Spider X Yorknew X Assemble
Mika's POV
We were all moved to a blimp and about 31 hours had passed since we've been on it. If you look down you were able to see Yorknew City. "There it is." Baise said.
"So that's Yorknew City?" Basho asked and Baise took out a piece of paper.
"The annual Yorknew Auction." She said. "Held once a year it's the biggest auction the world. An item that was bought for 10 million one day, could be sold for 100 million the next. This is the place to strike it rich."
"Yes, but I also heard that various Underground Auctions take place here." Melody told her. "And these deal with exclusively in black market items."
"Well there you have it, we get hired to protect the Boss while she get's done a little business under the table." Basho looks back at. "By the way where did that blond kid, wonder off to?"
"Huh?" Melody said and looks around. "He was here a moment ago. Where did he go? Maybe he's in the bathroom." They look over to me and I shrug.
"It's not my responsibility to watch after him. What's his business stays his business." I say emotionlessly and Basho sighs and I hear him say.
"I wish we didn't have to work with an emotionless brat like her."
I take out one of my knives and throw it towards his head but sadly, he dodges.
"Hey!" He yells and starts at the knife which made a whole in the iron wall. "What do you think you're doing?"
"I heard what you said." I said and use Hatsu and a boy with black eyes and white hair appears beside me. He looked about 18 years old and was 5'6". He was wearing an all black outfit. His shirt was long sleeved and his pants reach down to his feet and are tucked in his large black boots. He was also wearing a trench coat with a hood. His wasn't wearing his mask, it only appears when I tell him to attacks someone. His Nen was a bright, bloody red and one of my needles was glowing red, but you had to use Gyo to see it.
"Who's that?" Basho asks nervously and the tension in the room increases.
"This is Akumu, he's one of my abilities, but he's in his human form right now." I explain.
"If you wanted me to kill someone, you should know that I'm the best at long distance. You should have just asked Yami." He says emotionlessly and observes all of them.
"I just wanted to scare them." I say and smile. "You're not needed, sorry to bother you."
"No problem." He says and stretches. "I'll tell everyone you said hello." I release Gyo and he disappears.
"Executioner's Judgement." I say to them. "His attack takes the longest but it's the most effective and fastest way of killing."
They say nothing and shift nervously. The door opens and we look back.
"Oh, there!" Melody says and the tension leaves the room. "You're back now." The rest of the group relaxes and they go back to their original conversation as Kurapika walks over to us.
"The call of nature, whether it's large or small has to be answered!" Basho says enthusiastically. "Another great Haiku by me. Oh yeah." He gives us a closed peace sign and walks away, smirking.
"How crude." Baise says with utter disappointment in her voice. I look over to Kurapika and notice his hands shaking, clutching onto the phone.
Time skip~
The blimp lands and the doors open. Everyone besides the ones who were on the aircraft were wearing a black suit. There was also a small dog which barked and ran over to Neon. She smiles and pets him and we walk off the aircraft. Neon runs over to me and grabs my arm.
"Come on!" she says happily. "You're sitting by me! I think I'll like you the best!"
"Sure..." I say utterly shocked. I didn't understand why happy people were attracted to me like a magnet. She almost reminds me of Gon, if she wasn't a spoiled teenager. Neon leads me to a car and Dalzollene follows inside while two of the bodyguards sit in the driver and passenger seat.
Once the car starts moving Dalzollene takes out a stack of papers. "Here's the batch for September."
"What the?" Neon says and I look through the papers with her. They had names on them and a few information about their business. "Isn't this a little much?"
"Well Mr. Rodfara (A/N: I guess?) and Mr. Tres (A/N Sure...) wanted their fortunes read too." Dalzollene explains.
Neon lets out an exasperated sigh and looks at Dalzollene. Neon was in the middle of the car while I was on the left. "I told you, if you keep on adding names to the list I'm gonna quit."
"Yes... Sorry Ms. Neon." He apologizes. "But please understand, these men are close associates of your father."
"Where is Daddy?" She says.
"There was an important meeting that he couldn't miss." He explains.
"Oh please." Neon says and takes out a white phone. "He's on vacation with some woman." She dials a number and puts it to her ear as it rings. I don't pay much attention to what they were saying only to Neon.
"Daddy, it's me and I just got the list and I... Huh forget it! I'm not doing it! No way! You're not fooling me anymore. No... No!... No!!.. Huh?... I'll think about it.. Well okay but this it! You break your promise again and I'll quit for sure." She turns off the phone. "Alright! He's gonna buy me something!" She looks at me and smiles happily. "I'll get you something too, Mika!"
"That's not necessary." I say and she rolls her eyes.
"Come on, I bet you've never even went shopping! I'll find you something amazing!" I sigh and agree and she looks over to Dalzollene who sat there emotionlessly.
"I'm very happy for you." He says and Neon takes out a pen with a character on the top, it looked like a mixture of a cat and a rabbit. The pen was yellow and it had red hearts on it.
