Leorio was now leaning his body over for air, hands planted firmly on his knees as he tried to catch his breath.

'Ha.. ha…. Ha…..'

Kiyoko's dominant arm was now resting beside her body as she watched the man calm down, smiling innocently as she did so. Gon giggled and fell to the ground, slowly calming down from his laughing fit as he tried standing back up.

"Why.. is it always me… that you're… aiming for?" Leorio asked, finally standing up tall.

"It wasn't on purpose nor was it on accident," Kiyoko said, grinning brightly.

'It should be on purpose,' Kuromi snickered.

Killua was now casually eating chocolate on the picnic blanket after the entire jig ended, not even bothering to chew thoroughly. The young fisherman finally stood up straight from the ground and stopped giggling, walking over and sitting down next to Killua.

"Killua, slow down. You're going to choke that way!" Kurapika told the boy.

The young prodigy assassin just shrugged the Kurta off and continued to eat his specially made chocolate.

"He's right, Killua. You might choke on a chunk," Kiyoko told the boy.

"I'm trained to not even care about what I eat, poisoned or not. It's normal for me to eat quickly."

Killua popped another piece into his mouth and stopped chewing, his eyes widening with shock. The boy started pounding his chest quickly and hard to cough out the candy as everyone began to facepalm themselves and sigh at him.

'Oh, great. What an idiot,' Kuromi said.

'Kuro, manners,' Kiyoko thought, heading over to the boy.

The girl was now next to Killua, patting his back as he slowly unclogged his throat from the dessert.

"Man, never again will I eat another piece of chocolate," the boy said after his coughing fit.

The boy looked over to the nearly empty plate with two pieces of chocolate left and decided not to waste them and popped them into his mouth.

"I thought you said you weren't going to eat anymore chocolate?" Gon asked curiously, pulling out a bottle of water and handing it over.

"Werl, I rlied den," Killua spoke, his mouth full of the candy.

Killua accepted the bottle of water Gon had offered to him and gulped it all down after swallowing the chocolate in his mouth, sighing with content.

'Kids.. I don't understand them sometimes,' Leorio muttered.

"What about you, old man?" Killua shot back jokingly.

"I'M NOT THAT MUCH OLDER THAN YOU!" Leorio hollered angrily. "HOW MANY TIMES DO I HAVE TO GO OVER THAT?!"

"Well, if you look at yourself in our point of view, you would see an old perverted business man who is bound to fail at everything," Kurapika pointed out, putting the emptied out bottle away.

'He just complained about kids and now he's calling himself young. Does that mean he doesn't understand himself either?' Kuromi said a mocking tone in her voice.

Leorio sobbed and looked over at Kiyoko as Kuromi took over half of her body.

"Cat Face has a point you know," Kuromi said, making Kiyoko smile nervously and hesitantly nod.

Kurapika sighed and shot a glare at Kuromi after hearing 'Cat Face.'

"You think that way too, Kiyoko?" the man asked, sounding crushed by the truth.

"Errrr, y-yes?" Kiyoko asked instead of said.

"LOOK AT THIS FACE! LOOK AT THIS BEAUTIFUL YOUNG FACE!" Leorio exclaimed with shock. "HOW DO I LOOK LIKE AN OLD MAN TO YOU?"

"I can compare you to our father and see no difference between you both," Kuromi piped in.

The comment left Leorio speechless, his crying soul slowly flying out of his mouth.

"Ah, looks like that killed his insides."

"Kuro…." Kiyoko said.

"Right, right… I won't say another word. For now," the negative girl replied with a light snarl.

The man's white ghost fully escaped his shell and began to drift off into the air, his physical form still in shock as it dropped to the ground. Kurapika grabbed the escaped ghost and shoved it back into Leorio's mouth and down his throat in one swift movement.

"Truth to be told. Take it or continue to lie to yourself," Kurapika said. "Just don't bother denying it when we point it out."

Leorio was now crying near a tree far from the picnic area as everyone watched him awkwardly.

"He's not okay, is he?" Kuromi asked excitedly.

"He's not okay," Kiyoko replied, earning a victorious sounding 'yes!' from her counterpart.

As the man continued to cry in his own little secluded area, the other four began to have a small chat until Kiyoko noticed the sunset.

"Ah. What time is it right now..? Should we head back?" the girl asked.

Everyone looked over to the sun and thought for a bit.

"Mito-san wouldn't mind if we stayed out a little longer," Gon said. "We can stay here and watch the sun set for the time being."

The group members nodded at the suggestion and cleaned up the area before facing in the direction of the setting sun. Leorio got up from his spot and trudged over to the others to join the viewing of the setting sun.

"Done crying yet?" Kuromi asked, smirking at the man.

"Yes, now shut up," Leorio shot.

"If you tell me to shut up, that also means you're telling Kiyoko to shut up," Kuromi pointed out, twirling a strand of hair around her index finger and thumb.

"Ugh, how are you two the same person?" the man scoffed.

"I don't know, ask life," the girl answered.

"How about zip it and watch the sun set with the rest of us?" Killua asked, grabbing Kuromi and Leorio's faces tightly.

"Aughh! Let go!" the two of them exclaimed.

"That's enough, you guys," Kiyoko jumped in. "It's Killua's birthday, so you might as well and heed his request."

Killua smirked and let go of their faces, the two teens now holding their cheeks.

