Hunters X and X Heroes

Judgement X and X Forgiveness

Their simple plan was growing more complicated by the second. Killua had reported the appearance of several copied buildings, all which were likely to be rigged somehow. Kurapika had sent over one of his comrades, Senritsu, the one who contacted him earlier, to accompany the boy. She apparently had very good ears that would help them.

She had already marked Gon with Stain just in case she lost sight of him during the mission, though there were high chances that the rain would wash it away. She folded up the sheet of paper and tucked it away in her front pocket for when she needed it before her attention was pulled away to Gon's ringing phone.

"The woman's here. She's with her buddies. There are six, moving together. That topknot guy's here too."

Gon made a face at the mention of the long-haired man with the mustache. How lucky of them.

"One more thing," Killua added, "There's one person that wasn't there yesterday. He's probably the leader."

"Can you give us a physical description?"

"He's wearing a black coat, with a St. Peter's cross on his back. He has combed-back black hair. I can't see his face," there was a sudden break off as Rukei tried to build a mental image, "And they're too alert! I'm too afraid to circle around to the front."

Kurapika held out his hand, asking for the phone while opening up a map, "Where are you right now?"

"In front of Motoba Building. They're walking west on Continental Street."

"There's a station nearby. Can you make it onto their train?"

"It depends on the circumstances. If it's busy, I can manage."

Rukei glanced outside uneasily, though she still tried to provide some comfort, "It's near rush hour. He should be fine."

Kurapika nodded and gave instructions for their driver to take them south. Leorio shoved the rest of the sandwich into his mouth and hit the gas, "Okay!"

They were heading to Castor, the same direction of the auction site, as well as the hotel Kurapika and the other bodyguards were assigned too. The later unnerved her a little, and she hoped that his comrades would not be hurt. However her hopes were dashed as they got off Liber station and headed for the same hotel.

Kurapika called to inform one of his co-workers, Squala, of the impending danger. He hung up as Leorio spoke, looking over the cars ahead of them. "The station's over there. Shouldn't we get a little closer?"

"No," the other refused immediately, "If we get any closer, they might sense my animosity. Gon," he called, giving the boy a distance and idea for his plan, "The range I should stay at is the distance from here to the station entrance. I must attack from this distance if I do not want to be noticed. It will take approximately 0.5 seconds to land an attack. That's more than enough time fore them to evade it. Unless they're distracted..."

Visible through the crowds of dark umbrellas and people, easily set apart from the crowd, six Troupe members descended the steps of the station, paying no heed to those who passed by; those who had nothing to do with them.

"Spiders!"

They paused for a moment and stood about talking to one another. The leader, a man matching the description Killua gave, seemed to be giving out instructions to the others. And when he turned, they were off, running at an unbelievable speed.

"Can we get there faster by car?" Gon asked, to which Leorio shook his head and slammed his hand against the wheel.

"It's rush hour. They're probably faster on foot!"