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There were things in the world that humans could learn to accept. Stuff they knew about but choose to remain naive and ignorant about the subject. For example, ghost, demons, angels, werewolves, aliens, spirits, Gods or vampires...the list can go on forever.
Human will was a relentlessly allowing vast knowledge to spill through it’s grasp to obtain a simpler thing like sanity.
‘ To have sanity was to become human’ according to the world. ‘ So life could be the best of what you can make it.’
There is now a single person who can control their fate or destiny. A human who is one with the supernatural occurrences in their world.
But in reality speaking, ‘ Life sucked’ point blank and period. Even for those humans with the ability to see beyond.
Walking through a busy market place was a middle aged woman and an elementary boy. There were all kinds of people on the street selling crap. Most of them selling cheap knock offs of name brands, others selling fresh fruit, but the most eye catching stuff was the light up superhero toys.
The boy’s eyes widened at all the flashy lights, “Mommy!” He chirped, pointing at the little push stand.
The woman’s hand did not slap the child’s away, “Yes, Kalluto?” She addressed him, eyes still wandering over the many different kinds of fruit. She held tighter to the bag full of food in her hand as more people past, walking down the crowded street.
“I think those lights will go good on Gon’s gravestone.” Kalluto murmured, eye mesmerized by the lights.
Mito looked up from observing the fruit. “Gon always liked superhero things.” Her voice wavered on the verge on tears, “I think, I have the money to buy those for him now.”
Kalluto curiously titled his head to the side, “You want me to stop the cart?” He raised his hand up slightly, ready to finesse reality.
The woman shook her head. “No. What did I tell you about that?”
“But-”
“My roof, my rules.”
The boy frowned, “Yes, mame.” He accepted.
Mito smiled and patted his head, “As a reward, you get to choose what’s for dinner tonight.” She nudged him forward, slipping money in his pocket. “So think about it while you catch up to push cart!”
“Okay!” Kalluto smiled brightly, running after the cart.
His smile was one, Mito swore she recognized but couldn’t put a name to. Someone had a smile like that once. A smile so bright it out shined all the stars in the sky.
A familiar touch, made Alluka’s heart skip a few beats. She spun around bumping heads with her boyfriend. “Ouch! Zushi!”
Zushi laughed, “I’m sorry. There isn’t much space in here.” He shook his head, brown locks bouncing as he took a few steps back. “Why are we making out in the bathroom again?”
“In case Ms.Freecs or my little brother come back, while we’re kissing.” Alluka encouraged, leaning forward to connect their lips once more.
"My girlfriend is so smart.” Zushi pulled Alluka closer to him. Their lips mashed between sloppy breaths. "Master of the evasion skill..."
"You know it." Alluka chuckled. She felt Zushi fumble his touch on her body. Hands traced up and down her back trying to find a proper spot to land, until landing on her hips.
Zushi squeezed her endearingly. He moved his lips around to insert his tongue in her mouth.
“Am I good kisser?" Alluka hummed out, halfway panting. She twisted a finger in Zush's hair playfully, “My big brother wou-
Zushi pulled away slightly, “Don’t say his name while we’re kissing!”
“Why not?”
“Didn’t you tell me he used to come in here and kiss his boyfriend? I don’t want to summon his ghost or something, then deal with him being mad at me for dating you.”
“My big brother wouldn’t be mad. He approved of you.”
“Still...I’m kind of not over your whole family situation.”
Alluka wiped the spit from the corner of her lips, “Oh.” She said softly.
The brown haired boy flashed her a shaky smile, “I mean, I think it’s pretty cool. You being like from another frequency and being the darkness to my light.” He timidly pressed a kiss on her nose. “It’s just weird, how your family problems spiraled that far out of control.”
“Does it scare you?” Alluka tucked a strand of hair behind her ear, “I could lose it and turn out like my brother some day.”
“I’d save you before it every gets that far.” Zushi placed his hand on top of Alluka’s. “I promise, to protect you from yourself.” He nuzzled her hair.
