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Hey guys! Sorry for taking so long! My life has been pretty hectic and difficult these weeks...Whenever that happens it's hard to keep this in focus.

DISCLAIMER: I do not own the amazing HUNTER X HUNTER series.

Chapter 7: x Thieves x

A six year old boy heard from afar his name. But he wanted to remain floating in the darkness; he was so so tired... But again he heard that amiable voice calling for him. That of a woman, softly cupping his cheeks... as he opened his eyelids against his will.

"Little master Killua"

Startled, he incorporated and stared at the kind woman in front.

A relieved sigh. It was just Nanny.

"Little master Killua, you fell asleep while taking your bath" She said kindly. He was indeed in the tub, and Nanny had been softly cleaning with lather the bruised and whipped back, taking all the sweat from the painful training session. He was six, and of course he showered on his own... but when trainings got too hard, Nanny would sometimes help and bathe him, like she used too when he was little.

She poured warm water over his head and he felt he could fall asleep again that instant. But then two arms helped him out to dry him with a fuzzy towel. He felt with content the soft material against his back... she had warmed the towel previously. Her long curtain of hazel hair fell over her shoulders.

"That's it my boy, warm and dry" she said as she helped him into his pajamas. Sometimes he still had the problem of putting his two legs inside one of the huge pajamas and got tangled.

"Now a warm bed for those sleepy-kitty eyes" She examined the small boy in front with care...

"Oh but first you need to eat little master! And guess what: I've already baked those cookies you like with chocolate chips" she winked "Don't you think I'm totally spoiling you? Oh, and some warm milk, eh? You have to drink it all if you want to grow into a tall and handsome young man"

"Thanks Nanny!" he smiled, and tilted his head" but I'm not hungry today" It was true. His hands where now on his pajama pockets. He still felt shy when Nanny was so kind with him. She'd been taking close care of him this year, and frankly he wasn't used to being treated so nicely.

"Really? Are you sure?"

He assented vigorously. She was surprised "Not even one cookie? Oh, I know, you must come here and smell them!" She took one of his small hands and led him to his huge dorm. He could smell the enticing chocolate cookies in all the room… and there they were, piling neatly in a nice round plate...but he just couldn't eat, not right now. He decided to say so.

"I just can't eat right now Nanny"

"Why is it little master? Do you feel sick?"

"No. I never feel sick Nanny"

"Of course you never do" She smiled. He nodded emphatically and then explained.

"I don't feel sick; I just feel I'll throw them up if I have any. And they seem too good to be thrown up" he shrugged.

Nanny looked serious. She knelt to be at eye-level with him "Today was poison-training?"

Killua timidly nodded.

She nodded in understanding and suddenly he felt himself being gently lifted.

"Then, it means you've only been braver, and so I'm tucking you personally in bed".

Killua felt the impulse to inform her she was wrong. He'd been told the exact opposite- how weak he'd been- but then he was already being tuck inside the huuuuuge king sized bed.

Somehow it just didn't seem right to place such a small body in such a huge bed. Killua always slept curled at one edge. She looked at the boy...and tried to refrain from the feeling of endearment. After all the little Zoldick was still her master... But she failed miserably. She couldn't help it. And so she bent forward to kiss his forehead. Afterwards she bid him good night and turned to leave.

"No, wait little Nanny!"

Yes, sometimes he would call her little Nanny because she called him little master. Nanny turned.

"Please…Stay with me. Please"

She looked at the tiny assassin endeared "But master Killua, they get mad at me when I do so! You know…"

He lowered his head and nodded in comprehension. Hiding unsuccessfully his disappointment. And she could never help it, being faced to that saddened look.

As a servant with her youth at the Zoldick mansion, she prided on the fact she could really handle everything. She'd coped with the horrible training and with the sick family secrets that were slowly unveiled to her. She'd dealt with the evil manipulations, threats and eventual murders of members of the staff, and oh yes, she had dealt with the pressure of working under the wicked strict rules...

But none of them were compared to that of facing those sad child eyes. She could guess behind them all the dark complexities, all the wrongness inflicted.

She sighed heavily and smiled endeared "This last time ok?"

"Yesssssss!" The kid celebrated with a mischievous grin. Nanny was smiling and crossing the room to sit by his side.

The little boy turned to look at her, his cheek resting on his hand over the pillow.

"Mmm...You should leave little Nanny" Killua muttered, his eyes closing

"Uh? But just a moment ago you told me to stay little master "she said confused

The child giggled hitting his head with his palm "no! I meant you should leave this place someday. Wouldn't it be nice" clear and dreamy his child voice floated as he closed his eyes.

