Lips unintentionally crashed into each other, eyes widening in shock as they blushed hard with their close contact. Kuromi took over and pushed away quickly, covering up her mouth with her arm right after. Kurapika jumped at the girl's reaction and frowned when he caught sight of her red and rosy pink tipped hair.

"You didn't need to shove so hard, geez…." Kurapika said, brushing his clothes in an annoyed manner.

The cold girl's deep scarlet nearly crimson eyes sharpened into a glare and slowly, but surely reverted back to amber, Kiyoko softening her eyes. Kiyoko dropped her arm back to her side and looked away shyly, sighing to herself to calm down.

"…. S-sorry. I'm all good now…" the girl muttered, bowing to everyone. Leorio shook his head at her split personality's behavior and scratched the back of his head.

"You know, Kuro, you should sometimes just leave the loving couple alone sometimes," the man instructed the absent twisted girl.

'KUROMI, YOU FAGGOT! QUIT CALLING ME KURO! WHEN DID I GIVE YOU PERMISSION TO CALL ME THAT, HUH PUNK?!' Kuromi hollered violently. Leorio

smirked at the negative vibe leaking out of Kiyoko's body and set his hands on his hips triumphantly.

"Shes's screaming right now, huh?" the man asked in a pleased way.

"Err…. Yes…" Kiyoko said, smiling nervously.

'YOU LITTLE ARSE! I WILL STAB YOU AND CUT OFF YOUR LIMBS, FORCED FEED IT TO YOU RIGHT AFTER! NO MERCY!'

"Alright, Kuro, that's going too far. No one's cutting off anyone's limbs and force feeding it to them," Kiyoko said, frowning at herself.

Leorio's smirk disappeared as his face lost all it's colors, looking much like a ghost from the merciless statement.

"So, Kiyoko, fight? Fight?" Killua prompted again, leaning over to the girl and ignoring the aura around her.

"No fight, Killua, no fight."

Killua frowned at her final answer and sulked at not being able to get what he wants.

"PLEASE? I'LL DIE FROM BEING BORED!" he said dramatically, bringing a hand up to his forehead and dropping to the ground.

"Uhh, Killua, I think you're overreacting," Gon pointed out, staring at his friend ignorantly.

'That's the point, Gon,' Killua whispered loudly, frowning a little at the boy.

Kiyoko giggled at the two and shook her head, watching the Killua roll around on the ground and Gon thinking little harder.

"No, Killua. Overreacting won't work either," she laughed.

Kuromi rolled her eyes and crossed her arms together annoyingly, shaking her head at the group.

"You know her as well as we do, Killua. She hates fights, but I'm guessing you're never going to surrender?" Leorio said, patting the boy's shoulder.

"That's the thing! She never fights! She only walks around as Kiyoko and attend really realllllyyyyy weak fights, not even lifting a finger! And when things get really violent, Kuromi takes over! We never knew how KIYOKO fought like!" Killua complained.

"He's got a point. We never saw Kiyoko fight seriously…" Gon said, thinking about their trip at Yorknew City.

The girl chuckled nervously and scratched her head, messing up her tangled hair.

"I may be able to fight, but it doesn't mean I'm very good at it," she reasoned awkwardly.

"No, I just think that you don't take fights seriously, by the looks of it," Killua fought back.

"No, that's not it. I don't know what you're talking about, really," Kiyoko replied back, shrugging a little.

'It feels impossible to make her fight….' Killua muttered.

'You got that right… Why not give up?' Kurapika whispered to the boy suddenly.

".. IT MAY BE IMPOSSIBLE, BUT I WON'T GIVE UP!" the assassin exclaimed, closing his hand into a tight fist.

Kurapika flinched and took a step back to avoid the young boy's fist.

'This boy….' the girl thought wearily.

'Annoying pest, right?' Kuromi asked, enraged at the constant inquiry.

'That's not it… Just very…- You know what, never mind..' Kiyoko muttered. 'I'll just… head back inside now…'

Gon and Killua pouted disappointedly as they watched the girl walk off and pick up her dropped staff next to Kurapika's book.

"I'll head inside as well.." Kurapika suddenly said, picking up his book at the base of the tree and walking towards the house with the girl by his side.

"Hehe, lovey doveysssssssss!" Leorio sang out loud jokingly.

