Harbinger

The Two Questions

"Sorry!!" The black haired child called out as he put his hands up. "I promise I'll stop following you! I'm really sorry!"

"You again?" Machi scowled.

"This is him, the famous kid?" Chrollo asked.

"When do you all talk about this kind of stuff?! I swear I'm losing my memory because how could I not know who this kid is?!" You looked up at Chrollo.

"What do you want?" Machi asked, everyone ignoring you. "The mafia cancelled the reward on our heads."

Suddenly another kid walked out. One with white hair and blue eyes.

"What?! Are you sure!? Why!?" He exclaimed.

There was an awkward silence as Chrollo pondered his next move.

"What should we do with them, Danchou?" Machi asked.

"Let's keep them." He nodded as he pulled his cell phone out.

"And do what with them? You can't even pay me enough attention." You pouted and you felt Chrollo's arm snake around your waist and pull you into his chest.

The rain had begun pouring down and Chrollo used his upper body to shelter you from some of the water.

"Phinks? It's me. Come to the Takuru Beach Hotel." He commanded quickly and then shut off his phone.

"Shouldn't we get rid of them now?" Machi asked.

"No, I trust your intuition." Chrollo remarked as he relinquished you slightly.

"If there's any relation between them and the chain guy, we'd better keep them alive."

"You shouldn't rely on my intuition that much..." Machi grumbled as the thunder rang around you all.

Then, the black-haired boy spoke up.

"May I ask you two things?" He asked politely.

Chrollo nodded.

"How do you... kill people with no connection with you?"

He gave him a deadly look that even scared you a bit.

"Like the face of a fighter who has raised his white flag... But stays ready to fight..." He mumbled.

"What?" You looked up at him confused.

"I wonder..." Chrollo continued. "Perhaps it's precisely because they have no links to us. Thinking about it, it's hard to answer. The expression of the motive... that's not my thing... But honestly... or rather 'evidently'... That's where the key to self consciousness lies..." You tugged at his sleeve, snapping him out of his trance. "We're going to head to the hotel and wait there for the others. If they try to run, kill them."

"Right." Machi responded.

"And my other questions?" The boy asked.

"Proceed."

"Is that your wife?"

Chrollo actually stopped out of shock, unable to believe what he just heard.

"I'm not his wife. I just keep him around to pleasure me." You stuck your tongue out at the boys as they blushed.

"I think I might actually hate her..." Chrollo shook his head and gave you a look.

And then his phone rang. He answered it and stayed quiet for a minute.

"Okay. We'll be waiting for you at the hotel." He hung up the phone and then addressed the group. "They know who our enemy is. He has only three teammates remaining. Let's go."

You hooked your arm through Chrollo's once again and followed him. You figured that he didn't really  hate you, but at the same time, you didn't want to bother him that much. You did feel like a liability.