Part 14: Turn X Of X Events

SECCO RASVIN

Kurapika's match with Hisoka has already begun. Kurapika's black eyes suddenly turned into scarlet again, like the ones we've seen in the trick tower, and landed a few hits on the clown.

Then, suddenly, Hisoka approached him and whispered something on his ear. Kurapika was surprised, and the match ended with Hisoka admitted defeat.

The next battle is Pokkle against Hanzo. Hanzo gave him some small injuries, resulting in Pokkle admitting defeat.

Next is the match between Hisoka and Bodoro. Bodoro was seriously injured and can barely move, so he gave the win to Hisoka. Although I cannot accept that, that pedophile became a Hunter in just a snap.

Pokkle was about to fight Killua but the latter immediately surrendered. "I'm not interested in guys like you," he said to his opponent and went back to us.

I leaned over to the bracket where it declares who's gonna fight who. I found out that Killua will fight Gittarackur, which is really a problem. I don't know how the pinhead and Killua related to each other, but it looks like Killua would win their fight. And after that... there is a chance that I will fight Gittarackur...

"Next, Killua versus Gittarackur. Please step forward." the referee announces.

Somehow, I felt uneasy. I felt that something bad is going to happen during this fight.

"Killchi." I grabbed Killua's arms before I let him go to the middle.

"What is it now?" he said to me, annoyed.

"I-I... I had a bad feeling..." I said to him with my cracked voice.

"Cut it out! You're always like this, worried about anyone..." he answered and let go of my hand, and walked towards the middle, with Illumi on the other side.

"Begin!"

Killua was getting ready for his battle, alert that his opponent might give the first attack.

"It's been a while, Kil..." Gittarackur suddenly spoke. He's calling him by that nickname again. I turned around to see Killua with confusion on his face.

The pinhead started to remove the pins stuck in all parts of his body, making him transform into somebody else. The scene is really gross that I'll almost vomit on the floor. Well, my arm is grosser than that.

His weird appearance turned into a young man with long silky hair and has an emotionless face. Killua's eyes widened and I noticed sweats starting to drop on his face. "Brother... Illumi..."

What?! Brother?! T-T-That pinhead freak is his brother?! They're not even look alike! What is going on?!

Most of the applicants gasped and surprised because of the turn of events in the last phase of the exam.

"I'm here for some work and Mom told me to check up on you. But... I didn't think that you wanted to be a Hunter." Gitta-err-Illumi said to Killua.

"I'm not here to become a Hunter. I just feel like it." the latter answered.

"Oh, I see. Well, that's a relief. Because I have something to remind you. You don't deserve to be a hunter. You deserve to be... an assassin."

My eyes widened, like Killua, as I don't understand what they were talking about. I just remain silent while they're still having a conversation. Killua couldn't move on his position as he's still listening to his brother. His eyes were different from before, the fearless Killua I know wasn't there anymore, those eyes were full of fear and anxiety.

"You were born to be an assassin. You were born to bathe in blood. You were born to felt the joy of killing people." Illumi continued to lecture his brother. Wait! It feels like, he was manipulating Killua with his words.

"I don't care about having a Hunter license... but I..." Killua stopped for a moment and lowered. "I have... something that... I want to do..."

"You don't have, Kil. You know that." Illumi interrupted.

"I have it! I really have something that I want to do!" Killua yelled, trying to raise it more than his brother's voice, as his head still lowered, covering his eyes with her hair.

"Then what is it?" Illumi asked but no response to his brother for seconds.

"...I... I want to be friends with Gon..." he spoke with a cracking voice. "I'm sick of killing people... and I want to be with Gon and..."

"Killchi..." I muttered as a tear fell on my cheek. I can't help but cry because of what he just said.

"Killua, don't listen to what he's saying!" Leorio yelled at them. "Just beat him! Gon already considered you as his friend! We all do!"

"H-He's right! Don't listen to your brother! You can be with Gon as long as you want!" I joined the conversation.

Then, all of a sudden, we felt a murderous dark aura coming from Illumi. His face still remains no emotion, but I can feel that he was filled with hatred now.

"Is that so?" Illumi said to Killua and I saw a hint of fear on his face. "Then... I'll just have to kill Gon."

Upon hearing that, we all have the same look of surprise. H-He really intends to kill Gon... I won't let him!

"That boy will only be a hindrance to your path of becoming an assassin... so I must kill him."

He started to walked out of the area and towards the exit door, intended to go to the room where Gon was recovering his wounds. But before he does, I rushed towards the door, along with Leorio, Kurapika, and Hanzo, blocking Illumi's way.

I gave him a serious look on his face as I already grabbed my small blades in my pocket. I know I don't have a chance to him, but I couldn't afford Gon getting hurt anymore! I must protect him! And besides, I have my friends to fight with me!