A loud voice filled the house, “Alluka! We’re back! Per request from Kalluto we got pizza.”
“Oh, that’s Ms.Freecs!” Alluka squeezed Zushi’s hand, “You should go now.” She pushed open the bathroom door. “Go take the backdoor.”
Zushi stumbled out the bathroom, trying to fix his clothes on himself. “It would be bad, getting caught by our substitute teacher.” He giggled, “What’s it like living with her anyway? She seemed mean before, but it’s like she’s a whole new person now.”
Alluka shrugged, “She’s living for us now.” A tender look flashed on her face, “We’re making up for the family we all lack.” She tapped her chin, “So...I guess, she’s become a mommy figure.”
A shadow danced across the wall, as a small boy turned the corner. “Alluka! The pizza is going to get co-” His eye widened at the sight of Zushi.
The girl pointed at Kalluto warningly, “Not a word out your mouth.”
Kalluto grinned cunningly, “I get the last slice of cheese, and we have a deal.” He held his hand out.
“No way! That is so unfa-”
“MOOOOOM-HMM!”
Alluka covered his mouth, “Okay. Eat your heart out!” She shook his hand, sealing their sibling agreement.
Kalluto decided that he liked the new Alluka that came with them living with Mito. He enjoyed the spark of dedication from her.
“Hey, Kalluto.” Zushi high fived the child. “Catch ya later, little one.” He headed out towards the backdoor.
Alluka blew a kiss behind him.
Zushi turned back around, “Can’t leave without my sugar.” He caught the kiss.
“Each second you stay here cost Alluka another pizza slice.” Kalluto shrugged.
“Zushi get out!” Alluka playfully chased her boyfriend out the door.
“Hmm?” Mito shouted from across the house, “What are kids doing over there?”
Alluka’s dress got caught in the door as she slammed it closed. “Nothing. We’re coming.” She tugged at the bottom of her dress, the sem ripped as the cloth came free. “Awe.”
Kalluto headed over towards the kitchen. His eyes danced around, observing all the picture frames on the wall: pictures from Gon’s childhood, with many other people he didn’t recognize. There was one picture resting on the fireplace, it was of Alluka, Mio and him visiting an Ivy League School. It was for Alluka mostly---the girl was turning 15 soon and would take her Pre-SAT, Mito said it was important to explore all her possibilities.
“I’ll have to find a picture frame for that.” Mito mumbled, glancing at him. “But don’t worry, when you get older we’ll take you to tour all those fancy colleges too.” There was more money now. Most of it came from the large inheritance Alluka received from her dead family. The Zoldycks had been rolling in money.
“College.” The 10 year old mumbled, “That sounds so far away.” He dragged his feet across the newly installed hardwood floor of the living room and into the kitchen.
Mito opened up the pizza box. A warm expression on her face, “Well you don’t have to worry about it that much now.”
“I’m not worried! I want to keep on reading books.” Kalluto sat down eagerly. “I want to read big fancy college books!” He reached for a slice of pizza. “I want to read cook books, so I can learn how to make yummy food like this.” Sticking his tongue out, he licked the cheese.
The woman took a seat, “Eat properly, little one. The food is not going anywhere, I promise.” She handed Kalluto a few napkins.
Alluka sat beside her little brother. She let out a hum, “Can we go to the mall tomorrow? I need a new dress.”
“Of course we can.” Mito approved, “You guys need some new clothes for the upcoming school year anyway.”
Alluka patted Kalluto’s head, “It will be his first time going to school too!”
“Alluka!”
“I remember, middle school was so fun.”
“Heh, I just hope they have good books.”
“To Kill a Mockingbird, Catcher in the Rye, The Strange case of Dr.Jekyll and Mr.Hyde.”
“They all sound so cool! But I have an EIP so we’ll see how that goes.”
Mito relaxed them, “Don’t chew with your mouth open.” She shook her head, “Also don’t talk, that’s how people choke. I don’t want you kids to get hurt.”