"That's right. It IS my birthday today, so why not listen for once?" the young boy asked.

"If you think about it, Kuromi is always trying to come up with an insult," Gon pointed out all of a sudden. "Leorio is just really bad at holding in his anger like that time he tried attacking an old woman."

"Gon, shut up. That old lady just pissed the hell out of me okay?" the man said.

"We would've been disqualified by then and never met Fuzzball here," Kuromi added.

"Don't call me that, you hag," the assassin replied back.

"Then don't call me a hag!" Kuromi began.

"You started it!" Killua shot back.

"Oh, shut your damn trap!" the girl argued.

"Why don't you, you witch!" the boy claimed.

"SNOW HEAD!"

"OLD LADY!"

"FAGGOT!"

"SLUG!"

"ENOUGH!" Kiyoko yelled, a little frustrated with the argument.

Everyone looked at the girl surprised at her sudden raise of volume in her voice.

"Kuro, go away right now," the girl demanded.

"BUT-!"

"NOW," the girl cut herself off.

Kuromi muttered a few words before leaving the group and returned to her mental form as Killua stuck out his tongue triumphantly.

"Killua, stop that," the girl said.

The boy did what he was told and slipped his tongue back into his mouth, facing back towards the sun with shock at Kiyoko's behavior.

'Note to self: Don't ever make Kiyoko angry. She may be very scary…' the boys thought nervously.

The sky began to change colors; sky blue to purple, orange, pink, and yellow and then eventually to the starry night sky.

"The view is so beautiful!" Kiyoko said, awe struck by the view in the sky.

The girl's eyes were twinkling along with the stars, the reflection clear in her orbs.

"Yeah.." Kurapika said, leaning back a little.

Killua and Gon smirked at each other and quickly shoved Kiyoko over to Kurapika, looking back at the sky as if nothing happened right after.

"Ah?!"

The girl landed on top of the Kurta softly, her eyes closed tight for impact. Kurapika grunted when the girl landed on him and sat up a little.

"Why do you two always do that?" the two teens asked in unison.

"Do what?" the boys asked innocently.

"Shoving her onto me," Kurapika answered awkwardly.

"I don't see a problem with that," Leorio said, a smug look on his face.

"No one needs your opinion," Kurapika shot at the man, making him flinch.

"Let's just head back now," Gon piped in, trying to make things less awkward.

'Agreed..' Kuromi and Kiyoko thought at the same time.

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Finally back at the house, Mito stood at the doorway with Gon's great grandmother, greeting each individual as they entered.

"Happy birthday, Killua. Did you all have fun?" Mito asked.

"Thank you and yes we did!" Killua answered the woman.

"You all must be tired from your day out. Why don't you go wash up and come back down to eat dinner?" the old woman next to Mito suggested.

The group nodded and headed into the kitchen to set down unnecessary items. They then went into Gon's room to grab their clothes and towels.

"Kiyoko should go first since she's a girl here," Kurapika suggested.

"Don't you want to go with her?" Leorio joked.

"No, I don't. I'm not a pervert like you nor am I female," the boy reasoned, sitting down.

Leorio was now chuckling to himself in a very creepy way, a blush visible on his face. The man sent cold shivers down Kiyoko's spine, making her want to leave immediately.

"I guess I'll be going first then…"

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After dinner and their showers, the group decided to hit the sack, tired from the eventful day. Kiyoko cautiously checked around her futon to see if there were any more spiders for the night, earning a chuckle from Killua.

"Don't worry, there's nothing there tonight," the boy said.

Kiyoko released her breath and rested her body onto the futon, fatigue slowly melting away.

"Hey, Kiyoko?" Gon asked.

"What is it, Gon?" the girl replied, her eyes still closed.

"Do you think we can do this again, but on my birthday?" the young boy questioned.

'Oh dear lord…' Kiyoko thought.

"I don't know, Gon, it depends," Kiyoko replied.

'I sure want to,' Kuromi said.

'You just want to hurt them, don't you?' the girl asked.

'Specifically Bookworm and Spectacles.'

'You mean Kurapika-kun and Leorio-san?'

Kuromi grinned mischievously and nodded.

'Of course you would…'

'Well I held back for you today, so be happy about that.'

"Awww…." the boy said, lying down onto his bed.

"Let's just sleep now," Kurapika suggested, pulling up Kiyoko's blanket over her body.

"Good night," the group said, Leorio turning off the lights.

"Wait one thing left before we all fall asleep," Gon interrupted as the man rested on his futon.

Everyone stayed quiet and waited for the boy to say something only to hear him sing randomly.

"Happy birthday to you!" Gon sang.

Everyone smiled in the dark and joined in while Killua looked around the dark room, surprised to see everyone going as far as that to make him enjoy his birthday before it ends.

"Happy birthday to you! Happy birthday, dear Killuaaa! Happy birthday to you!" the group sang quietly, chuckling right after.

"Thanks, guys," the boys said, hiding his joy in his voice.

"No point in hiding it, Killua," Kiyoko said, smiling at herself. "It's still leaking out either way."

"Good night.."

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Sorry for the really long hiatus! I got sick and when I do it, takes me about a month to recover, like from a flu/cold/fever. It sucks.

LAST CHAPTER! I HOPE YOU ENJOYED THIS STORY! Check out my other stories as well, if you like!

~stormy003