In My Mind (Hisoka X OC X Illumi)

Chapter 14: An Argument

The next morning Reika woke up to the sound of her phone ringing loudly next to her ear. She rolled around in the empty bed before reluctantly picking it up.

"What?" She her voice drawled, heavy from sleep.

"I see you've just woken up. Get dressed, I'm bringing someone up." Hisoka abruptly ended the call and put his phone away.

"What?!" Reika shot straight up in bed finally processing what Hisoka had said.

She dashed into the bathroom to quickly change and brush her teeth. She was wearing shorts and a plain white t-shirt; she could see a spot of drool on her face, so she washed her face as well. Suddenly there was a knock on the door, Reika walked out of the bathroom and let Hisoka and his company in.

"Your hair is a mess." Hisoka mentioned as he walked in. Reika deadpanned, but quickly recovered when a man in a white button up walked in. His hair was down and slightly in his face and he wore a wrap around his forehead.

"You're the one who called me at 8:30 am." Reika said as she combed through her hair with her fingers.

"This is Chrollo, the Phantom Troupe leader." Hisoka said casually.

Reika's face showed her disbelief as she looked at the other man.

"You told me not to get involved, so you brought the head spider into our room?" Reika looked at Chrollo who simply smiled at her. She begun analyzing his aura and realized his specialist abilities. She took a step backwards from him after she sized him up. He was stronger than he looked.

"You're the one who started it. You fought two spiders last night." Hisoka mentioned as he took a seat on the bed.

"You found out about that huh?" Reika sighed and Chrollo took a step towards Reika who took a step backwards with caution.

"You're much younger than I thought. I'm not here to fight, I just want to talk. Shall we?" Chrollo asked nicely as he motioned towards the two chairs at the table.

"Talk? Why would you want to talk to me? What is this about Hisoka?" Reika looked over Chrollo's shoulder to the clown sitting on the bed.

"Don't ask me, I'm not the boss here." Hisoka closed his eyes and put his hands up in defense.

"Let's just take a seat, Reika." Chrollo's voice was deep, but not as deep as she thought it would sound.

Reika gave up and took a seat in front of Chrollo, although she sat on the edge of her chair tapping her foot nervously. Reika was well aware that Chrollo could take her Nen if the right conditions were met. She wanted nothing more than to just steal his Nen first, but she knew she couldn't do that or that would start a fight.

"Don't be too nervous I'm just curious about you. Would you answer some of my questions for me?" Chrollo asked all too gently.

"As long as you don't steal my Nen, then I suppose I'm fine with that." Reika was on edge but looking at Hisoka made her feel better. If he wasn't on edge, then she shouldn't be.

"I promise I won't steal your Nen. I have no intention of doing such a thing. I guess my first question would be how did you know my ability?" Chrollo was almost shocked to hear Reika's concern, he wanted to find out more about her.

"I'm hypersensitive to Nen, recently I've been able to use that six sense to see people's Nen type and abilities. It is limited though; it gets less accurate the further away someone is." Reika admitted, she wasn't sure why Chrollo was interested in her abilities, but she figured it couldn't be for good.

"What about your Nen stealing capabilities, how do they work and what are their limitations?" Chrollo was straight to the point.

"I can physically hold onto other people's Nen for a few hours, it depends on how strong they are. I can't take it for myself, I can either send it back to them or destroy it, but destroying it takes a lot of energy, so I usually just give it back after a few hours." Reika couldn't believe she was telling all this to a stranger, the head of the Phantom Troupe at that!