Forgive me if I wrote anything inappropriate or weird. I am not a perv or whatever! It simply came across my mind while I was writing so forgive me.

Feitan touched my upperarm, checking if my pigment was dry. I blushed a bit as his fingers trailed on my skin, "It's dried." He cluelessly said, not aware of my blush.

He then surprisingly caressed my upperarm with his thumb, which made me shudder. I could've sworn seeing that odd little smirk of his. I blushed at this, though, it went even more crazy when his caress went down to my lower arm. "F-Feitan--!" He was suddenly on top of me surprisingly.

He smirked and whispered to my ear, "Etherell.." His whisper made me shudder a lot as my cheeks went into the full rouge texture of red. "You're not afraid of me, are you?"

"I-I'm not..!" I faced away. I can't look at his smirk and face. Everytime I look at it, I just uncontrollably blush.

"Liar. You're lying." His nails dug into my neck as a streak of blood leisurely rolled down, "Tell me the truth. Don't tell me I have to torture you."

I rolled my eyes, "Since when does your torturing ever work on me?" He smirked and got off of me. I sighed in relief, "What a bothersome. You made my hair stand up." I sat up and looked over to my hair. There were indeed hairs standing up.

"That means you're scared. You lied to me." He crashed his rump on the stone near me. "I should really find a way to make you tell me the truth." He then smirked and leaned closer to me.

I blushed, "D-Don't do anything!" I looked away, covering my head.

"Relax, I'm not a perv." He went away and sat normally which made me feel and breathe normal now.

"Yeah, but you are a sadist."

He chuckled sadistically, "Right. I'm a sadist." He leaned closer once more and whispered to my ear, "And a sadist loves pain, right?" He whispered which made me shudder and flinch.

Why is he like this? I haven't turned into any of my sides and this is what I get?! I sighed and pushed him away by my palms on his chest, "Wh-What are you e-e-exactly try to obtain from m-me?" I croaked out. I was stuttering, extremely stuttering.

He leaned away and shrugged, "Practically, your heart. No, maybe it isn't. Or maybe it is. Um, it isn't." I blushed really really hard. "Wait, remove that statement."

"Which one?!" I blinked and witnessed his small smirk. I..can't hold this much longer. Whenever I blush, I immediately lose focus, wh-which means.. My eyes then turned into the Enhancer's, the blue ones. "Fei-chan, Do you love me?" She tilted her head.

Feitan lost interest and turned away from her with a cold look, "No. No way. Not even if the world's ending." He snapped which made Enhancer laugh.

"Are you seriously only accepting Transmuter?"

"Yes. Only Etherell. Not you."

Enhancer rolled her eyes, "What. A. Pity. I wanted to play with you but guess I can't drag any amusement since you ignore me." She winked before bringing me back.

I sighed, "What did she say this time? Was there a deal?" Feitan shooked his head. I sighed in relief, "Thank god. It won't be too awkward then." I tucked my rolled-up sleeve back down to cover my arm. The ink was dry so there'll be no worries of whether the tattoo might disperse.

"Are you..feeling fine now?" I nodded and suddenly felt warm hands wrap around me.

"F-Feitan..?"

"I wanna hug somebody, alright? Never hugged anyone in my life and I want to know what it feels like. Be quiet or I swear I'll do something." He snapped as he caressed my hair. His threat didn't work on me this time. I was too busy in blushing after he caressed my hair that I forgot to react.

I hugged back and brushed my face on his hair, "Y'know, if you want a hug, then you could've just asked for one." He emitted a sound of annoyed or disapproval by clicking his tounge.

We heard footsteps coming which made us pull away before that person could reach our location. "Guys, Danchou wants us to meet up with him at Hotel Beitacle." Shalnark went in and examined the both of us. "WAIT. If you two were here, ALONE, then what could've happened when none of us were here?"

"Probably they'll do the dirty." Phinks peeped behind Shal, emitting kissing sounds which made us blush madly.

"Tch, shut up."

