Hunting for a way home - Shalnark x Reader

Chapter 19 - Well, Training sucks when its with a demon

Brief author notes- I just realized I never posted Chapter 16! If you're looking to read that now it's officially been posted! Sorry I didn't notice it sooner!

Chrollo was surprised to hear his phone go off. He wasn't expecting Pakunoda or Uvogin for a few more days and he couldn't think of a reason one of the others would need him.

Setting down his book he noticed the caller ID said unknown.

"May I please ask who is calling."

"Chrollo" He knew that voice and his interest was immediately peaked.

"Illumi, Is there a reason you happen to be calling?"

"Yes. I propose we come to an agreement. I need you to do something for me and in exchange I'll owe you a favor."

Chrollo's attention was immediately captured. The assassin did not casually hand out favors to anyone. It made him straighten his posture a bit.

Whatever Illumi wanted from him must be something truly interesting.

"What exactly are you asking me for?"

"Your spiders have a woman named Y/N. I've guessed at their arrangement. Once he's gotten what he needs back from her. Let them know they are to send her off immediately."

"....."

The whole reason two of his spiders were joining him soon was to discuss that very woman and what to do with her.

It was unusual for someone to capture a spider's eye and how very interesting she'd somehow caught the eye of an assassin too.

"Why would you want such a thing?"

"My reasons are my own. And as part of our arrangement I require the others to be unaware of my involvement."

"Most interesting."

Chrollo considered, he'd usually wait to see what the others brought to him before making a decision.

A favor from a Zoldyck could come in handy one day. Besides, Chrollo couldn't help the smile that ticked up on his mouth.

Illumi only asked for her to be sent away immediately after her mission for Shalnark. He never said one day they couldn't come back for her or keep tabs in the meantime.

"Do we have an agreement?"

"We do indeed."

The line went dead. Chrollo leaned forward elbows on his knees. He had a feeling things were somehow going to get a lot more interesting.

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It had been four days since you started training between Shalnark and Feitan. To say you were miserable was an understatement.

You were absolutely positive that small man crawled out of a portal from a hell realm. You were also absolutely positive that his training methods were designed to inflict the most amount of torture.

Thinking back to the first day you nearly had a heart attack as you woke up to him smacking your forehead. The sun hadn't even fully risen yet. You tried to roll over and ask for five more minutes but the blankets got ripped away.

You both stared each other down until you rolled out of bed and put your shoes on. Shalnark the traitor only said, "Finally I get to sleep on my bed again." Before climbing in with the previously pulled away blankets.

The second you were out the front door he smacked the back of your legs with his umbrella only saying, "Run."

You'd thought you were good at running, maybe even great to stroke your ego a bit. Well you found out shortly that was a lie because he found the best ways to inform you otherwise.