The Contract That Binds Us

Spiders X And X Chains

I was given another job to guard the auction that was gonna happen tonight. I usually don't do this guarding stuff but when they told me the few things I would be guarding... I couldn't resist.

Kurta eyes... Maybe I'd steal them from whoever bought them and give them as a gift to my Kurta. Mine... With our fight he always will be.

I was informed of an attack that was predicted by the underground's community fortune teller, Neon Nostrade. Coincidentally my Kurta became one of her guards.

My job was simple, work with another man named Owl to insure the safety of the auction goodies.

And as expected, something did happened and, strangely, all the bodies are gone from the auction. Luckily Owl and I had already raided the auction vault. Using his Nen ability, Fun Fun Cloth, he shrunk it all down into a cloth and gave it to me to protect.

While the attackers were unsuccessful, most mafia made chase to them as they tried an escape by air balloon. This led to a fight in the desert. The thieves say back while they let one of their own take on all the hopelessly stupid mafia men and gunners. It was obvious at this point that skill would outwit numbers.

I sat on tall desert rocks that surrounded the battlefield above. But what I see makes me want to die of embarrassment. The Ten Dons, basically just ten old guys the Community respects and follows, has sent out their "top" guys in to take care of the thieves.

The Shadow Beasts.

I mean, Owl was okay but most of them were cocky bastards with low level Nen. I decide to go visit the failed thieves that played a card game on a ledge while their lone member fought. Not like the big guy needed any concern.

"This sure is a boring fight." I sigh, startling them as I appeared beside a smaller guy in a long black cloak, Feitan, and a big guy with long ear lobes, Franklin.

"Who are you?" They ask curiously.

"Someone who disowns this mess. This is a atrocious, ugly display of Nen. But I'm more interested in you all, the Phantom Troupe. You guys almost never get together. It's been, what? Three, four years? And now you have a new member, Hisoka." They're obviously surprised by my knowledge of them, the mysterious gang.

"How do you know that?" They ask, hostile and defensive.

"I know a lot of things." I shrug, nonchalantly. "Oh, but look, that dirt guy just exploded." I point out to where the guy was half in the ground. "I'm not interested in the fight myself but it's still a good view up here. Mind if I watch from up here a while?" They all look to each other, a silent language passes around them.

"Sure, do you wanna play?" The friendly blonde, Shalnark, offers but I shake my head.

"No thanks, I'll just watch... That's bad. The razor teeth guy has a tranquilizer in his teeth that paralyze you temporarily." I inform as the other slim Shadow Beast shreds its guy's skin with his teeth. "They're purposely leave the neck up intact for torture purposes. Idiots." I mumble and the two I stood with, look at me curiously.

"You already know? Are you with those guys?" They ask, making me snort.

"Not at all, I just work all around. The non-Nen users don't know Nen so they just accept anybody at this point. Ew! That fat one carries leeches and he's releasing them in your guy! Gross... Tell me when it's over." I cringe just by looking at it as I turn away. While I have some time, I decide to call my Kurta who I could sense at the opposite end of the battlefield.

"Who is this?" He asks, obviously focused on something else, like this fight.

"Mm, it hurts you don't remember me. After I gave you my favorite you too. So are you gonna step into the fight when these idiots are finished off?" I ask and I hear his gasp of surprise when he realizes who I am.

"Kat... Yes, I will. Where are you?" He asks and I slip behind Franklin so the binoculars he's using can't see me.

"Around, you won't be able to see me so don't bother. I'll also offer some comfort that a guy got all the auction stuff so one less worry, right?"

"Thank you." He says with obvious relief and I notice I caught the spiders attention.

"Don't die." I smirk.

"I won't." I think I hear a grin in that.

"Cover your ears. From the sound of it, that big guy is gonna let out a sound wave attack. He'll be screaming your ears off, literally. Gotta go, bye-bye." I hang up and cover my ears. I could still hear the loud shout and felt the vibrations echo throughout my body. When it finished I sighed in relief, noting that the Shadow Beasts were dead.

"See you guys later, I'm gonna head out." I inform the unaffected spiders as they simply removed their hands from their ears. They're about to protest to make me stay but I'm already gone. It's obvious they don't know where I went, to them, I've disappeared.

I watch again from the shadows. I see my Kurta's chain shoot from the dark shadows and capture the paralyzed man, Uvogin. But at that instant, the pink haired girl, Machi, throws a needle with an attached Nen string to them. Obviously to trace but it's too bad I can't let that happen.

As my Kurta speeds off in a car, I drop down and hand off the side of the chained Uvogin, startling the. "Kat!?" Squala and my Kurta exclaim in shock.

I reach in and pull the needle from the guy's fur jacket. He's obviously surprised that I noticed it. "Just throwing them off your trail." I smirk as I let go of the car and land softly.

I throw the needle down, sticking it to the dirt ground so they knew where I had got it off them. I'd have to slow them down so they could escape...

"They're coming up ahead, we'll take care of them." Owl walks over from out of nowhere, referencing the other Shadow Beasts.

"Cool, I'll handle the goods." I say turning on my heel, sauntering off. I guess I'd leave that to them, after all my job was already finished. Any non-required work was unnecessary and wasteful if I wasn't getting any payment from it. They'd at least serve as a good distraction so my Kurta could escape with the man.

"Have fun, my Kurta."