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Maybe...Just maybe...the other person who is said to work with us is...?

"Hey, what is your name?" I asked.

She blinked three times while staring at me, then she giggled. "Oh, that's right. I never had the chance to introduce myself to you."

The pink haired girl turned to me before smiling at me warmly.

"My name is Alyssa."

Killua's head started to register the young girl's name as everything started to make sense now, this girl in front of him was the one.

"Hmm...that makes sense, how come it took me so long before I figure it out." he sighed happily to himself.

"Excuse me?" Alyssa titled her head to the side, clearly confused.

"The one that I was searching for..." he started as he pointed his index finger towards her. "...Was you all along."

"Me?" she asked again as he nodded.

"We were also given a mission to exterminate the Witches by the 13th Chairman the other day." he says as he stood up from the bed before stretching his tired limbs.

"What?! You were also given too?" the female exclaimed as the male just nodded in response.

"...So you were the one that Pariston-san mentioned to me. I've heard that you helped in exterminating the Chimera Ants, is that true?"

"Yeah. I did." he nonchalantly says.

"Whoa, so is it true that they could talk?!" she asked curiously.

"Yeah. They could speak fluently."

"Is it also true that they can use Nen like humans can?!"

"Sadly, they can."

"I've heard that there was a King of  the Ants and his three soldiers, were you able to meet them? Were they super strong?!"

"Yeah, there is. We were able to meet them. Heck they were strong."

Alyssa clasped her hands while her eyes glimmered. "Amazing~!"

"Why are you so curious about those ants?" Killua asked, confused.

"Well, you had a great journey while in a mission to exterminate them, right? Isn't that kind of fun?!"

"...Hmm, I guess it was kinda fun?" he says. "However, we had our lives in the line there. So nope."

Alyssa just hummed in reply, then he noticed Killua was doing something. She was curious, until she saw him undressing his bandages.

"H-Hey! Stop that! You're wounds aren't fully healed yet—" she was cut off to see no single scratch on his muscular chest.

A sweat trickled down through her forehead. His wounds...are healed?

Killua started stretching while showing off his abs as Alyssa was still surprised. In just mere 2 days? His body had an electrical burden, how come its already healed...?

"No problem." he stated as he finished stretching, then he started to search for his clothing.

"Hey, where's my shirt?" he asked.

"Oh, it's in the drawer. I'll just get it." she says before walking to the drawer where she placed his clothes.

"Here." she handed him the washed fabric as he grabbed it. "Thanks."

He started to put on the clothing as Alyssa looked at him worriedly, "are you really okay now?"

"Hmm? Yeah. Don't worry." he says.

"Well...if you say so, I guess that's fine on its own." she sighed in relief.

"Hey Alyssa," he called.

"What is it?" she asked.

"Thank you."

Alyssa smiled and nodded. "No problem. I just wanted to pay the debt you did for saving my life."

His lips curved in a smile before tucking his hands in his pockets.

"This will be the first and the last time you will hear me say thank you."

"Oh, why is that?"

"Well, because we are now friends. It'll be natural to help in each other. Wouldn't it be uncool to thank each other for a little things?"

She was flabbergasted. "B-But, that would be so...!"

"It's fine. You don't have to thank me nor I have to thank you." he says.

Alyssa giggled. "Whatever you say."

Suddenly, Killua grabbed her wrists as he pulled her in a run with him, which caused her to be surprised.

"W-Where are we going?!" she asked while being pulled by him as they cut through the wind while running.

He shifted his head to the side while grinning. "I'll introduce you to my friend who will be working with us to finish the mission! He's a great guy."

That's right...there was another person that will be joining us. I can't wait to be friends with him. she thought.

"Sure!" she smiled happily.

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"So...where is your friend?" Alyssa asked as she and Killua reached the clock tower.

A pair of eccentric blue eyes began to search for his friend throughout the crowd. "I don't know, but we were supposed to meet here at 14:00pm sharp."

