A Genius Thrown to the Wolves

Picking Up Speed Ch. 70

Razor was smirking and laughing to himself. "Guys, I'm not going to play for a little while. I'll leave this to you for now." Kiyotaka announced. Hisoka, who saw Kiyo's taunting, was the only one not surprised by this statement. On his way over to the sidelines, Kiyotaka made it a point to send Razor a shit eating grin. Safe to say the man was now pissed off and hopefully now distracted.

Kiyotaka sent one last grin Hisoka's way. This was going to be fun.

With that the game started with a bang. 

Kiyotaka watched and observed Razor's nen from the sidelines, it could definitely come in handy in the future. Though he was quite board at the moment because he'd already figured out what the people actually playing were struggling to piece together. Hisoka looked like he was having a good time though. Kiyotaka had to say, Hisoka looked quite attractive when he almost got his fingers broken catching a ball with a particularly high amount of force compared to the balls thrown before. His hair was messed up. No longer up like he was used to seeing it, but it also wasn't fully down like before bed. It was a messy mix between the two, one he certainly wouldn't mind seeing more of. 

While lost in his thoughts the players on the court began to pick up on the pattern of Razor and his little goons. Killua and Gon had even begun to work together. Killua was holding the ball while Gon charged up his nen. It was a smart move, but they still weren't sending the ball as fast or as hard as Razor had been. 

That's when they called a time out. Killua had been doing a pretty good job at hiding his battered hands. He was about to go back out there and continue too. Kiyotaka decided he could be a little helpful for now. That being said, he stuck out his foot effectively tripping Killua into his lap. "Hey! What the hell was that for?!" Killua had been upset about being tripped, but being met by the unimpressed expression he quieted down. "W-w-what? Just spit it out already." "Give me your hands." Killua hadn't done a very good job at hiding his surprise. Still he didn't move to obey, so in Killua's frozen state, he reached out and pulled Killua's hands out of his pockets taking them in his own.  

"Hey! Seriously, what is with you!" Killua tried to pull his hands away, but found that he was able to. Looking down at his hands, Killua saw that Kiyotaka's were wrapped around his own. He also felt the painful ache subsiding and watched the swelling go down. "You guys are doing a good job. Keep it up for just a little longer." Killua didn't know what was meant by that, but he had a feeling he'd come to like it whatever it meant. He stood up from Kiyotaka's lap, grateful for the little healing session. He was honestly glad he didn't have to do that whole thing one more time with his hands in the shape they were in. 

Gon and Killua were able to do their little partner move 2-3 more times before Killua's hands returned to the state they were in before Kiyotaka healed him. Gon not wanting to hurt his friends any further came up with a new idea, "Guys, I think I know a new way we can catch Razor's throws. Just throwing the ball isn't enough, the only way we're going to get Razor out is by catching one of his throws. What do you say?" "I guess it's worth a shot." Killua shrugged. "Count me in~ What did you have in mind~?"  Hisoka was more then excited to have this thing almost coming to a close. That means soon the little kitten is going to join the fun.