Uwaa... I'm very sorry for making you wait... and even more sorry that I can only provide this pathetic of an update after one year of waiting. My main purpose of this update was to thank you, my readers, for reading and waiting and to tell you, that I'm still actually alive and writing at an incredibly slow pace.
My only excuse is that I'm working full time + 2-3 part times at the same time now, so I cannot find anytime for my hobbies or whatever anymore. By the way, you can still find me, in many social networks under this pen name, so feel free to drop a message ~ Although I also rarely update those, sorry for being lazy...
About this story, it is really difficult to get the motivation to do it, as the manga has stopped publishing and the anime has stopped... while all the other things and fandoms keep getting updated and making me want to write for them instead of this one. So I'm very sorry. If you are interested, please read my other stories as well.
I will try my best... to finish this one sometime... in the future. I think there should be at least 10 chapters left or something.
Enjoy this pathetic of an update now and I hope you will not kill me for it.
Oh yeah, about the Chimera arc, I didn't mean that I will skip it like it didn't exist, I will just write it from the POV of a different continent, rather than Gon and Killua's POV
For the people that have reviewed, I'm sorry that it took me a year to reply to you. Please find all my answers in the Wall of Gratitude. Thank you for bringing me motivation to update this chapter.
Chapter 34: Heading back to the Edokyo ruins
3rd POV~
"She's gone, Killua" Gon said
"Yeah" Killua answered absentmindedly
"You gonna miss her?"
"Yeah…"
"Heh~" Gon grinned from this ear to another
Silence bestowed the forest…
"Wait… What are you making me say!?" Killua head locked Gon "You stupid Gon!" and screwed his already messed up black hair
"Stupid Killua! What are you doing!?"
"She said she'll be back soon, so there's nothing to be worried about!" Killua shouted
Gon smiled revealing his teeth "Heh~ you should have just went with her if you you are that worried"
"…. You're so dead Gon."
Kay's POV~
Tenrou took me to the Western coast of the Asian continent. Tenrou alone could have easily passed the ocean and get to our country of Nippon, but carrying me was a little bit hard... And that was no indication of my weight, carrying two was obviously more tiring than being by yourself... At any rate, taking a ship would be safer, who knew what could happen if we flew pass the ocean by ourselves. Being careful was never a bad thing.
"Can you tell me if there's any air ship going to Nippon today?" I asked the ticket seller
"A ship going to Nippon won' be available until tomorrow, dear customer, because the last one has just left"
"Oh..." I was dejected... The festival was in two days... And there were still lots of preparation and practicing to be done.
"But there is a ship that will be leaving for Nippon in about an hour" she said after checking the records as she saw my dejected expression
"Eh?" I brightened up immediately
"But it's not available to the public, because it's private ship owned by the Serafine family. I heard that their daughter wanted to go to Nippon to attend the country's famous Gratitude festival in the Edokyo ruins"
"Serafine family..." I muttered... Didn't that name sound familiar... "Thank you for the information. I'll just go and have a look. Can you tell me where it is?"
"It's right over there" she pointed "The biggest one. But I don't think they'll let you get near it, the guards are surrounding it"
"I'll just go and ask if they could let me go with them, nothing much. Let's go Tenrou!"
I ran to the entrance of the ship and approached the most intimidating of the guys "Um, excuse me, is this the ship of the Serafine family?"
"It certainly is... Who are you?" he asked, not a drop of emotion visible
"My name is Kay, I'm in an extreme hurry to go to Nippon, but the last ship has just left, so I was wondering if I could go with you."
"No."
That was fast... "I heard that the Lady is interested in visiting the Edokyo ruins and attend the festival there. However, the festival cannot start without me, so I was hoping..."
"No."
Another concrete answer it was…. "Well, you might not believe me, but-"
"What's with the commotion over here?"
I turned around to see a familiar face "Serafine Mizuki-san!"
"Hm? You are…" she didn't seem to express much effort in trying to remember my name… She didn't even listen to in the other time…
"I'm Kay." I said anyway "We met each other in York Shin. I sold you the ticket to Hisoka's match."
"Oh yes, I remember now, so your name is Kay, isn't it? Let me express my gratitude for that time again."
"Ah, it's alright really. However, after all the efforts to buy that ticket, I didn't see you attending the match?"
