X Syn X (Illumi) Hunter X Hunter

X Chapter Five X

Quick Note: So there is a lot of confusion regarding Alluka's gender. Killua refers to Alluka as his little sister, and as he's the most trustworthy one in the family, I'll be going by that so Alluka is a girl, if you have a problem...I really don't care haha.

Syn- Age 12

Illumi- Age 16

Killua- 4

Alluka-3

Kalluto-2

Milluki (nobody cares)- 11

Over the years, Illumi found time to continue training with me all while trying to mold Killua into the perfect assassin, which I wasn't exactly okay with. In our training, Illumi taught me about Nen and I soon found out I was a conjurer, though I was still struggling to master it. I didn't exactly like the idea of assassins, it seemed weak and cowardly to hire someone to kill someone, and when people did it for revenge purposes it really got under my skin. Was it really revenge if someone else did all the work?

Illumi allowed me to accompany him on some of his assignments. It was the first time I'd left the mansion in years. As we finished our assignment, one early afternoon and prepared to return to the mansion, I spotted some children playing ball on a nearby playground and paused to watch. I'd never gotten the experience of playing, I was on my own through my infancy and toddlerhood and didn't actually get introduced to human civilization until I was about four, and most humans I came into contact with had been awful. They labeled me a demon, beat and tortured me. One man had carved the word Demon above my shoulder blades, the words turned to angry bubbled up scars and still burned from time to time.

Realizing that I was no longer following him, Illumi turned to see what had caught my attention. He stared at me for a long moment, growing impatient before backtracking, stopping at my side.

"Illumi-sama, do we have to go back right away?" I asked him curiously.

He stared at me blankly, his face expressionless as always.

"I want to swing." I pointed to the swing set on the playground.

Nothing.

"Please."

Zero response.

"Five minutes."

Zilch.

"Three minutes?"

Nada.

"Two minutes?" My voice sounded downcast.

Not even a blink.

"One minute?" I pouted knowing it was futile.

Was he even breathing? Maybe he really was a robot and his systems had shut down.

I waved my hand in front of his face and gasped as his hand reached out lightning fast and caught my wrist in his tight grip. "Illumi-sama?"

"You only have four minutes remaining." He replied, his voice light but his eyes devoid of any emotion.

I couldn't help but grin at this as I raced to the playground. No one else was at the swing set so I didn't have to bother with small talk or explaining myself to anyone and if I kept the sunglasses on my face no one would be freaked out by my eyes. I couldn't help but laugh as I plopped onto the first swing I reached and shoved off from the ground, hard.

The wind ripped through my long colorless hair as I pumped my legs to swing higher and I smiled as the warm spring sun lightly kissed my skin offering a small amount of warmth in the cool spring afternoon. After a while Illumi appeared at my side and caught the metal chains of my swing causing it to come to an abrupt halt nearly sending me flying in the process.

"It's been five minutes."

"I thought you said I only had four minutes."

He stared at me blankly before releasing my swing from his grip and turning his hand over to me palm side up, "Let's go."

Sighing, I placed my hand in his and followed after him, back to the Zoldyck mansion atop Kukuroo Mountain. The return trip was in complete silence, but I'd grown accustomed to Illumi's cold behavior over the years, so it didn't bother me too much. When we returned to the mansion I smiled as I spotted Killua and Alluka playing tag in the front garden.

Killua turned, sensing our presence and smiled when he spotted us, "Nee-sama!" He cried, causing little Alluka to turn to me her bright blue eyes widening as she spotted me before her entire face lit up.

"Nee-sama!" She echoed Killua and they both sprinted toward me and I laughed as I caught the pair in my arms.

"Alluka-chan! Kil-chan! Were you playing tag?!" I beamed. "I love tag."

"Play with us!" They giggled and I turned to Illumi only to find him halfway inside the mansion to report in, apparently, I wasn't needed.

Killua, Alluka and I played tag until it was time for Alluka to take a nap. One of the butlers served Killua and I lunch in the garden and carried Alluka to her room. Killua told me about his morning training with Silva and Zeno and showed me how he'd already mastered some pretty advanced level assassin techniques.

"You're amazing, Kil-chan." I smiled as I ruffled his silvery white hair, "Promise me something Kil-chan?"

"Hm?" His bright blue eyes looked to me curiously.

"Promise you'll never forget how to smile and have fun." I choked, my throat felt a little funny.

"Nee-sama?" Killua looked to me inquisitively as I reached for my glass of water, perhaps there was some food particles stuck to the inside of my throat.

I took a big gulp of water and winced as my throat started to burn before realization dawned on me. Kikyo was testing me again, and she'd put Killua at risk, in the process. How could she so casually put one of her children's lives at risk?

"Kil-chan do you feel alright?" I asked in a panic as my throat began to burn and my skin began to feel itchy and uncomfortable. I had no idea what kind of poison did this, so I had no idea which antidote I'd need from my medical trunk or if I could make it there in time. The wrong antidote could make the symptoms worse and progress more quickly.

Killua nodded, "Nee-sama, are you okay?" He asked worried as I started to cough uncontrollably.

I could taste blood in my mouth. "Kil-chan, get Illumi-sama, hurry!" I choked and quickly covered my mouth so he wouldn't see the blood streaming from the corners of my lips.

Killua disappeared in a flash and I was claimed by a coughing fit as my insides began to burn. I spit out a mouthful of blood on the ground and curled into a ball as my entire body began to burn. Sweat beaded my pale skin immediately soaking through my simple grey long sleeved shirt and black pants. My breathing came in short shallow gasps as the edges of my vision began to blur. I hated that woman, with a passion.

"Nee-sama!" Killua cried from the doorway of the mansion and I gasped as I was suddenly lifted off the ground and struggled to keep my eyes open as I turned to the person holding me in their arms.

"I-Illumi-sama." I gasped as my insides felt like they were breaking apart. "M-make sure K-Kil-chan is okay." My vision began to darken and I felt my body growing heavy. My eyes fluttered closed.

"Syn!" Illumi's light voice actually sounded worried. It was the first time he'd ever called me by name. My heart skipped a beat and I wasn't sure if it was an effect of the poison or something else.

"NEE-SAMA!" Killua cried nearby as I felt myself drift from consciousness.

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