"Someday as in… runaway?" Nanny lowered her head to the boy in a conniving whisper. She wasn't afraid at all of talking about everything with the boy. They usually trusted each other every single thing. The boy proceeded sleepily.

"Yup! I think you would be happier. You wouldn't have to be a servant anymore. You could run with that butler of yours, and then marry somewhere and at the end live happily ever after" He concluded satisfied. Then the boy lifted his head. "Nanny, why haven't you?" true curiosity

Nanny stood silent. She seemed sad, her body leaning slightly against the bed.

"You speak about things that you should not be thinking at your age" she sighed, softly passing a hand through Killua's hair. He'd been told so quite often by many other servants before, but he did not understand what they meant. As this seemed more complex he just pressed on the matter.

"But why haven't you? I... I could help you..." he trailed.

At this she closed her eyes, long eyelashes marking them as they opened again sighing, and passing her hand once more through his soft hair.

"I can't master Killua. You don't know why?"

"No." he said surprised "Is it because it's too difficult to escape? Do you fear death"

"No, that's not the main reason. And I don't fear death."

"Me neither" the child smiled "Then why don't you leave?"

"You don't have a clue?"

"No, not at all" the boy bore an amused grin, challenged.

"Then I won't tell you!"

"Come oooooon! Please Nanny! Pleaaaseee"

She grinned

"Ok. But it has to be a secret. You can't tell anyone"

"Ok. I promise" the boy said solemn, placing a hand over his heart.

"For you to understand, I need you to remember that book I read to you the other day"

"Which one?"

"The Little Prince. So tell me, do you remember the little fox?"

"Yes! And the giant baobabs!"

Then Nanny put a voice as if interpreting a character, something the little boy just loved.

"'I am beginning to understand!' said the Little Prince.'There is a flower . . . I think that she has tamed me ... '" Nanny paused" 'It is possible,' said the little fox. 'On the Earth one sees all sorts of things' "

Little Killua had such a beautiful laughter.

"Sssshhhh, they will hear us!" Nanny whispered "Well, and do you remember what the little fox said at the end?"

"What did he say?" the boy lifted his head intrigued.

"Oooohh the best line of the book!'Men have forgotten this truth' said the little fox. 'But you must not forget it. You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed' "

The boy listened to the smooth voice entranced.

"So he was very wise, that little fox" Nanny ruffled the boy's head "And so well, I can't leave because there's a little boy that has succeeded in taming me" she explained. Killua looked up.

"Is that little boy me?" he asked. Nanny nodded emphatically. And his cheek was cupped again.

"Now you know. It is our little secret ok?"

Killua nodded. But he couldn't keep himself from blurting "But Nanny, I'm not allowed to tame anyone, I can't have friends" his child clear eyes stared at the pillow" Nanny I'm a bad boy. You know it. I'm evil" he stated simply looking at Nanny again, troubled.

Nanny chuckled "Do you know what evil means?"

Killua shook his head. He'd just picked it off from somewhere.

"Then you don't know if you are! But rest assured, if you were evil, we wouldn't be having this conversation" she said tenderly.

"Do you think I'm bad?"

"No I don't." she replied with such confidence that it almost erased all the other software he was being programmed all day long. As if knowing so she added "And don't let anyone convince you of the opposite. You just…" and her voice was suddenly thicker... "You just…hang in there until you're able to decide for yourself what you really want to be. You understood me?"

Killua nodded, not sure that he understood, but just soothed to hear her voice.

"Now you must sleep honey" she said softly, and kissed him on the forehead to bid farewell.

At the eyes of the family, her job was merely to have her master's lunch and clothes always ready. Bathe him, feed him and so.

But she knew that they also knew she was bonding with the boy. And that she was taking care of him in more ways than the strictly necessary. Often she'd been scolded -there was no necessity to be that sugar like. And through gossip, she'd learned that there was indeed quite a battle between family members regarding the effect such nurturing could have on the kid.

However, as the little master seemed to be excelling in all his trainings, promising true potential (they were evaluating him to become the heir) they thought it hadn't proven bad at all.

And she really tried to look after him in almost all the possible ways. Kikiou willingly let her replace somewhat the roles that she displeased, to turn to be smothering present in all the appraising wicked rest... She was part of the members of the family that admired and loved sickly the boy, participating with cold blood in those horrible training sessions...

Nanny sighed...

They had permitted her to continue being around for two more years, that was supposedly the plan. And then she was to be eliminated. And she actually did not care really though…Because there was something stronger for what she cared.

Her life had been traced, horribly maneuvered. That was the destiny of the weaker ones in the food chain...

