Hunter X Hunter: Grounded

Chapter 70




Title: Bright-Eyed...




….
Machi leaves the next morning, which is a shame, but she has her own things to do and I also know that she will never hold any romantic feelings for me.


She loves me as a brother, well, she has her needs as a woman and I take care of them. So a very weird brother-sister relationship, but that is all there is to us, I know that, she knows that, so we just keep it at that. 

Karla of course is different, we are in a kind of relationship. Though I always keep my urges under control, because I can't ever get soft down there due to my regeneration, I will always have fuel in the tank. But that is where I need to be careful because I could get consumed in lust and spend a disproportionate amount of time on s*x.


*sigh* Well, I better start getting my mind in the game now. 


I take a deep breath as I get off the bed and contemplate some things. I go towards my drawer and pull out a paper.

It had a poem written on it.


"A bright-eyed customer will visit your shop,

Half angel, half death bringer.

You would do well to sell what they develop.

He will be especially pleased to learn the sun and moon's secret.

The customers will return on a hot day,

Leaving you alone with a man bearing the memory of a broken heart.

The false fourth monster will be torn away. Bringing apart metamorphosis.

Only dark pages remain as caterpillars turn into butterflies."



I smirk at this, Neon's ability to read the future is something amazing. Something that I already have in my hands, so I just need to make sure that Chrollo doesn't even approach her.


The poem is my future, it gives some warnings and advice that I should follow. I have already deciphered most of it. It would normally be impossible, but with my knowledge of the future, I know where I will experience my next "metamorphosis" that will turn me from a caterpillar into a butterfly.




Heh, that will be nice to experience. Since I haven't grown majorly personally since I learned to control my power and started strengthening my body.



Well, I better go and meet the "bright-eyed" customer who is half angel, half bringer of death.


…
So I go a couple of floors below mine, in Alloy's floor, and see that he is teaching Gon and Killua some hand-to-hand combat in a luxurious room that is the size of a house. Even the furniture around it is expensive looking.


"Nen is strong, but ya know what is stronger?... MY MUSCLES!!" He then flexes his muscles. 

Yeah, that is also definitely not true. 


Killua seems tired by this while Gon had a starry look on his face. But still, even the assassin has seen how those muscles bashed Hisoka.


"Now-"



"Okay Alloy, stop teaching the kids wrong things," I tell him, making him look at me and just continue his muscle-flexing as if that will prove me wrong somehow. He is such a weird guy.


"Anyway, I will be teaching them from now on. So you can go away… and do whatever you usually do." I act like I don't know what he does in his private time. 

Well, Alloy is the definition of Enhancer. He usually does something like headbutt a whale without using Nen, try to eat more grass than a cow, scare a gorilla by just flexing, etc.


Gon and Alloy say tearful goodbyes and the man jumps off the 195th floor.



I wave at him casually, not worried at all.


….
-General POV-



Killua looks at Alloy, someone he considers so strong, who also listens to Sub's orders like he is a dog. 


'Just how strong is this man?' Wonders Killua, but he doesn't express his feelings on the outside. Even as he feels the natural heavy pressure that comes off the man.


"So? You guys are curious about Nen right?" Asks Sub as he lies down on the luxurious room chair, putting his feet on the table.


Both of the kids nod. He smirks and neither of their eyes catches it as Sub flickers Nen blasts on their foreheads. Of course, the power is insignificant, so it doesn't hurt them at all.


But their Nen explodes out of their body due to their Nen pores being opened all at once. Sub didn't bother to teach them yesterday, because when he says that they can register even past the deadline… well people like to listen when he says something or... 



"Control your Nen, don't let it leak out." Sub gives simple instructions. Leaving the rest to their interpretation. Not twenty seconds later and they both have their Nen contained. 


He smirks at that. "Good, you are about as good as Karla. Let's move on now, try Zetsu, it's like trapping all of your Aura inside your body, erasing your existence."


Gon completes this exercise a couple of seconds earlier than Killua, but this is mostly because he could use Zetsu instinctively, like some animals. Killua was an assassin, but even he didn't know how to do something like this.


"Good, better than expected." Sub compliments them. He is a little impressed with how quickly they can close their Aura nodes. 'During canon timeline, Wing wasted time and didn't allow them to train Nen due to Gon's mistake of fighting without permission. But I don't plan to do something like that.'



"Good, now try exploding your aura outwards, exclusively. This technique's name is Ren." Sub guides them, but this time they can't do it instantly as they did with the two previous techniques. 'Talent and Potential… both are proportional most of the time. Though there have been some exceptions.'

He smiles, he knows that teaching Killua and Gon Nen will be useful to him in the future. He will genuinely teach them and not hold anything back.


…
…
He spends two months teaching them. They learn the basic techniques. Sub trains them extremely just the basic techniques and Gyo. He wanted them to master the basics further, as most of the advanced Nen techniques are just a combination of basic ones.


So currently, they are in a wide empty well-lit room. Gon and Killua look at Karla who is in front of them.


Sun is to the side, looking at them and yawning. "Show me, Ren."


Fwom!!


Their Aura explodes out of their body, strengthening them.


"Okay, fight Karla, if you can land one hit on her then you can continue fighting in the arena. Don't worry though, she won't be using her Hatsu or any of the dangerous advanced techniques." Explains Sub.


"Wait, won't this make it too easy for us?" Asks Gon.

Sib shrugs at that. "Well, if I was you, I wouldn't underestimate Karla… BEGIN!!"


Fwosh!!!


Immediately they start the fight.


Baam!!


Gon feels a heavy force hit his stomach, he feels like his insides turn into mush.

*cough*


He coughs a mouthful of blood as he crashes into the wall. 


"Gon!!" Killua looks at this in shock and his eyes turn cold as he looks at Karla.


"Hm~ that is a nice look." She says casually, like usual wearing her dark dress. "The challenge should have been if you can touch my dress, then maybe you would have had more of a chance."



"B*tch!" Yells out Killua, charging at her. He reaches and punches her, but her image dissolves, showing that it was just an afterimage.


Baam!!


He feels her kick to his side. *crack* He also feels his ribs cracking.


Booom!!


And so Killua crashes into the wall too.


*sigh* "You should have gone easier on them." Says Sub, shaking his head.


Karla shrugs. "I wasn't even going 50% power, I don't know how low you wanted me to go."


"I dunno, maybe 20%?" Wonders Sub. "They should be able to hit you then."


"Hmmm… maybe…" Karla thinks about this as she wraps her bandages around Gon and Killua, healing them. Sub has made them the sin of greed and envy temporarily. Just so Karla can heal them since after that he kicks them out. This is the loophole in her ability.



Sub looks at their injuries and mumbles. "Maybe around 10% would be better…"


The difference between Karla and someone like Gon and Killua is tremendous. Even without her Hatsu, her raw power alone could kill them both within less than a second.



'This should teach them to not be too arrogant.' He contemplates.



….
A/N: Though around the MC, Karla seems to be lacking in power. She is strong as hell... it's just that Sub is... crazily strong that it makes her seem kinda weak.