Z E R O [Kurapika Kurta]

Prologue ✔️

Posted: some time in August, 2017
Started Editing: Sunday January 21, 2018
Finished Editing: Sunday January 28, 2018, 10:24pm
Not too satisfied with chapter, but it's a start, 997 words
Song: Hey Mama Remix, by NightcoreRt
Tora's Age:14/15ish

Tora was bored. The young neko had explored every inch of the phantom troupe's new base and frankly, lying around on her phone with her best friend, Shalnark, braiding her hair was not entertaining.

The brunette purred as Shalnark's fingers scratched behind her ears, 'I really need to go on a mission soon, at this rate, I'll die before September.'

Tora was confident in the fact that the boy who she had nicknamed 'Shal-kun' was gay for Feitan, a rather gothic member of the Phantom Troupe. Of course, he denied, leaving Tora proclaiming the fact that 'denial was always the first step to acceptance'

Her Aniki, Chrollo, waved to her from his makeshift throne, gesturing for her to come over. The brunette groaned as she rolled on her stomach, all the way to the leader. "Tora, I have a mission."

Those words sent excitement zipping up her spine as she stood up and stretched, "What is it Aniki?"

He rested his hand on his sister's head,"Do you remember that exam you were going to do last year?"

Her eyes shimmered with excitement, "Hai! The one that Hiso-chan did last year!"

Yes, Tora was in fact going to do the Hunter's Exam. The issue? At that point in time, she'd had a rather petty argument with Hisoka. When she heard he was going, she kicked him out of the base, called him 'the definition of pervert' and constantly prayed to every god she could think of for his death. Unfortunately for her, he returned unscathed but without a license, claiming that he was disqualified for 'murdering an examiner'

Her Aniki gave a small smile,"I need two favors Tora. Don't show your tattoo and use your human appearance. Deal?"

"Deal! Am I going with anyone else?"

"Yes, Hisoka. Make sure he doesn't kill another hunter, we can't have him fail a second time," he removed his hand from her head, 'I still don't like leaving Tora alone with him.'

Tora's gaze darkened,"Do you mean that pedo-clown who is the only reason I didn't participate last year? You owe me, big time."

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Tora packed two bags, one for her, and one for Katsu, her practically adopted 'older brother'. The male was a dragon with silvery white scales, obsidian spikes and icicle–like wings, he was quite a sight. He could turn into a human at will, with blue streaked hair, fair skin and teal eyes. He always wore a gold cross necklace, twinning with Chrollo's tattooed forehead.

Speaking of Katsu, the male had just flown into a Tora's room, irritation clear in his voice,"What's this I've heard about you going to the exam with Hisoka?"

She rolled her eyes as she took a step towards 'Katsu-nii', "Trust me, it's a mission."

He transformed into his human appearance, a nasty look now etched upon his face, 'she can't be serious'

"Love you too Kat!" she exclaimed, throwing her arms around the boy she considered her brother. The dragon sighed, but opened his arms and securely wrapped his around her, silently complaining about going on a mission with Hisoka.

The brunette yawned. Katsu, being the doting onii-chan he was, immediately scooped her into his rather muscular arms, turned the light off and snuggled in bed with his dear 'imouto'

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The neko woke up the next morning and slowly got ready, still groggy after rolling out of bed. She stood in front of her bathroom mirror and, with quite a bit of nen, made her ears and tail disappear, 'there, maybe now I'll be normal.'

Flashs of her past clouded her vision as she fell to the floor, an all too familiar voice taunting her, 'what a waste! I should just send you to a brothel! At least my husband gets some fun out of you, remember that's the only reason you're still here.'

Her blue-haired brother woke up to the sound of shallow breaths, his sister cradling herself on the floor. He held stooped down and held her in his arms as he whispered sweet nothings in her ears, eventually calming her down.

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After she had calmed down, Tora showered and changed into a teal, cropped, sleeveless turtleneck, short, high waisted, brown shorts with white ruffles on the edges, a brown belt criss crossing around her hips, black boots and black gloves. She quickly pulled a black hoodie over her body, covering her 'revealing' outfit and shadowing her face as she left Katsu to get ready.

Of course, the outfit wasn't all that revealing, but the majority of the males in the group were extremely protective of her, only allowing her to wear clothes they deemed 'inappropriate' when everyone was at the base, or when she was on a mission (with one of them supervising her to make sure no pedophiles were watching.) Even Hisoka–the king of pedophelia–was like this. The girl had quite the effect on the criminals, and had them wrapped around her little finger.

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The brunette ran up to her companion, Hisoka, and begged him to use one of his special techniques–Texture Surprise– on her inner thigh, where her spider tattoo resided. After a bit of an argument over whether or not he should use it, the zero on Tora's leg disappeared.

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She sat in the 'main room' playing a card game called 'doubt' or 'bullshit' with Shalnark as she waited for Katsu to get ready. The game was quite simple, you were simply to count from one/ace to ten, then from joker, to queen, to king and then start all over again.

The player could place down any card while calling the correct number. If someone believed they were lying, they'd shout "doubt!" or "bullshit!"

The aim of the game was to end up with no cards, so, once the card was flipped over, the accumulated pile would go to whoever lost. If the card was flipped over and the number there was the one called, whoever shouted doubt would have to take the stack. If the numbers didn't match up, the person who placed the card would have to take the pile.

Katsu finally flown in, shrinking in size until he was no bigger than a kitten and curling up in the hoodie as the brunette gave her brother a mock salute,"We'll we back soon Aniki! With our licenses! I'll be sure to call you guys, bye minna!"