"U-Urusee." I covered my fave with my palms but then focused on the crisis. "Wait, why does Danchou want us to meet him and the others?"

"Dunno. It may be something important so let's go!" Phinks told me before heading out, followed by us. Feitan, Phinks, Shal and I were the only ones heading to meet up with Nobunaga and the others.

"Why did Danchou call us so quickly?" I asked and earned nothing but a shrug from the three. It annoyed me so well that sometimes I even wonder why'd I asked.

"Etherell, you sure you want to come?" Shalnark concernly asked me which made Feitan keep an eye on him. Is there something wrong? "You were very drained out awhile ago."

"Chigau. Chigau. I actually feel fine now." I smiled at him warmly. I'm so happy that people are having the concerns for me. Even though Genei Ryodan is a group of thieves or killers, they actually are nice. They treat each other like family since most of them are outcasts and have no experience of having a parent or family to take care of them.

Shal smiled back, "Good to know."

"Shal, let's switch places." Feitan snapped, pulling Shal who was next to me away to switch positions. Right now, Feitan was right beside me.

"What? Why?" Shal questioned cluelessly, right after being dragged. Feitan just gave him a glare for him to shut up. What I didn't expect was Feitan to grab my hand and intertwine it with his. I blushed super red. He didn't seem to notice since he was too angered at Shal.

"Did Danchou..and the others obtained the Scarlet Eyes?" I asked, blushing a bit.

"No. I heard nothing from him. He just said to head to Hotel Beitacle and that's that."

"Something must've..happened to make Danchou call us." Feitan mumbled beneath his mask but still locked scary eyes on Shal who kept giving him a confused look.

"I assume it is something volatile." I recommended.

"No. That's not what I had in mind."

"Yo, Eth," Phinks called, catching my attention. "If we happen to meet up with one of your associates, what would you do? Would you still be on our side or theirs?" Shal and Feitan locked their eyes on me. They were giving me an expression that made me fear them. They seem pretty tense about betrayal.

I thought about it. Gon and Killua are my friends. I appreciate our friendship but Genei Ryodan is something that is considered as a lifeline to me. I'm from Meteor City and most of them are too. They are deemed like a family to me, my only family. I would never betray the spider.

I smiled and replied, "Of course I would. The spider is like my family. Why wouldn't I stay on your side?" Feitan relaxed a bit and his clasp on my hand softened. Shal nodded and agreed. I stared up at the sky. It was already night. It was raining. I sulked, "Uhm, is it me or..whenever I come out, there's always a rainshower?"

"That's just a coincidence." Feitan let go of my hand which made me feel a twinge of sadness but I understood why because it was to dredge out his umbrella. He scanned me and the others. "My umbrella only fits two or three people. Somebody has to back out."

Shal and Phinks already knew that Feitan was choosing me for the first one, while the other one has to be one of them. They exchanged glances and both said, "I'll be in the umbrella!" They blinked and swapped glances once more.

"We..flip a coin?" Shal blinked.

Phinks nodded and snagged out a coin. "I'll be heads."

"Tails." Phinks threw the coin in the air as we watched it 'till it fell down on his palm, flipping it on his arm. "Well?" Phinks peeked behind his palm and groaned. Shal grinned, "What? Too scared?" His smug grin made Phinks scoff and show the coin.

It was.. "It's tails." Phinks groaned.

Shal laughed, "I win!" He deftly lunged inside the umbrella, between Feitan and I. "Such a rainy day, huh?" He smiled, making Feitan scoff and guard me in case Shal tries to hug me or anything.

"Gah, I hate this!" Phinks covered his head with his hands and felt the rain wet him up. "I should've chosen tails.." He grumbled to himself.,

"Well, you have yourself to blame." Feitan rolled his eyes as I chuckled by his words.

Shal laughed as well, "Well, if you were the one who won, you wouldn't fit in the umbrella. Fei's umbrella is quite small."

"Well, what do you expect?" Feitan gestured, "This is made only as a weapon, not an umbrella that much. I only use it in rainy days because I'm sensitive enough to get a cold."

