in my position.

"B-But... your dress will get stained..."

"... Then, I'll wash it up."

The conversation ended with me, accepting his offer. I grabbed his skateboard and ride on his back. He lifted me and I saw no hint of uneasiness on his face.

The trip was silent, none of us want to start a conversation until our arrival to the river. Until he couldn't resist the quiet atmosphere and spoke.

"Why?", he asked me without turning his head to see me.

"Huh?"

"Why do you still want to be friends with me, after all, that I did to you?"

His question surprised me, without an answer that I can make an excuse. I just felt like being friends with him because...

"Because... I trust you, no matter what!~", I chirped with a warm smile on my face. I know he can't see it, but at least it makes me feel better. I noticed him flinch in his position because of my answer.

"When I met your eyes, I felt nothing but fear and despair. But when I know you more, it makes me feel relieved that I've someone like you! ~"

"I-Idiot, don't say anything like that, it's embarrassing.", he shouted at me, left me questioning. I heard him sigh. "Is it true? Is it not because of Gon or anything?"

"Nope. I like Gon in a different way as I like you!~"

I noticed his face suddenly turned red. "W-What are you saying? Are you confessing to me?!", he asked in panic as I felt his whole body shiver.

When I realized what he was talking about, I also blushed because of embarrassment. "T-That's not what I meant! I-I mean, as a friend!", I shouted as I accidentally let go of my hand on his neck and started to shake from my position.

"Baka! Don't move too much!", he yelled at me and we just shut our mouth for a minute, trying to calm down because of my embarrassing statements earlier. I just told him that I like him. I know Gon won't bother if I said that to him but it's different from Killua.

The silence came back as the sunlight burns our skin.

Somehow, being alone with him makes me so happy. No one will disturb us. No one will attack us. I found myself blushing and turning red.

W-W-What am I thinking?? I'm turning into a pervert!

"Hey, are you alright?", Killua asked.

"Y-Yeah..", I answered, still burning.

At last, the noon came, and we finally made it to a river. Killua put me down on the ground and looked at his back. The blood on my clothes still hasn't dried up, resulting Killua's clothes having stains.

"Sorry!~", I said but he just ignored it and just looked at the noisy river.

I also turned around to see it and it was shining and sparkling under the sunlight. My eyes grew big, filled with happiness again, and rushed towards the cold water.

I grabbed a palm of water with my hands and throw it through the air. I keep doing it again until I was satisfied. I turned around to see Killua who's watching me all this time. He quickly averts his eyes away from me and hides his face turning red.

"Killchi, don't look at me while taking a bath, okay?!~", I shouted at him.

"I know, idiot!", he shouted back, still blushing, and moved away, planning to wash his clothes meters away from my sight. He's back on calling me 'idiot' right now.

Now that I don't see Killua anymore, I started to take off my clothes, just wearing a white camisole inside, and blue short under. I washed my clothes and put them in a nearby rock to dry it up. I took a bath to remove the bloodstains all over my body, from my hair, down to my legs.

I finished taking the bath, and perfect timing, since it was very hot these days, my clothes dried up quickly and it was ready to wear. So I wore it with no stains at all and played with it under the sun. I turned around like a princess, waiting for Killua to arrive.

I saw Killua, still wearing the same shirt as before. Looks like his shirt also dried up quickly because of the heat.

We started to get some fish in the river to eat and cooked it up before the sun sets. I devoured mine like a hungry lion so I finished way faster than Killua.

It's already night time and we decided to take a nap under a tree.

"Go ahead and sleep. I'll take the first watch.", Killua said to me.

"Thank you."

I closed my eyes and tried to sleep with him beside me until I can't help but to accidentally slept on Killua's shoulders.

It feels so fluffy and soft, it's like a pillow, but it's much better. I can feel her hair over my head and it gave me comfort. His body is cold but my body is warm so I didn't care. After that minutes that feels like I'm on a comfortable bed, without Killua getting me off of him which makes it surprising, I slept with no worries.

I opened my eyes and woke up, early in the morning, the sunlight hits our bodies again. I stretched my arms and smell the morning air into my lungs. Wait! I forgot to take the second watch!

"Sorry, Killch—!", when I looked at Killua, I found him with his eyes closed and sleeping soundly. So he watched the whole night and didn't hesitate to wake me up. I stared at his sleeping face for minutes and I realized that my face is starting to turn into red.

I can't help it. Killua's face is so cute that I wanted to pinch it. I'm starting to water. I looked like a maniac right now.

"Hehe. It wouldn't hurt much if I try it.~", I muttered with a demonic giggle and lifted my index finger. With this finger, I slowly touched his cheeks and it looks so bouncy. I repeated this action with me being drowned by the cuteness.

I can't help but drool more until his eyes fluttered open and caught me into my actions. We stared at each other for seconds, still touching his cheeks with my finger.

"What are you doing?", he said to me with an annoyed voice.

"N-Nothing!", I quickly turned my head to hide my face turning red and moved my finger away from his cheeks.

"We should get going.", he said to me and moved away from the tree. I also got up and followed him wherever he goes.