HxH: Fraternal Twins

Chapter 21: Painful Discovery

After about of week of practicing her crystal shield behind her sister's back, she had finally managed to perfect its shape and size; it nearly covered her whole body. Ruby sat on her bed in her bedroom and was using a whetstone to sharpen her blade. Her hawk eyes stoically gazed upon her silver rapier, watching as each ridged edge got fixed.

Unexpectedly, Rui came busting through the door and nearly knocked the hinges out. "Nee-chaaaaaaaaaan!" The twin screamed out in alert then tackled her onto her back. Ruby accidentally dropped her sword, making it emit a clanging tone, and almost slid under the bed.

"OI! WATCH IT RUI, YOU WOULD'VE GOTTEN CUT! BE MORE CAREFUL!" Ruby comically raged with white eyes. Her twin had her arms wrapped around her and her face in Ruby's collar bone.

"Ne-chan, Sir Netero requests to see you... It involves the Rebellions...! Also, Black Shifter wants you to interrogate Sikiyona. He believes you could get information out of her, he and Neon both tried but...didn't get anywhere." She hysterically cried as wavy tears streamed down her face. Rui wanted to go, so bad but knew she couldn't.

Ruby sighed in defeat then nodded with her eyes shut. "Alright... After all, we did join their side in hopes of defeating the rebellion leader... Speaking of which, did you feel anything eerie and evil about that Janitor? You know, the guy with blonde hair we happened to pass by in a hallway, about a week ago?" Ruby questioned her twin, hoping it wasn't just her that felt it.

"Y-Yeah but... His aura colors described his emotions. I read evil on him, wits, deceit, crazy and heartless... The atmosphere around him felt so suffocating to where I almost felt the need to attack him. Yet, I was too terrified to do so, I almost got frozen in place...if I wasn't running after you..." The bug twin answered after getting off her sister, she knew he was evil. It wasn't just Ruby's senses but it was also Rui's bug eyes that could read his aura.

"We'll have to stay clear of him, something tells me that he's a spy... I can't just jump to conclusions either, I need proof," Explaining, she saw her twin nod and stand up after grabbing her rapier.

"I'm going to see if Illumi's back yet!" Rui happily expressed, before giggling and skipped out of the room.

"Alright, just don't leave the mansion's grounds." Ruby's reply almost went unheard by her twin, a soft smile graced her red lips at how innocent she seemed.

~~~Later~~~ (Spongebob narrator xD)

Elsewhere, a black silhouette jumped from a tree branch and over to the next. It was heading toward a mansion and tailing Illumi, from behind. Illumi stopped in mid-pace, turned around, and questioned who was following him; he was on his way back home.

The assassin decided to stand there for a few minutes until that feeling had faded. He turned back around and continued on his way until the black silhouette was seen hopping from one branch to another, just above the Zoldyck. So this Ilumi guy, that Sir Bodaodai had sent me to spy on... Is a strong man. Judging by how he's able to sense me so easily with the slightest raise in my nen, he must be strong. My power called Veil, helps me mask my presence and nearly any traces of my existence. Unfortunately, I just let up a little bit, and... He almost saw me, that's the last thing I'd want. The unknown person mentioned in their mind. The voice was deep and quiet, assuming them to be a man. He was completely unaware that he was spying on a Zoldyck. From above, he watched as the raven-haired male kept getting closer and closer to the Mansion's entrance.