"That's settled, might as well get this over with." She says and twists the pen. "Lovely Ghostwriter, Angelic Auto Writing." Green Nen starts coming from her and her consciousness leaves her body. What was beside her was something unpleasant. It had a large mouth with white teeth and red lips. It's eyes were closed and it looked like green ears were coming from it's head.
I felt my Ten release and it turns into Hatsu and a pin cushion forms in my hand. Two needles were glowing one was pink and the other glows green. The tiny needle turns into Ai and the other turns into Hiro. Dalzollene flinches when he sees Ai, though he's still unable to Hiro. "Danger! Danger! Ai here for 'Enemy Assistance!" She says and gives me a big smile and touches Neon.
There was a floating pink card that came from Neon and it had a picture of Neon and her ability with information on it. "Enemy's name is Neon Nostrade. She is a Specialist and her Nen ability is called 'Lovely Ghostwriter'! Neon predicts the future through quatrains that she writes down unconsciously; the summoned Lovely Ghostwriter manipulates Neon's arm to automatically write her poems. The target must hand write his name (aliases and handles count), full date of birth, and blood type on the piece of paper on which she will write the poem.
"Neon's fortunes take the form of a poem with four or five quatrains of four lines each. Each verse represents a week of the current month, and typically events referenced in the poem are present as metaphors. Inauspicious fortunes always contain advice, and misfortune can be avoided if warnings are heeded. She cannot predict her own future." Ai explains and Dalzollene gives me a look that could have sent me to my grave. "Bye bye!"
Hiro looks over to me with the same look as before, completely bored. "Hello." He said floating near me and he showed himself and Dalzollene was completely shocked. "Enemy Assistance No.2 Hiro. Am I needed?"
"No." I tell Hiro and he yawns and disappears. "Sorry. It's my Nen ability, they do it automatically. I can't control them." I toss him Neon's card and he reads the card and says nothing to me, only narrows his eyes.
We looks over to Neon and we watch all of the papers that fall on the ground. A few minutes pass and the Nen leaves her body.
"There!" Neon says, stretching. "Finished!"
"Well done, Miss Neon." (A/N: I would like to say that Mika is not like Chrollo, she cannot copy their Nen abilities, she can only analysis them)
"You know." Neon says with the same cat face as Killua. "The auction doesn't start until tomorrow. So there's time to go shopping before then right?"
"I understand, we'd be happy to escort you."
"Alright!" Neon yells and I felt ominous Nen. I look back and see three people walking in the desert but all I could see were their figures, nothing else. I look over at Dalzollene and then at the papers and he hands me them. Hiro appears again and takes the paper and makes a card out of it. 'I will probably need this later.' ( A/N:Since it is still a Nen ability she can copy the paper, it's like taking a picture of what the Nen looks like)
'In the basement where prices rise,
Your bed will be made with your brothers,
Do not descend stairs you never climb,
In numbers, do not compete with others'
That was the most important line, because it happened over and over again with 4 other clients. 'The underground auction will be where people die' I think to myself and give the papers to Dalzollene and he nods. We had the same thoughts on this.
Time skip~
The rest of the day we were with Neon and the next day was exactly the same. "You did your job well today." Dalzollene tells us. "For our next assignment, you'll attend the underground auction at the Cemetery Building and bid on the following items, money is no object you will get them." He turns on the projector. "The Mummy of Princess Corcole, DNA verified tissue used by the actor Sonny LaMarche, Curta Eyeballs also known as Scarlet Eyes, that is all." I look over to Kurapika, his eyes were slightly dilated and his fingers were twitching slightly. He turns off the projector and opens the blinds showing the setting sun.
"Princess Corcoles' Mummy will open the auction tonight at 9 o'clock. We'll split into 3 groups: Bidders, Surveillance and Protection, however we got a tip that someone might attack tonight. Take all necessary precautions, that is why Ms. Neon cannot attend so listen up! Ivlenkov, Baise, Tocino; the three of you are in charge of bidding. Be sure to remain flexible and react to whatever transpires. Your main objective is to acquire the item."
"Wait a minute." Basho says. "You sure three is enough. Maybe all of us should go together."
"That would be an unwise decision." I tell him and they look at me. "If we all go then we're sure to all die."
The atmosphere shifts and tenses. "What do you mean by that?" Dalzollene asks me, he's been suspicious of me ever sense my Nen ability.
"It's a hunch, that's all." I say and stare into their eyes. "And my hunches are never wrong."
"They only allow buyers to attend in groups of three. Weapons, communications and recording devices are not allowed inside. The mafia community is responsible for what happens inside. That's why there have been very few incidences in the past. Once inside the main auction, everything is based on the honor system. It's an unspoken rule to leave all grievances at the door. Don't even cause so much as a minor disturbance and refrain from talking to anybody else. Mika you will be waiting for them outside the door. Good luck now get to work!"
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