"Could you please move out?" Illumi said to us with his expressionless face.

"You have to beat us first," Kurapika said and readied his weapons.

The four of us stared at Illumi for almost a minute.

"I remember... If I kill Gon right now, I will fail the exam. So... I will pass the exam first and then kill him." he said and turned his back to see them spaced out Killua, still lowering his head. He went back to the middle and approached him.

"Kil, do you wish to continue the match?" he asked his brother.

"...I... surrender..." he answered because of fear.

"The winner is... Gittarackur!" The referee declares. Now he's a hunter and can kill Gon anytime if we moved out of his way.

I gritted my teeth, couldn't accept the results.

Illumi said some last words to his brother. "Don't worry, Kil. I was just lying of killing Gon." and left him spaced out in the middle of the room. I sighed in relief but still...

After that match ended, I noticed Killua not being himself and just stayed quiet in the corner, still lowering his head, hiding his eyes to anyone. Maybe he needs some time alone so I didn't approach him, not even once. I know that's a hard decision for him.

"Next battle, Leorio versus Bodoro!" the next battle started.

"Good luck, Leorio!" I gave a thumbs up at Leorio who turned around to see us. He smiled like any typical smile would look like but you can still notice the sadness on that. He just can't move on to what happened earlier, Gon's serious wounds and Killua's mind absence.

Their fight was about to start, Bodoro already recovers from his injuries, and ready to fight Leorio. He was about to give his first strike but all of a sudden, Killua showed up in his back out of nowhere, and attacked him behind with his long fingernails, resulting Bodoro to fell and his blood started to spread on the floor. The medical team immediately rushed to him.

We all gasped because of Killua's sudden action. We still cannot see his face since his hair was hiding it all the time.

"K-Kill... chi...?" I said in a low voice as I watched his every step. He looked at our direction wearing his bloody clothes and with his eyes.

But... his eyes are not the same. It was cloudy and filled with darkness and murderous intentions. His eyes were very familiar. Like the ones in the airship, when he killed those two applicants in his dirty way.

Then, he looked at me with those dark eyes, making me send chills down my spine. My heart started to beat faster than ever, as it fills with fear and nervousness. I'm started to get sweaty.

He rushed towards me with incredible speed, not giving me a chance to make an action for me to escape, and struck my neck with his fingers.

"Aaacckk!!"

Blood starting to spit from my mouth because of his attack. I coughed really hard because of his hard strike at my neck. Then, he stroke next on my shoulders, pierced his fingernails towards it, making me shout using my cracked voice, but nothing got out. I fell on the ground with no one else caught me.

"Secco!" Kurapika and Leorio shouted with concern and rushed towards me, helping me to get up on my knees.

"I-I'm... f-fine..." my voice was cracked since he strikes for my throat and my shoulder, which is really damned hurts. My arm also didn't have the time to activate because it was fast. The other medics came rushing to me to treat my wounds.

I reached for the medic's shoulders as I tried to stand up straight. He guided me as he tried to stop the bleeding with his bandages. "Don't move. It will get worse.", he lectured me but I didn't listen.

I saw Killua still standing on his current position, watching us with his dark eyes, as his hands filled with my blood and Bodoro's.

"K-Killchi... y-you..." I told him with my cracking voice, showing my face, still in pain. I wanted to shout as loud as I can because it really hurts but I don't have a voice.

Killua still looked at me with the same expression."Shut up." that's the words he said to me, and his voice was really deep and scary.

"E-Eh...?"

"You're so noisy, and you keep calling me with nicknames. I told you I hate it... but you didn't listen... so I damaged your throat to keep your mouth shut, and pierced your shoulder so you can't reach me with your arm." he added.

Bodoro was treated but they already declared him as dead not a minute ago.

"Killua was being disqualified for killing an applicant. The remaining applicants passed.", the referee said and the match ended in an improper way.

I watched Killua walked towards the exit and tried to open it. The medic told me many times to stop moving but I didn't listen.

"K-Killchi... h-how about Gon?... W-Will y-you... l-leave him...?" I said to him. I know that he couldn't hear it since it's really low but an assassin like him can manage to do that.

So he stopped there for seconds, trying to answer my question, but he didn't and continued walking until I couldn't help myself to run towards him. I quickly hugged him from the back as I immediately fell on my knees. I was still hugging him from the stomach, and tears are started to fell on my cheeks.

"P-Please, don't l-leave..." I said in my cracking voice. I know he's just scared, that's why he did that. "Y-You're the only one that mirrored me..."

He stopped there for minutes, let me hug him even longer. But then pushed me with a gentle touch, letting myself dropped on the floor. I saw him left the room, not looking back.

"K-Kill...c-chi..." I suddenly closed my eyes, dropped on the floor, and lost unconsciously.

I couldn't protect them, I couldn't protect him... after all...