"So that explains why you have a cold." I added.

"Yeah. This mask is pretty handy. I hardly get a cold now."

Phinks' phone then rang. He answered it as the three of us stopped our tracks and payed attention but the rain was preventing us from hearing his conversation. The only thing I could tell was a crisis happening. Phinks was shock at first but nodded.

"So what happened?" Feitan asked.

"Danchou has been captured." Phinks nonchalantly replied after ending the call. My eyes widen a bit, that's quite impossible. Danchou is strong. "Nobunaga wants us to hurry up so let's go!"

"You said that line twice." Feitan told him before us four jumped from building to building sideways.

"Shut up!" We went in impressive speed. Any human who isn't skilled at or doesn't know Nen would be unable to detect our movements. If I'm not mistaken, it would take minutes for us to get to Hotel Beitacle.

"So why was Danchou captured so easily?" Feitan lifted a brow as he closed his umbrella as he pounced from roof to roof.

"I don't know! Ask Nobunaga when we get there! He's the one who called!" Phinks ranted, earning a cold complain from Feitan. Us four went in seperated direction. It was a race to Hotel Beitacle and you wouldn't know just how Enhancer loves games.

Before I could realize, I turned into the Enhancer. She creased a sinister grin from ear to ear, "Whoo-hoo, yeah! Let's do this!" She went ahead of the three, discharging purple circular bolts of pure radioactive energy and launching them as thrown circular projectiles whenever something like a sign gets in her way. This was an Emitter's power. She used an On's ability. She could wield any aura types whenever she wants to.

"Huh? The Enhancer?" Shal eyed on her from the corner of him eye as he jumped from roof to roof. "Isn't that an Emitter's strike attack?"

"Great. She's here." Feitan rolled his eyes as he ran after her over the buildings sideways. He raked at Phinks who was keeping an eye on her in horror, "Yo, Phinks, can you handle it? You'll sound like a feminine at this rate." Phinks snarled at him for implying him as a feminine person but lately stared at the Enhancer reluctantly. He gulped.

Enhancer crazily laughed with her tounge jutting out as she jumped from building to building. Shal blinked, "Uh-oh. I can feel it, guys. That murdering bloodlust mixed with her madness. I can tell she's about to kill someone.",

"And I won't be the one changing her back." Feitan moved away from Enhancer, trying his best to not get spotted by her or else she'd force him to do something ominous.

"Why? How do you change her back?"

"Well, it's simple. You ask her what she wants to turn back to Etherell but whenever you ask, she'll ask something bizzarre. I was asked for..something." a small tint of a pink blush rouged on Feitan's cheeks.

"Huh?"

"No." He looked away, reverting back his usual white skin. "Anyways, if you'd be the one to ask her, she might request something brutal like gouge your eyes out."

"So she's a sadist?" Phinks batted his eyes. "Well, wha da ya know. Somebody here does resemble you, Fei, and that person is very scary."

"She's not scary, Phinks, just annoying and creepy. You're the only one who thinks that." A matter of time required for us four to get to Hotel Beitacle. I reverted back to the Transmuter in no time.

I stretched my back, "Man, remind me never to portray as Enhancer ever again. I keep having cramps on the back." I flailed my around as it helped. I don't feel pain but it really bothers me to not have a proper backbone.

"That took a while than expected." Feitan mumbled before the four of us went in the hotel's lobby to meet up with the others. "I expected it to be a minute but I guess it took two or three?"

Us four saw the others and some..surprising guests. Killua and Gon were restrained by Shizuku and Nobunaga. My friends. Oh no. Phinks saw my shock reaction before demanding an explanation, "Explain."

"The lights went out." Shizuku replied, which was not much of a useful explanation.

"Danchou was taken in that instant." Nobunaga added as we approached them. I hid myself behind Feitan to avoid the kids' gazes. They didn't seem to recognize me but I just..couldn't face them.

