'Whrrrrrrrr...'

"Ummmm, Leorio-sa-, I mean Leorio... It's not a good idea to turn on the electric mixer before sticking it in the pre-made batter... It's a warning and I actually MEAN IT! DON'T DO IT!" Kiyoko said, her voice level rising up to a yell.

"Don't worry! I know what I'm doing!" the man reassured the girl, waving the instrument around.

Leorio slowly lowered the whirling mixer into the bowl, now half an inch away from the ingredients, unaware of what would happen if he lowered the turned on mixer into the bowl.

"If I were you, Kurapika-kun, I would back away as quickly as possible," the girl warned, taking steps backwards away from the man.

"Hmmm? You're acting as if he is wielding a dangerous weapon, Kiyo," Kurapika stated carelessly.

'Heh, just you watch, Pretty Boy, Long Face. The mess is going to be put on you,' Kuromi snickered.

'Lesson is about to start...' Kiyoko thought skeptically, standing a good amount of distance away from the two.

Leorio suddenly stuck the mixer into the bowl fully without warning, making the batter fling all over the kitchen and the boys. A small amount of cake batter got onto Kiyoko's face and clothes while Leorio and Kurapika were caked with the mix from their heads to their upper bodies.

"I did warn you boys, didn't I?" Kiyoko said, giving a cheeky bright smile to them both.

Kurapika lowered his eyelids with irritation and disbelief, slumping forward in result. Leorio stood in place and blinked with surprise, the whirling electric mixer still in his hand, lifted out of the bowl.

'You should've listened, Mr. I-Know-What-I'm-Doing,' Kurapika muttered, flinging some batter off his face.

"Hey! Don't blame me! It's not like you knew what to do either!" Leorio hollered furiously, fire coming out of his mouth.

"AT LEAST I WOULD THINK TWICE BEFORE STICKING THE MIXER INTO THE BOWL!" Kurapika defended.

"YEAH RIGHT! KIYOKO EVEN TOLD YOU TO BACK AWAY FROM ME BEFORE I STUCK IT IN! YOU DIDN'T HEED HER CALL AT ALL!" Leorio fought back.

Kiyoko sighed and took out her staff, extending it out fully and hooking a few towels onto it.

'Baaaaaaaaaaka,' Kuromi said in a mocking tone. 'They aren't fit to do any of these housework crap. I don't give a damn if they want to bake this cake, just kick them out of the kitchen or something.'

Kiyoko frowned as she wiped the cake mix away from herself, feeling disturbed by everything near her.

"WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO START OVER IF YOU JUST LISTENED TO HER!" Kurapika reasoned angrily.

"QUIT BLAMING IT ON ME!" Leorio exclaimed.

The man flinched when Kiyoko pressed a clean towel onto his face out of nowhere, wiping down all the batter away from his hair, clothes, the usual sunglasses, and skin.

"Seriously, guys, calm down. It's no one's fault, alright?" Kiyoko said, putting Leorio's glasses back on for him.

Kiyoko dropped the towel onto the table and moved onto cleaning Kurapika who was trying to get the thick creamy batter off himself. The boy jumped when he felt the towel touch his skin and blushed when he saw Kiyoko's usual calm face right in front of him.

"We'll get this down quickly before the two head back inside," Kiyoko said, her voice sounding soft and serene.

"K-Kiyoko.. I can clean myself up... YOU should start on the new cake batter before we mess it up again," Kurapika said, his face all flustered and voice sounding uneven.

"Awwww, don't be like that, Kurapika!" Leorio teased, getting the required ingredients they needed.

The boy glowered at the man and muttered a quiet 'shut up' to him.

'Kiyo, you're too nice! Be more like me or something! Lecture them! Slap them!' Kuromi prompted. 'They messed up the cake, so why not?'

'No thank you, Kuro. You know I hate violence and I plan to stay that way. Uryuu-nii told me to always be myself, so I am,' Kiyoko told her negative personal.

Kuromi suddenly felt an unknown twinge of anger at the mention of Uryuu, clenching her fists tightly. Kiyoko finished wiping off Kurapika's share of batter and dropped the towel on the the table along with the towel she used for Leorio and herself. Kuromi suddenly took over half of the girl's body and put a hand to her hip, clicking her tongue with annoyance.

"Uryuu this, Uryuu that! Why is it always about your brother's will and advice?! Why don't you ever listen to me or more like to yourself?" Kuromi yelled angrily.

The boys looked at the girl with a confused and concerned expression, curious about the sudden outburst.

"Kuromi, don't just randomly take over! We can communicate with each other mentally anyways!" Kiyoko scolded.

"BUT EVERYTHING IS ABOUT YOUR OLDER BROTHER! HE'S ALREADY LONG DEAD AND YOU'RE FREE TO DO ANYTHING YOU WANT NOW!" Kuromi reasoned, anger bubbling in her.