Kalluto gulped down the rest of his pizza slice. He locked eyes with his sister who gave him a thumbs up.
Things changed now, a better kind of change.
They could read books, not worry about poisoned food, not get beat for messing up, and go to school. They were regular kids!
Alluka liked this. She liked hearing, “ I don’t want you kids to get hurt.” She liked going to the mall and hanging out with her boyfriend. She liked being cared about.
“High school is going to be amazing.” Alluka declared, “I know it is because Gon left such a good legacy for me after taking down the Spider gang.” She reached for a slice of pizza. “They deserve to rot in jail forever.” She clapped her hands together, quickly praying. “Thank you God, for the people fighting to reform the court system.”
“Oh…” Mito’s eye sparked up, “The councilor lady… Ms.Kruger, she wanted to meet ya’ll sometime this summer.”
“us?”
“Yep. She said she wanted to meet the kids, Gon saved.”
“And Killua.”
“Hmm?”
“My big brother and Gon saved us.” Alluka corrected. She didn’t like how people treated Killua like a monster. They had no clue of what a good big brother Killua was, or how Killua had a change of heart. They believed the parts they wanted to with selective hearing. Because everyone was going to differ in their opinions.
Humans were stubborn when it came to changing their mind.
It was because of Killua that they were saved now.
Kalluto responded with a somber tone, “Why’d you say that?”
“He did.” Alluka insisted.
“I don’t care.” Kalluto bit his bottom lip, chewing steadily. He struggled to holding back an outburst. “Killua treated others just like he treated himself.” There was no hint of pity or grief for Killua’s situation at all.
Alluka opened her mouth then closed it abruptly. She was struggling to find the right words to explain. “Killua was your family.” She puts simply, “So don’t pretend that he didn’t do all this for us. He wanted to share Gon’s light with us.”
“Killua? Family?! How can I be expected to care about him, when he couldn’t even care about himself?” Kalluto exasperated, tears built up in the corner of his eyes. “Yes, he loved. That doesn’t mean his love was okay. He tried his best and that wasn’t enough-!”
“Kalluto! Don't say what you don't mean!” Alluka gasped at the hate burning furiously in Kalluto’s eyes.
“I'm saying the dang truth!” Kalluto shoved more pizza in his mouth, "Killua might have had pure intentions at first, but his vision got lost and corrupted! People died because of him." He narrowed his eyes, “And last time I checked, we don’t honor psychopaths.”
Alluka lowered her head. She mumbled lowly, “Humans don’t honor psychopaths.” A part of her understood, why Kalluto was so easy willing to throw his insanity away. She figured she should do it. But she couldn’t stand to lose a piece of herself, even if it kills her.
Mito cleared her throat loudly. “Come on now. Let’s not argue.” She smiled nervously, “It’s important that we focus on the good things in life. Like Kurapika inviting ya’ll to his summer bash party.”
“Whoop.” Kalluto cheered sarcastically, “A bunch of teenagers we don’t know having a pool party. I feel like it’s going to be just like his graduation party, so I’m not going.”
“I am.” Alluka declared, “I like parties.” She ate a slice of pizza.
“Gon used to like parties.” Mito mumbled to herself, “He’d love to go hang out.” She felt a warm fuzzy feeling in her heart. It felt like with Alluka and Kalluto, she was getting a second chance. A new start with a wonderful family and a chance to do things right.
She hoped things were better this time. Humans had to learn from their past mistakes, after all. If the cringe mistake was forgotten, there would never be a way to learn from it.
“Be really careful when you go. You’re worth more than dirty and deserve to live a life better than being an empty shell of yourself.” Mito encouraged them. She stood up to rub their heads, “I don’t know if it’s ever gonna be okay. It might hurt us, coming together as a family. Especially while the pain of the past still lingers, but long as we have each other, I think we’ll be fine.” It was a promise.
A loving promise made a long time ago, that survived for years and will for many more. Love is everlasting, what was said and done in the past that would always follow throughout the rest of one’s life.
Love can pass through dimensions, worlds and can withstand all time.