Stick to the Shadows (HxH)

21: Nightmares

Rilluma's P.O.V

I was walking through the Zoldyck estate with my hands to my sides. Illumi was really pissing me off. I remember him telling father about what I did. We were on a mission and I ignored Illumi's orders. The target was a women running an illegal bar. They were selling drinks that attacked brain cells and interfeared with brain functions. It was much like Illumi's needles.

Killua has already killed the target, and that was our job. I went further. Everyone at the bar was fleeing in a hurry, but they didn't see us so there was no need to kill them. I was in the mood for a chase, so I started to kill every single person in the bar. I have always ingested blood due to my way of killing, but I never really focused on the tatse. Until that mission anyway.

The taste of the drink in their blood made it taste spicy, seasoned even. I enjoyed it. So I bit them more, and I chomped in deeper. Illumi was the one that had to stop me. If it wasn't for him, I would have killed every single person and eat them. Unfortunantly, since everyone in the bar saw what I looked like they had to quickly be dealt with by Illumi. We returned home with little punishment until I was called down to see my father.

"Grounded! Can you believe it! A Zoldyck unallowed to leave the family estate. For any reason." I grumbled and climbed a tree. Since I was grounded I had a lot of time on my hands. So I traveled down to the end of the wall. I was sitting in a tree when I smelled something. They smelled of Alcohol and stupidity. Who would enter the Zoldyck estate? They entered through the door of intruders, which meant their death's were coming soon anyway.

I jumped down out of the tree, which spooked them. Their were three men and one women. Once seeing me they relaxed their shoulders. Not surprising since no one really has seen any of the Zoldyck family. They probably think I'm just a stray kid or a butler or something. I smelled the air trying to decide what I should do with them. They were really wasted.

"What are you doing here kid?" One of the men growled.

"I'm bored, and I'm hungry. Connect the two together." I told them.

"We don't have any food for you. So scram kid." This made me laugh. If they carried food Mike would have come here faster. They really don't understand how guard dogs works do they? Since Mike isn't here I guess that means that he is put up for now. Probably because he eats to much. Lucky for me, it's my chance to enjoy my meal.

"My name is Rilluma. Not kid." I said trying to get a sense of who is the dummist. If I talk to them more then maybe I can get a good idea on how I should fight them, and how I should eat them.

"Oh, and what are you doing in the Zoldyck estate, Rilluma?" the man asked. 

"This is where I live idiots." I told them. One of them other men interveined.

"You're a Zoldyck?" he asked.

"Rilluma Zoldyck. Here to assassinate you today." Seeing them so confused was enchanting me. Just a little further and I can have fun with the chase. Seeing them scrambled up as they flee in terror, nothing like a good chase before a heavy meal.

"You're kidding right? How can you take us down." the other man asked.

"Cause I'm hungry, and you don't want to mess with an animal that is hungry." I told them. They smiled, but I just shifted into my cat form, my favorite form. It's not that I can't go into other forms, it's just that this one is the most useful. It's smaller with a compact body, strong senses for tracking, an agile build, and killer saber teeth. Perfect for the assassinations. They began to run in all the directions.

One of the men went for the door, which is what I stopped first. Since they seen me and they know my name I couldn't let any of them escape. I made a show out of this guy. He fell back onto his but before I bit down on his leg, rendering him unable to walk. Then I bit a chunk out of his side making it so he couldn't crawl away easily.

The next man I attacked was running towards the butler's house. Last thing I need is Canary looking into this. She is the first line of defense besides Mike. So I grabbed this one by the shoulder and popped it out of place before slicing his neck with my claws. It was a pitty for him to die just yet, I wanted to speak with them before they died.

Her death was next. I tackled the women to the ground with her head in between my teeth, but she was still alive. I was as careful as I could not to crack the skull, but the smell of blood leaking from her temples changed that. I bit down harder wanting to taste the blood more, but that only lead to her entire skull cracking in between my jaws. I ran to the other one.

His death was the most enjoyable. I tackled him to the ground. His death would come shortly, but I wanted to make an examble out of him. I ripped off limb by limb quickly leaving him with no arms or legs. The blood leaked out, which is why I worked quickly. Otherwise he would just die of blood loss. What fun is that? I clawed my way through down to his heart was completely exposed. My curiosity drove me. What would it taste like to rip a mans still beating heart from his body and eat it?

I tried it. The heartbeat slowed, but it was still existing. The blood spilled over and in my mouth. My once white fur bloodied. The heart stopped beating half way down my throat. I smiled looking down at the dead man. Then I looked back to the destroyed man by the exit door. I smiled and shook out my fur began to feast off his freinds making him watch. Once I has cleaned most of the meat away I turned back into human form and looked down at the man.

"You monster." he coughed out blood.

"Mike will clean up the rest. I'm full. Even full enough to leave you alive, for now." I said eyeing his midsection wound. Not only that, but the Alcohol in their blood had transferred over to me. So now I was just a little wobbily from the intoxication, but luckily my immune system was good enough to get rid of it fast. I just never had Alcohol before.

"No. You kill me just like you did my freinds. I want to die the same death." I shrugged and walked over to him before grabbing him by the face. His eyes were full of fear, but also I could tell he was being brave. My hands began to shake, and he noticed it. "Now you feel it. The guilt of holding a man's life in your hands. A little to late for that." I growled and snapped his neck. He fell cold and dead. I stood and began to walk home. Hopefully I can get to my room without getting spotted. That was a false promise.

Killua stood in front of me staring at all the dead behind me. I licked my lips before turning into a snow owl, and flying back to my room leaving Killua alone with my victims. We never spoke of that day again, and no one else ever found out.

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