Kurapika stopped in his track and slowly turned back to face the man directly. The boy glowered at the doctor as his eyes slightly alternated from grey to scarlet and back.

"At least I won't grow up to be a sad single old man like you," Kurapika stated stiffly.

"H-HEY!" the man yelled. "Sad old man?! Single?! BAH! You're kidding me! I mean look at me, stunning, very well fit, awesomely manly…. How about you, Shrimp?"

Kurapika smirked and tilted his head only a tweak.

"Me? Why I have a lot of qualities where every girl would fall for me," the boy said as the girl next to him turned around to see what was going on.

Kiyoko tripped over her foot as she turned around to look at the boys once Kurapika stated his reason. The chain user immediately reacted to her small accident and caught her before she landed.

"Ah! She just fell," Gon pointed out, a playful smile plastered on his face.

Leorio cringed at the statement as Killua began to laugh; pointing at the man's ridiculous looking face.

"Hahahahaha! It really did happen!" Killua continued to laugh, tears slowly forming at the corner of his eyes. "It looks like Kurapika wins this! KURAPIKA, 1, LEORIO, 0!"

Leorio groaned and messed up his hair furiously, pointing at the boy right after.

"OH REALLY? FALL FOR WHAT? I CAN MAKE EVERY LADIES IN THIS WORLD WANT ME!"

Kurapika sighed and pulled up his hair in an attractive way, allowing the locks to drop back down to his face.

"You can say my looks as well; not too muscular or built, but not too feeble and fragile. I'm also intelligent, level-headed, cool, many other qualities," the boy listed casually, crossing his arms across his chest.

Leorio growled and looked over to Kiyoko, moving his arm over to point at the girl now.

"What do you think, Kiyoko?" the man asked calmly.

"Eh..? I-I don't know..? Why are you asking me?" the girl spoke quietly, face obviously flustered.

"Aw, come on, you're a girl! You take interest in him don't you?" Gon exclaimed.

"….. I-I don't know….?"

A wave of shock and dismay washed over Kurapika each time the girl continued to say 'I don't know'.

"Come on, say it! Say it!" Killua prompted, waving at the two enthusiastically.

"Er… Uh…. Ha… I don't know what to say….? Hey, has any of you guys seen my calligraphy brush? I think I dropped it somewhere!" the girl questioned nervously, lowering her voice with every word.

Killua face palmed himself and shook his head in a displeased way, sighing a deep long sigh as he did so.

"Don't avoid the question! I'll contact Hisoka to come get you if you don't answer~!" Killua sang.

Kiyoko frown a little and puffed out her cheeks, an expression she uses when she's stuck in a decision she doesn't want to make.

'It's not like Hisoka is here anyways.. I like him, okay….? Why? I don't know why, his personality..?' the girl muttered, blushing at her own statement.

"Not interested in his looks then?" Leorio asked in a smug way.

"….OKAY, I'M HEADING INSIDE NOW, BYE!" Kiyoko said, turning around and speed walking off to the house.

"Hehe, of course she'd pick to answer the question, she wants nothing that deals with fights. At least I finally got her to confess~! ONE STEP AHEAD TO GET HER TO ACCEPT OUR CHALLENGE!" Killua said, laughing at his success.

Gon jumped up and down in a thrilled way, waving his arms open and closed in a pattern every jump he made.

"KIYOPIKA! HAHA!" the boy exclaimed, Kurapika covered up his face and looked down at the floor, heading back to the building as Leorio laughing hysterically with Killua.

"GOOD ONE, GON!" Leorio said, giving the two children high-fives.

"Now I think about, tomorrow is my birthday… I'll just ask her to fight me tomorrow! That way she'll have no choice to refuse," Killua said brightly, hitting his fist onto his palm.

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'Kiyoko, do you know what tomorrow is?' Kuromi asked.

"It's Tuesday, right?" Kiyoko answered, studying her calligraphy brush she uses for her nen techniques.

'No… Well, it is, but that's the wrong answer.'

"It's July 7th, Killua's birthday then," Kiyoko stated, drawing a line in the air at a pencil on the floor.

The pencil stood up and pounced over to where she sat quickly. Kiyoko held her brush firmly in her right hand and closed her eyes, seeing the room through the pencil.

'No, no, no! I don't care about that brat! THINK HARDER!' Kuromi yelled.