And the Zoldycks were the Ubermensch, the over man Nietzsche spoke about... The family mastered the art of manipulation and deceiving. And she wasn't spared, she'd been an experiment. They had trained her. Psychologically and physically. In the process they'd killed her own small son. They thought it necessary for her to accomplish the job... So she had no other purpose of living. At the moment of such cruel crime she had really thought she was dead. A zombie. And that had been exactly the point...Her only purpose should have been to serve her little master...

But she'd found freedom in that small margin of space they'd given... and such freedom.

Because they could norm her procedures and contracts, but they couldn't really guess how she truly did care for the boy. How she had hid him under her skin...

A freedom and strength she thought not possible now fed her. And so she would trespass all her strength to this child...

Of all, she would have noticed if there was something off.

10:00 am

Deck of the ship

"KI…LLUU…AAAAA"

"Ok, ok, we'll go on the little boat again, you're impossible! Seriously Gon it would be easier if we took the cruise with Kurapica, Leorio and the rest!" He protested. Gon could be so hardheaded.

"The guys are going to look at the glowing fish" he pointed out. "Aaand besides, it's more advantaruss!"

"Adventurous"

"Precisely!"

Killua sighed, a smirk curving his lips.

"Ok. Let's go."

"Wohooo! MY WIN!" Gon jumped over the couch they were both seating in, at the library room.

"Saying 'my win' doesn't help your cause at all" replied Killua, taping his fingers on the table impatiently.

It was the last day they had left to visit Pandora, the enchanting city (according to books) before they set out into the endless sea. They had been meaning to find more about the said city. However, with no Internet, they'd ended on the library on the early morning hours.

"Killu! You know Pandora's island is like the last populated place we'll see in like two weeks!" Gon read enthusiastic in a rusty old book about HXH Famous Pacific Islands

"I'd forgotten that. Then there's that chain of floating islands called "The Sword" with wildlife isn't it?"

"And no human settlements in them..." Gon continued reading.

"And the rarest creatures ever." Killua finished. "Aw-zoomed" he said.

"And there's no other land surrounding The Sword, but seas for thousands of miles."

Killua's thoughts trailed... had that been the reason of Illumi's arrival? That he wouldn't be able to escape, being in the middle of the ocean...

"OK! HERE WE GO!"

"Gon, can we be back by 23:30 please? I want to sleep"

"But we always go to bed later than that" Gon pouted but then he frowned worried "You are sleeping too much these days... what if you've got that sugar disease Leorio told you about? It was called...err...dia...diaperitis something-"

"Diabetes. Dude, I don't"

"Diabetes" Gon repeated, to learn it. "But you do eat too much sugar, and you are sleeping a lot- and then you wake me up at night!"

"I don't get sick"

"...I know. But are you sure? "

"It's virtually impossible. I'm wired to be terminator"

Gon sniggered at that to which he received a dry "It's true" from the albino. Gon acquiescing pointed "Anyways, why eleven thirty? Don't you want to go night scuba-diving like the other day?"

"No! The water will be too cold." and that came out a complete contradiction. Gon echoed this with a skeptical "Really. You?" with a you-the-only-Zoldick-in-the-room kind of look.

Killua sighed defeated."Ok…err… Actually no..." he tilted his head "it's really because tomorrow I want to get up early to see the sun rise." He quickly made up. And picked up a book as if he was suddenly interested in it to avoid Gon's eyes.

Gon's voice seemed to sparkle with admiration though "You truly know how to enjoy life don't you?"

Something ached inside Killua. He closed it

"No. My life was pretty boring. You taught me this kind of life." He stretched. He meant it. "Now, I've always wanted to watch a dawn in the middle of the sea." It sounded right.

When he stumbled again with Gon's gaze he added. "It would be awesome if you saw it too."

Gon's beamed happily...Then he looked ahead determined, ready to jump at the adventure. But, for a second... Killua could have sworn he saw a spark of a different kind in Gon's eyes, a spark that- well if the albino were the kind of person that allowed emotions to show, he would have been knocked breathless.

And so he reacted defensively

"Anyways, if I'm forced to be with you that early I'll have to throw you too the cold water"

It came out so wrong. And Killua blushed fiercely for one second. It was one second where he was assaulted with the scene he'd just implied, while at the same time he was cursing his own existence feeling highly embarrassed...

Before remembering whom he was speaking to. As expected Gon interrupted his thoughts without a clue about anything sounding bad at all.

"Oh, that's not a threat. Back at Whale Island I would throw myself to the sea at dawn all summer. I loooove water! I'm totally a fish" They both had been walking in direction to the deck to where they had left their bags and stuff. There was an inflatable plastic boat there.