".. I have nothing I want to do. I only wish to live and continue on my brother's way of living," Kiyoko said blandly, getting ticked off.

Kuromi growled and opened her mouth to say something else only to be stopped by her counter self.

"That's enough, Kuro. Not another word about this, please..."

The boys looked at each other and away from the girl with worry, deciding to leave the question lingering in their minds be as Kuromi went back to her designated spot in Kiyoko's body. Leorio added all the ingredients to the bowl again along with Kurapika and waited for Kiyoko to mix it up this time.

"Are you alright?" Kurapika asked, awkwardly kissing the batter she missed off her face.

'I'm fine...' she muttered furiously, jabbing the electrical mixer into the bowl and mixing the ingredients together.

Leorio suddenly leaned over to Kurapika who stood there and couldn't help, but feel useless.

'This is the first time I've seen her this enraged and depressed ... She looks like she'll burst..' Kurapika whispered.

'I think this may be my second or third time seeing her like this..' the man whispered back. 'It's not fun.. She becomes very... murderous if it's taken too far..'

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A while later, the group of teens finally got their cake to bake and decorated in chocolate for tomorrow.

"Okay, we're finished," Kiyoko said, finally calming down.

"Let's hurry and preserve these. Of course, keep it hidden," Kurapika said, bringing the chocolate cake to the fridge.

'HURRYYY! THEY'RE COMING!' Leorio hissed, running back in to help the two younger teens and getting fresh clothes right after.

"Alright, so how do we enter the house without getting this caught in their sight?" Gon asked Killua.

The boy sighed and allowed a look of disappointment cross his face, his eyes lowered.

"Really, Gon? You seriously should think things through before you act..." Killua replied.

Gon released a nervous chuckle and scratched the back of his head embarrassedly, a way to show his apology.

"I'll just climb through the window then!" the boy exclaimed.

"Suit yourself..." Killua said uncomfortably.

The children finally reached the front of the house, Gon and Killua discussing their plans for the night once again quietly before they headed in.

"Alright, don't make a single person in this house suspicious about us, got it?" Killua asked, making sure the plan sticks to Gon's head.

"Got it!"

The boys nodded at each other and went their separate ways for a very short period of time, very short. Gon snuck through the window to his room and immediately began to rummag through his belongings to hide the arthropod. Killua entered through the front door casually, hands in his pockets like usual, as he stared at the teens in the room curiously. Everyone greeted him without a small hint of care in the world in their voices.

"Hey there, Kiddo," Leorio said.

"Good evening, Killua," Kiyoko greeted brightly.

"Ah, Killua, hello," Kurapika waved.

Everyone of them were a little wet from the rushed body rinse, hair a little damp with tiny water droplets.

"Hey, guys," the boy answered slowly and cautiously.

"Hm? Where's Gon?" Kiyoko hummed curiously as the boy walked closer to the small group.

"Oh, he uhh.. had something to do and went to finish it up really quick," the boy lied, smiling his usual smile he gave them.

"I see... I was hoping to ask him something..." Kiyoko said with disappointment, rustling Killua's silver hair.

In Gon's room, the boy finally found a spot where no one would see the caged spider and wiped his forehead with relief.

'I thought I wouldn't find a spot for this guy...'

Killua entered a few minutes later after Gon finished cleaning the mess he created, looking at the room with surprise.

"You sure took long... Kiyoko and the others are waiting for you to step through the front door right now, so you better hurry," Killua told his friend.

"Ah, okay. Thanks, Killua!" Gon said, climbing out the window.

"No need to thank me yet," Killua said, smiling brightly and kicking Gon out the window lightly.

"H-HAAAAAA?! UWAH! OOF!" Gon rubbed the back of his neck and head in pain, looking up at the boy with a playful glare.

"What was that for?" he asked.

"Sorry, but needed to make it look like you did some work," the assassin instructed, sticking out his tongue.

Gon stood up from the ground and brushed the dirt off his shorts and back quickly, walking over to the front door and taking a deep breath. The boy slapped his face a few times and shook the sensation out, grunting a little and opening the door as normal as possible.

"... And there he is now! Let's have a talk, Gon," Leorio suddenly announced.

Gon gave the group a hesitant looking smile, a smile that clearly showed doubt on his face. Kurapika immediately noticed the look on his face and kicked Leorio's leg a little hard.

"Don't do that, you're confusing him," the Kurta said.

"AGH! HEY!"

"Don't fret, you're not going to be scolded or anything," Kiyoko said, giggling lightly.

Gon nodded and headed over to the group, sitting down next to the girl.

"Tomorrow is Killua's special day. Have you thought of anything for him yet, Gon?" Kiyoko asked, resting her hand on the boy's head.

