The Serpent's Chronicles - Cataclysm

Unplanned x Situations

Hello, lovely readers! How have you been?

I told you I could come back with a new chapter if I thought I was making enough progress with the story, right? Well, here I am! While I do have a lot to work on and my life is still a bit chaotic, I thought it'd be fun to publish something new. Truth be told, I miss interacting with you guys 😭💕 I don't know when the hiatus will end, but I can assure all of you that I'm working on the story and that I will return soon enough.

Thank you all for not giving up on Cataclysm and for supporting it. You have no idea of how important it is to know you guys appreciate this story as much as I do, it's truly rewarding.

I found out that Kurapika's surname is NOT Kurta and my entire world shattered bc I was 100% sure that everyone in his clan had it as their surname and I'm in denial😖 My delusional mind really thought it made sense, okay? Please don't judge me 😂

Anyway, I hope you enjoy the chapter.

Please continue to wait for me!

Until then, farewell.

—Cherry🍒

During the last three days, Medea had truly felt at ease.

The warm climate of the island and the caring way both Mito and her grandmother had been treating all of them made her feel at home. That and the fact that she and Kite were getting along pretty well, considering everything that had happened.

On the first day, it was a bit odd. A bit too stiff. But, honestly, after dinner, Gon appeared with a weird board game and they had so much fun with it that the tension simply vanished. Medea spent the rest of the following day close to Kite, just like the old times. Slowly, things went back to what they used to be.

They talked about the studies she had conducted during the time they were apart, sparing no details about the dangers from which she had saved the group she had led.

Kite, on the other hand, explained the situation about the Chimera Ant infestation that happened a few months ago and how everything was still relatively new to everyone. Things had been awful. According to what she could understand, that had even been responsible for making Gon lose his Nen and putting him on the verge of death.

Medea preferred not to pry into the matter. It was much too delicate to bring up so soon, especially for Gon.

In the evening, before falling asleep, she wondered if things could have been different had she not accepted the mission to capture the Triple-Tailed Seahorses, which had occurred at the same time.

Would the Association have notified her about the Chimera Ant hunt? Could she have prevented Kite's death and the situation Gon was in? Or maybe she would have died like all the others who tried?

Those thoughts wandered through her mind but gave her no definitive answer. They were hypotheses. Possibilities. Medea only worked with facts —what-ifs were pointless in her life.

Still, she was so full of adrenaline and so mentally exhausted that the only way her body found to shut down her incessant reflectings was to pass out. It worked, though the bags under her eyes were a giveaway of her tiredness.

It was around ten in the morning already, and she had helped Mito to clean the house —after a lot of insistence on her own part. Now, she was simply relaxing a little as they waited for their pizzas to arrive.

"So, he or she?" Asked Alluka.

"Huh?"

"She means your pronouns." Medea explained, which made the girl nod.