Alyssa looked up to the clock above and saw it was the exact time. "Well, it's already 14:00pm sharp. I bet he'll be here sooner or later."

"I do hope so." he murmured.

They stood in front of the structure in silent while watching the passengers passed by through them, each and everyone was equally happy.

"I love this city." Alyssa suddenly brought up an subject.

"Why?" Killua asked while his eyes were still on the crowd.

"Everything I see in here is so colouful and lively. The sky scrappers, the town, and even the people. They're all smiling!"

He stared at her amused face for awhile before looking back to the crowd again. "You're so stupid."

A vein popped on her forehead. "What was that?!"

"Not everything here is colorful and lively. Maybe in your perspective, it is. However, this place reeks of danger. Countless murder cases happens here. It isn't a peaceful city as you've think it was."

She fell on silence as she just stared at the crowd which was filled with smiles and laughs of people, however, there were some filled with distress and hopelessness washed in their faces. Just like he said.

"...However, there are still people who are smiling. Aren't they?"

"Yeah, so what?"

"That means this place isn't so bad as you think. If this was a dangerous place, then we wouldn't be seeing any people with happy faces."

He sighed. "You're an odd one."

"How rude!" she pouted from his awful comment.

Then they saw some sweet parlors nearby as Killua wanted to try some. "I'm kinda hungry, let's grab a bite."

"Already?" she asked.

"Just some few snacks will do." he says as he began to walk with his hands in his pockets.

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"Alright, he is late. That guy sure is taking his time." Killua says before ripping open the newly bought Chocorobo from the sweets shop.

"Well, maybe something happen to him?" Alyssa says as she unwrapped the box of muffins that she bought.

The two of them were sitting on a bench nearby the clock tower while eating their newly bought snacks to pass some time while eating sweets.

"I didn't know you're into sweets." Alyssa commented.

"Unfortunately, I had a terrible sweet tooth." the white haired boy says before plopping a chocolate ball in his mouth and began chewing it.

Suddenly, they saw a little girl who was walking with her mother while eating her strawberry ice cream. She began to lick the frosting until someone bumped to her without stopping and which made the ice cream fell on the floor.

Then she began to cry as her mother turned around to see what happen and saw her daughter's ice cream was on the floor, she bent down and began caressing her head to hush her.

"Shh, it's alright. Mama will buy you a new one." the older woman says to the child, however it continued crying.

Alyssa and Killua who was watching the scene right now just sat there in silence, then Killua made the first reaction before huffing.

"How stupid." he says.

The pink haired girl stood up from her seat as his eyes followed her as she began to walk up to the mother and child with the uneaten muffins.

"Here, you can have it." she says while handing the box of sweets.

The little girl stopped crying for awhile and then looked up to see Alyssa smiling down at her.

"Really?" the little girl asked.

"Yup." she says while gesturing her to take it, then the shorter girl grabbed it from her hands as their fingers brushed against each other.

"Are you really sure?" the mother of the child asked.

"Yes." she replied before turning her gaze to the child again. "Be careful next time, okay?"

"Yeah. Thank you, Onee-chan!" the girl smiled happily while holding the muffins.

Then they started to walk away as Alyssa waved her hand to the little girl who was also waving back at her as well.

"Why did you gave her your muffins?" Killua asked as he walked up towards her.

"Well, I can't help it..." Alyssa lightly scratched her cheek.

"You're really an odd one!" he exclaimed right at her face.

"Eh? Why?!" she says, clearly confused.

Then Killua's eyes glanced at the two female who have interacted with Alyssa earlier, ever since he first laid his eyes upon them, he had this disturbing feeling bugging him.

Was it my imagination or the blood lust I felt was very strong?

Meanwhile, the old woman who was holding her child's hand firmly. Began to smile mischievously.

"Hey Nippongi, I want that."

"I know. That human girl would be tonight's dinner."

"No, what I want is that boy."