"Not yet actually..." Gon answered thoughtfully.

The teens exchanged smiles and nods to each other looking back at their young friend.

'Well, we've thought about having a picnic tomorrow...' Kurapika whispered with awareness.

Everyone looked at the doorway slowly and turned away after, sensing Killua's nen from inside the bedroom.

'Haa...! That sounds like fun!' the boy replied. 'I'll ask Mito-san to prepare us the lunch then!'

Kiyoko nodded and looked at the other two teens, seeing them smiling at Gon as well.

'Gon, whatever you do, don't tell Killua, okay? We've made him a bunch of chocolate and I want to know his reaction when he sees it!' Kiyoko said happily.

'Kiyoko! Can I play around with your brush?' Killua called from inside.

"Bring it out here then. I don't want you hiding it from me!" Kiyoko answered back.

The boy ran out into the living room in a breeze with the calligraphy brush in his hand, sitting down in between Kiyoko and Gon.

"Can I play around with it too?" Gon asked, his eyes glimmering with excitement.

"Sure, just try not to ruin the hair, okay?"

Killua grinned and began drawing in the air, no ink coming out from the brush. The boy then tried to force a little more nen into the brush and onto his hand, struggling as he did so. A small amount of ink appeared before him after a few seconds, dripping onto his shorts and drying up a second later.

"Manipulating.. ink... is harder than I thought..." the boy grunted, his nen still being transferred to the brush.

"Practice and training makes perfect," Kurapika chuckled.

"Killua, let me try!" Gon exclaimed, holding his hand out.

Killua stopped his nen from entering the instrument, passing the brush to Gon and releasing his breath out tiredly. Gon focused his nen into the brush and began to strain himself a little.

"... Nnghhhhhhh... NGHHHH...!"

Ink droplets slowly appeared at the tip of the hair, dripping back onto Killua's shorts and dried up again.

"O-OI, GON!" Killua exclaimed.

Everyone smiled awkwardly at the boy as he halted his nen from transferring, panting a little.

"I give up... Kiyoko!" Gon suddenly exclaimed.

Kiyoko jumped a little and looked at him curiously.

"Yes?"

Gon grabbed the teen's wrist and handed the brush back to her.

"What can you manipulate with this brush? Are you able to manipulate things without it?"

Kiyoko sighed and and blinked, thinking about how to answer all his questions in one go.

'Hey, Kiyoko?' Kuromi called out of nowhere. 'Did I offend you?'

No answer came from the girl as she twirled her brush several times.

"No, Gon. This is my instrument of choice and it acts as if it were conjurer's weapon. My nen is distributed evenly in the brush and my entire body, actually my hand has a little more nen than the rest of my body. I can't control anything, but ink, without the brush," Kiyoko responded slowly.

'I'll take that as a yes... Well, sorry. Talk to me whenever you're ready.'

Kuromi heard a light chuckle from herself and lifted her head.

'It's alright. I'm just upset that you would say something like that about my brother. It was a first hearing you mention him that way,' Kiyoko replied.

"Next question, ummm, I can control living and non-living things. For non-living things, I can't control things that are stuck to the ground obviously and heavy things requires more energy. For living things, I can control them and knock them out cold or allow them to remain conscious. I can't control things from a certain distance, maybe around... 23-25 meters? Not too sure..." Kiyoko explained.

The brush landed cleanly in her hand as she grasp the brush softly.

"I have to write down 'control' at the object or creature I want to take over. If I draw the kanji characters for 'rule,' I will knock out a person or creature unconscious. It's not that easy to break away from the control even if you are awake though it's possible."

Everyone paid close attention to the girl and nodded every few seconds with interest, making her a little uncomfortable.

"Killua, remember when I prevented you from speaking?" Kiyoko asked, swiping the ink away from his shorts.

The ink faded once her hand went over the boy's shorts where the spill was, acting as if it was cleanly washed off.

"Ah! Yes! How did you do that?" the boy asked.

"Well, to control speech, I draw the characters for voice and decide when to cut you off or not with my brush, swiping downwards to stop you. When I snap my fingers, you will become mute until I remove the ink or snap again. There's a way to remove the ink, but I'm sure you can figure it out yourself."

The kids quietly went 'Ohhhh...' and looked at each other.

"What about Kuromi? Can she manipulate things too even though she's a transmitter?" Gon questioned.

"Mmmm, no... but her transmitting skills are quite out of hand.." Kiyoko said, quieting down.

Kiyoko painted the air at a flower petal with a few strokes and flung the plant into Kurapika's hair.

"?!"

The boy tried brushing it off himself only to have the pink petal float back up to him by Kiyoko's will. Leorio stifled his laugh and pointed at the boy's hair.

'That looks good on you," he chuckled, Kurapika frowning at the man.

