I Found What I Was Missing

Chapter 68: Trickster

Trickster

He wasn't sure at first what it was that woke him, but he couldn't have been asleep for more than a few minutes. He struggled to open his eyes at first, blinking rapidly; they burned. He had recovered at least some of his energy, but it wasn't nearly enough.

Killua sat up in the medical bed, head slowly turning this way and that as he tried to pinpoint what exactly had brought him back to consciousness.
“Hey,” Leorio spoke gently from his left. “Why are you awake already? You need to get some rest,” he stated, gently pushing against Killua's shoulder to get him to lie back down again.

Killua blinked up at him in surprise, frowning lightly. “I just-something woke me up,” he explained, sighing as he relaxed back into the bed.
Leorio pulled the covers up to his collar bone, covering his bare torso. Killua tried to think about what it had been, far too bothered by it to let it go, but his mind wasn't thinking fast enough.

“Really? Maybe you're just feeling on edge because Izuku and Gon aren't here,” Leorio suggested as he sat back down.
Killua shrugged, eyes focusing on the older male beside him. Something seemed different about Leorio, he just couldn't figure out what.

“Hey, old man, can I have some water?” Killua asked, eyes trained on his friend.
Leorio chuckled softly as he stood up. “Sure,”
Killua tensed, frowning as he watched the other turn his back on him. The omega sat up and slid out of bed; this was not Leorio.

Leorio would have freaked out at being called old man like he usually did, but instead, he hadn't reacted at all. Another thing was that his glasses were missing. Could he fight off this intruder with how little stamina he had recovered? He wasn't charged, so he couldn't use Godspeed or any electricity based attacks.

“Killua?” Leorio's voice broke him out of his reverie, causing him to tense. “What are you doing out of bed?”
Killua bit the inside of his lower lip as he thought. This person looked and sounded just like Leorio, they even acted like him, too. Well, mostly.

Could Leorio have let the comment about his age slide because Killua was tired and had been injured? It was possible, the old man was soft sometimes at the weirdest time.
Killua hesitated. “Are you really Leorio?”

The other person stared at him for a second before he burst out laughing. “You dumb brat, of course it's me,” he chuckled.
Killua relaxed somewhat, chuckling breathlessly; he was just being paranoid.

“Sorry, I'm a little tense right now,” he spoke as he sat on the bed, smiling up at the other male as he was handed a glass of water.
“Understandable,” Leorio replied, watching as Killua drank the water, reaching into his back pocket.

“And rightfully, too,” Leorio added
Killua made a confused noise, frowning once more as he looked up at Leorio. It was only thanks to his assassination training that he was able to defend himself.

Leorio's movements were quick and precise, silver blade swishing as it sliced through the air. Killua brought his arms up to protect his face and throat, gritting his teeth as pain bloomed in his left forearm.

Killua gracefully jumped out of bed, putting it between himself and his attacker. Blood trickled steadily down his arm and the blade; he glared fiercely at the intruder.
“Who are you?” He hissed.

The person only snickered as a reply and suddenly, Killua watched as globs of...something fell off of their skin, little by little revealing his true attacker. It was that girl from the League, he couldn't remember her name, but he had seen her with Dabi when he was held captive.

She had a blush on her cheeks, blond hair tied up with a crazed smile on her lips. She was also completely naked. Killua couldn't stop the mortified blush as he gaped, feeling incredibly uncomfortable; he'd never seen a naked woman before!