"Yes, well, my father called me back on urgent business so I couldn't stay back to watch it no matter how much I wanted to… So, was there something that you needed?"
"Yes, actually, I heard that you were going to Nippon, so I wanted to tag along for the ride. I have some very urgent business over there, but the last ship has just left."
"Hm~ No problem, I'll let you ride with me." she said
I smiled in relief "Thank you very much!" and bowed respectfully
On the ship~
The ship was quite big, it reminded me a lot of the ship that was used during the Hunter's exam, but the model seemed to be newer and more modern. I was given and taken to my own room and was told to come to the dining room at 7 pm. I was also given a beautiful bird stand for Tenrou to rest on, he seemed to enjoy it a lot. It was already 6 pm by then, so I took a shower and went to the directed place. The food was delicious to say the least.
"Is there something wrong, Mizuki-san?" I asked, realizing that she had been staring at me for a while
"No" she said returning to her own meal "It's just... sorry to say this, but I didn't expect you to have such good table manners. It's flawless."
I was surprised a bit, but smiled "That's alright, I am not offended at all, Mizuki-san. My village has always been very particular about table manners and has forced it on me."
"Well, don't I know about that" she smiled "However, as much as I hated this when I was a child, it seems to have eaten into my blood now and I wouldn't have it otherwise."
"I was wondering, though, Mizuki-san" I asked after having wiped my mouth "Why do you like Hisoka?"
"Oh, about that" she grinned "Don't you think that he's totally handsome?" she deadpanned as I just couldn't register what she has just said into my mind "That face, that body, that red hair, everything on him is perfect!"
"O-okay….." I dumbfounded…
She looked at me with the 'I'm serious' look and suddenly laughed out loud "You should really see yourself in the mirror right now."
At that moment, I couldn't help but change my opinion about this lady I thought she was the serious and manners type. But seemed like I was wrong. I smiled at the thought and joined in the laugh with her.
When she had finally stopped, she took a sip of her tea and said "As much as what I said just now is true, that is not the main reason." I looked at her, waiting for her to continue. "When I was eight years old, I was once kidnapped for a ransom from my parents. Usual occurrence really, but I was still too small back then. My parents have, of course, paid the amount immediately, but the kidnappers had no intention of releasing me. They wanted to keep me to extract more money or kill me for seeing their faces. That I don't know. However, that was when he passed by and saved me.
I was silent, a bit surprised by the fact that Hisoka has saved someone. Thinking back, he did help me a few times also… It was probably on a whim… or perhaps because of his weird personality… I tilted my head a bit from overthinking.
"You're right, he probably saved me on a whim" I jumped at her completely reading my mind. "But you cannot control your feelings once they have been awakened. It is very hard and unbearable. So I'd rather live according to how I feel, rather than regretting it later." She smiled at me. The smile… her kind and peaceful smile… somehow, it was very familiar "Kay, it is getting late. You'd better head back and have some rest now, or else it will be bad for your skin."
"Ah, thank you Mizuki-san. See you tomorrow. Have a good night." I bowed and went back to my room.
Back in my room ~
"Feelings are hard to control, huh…" I muttered the words Mizuki-san said to me 'Better live according to how I feel, rather than regretting it later' the words resonated and made my mind shift back to Killua "I wonder how he is doing…" And then I blanked out "W-Wait a minute! I mean I wonder how THEY are doing!" I spoke out loud and blushed at the realization of what I was thinking about. I flopped onto the bed and buried my face into the pillows. I shouted in my head 'I can't believe this! We haven't even parted for one day and I already -!'
"I'd better go to sleep…" I told myself "My feelings…."
Next morning~
We arrived at the airport of Nippon early in the morning. "Thank you very much for letting me go with you." I bowed
"Don't mention it. You have important errands to do, don't you? So get on with it"
"I'll see you later then, Mizuki-san" I waved and took off with Tenrou immediately. The destination was nowhere else, but my homeland – the city of Edokyo ruins.
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Next time: you will finally arrive at the city of the Edokyo ruins and finally have a taste of Kay's dancing, which has enchanted hearts of many man and women. I wonder who will be there to see this dance of her?
What is going on? The princess has been found? There are two of them? Who is the real one?