The pencil began writing out Kiyoko's thoughts on a piece of paper in front of her, just scribbling away quickly non-stop.

"Hmmmmm….. The very first day I visited Whale Island?" Kiyoko asked, cutting off the control from the pencil.

The pencil dropped back down onto it's side, unanimated, as Kiyoko opened her eyes again.

'NOOOOOO! IT'S THE FIRST DAY YOU ALLOWED ME TO VIEW THE WORLD IN MY OWN PERSPECTIVE!"

Kiyoko set down her brush quietly and scratched her head casually.

"Right… What about it?" the girl asked curiously.

'Oh, never mind..' her other self growled.

"Hey, Kiyoko!" Killua called, running into the room.

"What is it, Killua? I'm not going to accept," Kiyoko said, poking the dried up ink at her brush.

"Guess what tomorrow is? Guess, guess!" Killua asked with a bunch of energy surging throught him, Gon walking in a few second after.

"It's Tuesday…..?" the girl questioned once more. 'This sounds like déjà vu…..' Kiyoko thought to herself.

"Nope! Guess again! It's an important day!"

Gon nodded and leaned forward towards the older girl, a grin present on his face.

"You haven't forgotten, have you?" Gon asked.

"The day I allowed Kuromi to see the world in her own point of view?" Kiyoko continued, playing dumb.

"Noooo!" Killua whined, grabbing at her shirt. "Just think about it! July 7th? Ring a bell?"

The girl didn't answer the boy and grabbed her calligraphy brush, swiping a clean line onto his cheek. The dried up ink on the brush suddenly became wet and fresh once Kiyoko grabbed it and made contact with the boy's cheek.

"…?"

Kiyoko smiled and set her brush back down, the ink immediately drying up again. "Yes, I was joking. It's your birthday tomorrow," the girl chuckled.

"That's right!" Killua exclaimed happily. 'What the hell did she just do? What's with the ink on my face….?' the boy thought, a smile covering up his suspicion.

Kiyoko smiled and pat his head softly, aware of what he was going to say next.

"Since tomorrow is your birthday, I'll have something special for you," the girl said, hugging Killua and Gon.

'Hugs, ha! I bet he has no idea what you are going to do next!' Kuromi said, putting her hands on her hips mischievously.

'Not at all cause I've never done this to him before,' Kiyoko answered her half.

"But I have something else to ask for tomorrow. Can you accept ou-" Killua said, his sentence suddenly getting cut off. 'My voice just clogged up at my throat….'

The boy stared at the girl curiously, bringing a hand up to his cheek as he blinked at the girl's brush.

"Are you preventing me from saying anything more about tha-"

His sentence was stopped once again, the ink preventing him from bringing up his wish to fight her.

"Bingo! Sorry, Killua, but I'm manipulating your speech for now and that word is going to piss off Kuromi," Kiyoko said, snapping her finger to prevent him from saying anything more.

"…..! … …. ….. …!"

Nothing came out of Killua's mouth as he opened it and tried to say words unrelated to fighting.

"And out you go! I'll think about, alright? Now stop asking, please?" Kiyoko said, picking up the brush again and swiping at the air.

Gon and Killua suddenly lost their control over themselves and conscious as their eyes became dull and droopy. The boys groaned a little as they feel unconcious, no longer in their own control.

"Sorry, guys, I could've manipulated your body while you're still conscious, but you know I'm still going to refuse and complain.." Kiyoko said, making the boys walk out of the room aimlessly.

The hidden ink threads wrapped around them disappeared from their bodies after the door closed as the two regained their conscious, looking around curiously.

"Oh! She made us leave against our own will!" Killua complained crossing his arms.

"At least you can talk again, right?" Gon asked, pointing at his cheek.

"Eh?"

Killua brushed his finger across his cheek where the ink was drawn, noticing it was no longer there.

"No wonder I dislike manipulators… " Killua grumbled, fuming at the door before him.

"Let's go, Killua. I have another plan! It'll deal with….. spiders.." Gon said, running back outside.

'So, what are you going to give him for his birthday?' Kuromi asked, sounding uninterested.

"Chocolate. He loves chocolate, so why not?" Kiyoko said, waiting for Gon and Killua to leave the house.

'True, I remember when he cleared a store from their stock of Chocoballs...' Kuromi sighed.