Gon echoing his words jumped to the sea, and reappeared beside the boat

"So a fish Neh? That would explain the ugliness. Oh, and the bad odor"

"I don't smell bad! I don't smell at all!" He said and dived again happily.

Killua jumped inside the boat avoiding the water and started to accommodate the food and the scuba diving stuff they were carrying with them for day-scuba diving.

He sighed heavily at the sight of Gon happily swimming under water. Over the deck away from them were Kurapica and Leorio speaking quite privately...and close.

Killua smirked.

And then sighed.

He actually was aching for water too.

The heat made the almost nonexistent perspiration bother him! In a way it hadn't at all a week before, under the same sun.

Yes, it was a known feeling. As if invisible filth lingered like a second layer over his skin.

When that happened, he usually shrugged it off.

Though sometimes it proved hard.

Like now.

Kurapica and Leorio were now waving. Gon was returning the wave happily.

He did not want to acknowledge the feeling. Although it refused to go away, he was akin to the sensation from years past and the best way to deal with it was to shower and not pay attention…

Well, he kind of guessed what would be Gon's next move. So he waited patiently to be thrown to the water…

As he arranged the food he thought…well, Gon was wrong about not smelling at all. His friend did have a distinct scent... a nice scent. Just a bit addictive. It had always helped Killua track the tanned boy when this one got lost of his view. To know it like he knew the back of his hand.

Killua attempted a description on his head but failed miserably. It was something summerlike. But the words definitely lacked in depth. Suddenly he caught himself in those thoughts and grimaced. Something he'd recognized from long ago was always there beneath, but he was unwilling to make himself vulnerable right now…Maybe at night the eternal discussion on the subject would resurface again…

He was in these trails of thought when his boat was turned over by a giant fish named Gon. Killua expecting this threw the bundle of food to the deck as he fell in a scandalous splash. His back, his neck, his chest and face welcomed the cold wetness.

"You! I'm so going to get revenge!" said a wet Killua from under the turned over boat, his wet strands of hair flying as he turned to face his attacker. Gon looked at him intently. He seemed so cute when wet...

Killua felt uneasy, a phantom feeling from yesterday but he desperately wanted to laugh. And Gon was laughing badly, like he was going to die of laughter. Killua counter attacked and grabbed Gon's ankles and pulled him. And then he just dived deeply and swam, rejoicing on the feeling of being surrounded by water...Somehow he felt free to just take the shirt and swim and swim with Gon trailing behind…

And finally they got on the boat and sailed happily as ever to Pandora. They started competing on who could sing more game themes. Gon could only sing Tetris. Killua could sing them all- Chrono Trigger, Metal Gear, Final Fantasy (7 and 8) , and the oldies like Zelda.

But Gon could sing these enchanting mysterious songs that sailors had taught them... Some of these told beautiful stories; some were in weird languages (Killua counted Serbian, Gaelic, finish and Spanish before he gave up)... it left the albino feeling amazed and completely dumb at his own repertoire while laughing at the same time. Bad thoughts were forgotten for a while.

Pandora, serving its name, was indeed a village full of wonders. Both kids had examined all of its curly streets.

And they encountered so many things that caught your eye! Antique shops full of cool old stuff, galleries of little stores underground ran by gypsies, with strange toys and objects from all over the world, and old old libraries with ancient books.

They both were equally mesmerized on the view. And they complimented their tour with their brilliant dialogues.

Killua always admired himself how they could talk together for hours on end about the immortality of the crab.

After lunch however, when they found a lovely chocolate store, Gon wasn't able to gain the albino's attention back.

The chocolate store had to take credit though… it was huge and old, ran by two old ladies – one dark skinned, one pale, like black and white chocolate. Hah.

They perpetuated the old recipes from Pandora's inhabitants to create a rare brand of chocolate which was sublime. From the way they treated each other they seemed like a couple. They were happy and eager to attend them.

Killua was now in the middle of the store surrounded by piles of boxes of different types of chocolates: all of them being neatly arrayed as to distinguish which ones he was taking back to the ship and which ones he wasn't.

The old ladies let him do as he pleased as he seemed to be the client buying the most products (and he'd just had lunch!) Gon had surrendered at trying to make Killua look at other stores and now was simply helping him not to tear the huge shop apart.

Actually, the tanned boy was the one piling neatly all of the chocolates boxes that Killua was tossing into the air while saying:

"This one yeah! this one too! This one mmmm…oh, this one no; this one, excellent! and you dear most- definitely-coming- with-me- This one too!; this one? No ugh, this one's laxative Gon, take it away..."

"Killua… how are you planning on taking this to the ship?" Gon's expression read doubt.

