In My Mind (Hisoka X OC X Illumi)

Chapter 18: A Realization

Two more weeks passed by and Hisoka was finished fighting with Chrollo. After he spent a few days recovering he texted Reika to let her know he was still alive.

'Hey, I'm alive. Where are you, I missed my favorite little toy~' Hisoka sent off his text and received an almost immediate reply.

'Let's meet in the Republic of Padokea in the outskirts of a city named Yhan. Be there in three days at noon.'

'Hmm. So, she's making demands to see to me? Interesting.' Hisoka thought to himself as he stood in the airport and ordered the airship tickets.

Hisoka hated to admit it, but he did miss Reika. He was busy the whole time he was away, but his mind would often land back on her. It was familiar to the time Reika left to work for the Zoldycks for about a year. To forget about her he would often seek out fights, this time he was busy finding ways to start his fight with Chrollo. What threw him off during his fight was that he mentioned Reika, claiming he would steal her. Hisoka thought the notion was hilarious, Reika can be like a bat out of hell when she gets forced to do things she doesn't want to. One time he asked Reika to wear a dress to seem more feminine and he got an earful and a fist of fire in return. In Hisoka's mind, Reika would never do something she didn't want to do or something she thought was morally wrong. They often had fights about Hisoka's murderous ways, but Reika would always give up in the end.

Hisoka was glad to hear that she hadn't gotten herself killed while he was away. He swore to be the one to kill her when the time was right, but the time to end her kept getting further and further away. He enjoyed their little battles more than he enjoyed the thought of killing her. It was strange for him, but he did his best to ignore the thoughts. His main priority should be to develop her strength so that one day when she is at her peak, he could strike her down. That was the original plan so he would stick with it. Little did he know that he was already straying from this plan by keeping her alive longer than necessary.

Reika was sitting at a table in her room with Illumi across from her. She was in another dress and her hair was up in a bun with a few delicate bobby pins sticking out. Her leg was bouncing up and down nervously.

"Did you send him the text?" Illumi asked with his hand resting on his chin.

"Yes, master." Reika nodded her head, her leg not stopping in its nervous habit.

"Good, then for the rest of the day you have to entertain me. I have no incoming jobs, so I need something to entertain me." Illumi did look awfully bored.

"Yes, master. What would you like me to do to entertain you? I'm not really good at doing much, but I can try." Reika offered her services to hopefully get his mind away from Hisoka.

"How about you fight a few butlers for me. I'm curious how you handle groups of people." Illumi offered. Reika was glad the request was something she could do, but she did dislike the thought of having to fight fellow butlers.

"Yes, master, but may I change first?" Reika wanted to get out of the dress Illumi had put her in, she hated the game of dress up he played.

"Mm, no. Surely you can fight in that." Illumi grinned slightly and stood up reaching his hand out for Reika to take.

"Uh...yes, master." Reika sighed in her mind but took Illumi's hand and stood up.

They held hands until they reached the door that led into the main living room. Illumi opened the door and let Reika walk out first. They walked down the stairs and into the open living room. There were seven butlers there, all would be fighting Reika in just a few minutes.