"I'm allowed to control things one at a time, unless it's something small and light I can control multiple, each for about 3 hours and I can alternate between my vessel of choice. The time spent doesn't restart until I remove my nen from the object or until 3 hours is up. When I control more than one thing, take flower petals for example, they would be moving around differently, something like... creating a storm of flower petals or shooting leaves like daggers," the girl said, setting down her brush. "The ink dries up when I'm not using it. Strange, right?"

'Somehow, her ability reminds me of Baise and Basho...' Kurapika muttered, giving up on taking the petal out of his hair.

The boy sat there with a disturbed looked on his face when he thought of Baise's manipulating ability, Instant Lover. He then thought of what would've happened if she use it on him and went fully pale afterwards, wanting to vomit.

Gon nodded his head furiously and focused his sight at the odd calligraphy brush. Kurapika's hair was tangled with the petal caught in the mess, the boy unable to find it on his head. Kiyoko motioned the boy over and pulled out out carefully, trying hard not to hurt him and damage the plant.

"Then, when Kuromi splats the ink out of the brush and creates a beast, that would be transmutation?" Gon asked.

"Yes, she's extending the amount of ink she uses with nen when she creates the beast. It's not like she's controlling a human being or inanimate object," Kiyoko replied.

"Wait then how about when you both are present?" Leorio suddenly decided to ask."I believe none of us saw it happen before."

Kiyoko sat there and allowed Kuromi to answer this question, hair tipping with red.

"Truth to be told, Kiyo and I don't know either. That's never happened before and never risked it. It may be like when we turn into a Lynith and we don't use up too much energy as we thought when either of us change into one. It could be the opposite. Heck, I don't even think we ever turned into a Lynith when we were BOTH present," Kuromi said.

"Is it that dangerous?" Kurapika asked.

"Don't know," Kuromi and Kiyoko said in sync.

'Gon! Everyone! It's time to eat dinner!' Mito called.

"I bet I can eat more servings of tonight's dinner than you!" Gon challenged.

"Ohhh, you're on!" Killua exclaimed, the two running into the dining room.

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"Ha... That was good," Leorio said. "Hey, Killua. Are you planning to do anything with Gon tomorrow?"

The boy got into his futon and yawned a little, tired from fishing nothing and looking for a spider right after.

"We were planning to fish again, but other than that, nothing important is going on," Killua answered.

"Great! Let's all hang out tomorrow!" Leorio said excitedly.

"Sounds fun!" Gon exclaimed, standing near the light source.

"Alright, then. We should sleep early to have enough energy for the day," the Kurta in the group said, slipping into his futon.

"Good night, guys.." Kiyoko yawned.

Kuromi knew what Kiyoko would want everyday and took over half of her body.

"... Night, freaks.." the girl said, returning to her spiritual state.

The other boys exchanged their good wishes for the night and laid down tiredly.

"Night!" Gon exclaimed, turning off the lights.

The boy walked over to his bed and got onto it, only to slip off the bed from the other side quietly. Gon silently dug out the hidden caged spider and tiptoed over to where Kiyoko and Kurapika slept. The young boy gave 2 quick taps on to Killua's shoulder to call him out of bed, the stealthy boy quietly removing his blanket and shifting over to Kiyoko. Gon tugged at Killua's shirt to tell him he was going to release the insect, earning a tug back. The boy opened the cage and allowed the bug to wander out of it, quickly hiding the cage and returning to bed once it was fully outside of the box. Kiyoko felt something move across her arm slowly and began to freak out, sitting up in bed and screaming a terrified scream.

"W-what? What's wrong?! Kurapika asked worriedly, sitting up from bed immediately.

Leorio went to turn on the lights and found the spider crawling near Kiyoko's futon. Kurapika's eyes went scarlet once he caught the sight of the bug, pulling the girl away from it and conjuring up his chains. The boy used his dowsing chain and killed the arthropod on the spot, his eyes returning to his usual brown after the entire commotion.

"So... Where did that damn thing come from?" the boy asked, smiling a dangerous smile.

Kurapika pulled the girl closer to him and tightened his grip around her.

"Gon? Killua?"

"Ehehehe... Sorry..." the boys apologized.

"Go to sleep. No more pranks or Kuromi would kill you," Leorio warned.

Kurapika hid his conjured chains on his hand and laid back down with the girl in his arms, not even caring about their position.

"K-Kurapika-kun?" the girl called, blushing at their body contact.

"You're staying here. Don't want anything else happening around you," the boy stated blandly, pressing her body and face closer to his chest.

Butterflies began to form and flutter in Kiyoko's stomach, the feeling bothering Kuromi.

'I'm going to be sick...' the girl said, sticking out her tongue.

'... It looks like he played his role successfully...' Killua said, smirking at the two.