Of Hunters and Homunculi (Discontinued)

Fight

(AN) hey y'all so long story short I forgot this existed and tbh this draft has been here since I last updated and I kinda forgot to post it. I figured might as well cuz I started getting notifications about it again. I'm probably not going to continue this story due to health
concerns hope y'all understand. :/

Killua quickly backed away from the Asian man, his eyes cold and wary of Killua.

"Who are you?" he demanded. "Your Qi, it's strange, not like that of anybody I know"

Killua looked at Ling, examining him before speaking, "Yeah, I could say the same about you" he taunted, never averting his gaze.

"Relax, I'm not here to hurt anybody," he continued nonchalantly as he put up his hands up defensively. "I came here to ask a few questions. Nothing more, nothing less." He stated as he sat down. "Now, I all wanted to know how someone can conceal their presence as good as you two. I mean, no one around here knows how to do it so how do you?"

Ignoring the boy's question, Ling and Lan Fan starred at the boy. "How come we didn't sense his Qi earlier? With Qi like his, it's nearly impossible not to notice him beforehand'" The two comrades looked at each other, believing Killua to be connected to the homunculi, they both took fighting stances, watching Killua's every move. His attitude seemed to catch them off guard. They reasoned that if an enemy that clearly wants to stay hidden and gets revealed by their enemy, wouldn't they do anything in their power to stop said enemy from getting away?

"What's your name?" Ling finally said, breaking the deafening silence.

Killua looked over at Ling, before casually responding, "Killua."

Ling was wary of Killua, he opened his mouth to speak again when they were rudely interrupted by two massive auras fastly approaching.

"Lan Fan!" Ling called out, "Flank them! Quickly, they'll be here any second" Ling sped off in the direction of the two approaching auras when they were met with a large pound of human flesh, speeding across the rooftops. Lan Fan kicked him right in the face.

Killua whistled as the large, buffoonish man went flying across rooftops. The big hunk of meat bounced and eventually landed on a rooftop. You'd imagine that after taking a hit like that, you'd at least have a few cuts and bruises, maybe even a little bit of dirt; but, you would be mistaken.

Ling diverted his attention from Killua, he sensed something different about the large man that put him on edge. See, Killua had a large presence, but it was only his. Gluttony, however, had a large presence that made up of many thousands of people.

"Hi, how's it going? That is one pretty unusual body you've got there," Ling exclaimed in a happy-go-lucky tone as the large man looked up in confusion. "Just how many people are inside you?"

"Who are you?" Gluttony asked, confused. "Don't bother running, I sense your presence, and I can follow it." Lan Fan threatened. "Follow? Me? Then I'll just eat you!" Gluttony opened his mouth to reveal an Ouroboros tattoo, confirming Lan Fan and Ling's suspicion that he was a homunculus.

Just below them, a shadow emerged from the alley below them "So, you're able to detect his presence, are you?" Bradley stated as he drew his swords, "Well, that's quite the nuisance. Let's take care it" In a flash, Bradley sprinted towards Lan Fan, Ling attempted to warn his companion, but it was too late. Bradley swung his sword with a mighty slash, destroying her mask as well as creating a large wound into her shoulder.

The attack sent her flying back onto a nearby roof. One of Bradley's swords was sliced in half. "Clever. You took a swipe at me with your kunai" he said while inspecting his sword. Gluttony asked if her can eat the girl, his eyes mad with excitement. Bradley sent Gluttony off to eat Lan Fan, ordering him to make it quick. In a flash Gluttony jumped at Lan Fan but thankfully Ling was able to protect her in time with a swipe of his blade. Carefully, Ling picked up Lan Fan and pointed his blade at Bradley.

Killua was surprised to see the sudden turn of events play out. However, he knew that they weren't easily going to let them go. Killua turned towards Bradley and cursed himself as he thought of what to do next.

"Take the girl and run, I can deal with these two guys myself." Killua told Ling as he looked towards Bradley, his eyes darkening.

Ling, still unsure of Killua's allegiances, looked towards him for a mere moment , his blade still pointing Bradley when all of a sudden-

CLANK!