"Here's the message from the chain user." Kortopi handed out a note (It had the language from Hunter X Hunter.) Feitan glanced at me from the corner of his eye and mentally told me that it was best for me not to speak and that there's nothing for me to worry about.

While Phinks and Shalnark looked over to the note, I stayed silent from behind and relaxed my eyes. "Why didn't you go after him immediately?" Feitan asked.

"Machi and Paku were injuried." Was Nobunaga's reply yet it wasn't enough.

"So?"

"He has allies who are pro Hunters."

"So?"

"Read between the lines! It proves we can use these kids as hostages. If we give chase and let them escape, it's over! Danchou has probably been captured by those chains that Uvo couldn't break. It'll be difficult for him to escape on his own!"

"Probably?" Phinks frowned.

"The lights went out! We couldn't see! By the time our eyes adjusted, Danchou was gone. We weren't in any condition to move."

As I watched them pass glares to one another, I sighed boredly yet it was quiet. "We're using Gon and Killua as hostages again? If they escape--"

"They won't. I'm sure of it." Machi snapped which I lifted a brow.

"Sure? Why do I feel like you're underestimating them?"

"Okay, we can assign the blame later." Shalnark raised his hands to calm everyone down but I clicked my tounge in disapproval. "For now, we need a plan."

"E-Etherell-sama?" Killua finally recognized me, catching Gon's attentions. Whoops. I got caught. I stepped aside, away from Feitan by a distance.

"You're with these guys?" Gon's innocent eyes were shattering me in pieces. This kid reminded me of when I was a kid. I was too innocent and too young to taste betrayal. "Have you..betrayed us and joined Genei Ryodan?"

"Be quiet." Shizuku snapped, strengthening her grip on Gon's wrists.

I clasped my hands and closed my eyes, sighing, "Gomene, Gon, Killua. But I decided that being a Ryodan member is better." I'm afraid to face or look at them in the eye. Whenever I'm willing to, I just feel weak. So this is weakness.

"H-How is better? Does betraying your friends make you feel better?" Gon was crying. I just can't..take it.

Feitan was about to snap. I can feel his aura strengthening. He was obviously pissed off by Gon's foolish (only to him) words. But I stopped him by giving him a weak smile, he clicked his tounge and looked away. "It..doesn't. But I can't choose any sides no longer. The first thing that went in my mind was joining Genei Ryodan.. Gomenesai." I stink at saying sorry or trying to explain myself. Sometimes I don't even understand the logic of me.

The kids just stayed silent. There was an awkward silence 'till Phinks' phone rang. He dredged it out, "It's Danchou." Everyone, including me turned to him out of shock and curiosity. Was it really Chrollo? He answered it, "Moshimoshi?"

"I have three demands." Kurapika's voice was heard from the phone. I don't know if Phinks was in speaker mode but we could hear their conversation pretty well.

"The chain user?"

"The general rule is that my demands are absolute. If you don't obey, I will kill your leader immediately. First - don't follow me. Second - don't harm your two hostages. Third - put that Pakunoda woman on the phone."

"Can I ask you something first? It's about the second demand. The two hostages put up a struggle, and we had to break a few bones." I blinked after he asked that. Is he insane? I mean, I could see his smirk from all the way here but I know Kurapika. He won't allow that to happen, even if it means leaving Gon and Killua stuck with the Troupe while Danchou's out there in a crisis with Kurapika.

"Then we're done negotiating." Kurapika curted before immediately ending the call. We could see Phinks' sweatdrop very well as he called him back. "What is it?" Kurapika answered.

"Sorry. I was lying." Shal and Shizuku cluelessly exchanged glances. "Both of them are unharmed."

"This is your last chance. Don't you dare fool around. Now, again, put Pakunoda on the phone."

Phinks grudgingly gave Pakunoda the phone, with his hand shaking shamefully. He could feel Machi and Nobunaga ready to smack his head. "H-Here. He wants to talk to you." Paku glanced at his disappointed face then to the phone then back at his face before taking it.

Right after that, Phinks downright got spanked in the head by everyone's favorite spanking couple; Machi and Nobunaga.