𝑀𝑌 𝑅𝑂𝑀𝐸𝑂 ~ 𝐻𝐼𝑆𝑂𝐼𝐿𝐿𝑈

Immunity

By now, Hisoka was seen as a monster by the town. He fed off of men hunting for food in the woods and children wandering too far. Of course, he was a wanderer as well. With no place to live, he had no other choice.

He never got tired... not since that thing had gotten to him 13 years ago... It seemed to have given him some sort of inability to feel much pain. He had tested his own theory by running downhill into a dead tree. He had broken a leg in the process. He heard a quick snap, thinking it was the tree... Then looking down at his leg which was now all twisted and crumpled into a squiggle, he realized that it wasn't the tree... To his surprise, however, it healed in a matter of seconds. The crushed bone straightened itself, making painful crunching sounds and repaired itself completely. 

He had tested this same theory with a knife that he had stolen one day. With one swift movement of the blade, he slashed the flesh on his left forearm, creating a sizable gash. Bright red blood seeped slowly from the stinging burning wound. Not too much of his surprise, just like the broken leg, the gash healed instantly. 

He had even gone as far as slicing open the jugular artery in his neck. (The jugular artery is responsible for supplying blood to the brain and slicing it can be lethal). Hisoka began to feel dizzy and fell to his knees as blood, squirted from the wound in a steady stream. Hisoka tightly gripped the wound, in attempts to stop the bleeding, as he was beginning to lose consciousness. 

would he die?

right here?

right now?

Hisoka's vision began to fade as blood continued to shoot from the wound. He knew at this point he must be on his way out... Everything began to fade... His thoughts... His senses... He could no longer smell the blood... everything turned black... 

he waited... 

no sign of recovery...

it's all over...

...

He would never wake up...

Or so he thought...

Hisoka felt his lungs inflate with cold air... He smelt the blood... He felt the cold ground... His eyes flickered open... he saw red... the blood... he was still alive... He sat up and felt the gash on his neck with his fingers... it was gone... 

It had healed completely... Hisoka had no way of knowing how long it took... The sun was still up... But he still could've been out cold for a couple of days... no... he would be hungry... 

but he WAS hungry...

Hisoka looked around... There was nobody in sight. 

He got up and headed towards town. no... he couldn't hunt in daylight... He'd have to wait until the sun went down.