Killua cat grinned to Gon :3 "I will rent a bus with your money ba-"

But he was toppled over all the pile of nicely stashed chocolate by a frantic Gon now gagging him cause he had his limits.-yiaaaaaaaaaaa!- but the ex assassin rapid reflexes had managed to make Gon trip with one of his legs in his intent. Before the poor boy could tell, he was scrambled against the ground on his tummy, Killua over him, an arm being pinned to his back painfully. "Ow ow ow!"

Killua's own wrist was in burning pain, but he shrugged it off.

Gon kicked Killua's back with his legs and gained impulse to lift of the floor pushing the albino away. He petted his arm as he sighed protesting

"You always spend all your hunter money so recklessly! And let me guess, after this we're going to the casino no?" Gon sighed

Killua looked at him, his eyes glowing delighted "I hadn't thought of that! You're brilliant!"

"Well no! We're looking for clues about GIN!" he said mad.

"Gon, obviously! I'm leaving the casino for the night hours"

"Didn't you want to sleep today?"

"Ahem" the two boys looked up. One of the old ladies that ran the shop was by their side. She was small, covered in wrinkles and dark-skinned, the size of the children, chubby and with big, brown not- so-gentle eyes

"There are no casinos in Pandora kids, and if so you're not allowed in because you're underage. Anyway, I won't let you until you pay for all the chocolate boxes that are damaged by your fighting" she sentenced.

"But Old Hag, what do you know about casinos? Probably you've never been in-"

Killua was sent to the ground on his back, a cane now pinned to his chest, the old lady staring down mightily (Don't call me old hag)

"Go men nasai! Go men nasai! He's not always like that!" Gon apologized for his friend highly embarrassed.

"Berta, don't be cruel, they're just kids". The other old lady was sweeter looking, with round spectacles across her pale nose and all bent across the counter, looking kindly at the scene the two boys were making. "Boys if you need a van for your chocolate order, there's one across the corner" she told them kindly. "Meanwhile I'll stack your chocolate boxes again so that when your transport arrives, they are carried inside"

"Thank you!" Killua said happily incorporating and facing the brunette old lady in front "and I'm sorry old hag for being rude"

"...!"

But Killua was already out the door with a sheepish grin.

Gon hurriedly added "We'll be back in a second with a transport for the order and err…here's part of the money! Will this suffice?" he passed his credit card "I'm so sorry for the mess! Err" he looked at the direction where his friend had fled and he ran hurriedly behind.

Killua outside continued to run so that the dark haired boy could not catch him after his mischief.

He enjoyed bothering him so much! Ok, he had to admit that sometimes... well most of the time he made Gon mad on purpose just to get a look at that fiery determined eyes. Wasn't that morbid or at least a bit psychopath of the sort? Well, he wasn't a normal kid. Though he tried hard. Sometimes though he just had to send to hell his attempts at trying to understand his own psyche.

Let alone that particular fixation of yours Killua…

The corner of his mouth curved a little.

He put his arms behind his head, and walked stretching…

He wanted to stay here...

He yearned to stay here in this old town with its wonders. Those two old ladies and the gypsies and the chocolates and his friend. Casino or not...actually whatever town would suffice… he was having fun.

He did not want to return to that ship again.

Like Ever.

He felt a blow on his head and turned. Gon was looking at him infuriated. He radiated anger in waves. Killua couldn't help the smirk.

"You! I had to pay for your order! After you wrecked apart that poor shop! And called the lady an 'old hag'!"

"but she is an old hag" He said feigning surprise. He felt a punch on his chest

"Don't you have an ounce of manners? What, would you call Aunt Mito an Old hag?"

"Mmmm...not to her face"

-smack

"Ouch!"

"Pay me!"

"That's what she said" smug grin.

Gon positively wanted to chop him to pieces. A blow to the albino's heard followed by a tackle and light struggle made passersby look bewildered.

"Jeez, ill pay you later!"

"You never do!"

"That's only because you're the best bank ever" Killua winked. It was so true.

"…You're such a jerk! Then you better give me part of your chocolates as interest!"

"That, I'll have to think more thoroughly"

"But there's more than a ton!"

Killua's visage was again a cat grin probably imagining all the freaking amounts of chocolate. And rejoicing even more at the sight of the angering Gon.

"You're unstoppable" Gon sighed exhausted, realizing once again he was just being provoked out of spite.

They continued bickering and arguing until they were about to rent the mobilization.

When they heard the screams from the corner they had just left behind.

Gon and the albino immediately changed their stances as they interchanged looks. And on his inner self Killua became excited: finally some action!
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