Ch.44| drowning it out

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But...

But everything was crashing down on her.

Hisoka's disappearance, Pakunoda's death and to top it all off, she had her "fiancée" coming for her as well.

It was all so surreal.

....And she didn't know how long she could hold out before she broke.

"Oh god. God fucking dammit! She's gone!" 

Akari ran her fingers through her hair, rising to her feet as anger surged through her. Her eyes narrowed-before more tears flooded her face. "She...She's gone." And yet...stumbling to the bathroom she looked down at her hand, ripping her blood stained gloves off. Akari felt a twinge in her chest when she realized she was still wearing the black gloves Hisoka had gotten her.

"Oh fuck him." 

She winced slightly as the she looked down at the shiny ruby ring, it serving as a permanent reminder and seeming to scorn at her from her finger. "Fuck him too...Fuck everyone!"

Breathing heavily, Akari tried to calm her racing heart, trying to focus on what she should do next.

'the troupe needs chrollo back to lead them, but that's impossible with kurapika's nen....' "Ah." 'nen exorcist. i've spoken with a few before back when-'

Akari slowly swallowed.

"Yeah, I need to find a nen exorcist or someone who can take those chains off Chrollo's heart."

Whipping the tears from her face, Akari quickly gathered herself together after a couple deep breaths. "So I'm going to go look for a exorcist for our boss. Alright." Roaming around her room, Akari grabbed a bag from the ground then headed to the bathroom. "So I don't really need anything here...I can just get it from my place at Heavens Arena." She decided, placing a few extra shirts into her bag-as well as a pair of extra gloves and grabbing a small knife. 'self defense bitches, and in case i see hiso again....' "I won't be gone for long, I'm just going to find an exorcist..." 

Akari knew she was going to have difficulty finding one-yet she was more than willing to try. 'maybe the exorcist can remove my conditions as well-?' "Maybe..."

Breathing slowly, Akari quickly put on another pair of gloves before opening the door and heading back down to the main room. 

~

"I'm back." Akari muttered to Machi. "What's the troupe deciding to do?" Machi shrugged. 

"We haven't really come to a conclusion yet..." Her eyes drifted to Akari's bag. "What's that for?" "Ah. I'm thinking of looking for an exorcist to get Chrollo back." Machi's brow raised. "Really?"

Nodding, Akari's gaze raked across the troupe....none of them looked like they had found a solution about their situation. 

"You think they'll let me leave, Machi?" Machi shrugged, patting her shoulder. "Honestly, I don't know." Swallowing quickly Akari moved towards the near center of the room-Phinks glaring down at her....yet Akari could see hints of pain in his eyes.

"What do you want?"

"..." She paused. "I've came to the conclusion that I'm going to go out and look for a nen exorcist for our boss."

"Nen exor-Like we're just going to stand here and let you leave!" He mocked, jaw clenched.

"Phinks-"

"I'm a troupe member, am I not?" Akari hissed, glaring up at Phinks while her arms crossed over her chest. Phinks leaned down. "Yes-and you happened to be very friendly with the clown, who turned out to be the traitor!"

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