The girl let out a soft chuckle as she went to take a look outside to see them head outside and muster up a new plan for what they would do to get Kiyoko to finally accept the activity they offered. The girl left the room quietly and headed into the kitchen to start making the chocolates from scratch, being watchful of her surroundings.

'Let's get this finished before they head back in…..' the girl muttered.

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"Hey, Kurapika?" Leorio asked. "Hmmmm…?" the boy hummed mindlessly.

"Tomorrow is Killua's birthday. Have you thought of anything for him yet?" the man questioned.

"Hmmmm, we should get together and plan it out for him…. I was planning to make him a cake, but-" Kuapika said, but was cut off mid-sentence by Leorio.

"You can't cook, Cat Face. Remember the 2nd phase of the Hunter Exam?" Leorio said, smirking a little.

'Yes, I remember. Don't mention it, please, Leorio..' the boy muttered, closing his book loudly. "Let's go find Kiyoko and arrange a plan for tomorrow."

The two teens stood up from their seats and headed over to the kitchen, discussing about their plans on the way there.

Kiyoko heard the door opened and looked up from her finished sweets, seeing Leorio and Kurapika staring at her awkwardly.

"Y-yes?" Kiyoko asked.

Kuromi took over half of her body and frowned.

"What do you two want?" Kuromi asked harshly.

"1. None of your business. 2. Kiyoko, are you aware of tomorrow?" Kurapika asked, pointing at the tower of chocolates.

"I'm quite aware. That question has been asked three times already," Kiyoko told them, Kuromi snarling at the boy.

"We were just going to discuss about it with you, but I guess you already started without us," Leorio said, pulling his hands out of his pockets.

"You look weird in a t-shirt," Kuromi randomly pointed out. "You too, Pretty Boy."

"Ehh?" everyone, except Kuromi, said.

"Okay then... Let's go sit down and start your discussion..." Kiyoko said embarrassedly, wiping her hands on a towel.

"Sure..." Leorio said.

The three teens headed over to the small dinging room and sat down around the table. Everyone shared eye contact with each other silently, waiting for someone to start the conversation.

"Okay, so what were you thinking about for his birthday?" Kiyoko asked out of nowhere, resting her chin on her hands.

"I was planning to make a cake for tomorrow," Kurapika began, "But I'm not that good at cooking."

The girl nodded and turned over to Leorio, waiting for his plan to be shared.

"Huh? What? Oh right, ummmm… You know how he and Gon kept asking to spar us?" Leorio started.

Kiyoko sighed and rested her head on the table, arms out in front of her and hair splayed around her messily.

"Yes, yessssss, I knowwww…."

Leorio chuckled a bit and ruffled up her hair.

"If we do accept, I wanted to plan something like… a picnic. Spending time outside in a field with everyone, you know?" the man asked, pushing up his glasses.

"A picnic is fine, but I don't think that she'll accept. She really hates fighting.. Kuromi on the otherhand," Kurapika stated.

"Let's just start making that cake… Dinner is going to be cooked soon, so we need to start and finish it quickly," Kiyoko said.

"Don't go burning it!" Kuromi ordered.

"Right, right…. Like that'll ever happen," Leorio pouted, standing up from his seat.

Outside of the house, the two twelve year old boys could be heard yelling faintly in the field.

"HEY, GON! DID YOU FIND ONE YET?" Killua called, still looking through tall grass.

"GOT ONE!" Gon exclaimed, holding up the bug.

"Okay, so the plan is to scare her with this spider, correct?" Killua asked. "How are we going to do it?"

Gon set the bug into a container and tapped his chin nervously.

"Ummmm…"

Killua groaned and slapped his forehead lightly, causing Gon to flinch and close his eyes tightly.

"You thought of this scheme and yet you don't have a clue on what to do with it…"

Gon stuck out his tongue playfully and stuck a finger up to the air.

"I just thought of it halfway, but I finished the plan just now, no worries!" he said.

"Ehhh? Then what is it?" Killua asked curiously.

"At night, when we all go to sleep, we'll sneak the spider near her futon," Gon said quietly. "Don't worry, it 's not poisonous and won't bite anyone."

"But what about Kurapika?" Killua asked, frowning a little. "He hates spiders as well."

Gon shrugged and rubbed the back of his neck ignorantly.

"He can play as the knight-in-shining-armor for her," Gon giggled, Killua joining in.