HxH: Fraternal Twins

Chapter 27: The Last Day Before Chaos

Down the hall, Ruby ran to find Illumi's room. Passing window after window, she stumbled across a lone door. She stood there, getting ready to knock when the door flung open and had the said man holding it. "Yes, Ruby...?" Illumi asked with his blank gaze and unchanging features. Apparently, he wore his sleepwear while... Rui...was curled up in a ball on his bed, fully clothed.

"First of all...why is my sister in your room...? Second, I have news for you... Sikiyona said she was a Zoldyck, so I came to ask if you could talk to her...or at least one of your parents..." she said with a stoic look to her. Illumi turned around and shut the door, before nodding in understanding. I'm guessing he's going to get dressed...but, Rui's in there! She mentally screamed and was about to thrash down the door until he opened it again.

He was now dressed, surprising Ruby that it didn't take him long. "I brought Rui to my room, seeing as her room's preoccupied with Sikiyona..." He answered promptly before trotting past her and heading to Rui's room.

"Wait... Did you even get behind something to dress?!" The hawk twin asked with anger evident in her golden eyes. She watched him walk down the hall with a simple nod for reassurance. How quick, does that man move...? she asked herself in her head then followed after him.

Down the hall came Illumi's grandfather. Both of them stopped in mid-pace with his grandfather doing the same. "Illumi... What are you doing at this time of night...?" He asked as he watched his grandson step a bit closer.

"Ruby came to get me... She claims Sikiyona is a Zoldyck, she mentioned her saying so. I'm going to see for myself..." he admitted and waited for his reply. The elder squinted his eyes slightly, then nodded. He watched as the two went past him, caution in his eyes. Following behind them, he wanted to know if what he said was true.

As they all paced themselves down the hall, crying was heard. Ruby thought it would be best if she tried to hurry, so she did. She ran to Siki in hopes that she didn't leave the room. Unfortunately, she did.. Siki was running down the hall, away from them. Thus the whole ordeal of them chasing after her went on.

~~~With Siki~~~

She ran... As fast as her legs could carry... Her trench coat, which looked like a winter jacket flailed beautifully behind her. Her blue sandals padded against the flooring as she ran, tears flew through the air when she sprinted past the scene.

She ran through hallway after hallway, passing up windows and elegant interior items. She was crying, her frosted gaze watered with tears and soaking her face. 104 years... Have passed, since I was taken away! THEY'RE DEAD! THEY'RE ALL DEAD! FIIJUKA, MOTHER, FATHER! THEY ARE ALL DEAD! Siki cried out in her head, everything was catching up in her mind. She went back to a child then grew an adult's mind within a few seconds. All those aching memories finally made themselves known and awakened her. She remembers everything now...including the past stuff that she went through with Vince, up until now. Everything was piling up on her... Just imagine your mind being manipulated for one hundred and four years, then it ends up not being true. Your memories of your child self being hidden and nothing you do can make it come back; until one fateful day where it all does come back on its own. It's like taking immortality away from a human who's over two hundred years old....they age so fast it hurts, then they die... In her case, it's her mind that's aging...