Two Rivers: Beginnings

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Killua was holding her tightly, but not in the possessive way he used to have anymore. He knew was being selfish, and he was caging Gon. Caging her so that she could not to leave him, even when she might be happier if she did...

He could not help but feel insecure, but what Gon said made him feel better. He just had to try his best to keep Gon without imprisoning her.

Gon, on the other hand, was thinking of how to make him more comfortable. How could she make him believe what she really felt? She would never leave him, and she knew that he would do his best to do the same. But then as she was pondering, momentarily feeling his warmth: a noise was heard.

BANG!

It was a gunshot. Something Gon despised to hear, especially right in her forest. She stood up immediately and went to its direction. Killua could only follow her and it didn't take long to arrive at the spot it emanated from and they saw a fox bear chained on a tree, while the beast's child wounded inside a cage.

Gon looked emphatically at her old friend, before turning to the men and changing her expression- an expression that made Killua flinch. It was very rare to see Gon mad, and he knew immediately what he should do. The old men definitely had no idea what they were up against, though.

"Go away brats! If you want to stay alive, that is." The blonde muscular man said haughtily displaying his gun. His two other accomplices laughed with him at the statement.

"It sounds like you're talking to yourself old man." Killua said pompously stretching his hand in front of Gon. He knew she was mad and hence there was a chance she would hurt them. And after she hurt them, she would probably regret it. He hated seeing her dislike herself most. He could dislike himself, but Gon shouldn't. It simply wasn't right.

He momentarily looked at Gon and spoke. "Go and take the chains off your friend, Gon. I'll take care of them."

The three men sneered simultaneously and the leader tauntingly pointed the gun at him- expecting him to squirm. But, instead, Killua just stared at it as if it was a harmless teddy bear.

The man winced at his lack of preferable reaction. "N-No use acting all tough in front of your girlfriend, kid."

Killua remained stoic. Yes, he couldn't stop getting embarrassed by the word but he was particularly more in the mood of beating the crap out of these men. That young kitten was in the brink of death, he could tell, and he did not want Gon to see that. But its death was inevitable, so he decided to vent all the irritation he felt on the useless men who caused all these trouble.

"I'm going to kill you kid if you d-don't stop staring at me like that." He uttered incoherently and firmed his gun at Killua. He was now gesturing to shoot, but it was so obvious to Killua that he was forcing himself.

Forcing himself not to pee his pants under his terrifying stare, that is.

Killua grabbed the gun with one hand.

He smirked. "Really?"

CRACK

All eyes were where the sound emanated – the gun. The men's eyes widened in terror-

The freaking kid was destroying the gun! With his bare hands!

Shit

Killua smirked, sending even wilder goosebumps to their spines. Their legs were losing strength and they needed to escape. The leader pointed at a random direction.