HxH: Fraternal Twins

Chapter 6: Timing it just right- part 2

Illumi came walking in while holding both their disguises in one hand, following behind him was his family. Illumi had planned to ask Rui some questions after Ruby would leave to go to her match; he plopped the cloaks on Ruby's lap only to have her glance down at the cloth that laid before her eyes.

"I doubt you'll no longer need them since the audience knows of your identities..." He stated, with his usual monotonous voice and black eyes.

"T-... Thanks...and yeah... I know, we won't be needing them anymore... I just hope none of the SGS-.... N-Never mind..." Ruby trailed off in reply with sorrow barely showing itself in her eyes and voice. Keeping up a tough and stoic front is hard since she holds so much pain inside her heart.

Milluki, who joined Illumi and his family not long ago during Rui's fight, narrowed his eyes slightly at the abbreviations SGS-;  while the others yearned for a proper answer. Illumi was curious about Rui but had the hunch that she was the type to respond in such a way during combat. Also, understanding, that there are people out there that lose their consciousness and become hostile if they get hurt; he knew about SGSF when Rui had slipped it out accidentally.

"She's... Like a bee...no- More of a wasp... If someone hurts her bad enough...she'd lose all emotion in her and something inside her takes over; making her react upon instinct to fight back... Much like a wasp, since wasps sting a person more than just once..." Ruby explained, hoping they understood, surprisingly enough they did.

"I see... I presume your the same?" Silva asked in his stern voice. To that, Ruby shook her head while looking down at her feet, it was obvious that thoughts swirled in her eyes.

"No... Rui... She was...beaten a lot. That's all I'm going to say...and that instinct just so happened to grow in her over the years..." Ruby replied with grief. Regretful, painful memories of seeing Rui getting held down and beaten badly, played in her mind. She had cuts, bruises, tears down her face, and heard pleading screams that begged to stop their strikes. They were in their white confinement room, Ruby was tied back on a pole so she wouldn't get in the way of the guards beating her twin down.

Kikyo's face seemed rather mournful, Milluki had a questionable look, Illumi blinked and moved his head slightly, Silva closed his eyes then nodded and Illumi's grandfather just sighed, doing the same as Silva who had sighed too.

"I understand... Pain can truly change a person regardless of how innocent, pure, or gleeful they are..." Silva said, opening his eyes to her once more. "I will say this now... You've mentioned SGS...F, I'm assuming you're hiding that from us because your cautious and protective over your sister? You're trying to stay hidden from them... I've heard of that facility. I am unsure though as to why you're so silent about it," Silva sternly spoke. He knew full well why she was silent about SGSF, she didn't trust anyone...

"I tried so hard...for the past three years, keeping that facility out of conversations...out of everyone's minds and lives... It seems that I have failed... Please, don't harm us... Don't kill us for being out of that horrid hell of a science facility," Ruby pleaded to them, hoping they wouldn't call the facility and tell them about the twin escapees.