Love me! [illumi X Oc]

Chapter 40

Arisu's pov

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I stare intensely at my opponent. He's ripped with muscles and much bigger than I but I think I can take him. His fighting stance can be easily dominated by a smaller person, I think. I inhale, shift my feet beneath me, and lung toward him. 

"The rookie moves quick but is she quick enough to beat a man 10x her size?" The lady announcer announces to the whole arena. I scoff and keep my attention on the guy in front of me. His chest is wide open, I assume he's trying to trap me the second I attempt to land a hit on his chest. If that's the case then I'll just take his legs. It's effective, though I don't know how cool it looks. I grab the guy's ankle with one hand and as I fling forward i knee the back of his knee. When he falls to the ground I quickly scramble to my feet and flip him to his stomach. I put my knee on his back and pin him to the ground so he wouldn't have any way of leaving. He struggles beneath me for a few seconds before I finally feel him stop. 

Is that all? Is it over? I look over to the referee but he's just uselessly watching. I open my mouth to say something but suddenly I feel a sharp jab attempting to pierce into my skin. I turn my attention back to my opponent, confused for a split second before I realize that this must be his nen ability. His whole body appears to be filled with spikes. Not a single punch of mine would make it through without my fists being speared. I quickly get away from him and I stare at him from across the square. But it's his turn to attack now and he's not going to let me catch a break. He moves fast, but not as quick as Illumi so dodging his awkward attack was child's play. Still, though, how am I supposed to land any hit on this guy?

You can try using your abilities... ahem! Like me, maybe, I don't know though, that's just a little idea- y

You know I can't fully bring you out yet!- A

So?- y

I dodge him again and again, all while trying to think of something. My legs moved quickly, from one side to the other and my opponent was starting to get tired. I suppose I could try to use yui. The big guy seems to be growing impatient too, his moves are becoming sloppy.

"Stop moving you fucking bunny!" He shouts as his fists fly past my face. I take a deep breath, close my eyes, and focus my nen on my right hand and arm. Here goes nothing. I stop moving and the guy gives the crowd a manic laugh.

"Seems like you've run out of stamina, huh, little bunny?" His tone was condescending. When I opened my eyes his were wide and crazed as his fists flew to my guts with full force. Please work or else I'm dead meat. I exhaled, slipping past his attack and entering his personal bubble. We were now face to face with the palm of my hand over his forehead. The spikes he emitted were now gone so there was nothing left protecting his fragile head.

"Sleep" I ordered. His body went limp and he fell to the ground. "Just until I win," I whispered to him. I don't want him going into an Acoma on me.

"Looks like we have a winner! The little bunny!" The crowd cheers and I stare at the ground in astonishment. There is no way they just nicknamed me little bunny! I look nothing like a bunny! I'm not even white. Although, I guess there are brown bunnies that exist. I sigh and step off the stage. No fucking way I'm letting them call me that stupid name. I step out of the arena and go to the front desk to check on my account. In the words of leorio, money!!

I smile as I imagine the big bank I'll have. That I earned myself!! So cool. I've never earned such cash for myself since I can remember.

"My, what a pleasant surprise," I hear a familiar silky voice say. Fuck. I turn to the side and see Hisoka lurking in the shadows against a wall. "I didn't think Illumi would let you off the leash so soon~" even though he's hiding in a shadow, I can see his sly smirk a mile away. It's part of his charm. He wears it everywhere he can show it off.

"Yup!" I grin. "I'm a free woman for now!" I continue taking steps but then I feel him standing beside me.

"Wow~ I've never seen someone so nonchalantly speak about their lack of freedom," Hisoka chuckles, "You're still as amusing as ever,"

"Well you know, shit happens. Anyway!" I turn to him, too excited to care about the likes of who I'm talking to right now, "did you see my performance!? You should come to my next one if you didn't! Or maybe don't, how about you? I want to see you fight too! I didn't know you were here but now that I do I hope to see how you fight for real this time! Maybe you and I can battle sometime!"

When I finally stop talking I see an extremely amused glint in Hisokas amber eyes and I feel like retreating back into my skin.

"What has that assassin been feeding you~" Hisoka chuckles. He does one of his magic tricks and pulls out a card, "but yes, I'd love to watch your growth,"

"Poison," I admit. "He thinks I don't notice because he puts them in small doses but I do,"

"You're quite talkative today~" Hisoka glares at me, his eyes losing all of his humor. I nod and proudly turn away. I successfully annoyed him!

"Yeah, well I'll be going now!" I pat my stomach. "Hungry, you know?" He nods and I begin walking towards the exit. I can always check my accounts balance when I come in for my next match. Besides I don't want him to realize that I just wanted to get away, nobody likes a liar and especially not a fake. And I really am hungry.

I make my way to a restaurant and order a quick meal. When I finally have my meal, I smile and munch on it like a happy goat. I'm sitting alone. Sweaty and probably a little bloody but I didn't care. I was enjoying a meal that I paid for myself! I kicked my legs beneath my table like a child.

"Be careful or you'll choke," Hisoka whispered in my ear. I was so shocked I froze. Chills ran down my spine, arms and legs. When I turned around he wasn't there, but in his usual Hisoka manner, he was in front of me when I turned back.

"H-hisoka," I choked on my food and reached to grab my water.

"Are you that excited to see me, little bunny," he chuckled, "that's such a stupid nickname," he whispered that last part, but I wasn't deaf enough to miss it.

"I didn't exactly pick it for myself," I sneered once I managed to calm down.

"So~" he leaned towards me, his hands supporting his face, and his amber eyes staring into mine. "Did you really think that little trick was going to work? I'm more patient than I appear,"

I sighed and put my food down.

"What do you want?" I cut to the chase.

"Can't I catch up with old friends?" He sounded hurt.

"You mean prior attempted murder victims?" I corrected him. 

"You're still upset about that?" He muses.

"Well.. yes!" He was trying to make me sound dumb. As if my life wasn't significant. "And the fact that you broke into my house and started playing with my siblings,"

"I don't hurt kids," he grumbled, seeming offended.

"You're lying now,"

"Well in any case, you're still too fragile to beat me. You're so malnourished," he noticed with slight a cringe.

I looked down at my hands. They looked pretty bad. But why? I've been eating well these past few days.

"Oh my~" Hisoka held his chin with his fingers. "It seems you've been poisoned by someone's nen,"

A/n: I had this in the drafts since feb 14, my bad yall 🤧

Here's this short chapter