Stick to the Shadows (HxH)

20: Cannibalism

Rilluma P.O.V

"Get out of my way Killua." I growled licking my lips. He remained in between the corpse of Johness and me. Blood drippes from my teeth as a snarled.

"Rill. You haven't eaten one of your victims in a long time. This is cannibalism." Killua told me. I like how he still remebers me doing that. No one on the Zoldyck property saw me, but Killua did. He saw what I did to those intruders when I was grounded.

"I didn't eat him completely. It's more of a taste test then cannibalism." I told him. As usual, I knew he was right. This technically is cannibalism, but what proof do you have that is wrong. Pigs can eat each other if they get the taste of blood. So can chickens, rabbits, and even dogs. If Killua got the taste of blood he would probably do the same thing.

"You said it yourself, you are human. Human's don't eat other humans." Killua told me.

"Sorry to burst your bubble Killua, but their wouldn't be a word for it if humans have never eaten their own." Rilluma. What are you doing. I don't want you eating him, nor anyone else. Your opponent is dead so stop it. I bet Illumi is just mad because I found a way to refuse one of his orders. Somehow.

"He told me to kill you if you got in my way."

"Who is he?"

"I wonder what your blood taste like." Killua gave up trying to reason with me. He knew that when I was in this mood it would be hard to change anything. So he just mentally prepared himself for an attack. Technically the round is over, but no one wanted to get in between us to tell us that we were wasting time. Killua just wanted to end it as soon as possible.

I charged lunging at him. Killua sharpened his nails, even though he was to scared to use them. The fear of fighting me was not what was scaring him, it was the fear of killing me. What would happen if Killua killed me? Of course he would be disqualified from the Hunter exam but he will also have to face the fact that he is just like our family. Someone who will take a life, and will have no punishment. That is not what Killua wants.

This thinking is what lead to his downful. I pushed him down with one paw in the center of his chest and the other at the base of his neck. Killua blocked my bite to his neck by putting up his forearm. I bit down on his arm tasting his blood. It was sweet, unlike any other blood I have ever tasted. Killua cut down my face with his nails causing me to let up. Then he held me down to the ground by my neck. I squirmed, but Killua's grip tightened.

The lack of air to my brain from Killua's hold was having an effect on me. I choked out a cough before I changed back into human form. I narrowed my eyes at Killua before grabbing a hold of his wrist and giving a small laugh. He was shaking. Not much, but it was still there. The fear in his eyes was uncumfortable for me to watch. Just the thought of Killua acting like this sent chills up my spine.

"You're scared Kill. I can taste it in your blood." I said. It was then that I felt the warm liquid dripping on me. From Killua's forearm blood dripped down off his body and onto my neck. My smile faded. The wound I left of Killua was deep, any normal person would need stitches. Just the thought of it was enough for me. A tear fell down my face and onto my neck. Killua jumped in surprise. "I actually tried to do it. After all of these years I tried to eat you."

His grip loosened on my neck as he let me up. Killua held the bite wound on his arm. The smell of his blood filled my nose again making me want more, but I knew that wasn't what I wanted. His blood tasted so sweet so I lost control attacking Killua. Yes, he tasted good but it is wrong to eat your brother. Right? I wiped the tear from my face and stood up walking back to the group.

"That gives us three wins and two losses. Which means we advance, right?" Killua said. The bald head guy nodded.

"Yeah um, there is another room behind us that you will be waiting the fifty ours you lost in the betting match." he said. I made it back to the group only to see them block my way. The expression of their face was of complete and total shock. I looked down to the floor as Killua walked up behind me.

"Let's go." Killua said. No one moved. No one answered. Killua grabbed me by my hand and walked me back onto the arena, which made me walk past Johness. Now smelling the stench of his blood made me sick. Why was I so obsessed with this murderer. Killua both smells and tastes so much better. We approached the room, but I just walked in and sat on the couch.

"Killua. We should probably clean that out." Kurapika said. "They pobably have a first aid kit in here somewhere." Kurapika looked over at me, but I growled at him. Not excessivly. The sound was more of a warning. I was not in the mood to talk to them. Of course Kurapika didn't care what was good for me. He walked right up to me and sat down on the couch. I growled again, but he didn't move.

"I don't want to talk to you." I told him getting up. He was about to say something but Killua interrupted him. He tossed me a first aid kit and pointed over towards a table. I nodded meeting him up by it. I washed out the bite and wrapped it up in bandages. Killua tended to the scratch on my face and bandaged the chunk of flesh that was missing from my arm.

"We need to talk about this. They deserve an explanation." he told me. I thought back to their faces. They know out past now. I overheard Gon telling them when Killua ripped out Johness's heart. They know how we are assassins and how we are part of the Zoldyck family tree. My secret is out, but none of them know about the eating situation.

"No. I don't want to do that, and I don't want you doing it for me." I told him. He sighed.

"Then what are we going to do?" Killua asked.

"I'm going to sleep. It's the only thing I can do." I told him. About an hour later, I was asleep on the couch in human form.

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