Friend or an Ally (ILLUMI ZOLDYCK × OC)

Chapter 17: Japanese Ball

ZENO'S POV:

                It's Cheshire for sure. There's just one missing piece in my thoughts; how did she managed to kill the others? They were all poisoned. The poison that I gave to her is different than the others and is more stronger since she mastered most of the poisons out there. Is it the power that she is hiding me all this time? 

CHESHIRE'S POV:

          The crying turned into frustration, and the frustration turned into anger. An overly familiar of transition of emotions unfolded in my eyes just now. Soon, she will be pumped with determination of revenge. 

          Now, my first mission must commence quickly, for I am now sharing the frustration and excitement in my veins. 

       The Zoldycks certainly didn't waste any time when they observed that everything is now ready. They explained the exam, which is very short by the way, since everyone find it so simple and easy to understand. 

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           "I assume that all is ready. The exam will now begin. The principle of the first test is fairly uncomplicated. I must explain now. Here is a Japanese traditional toy; as you may know, this is very common between noble female children as a toy, some even use it as a charm. However, this is not the case in our family. This ball is passed between generations to the women married to our family. No one in the family plays with this, since there are no women that are born since a very long time. You must place great care of this very ball that is in my hands.

     Now, let us move on to the test rule, it's more like a game, I tell you. I will hold onto this ball very firm without fail. The three of you will be given an hour each to get the ball from me. All types of Nen, Fighting style, or Illusions are encouraged. I will stand still in my stand point and I will not fight back. Again, let me remind you; that however way you take and/or steal it from my hands; you must be sure not to damage the ball, scratch, or even place a dirt on it. If you somehow do, it won't matter if you succeeded from taking it; you'll still be disqualified. 

      Disqualified means immediate death."  Silva explained as everyone's face showed seriousness.

With that explanation and a little History of the ball, we started. The queue of us three was given to us, the first will be the acquaintance of illumi. Second is the assassin, then followed be me.

           The first one is boring, her hour passed and she didn't even touched the ball. Silva just kept on dodging her attacks making the ball impossible to reach. Soon, she was panting. The look of worry is in her eyes. In fact, I can deduct that she knows that she failed and she can't do anything anymore. How disappointing. The timer took the last second of her hour; Kikyo announced the word "disqualified". Silva made his way towards the shaking woman; without wasting a second, he finished her.

        Next on the que is the assassin girl. Not a little too boring this time, she fought but still revealed her amazing Nen ability, which I assume she kept from us. It is some kind of a portal. She revealed it when she noticed that here normal attacks are not working. I'll make it short, she created the portal in to Silva's right hand, which holds the ball. This made the ball fall straight into the portal. Soon enough, another portal opened right on top of her hand, the ball fell directly on to her small delicate hands. It took her thirty minutes to finish the game. Kikyo announced the word "passed". Silva then came forward to her taking the ball back.

Now, It's my turn.

        I stepped forward with a relaxed face and a kind smile. I will make this fast and very surprising. Silva announced that my hour already started. I want to show them that I know their famous assassin illusions. I made an Illusion of my self running to Silva while I conceal myself from everyone's sight. When my Illusion came halfway to Silva, I stopped the time. No one knows this of course, I only use my mind to stop it after all. I relaxed is I ended the Illusion. I walked to Silva and took the ball with great effort; he really is serious when he said that he is going to hold it very firm. I still managed to get it out of his hands though.

       With the elegantly colored ball in my hands, I walked back to my starting point. A smirk showed in my place as I continued the time. Silva's hands are still stuck in a manner where he obviously held the ball. He then noticed the disappearance of the ball on his hands; his eyes soon landed on my hands where the ball now resides.

       Shocked faces presented themselves in front of me, they must be confused. I didn't explained anything to them for I think that it is better to leave their curiosity for some time.

I won the first game.

I'm waiting patiently to win the next one.

Another step forward towards my prize.

My prize.

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A/N

This is a little short too, and not that detailed. Do not think too much about it for it was planned. I hope you guys noticed that Cheshire's character is the one who gets bored easily and wants to get things fast; that is very unlike her brother who waits patiently for his fruit. This is also the reason as to why her Fighting scenes are too short and not that detailed, she does things very fast, she doesn't like wasting time. She is very excited to get what she wants. Let's just hope that she will.

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