Healer x Assassin (Nobunaga/Illumi X OC)

x Aftermathx

Killua's POV

I'm not mad at Reiki.

Not even a little.

"Say you're sorry!" The end of the whip stung as it ricochets against the skin on my back. The one holding it, Piggy, was very enthusiastic to be the one chosen to do this. Well, not chosen, more like volunteered. Grandpa mentioned punishment and well, that was the fastest I've ever seen Piggy move.

He had so many weapons to choose from, and yet he chose the whip. Typical.

The entire family, excluding Reiki and Illumi, had discussed what my punishment should be. Grandpa was the one to suggest the torture chamber.

Mom couldn't bear to lay a finger on her favorite child, but she had no problem seeing me hurt. So, she agreed.

Dad was the only one who didn't agree. He didn't think that the chamber would teach me a lesson. Of course, this is the same guy who dropped me off at Heaven's Arena by myself. He probably thought abandoning me in some unknown area would have been a better punishment.

The cuffs from the chains were digging into my skin, no doubts I will have some intense cuts and bruising after this. My shoulder joints were slightly aching from the way my body hung from the rafters; Grandpa had adjusted the height of the chains to where my big toe was barely scraping the floor. The lights were dimmed to the point where a normal person would barely be able to see.

Any normal person would have probably given up from the multiple inflicts of pain on their body. Having one of their senses almost stolen from them while feeling a whip on their back, legs, arms, hell, even the face.

There's one major thing that's different between me and these people: I'm a trained assassin.

I can see perfectly in the dark, I can dull my sense of feel, I can endure torture of multiple kinds. So, all of this is nothing.

It's almost funny how they think something small like this will make me beg for forgiveness.

"You know, mama mentioned that Big brother Illumi will be dropping Reiki off at home before his next mission. I bet you'd like that, wouldn't you? Having Reiki heal all your injuries. Well, you can forget it!"

*whip*

The whip hit an area that was already pretty tender, but it felt like a 1/10 on the pain scale. Barely worth an 'ow'.

"I'm going to make sure that stupid Reiki can't get near you."

"She's not stupid..." Piggy paused in his whipping, taking a few sighs to catch his breath. Seems like somebody is finally getting a workout. "And how are you going to do that?" I questioned, tired of being quiet for his entertainment. "Reiki is a grown woman who will do what she wants."

"What she wants? Ha! She does whatever the family tells her to do. Forget about her being a sister, she's more like the Zoldyck dog."

Piggy was just trying to get me riled up. It took a lot to keep myself calm; he knew the way to get me to respond more would be to insult Reiki.

Ever since he found out about my baby crush on her when I was younger, he always used her against me like that. Insulting her, calling her a dog, a hag, a cunt. Pulling her hair, pushing her in the hallway, ignoring her stories, even trying to poison her food further than the necessary dose.

The crush is long gone, but I am still protective of my sister. Whenever I saw him being mean to her, I just snuck into his room and broke one of his figurines. Which resulted in me getting punished in some way, but I did not care.