After about of week of practicing her crystal shield behind her sister's back, she had finally managed to perfect its shape and size; it nearly covered her whole body. Ruby sat on her bed in her bedroom and was using a whetstone to sharpen her blade. Her hawk eyes stoically gazed upon her silver rapier, watching as each ridged edge got fixed.

Unexpectedly, Rui came busting through the door and nearly knocked the hinges out. "Nee-chaaaaaaaaaan!" The twin screamed out in alert then tackled her onto her back. Ruby accidentally dropped her sword, making it emit a clanging tone, and almost slid under the bed.

"OI! WATCH IT RUI, YOU WOULD'VE GOTTEN CUT! BE MORE CAREFUL!" Ruby comically raged with white eyes. Her twin had her arms wrapped around her and her face in Ruby's collar bone.

"Ne-chan, Sir Netero requests to see you... It involves the Rebellions...! Also, Black Shifter wants you to interrogate Sikiyona. He believes you could get information out of her, he and Neon both tried but...didn't get anywhere." She hysterically cried as wavy tears streamed down her face. Rui wanted to go, so bad but knew she couldn't.

Ruby sighed in defeat then nodded with her eyes shut. "Alright... After all, we did join their side in hopes of defeating the rebellion leader... Speaking of which, did you feel anything eerie and evil about that Janitor? You know, the guy with blonde hair we happened to pass by in a hallway, about a week ago?" Ruby questioned her twin, hoping it wasn't just her that felt it.

"Y-Yeah but... His aura colors described his emotions. I read evil on him, wits, deceit, crazy and heartless... The atmosphere around him felt so suffocating to where I almost felt the need to attack him. Yet, I was too terrified to do so, I almost got frozen in place...if I wasn't running after you..." The bug twin answered after getting off her sister, she knew he was evil. It wasn't just Ruby's senses but it was also Rui's bug eyes that could read his aura.

"We'll have to stay clear of him, something tells me that he's a spy... I can't just jump to conclusions either, I need proof," Explaining, she saw her twin nod and stand up after grabbing her rapier.

"I'm going to see if Illumi's back yet!" Rui happily expressed, before giggling and skipped out of the room.

"Alright, just don't leave the mansion's grounds." Ruby's reply almost went unheard by her twin, a soft smile graced her red lips at how innocent she seemed.

~~~Later~~~ (Spongebob narrator xD)

Elsewhere, a black silhouette jumped from a tree branch and over to the next. It was heading toward a mansion and tailing Illumi, from behind. Illumi stopped in mid-pace, turned around, and questioned who was following him; he was on his way back home.

The assassin decided to stand there for a few minutes until that feeling had faded. He turned back around and continued on his way until the black silhouette was seen hopping from one branch to another, just above the Zoldyck. So this Ilumi guy, that Sir Bodaodai had sent me to spy on... Is a strong man. Judging by how he's able to sense me so easily with the slightest raise in my nen, he must be strong. My power called Veil, helps me mask my presence and nearly any traces of my existence. Unfortunately, I just let up a little bit, and... He almost saw me, that's the last thing I'd want. The unknown person mentioned in their mind. The voice was deep and quiet, assuming them to be a man. He was completely unaware that he was spying on a Zoldyck. From above, he watched as the raven-haired male kept getting closer and closer to the Mansion's entrance.

Illumi stopped right in front of the door, turned around, and looked up at the trees. He popped out a few pins into his hands and shot them all out, toward the shady figure. The spy had jumped all over the place to avoid the pins but was struck by one of them and fell out of the tree. Illumi flashed then reappeared in front of the person, who wore a full black attire and mask, with cut out eye holes. The raven-haired male bent over, pulled off the mask, and gazed down at him with a creepy look. "Why were you following me...?" Asking that with his monotonous voice, a dark aura surrounded his body from his nen to show intimidation.

The man hesitated to reply but did none the less. He knew that if he didn't, he'd get killed. "I was hired to learn as much as I could about you, I was promised that I'd get paid if I brought back valuable information..." He answered with a shaky tone, clearly afraid of the Zoldyck above him.

"I see... Then who is this person that sent you out here...?" Questioned Illumi as he kneeled closer to him. He touched the pin that was stuck in the other man's body and pushed it in deeper, making the guy scream in agony. Illumi smiled darkly from amusement, hearing the needle break through his many layers of skin and through his muscle.

"Lord Vince Bodaodai! Please don't kill me, I've told you what you wanted to know!" He screamed out in fear and pain, as he laid there in the grass with blood seeping out of his wound.

"I have no intention of letting you go, not since you've followed me and know where I live. I can't have you reporting to this Vince person," He shut his black, empty eyes and smiled even more darkly, earning him a scream of terror from the other man. Illumi was in the process of...amusing himself.

Back in the mansion, Rui had run off to look for Illumi. The hawk twin remained in her room but her expression showed deep thought. The memory from that vision, before she reawoke from her near-death experience, troubled her mind. What did she mean by the evil that awaits...? Her eyes shut at the thought and pondered on it, only to sigh and sit back down on her bed. Having her Rapier leaning against the bed's side, she clasped her hands together and held it near her mouth. God... I know I haven't prayed to you in a long time but I need an answer. I saw a vision with a white figure in front of me... Before I got saved from that poison. Please... Tell me... What evil is it, that awaits me? Who is it, that I must train to get stronger for...? A soon as she asked, she heard a slight murmur in the back of her head. God supposedly had responded and said him, with the image of the janitor in her mind. The voice was different and knew, that it wasn't hers. I knew it... I had a feeling that the Janitor was up to something! We both felt and saw it... I have to go warn Sir Netero, immediately; afterward, I'll have to jump back into training. I need to practice my other two skills. She opened her eyes with her hands still folded in front of her mouth. There was such a deadly glare in them that it would even make a dinosaur tremble.

Outside of the mansion, Rui burst out of the doors and tackled Illumi to the ground. She squealed his name out of sheer glee then began rubbing her cheek on his. Illumi's cheeks flushed faintly as his gaze changed to its original, emotionless state. "Illumi-kuuuuun, I missed you! Where did you go?!" Asked the bug twin before turning her head slightly. She saw a man laying on the ground, slightly whimpering from pain...blood had pooled around him and his gaze looked traumatized. Rui gasped and ran over to the man in shock, wondering why he was in that condition. "What happened?!" She questioned with worry, Illumi stood up behind her and watched the dying man.

"I found him amusing... His screams were quite interesting... He actually managed to hit the pitch of a little girl. Don't worry though, he's an enemy; he was sent here by a man named Vince Bodaodai, hired to collect as much information on me as possible and report back..." He explained, only to have Rui turn around and put her hands on her hips.

"Illumi! He was HIRED, meaning he was only doing his job! Why are you letting him die?!" She was furious with Illumi's actions. Not understanding the consequence, if he had let the man go.

"If I had spared him and let him run, he would've reported to that Vince guy and everyone including you would have been in danger. The knowledge of the Zoldyck family mansion's whereabouts is to remain hidden. If I continued to let him follow me, my family would have killed him instead and I'd ruin the Zoldyck family's reputation. My parents would not have been pleased with me," He explained once more with his usual monotonous voice.

"So... He's a bad person, just as you said...?" Asking Illumi with an innocent expression. Seeing him nod once, she turned to face the whimpering man and knelt down to him. Gazing into the man's frightened eyes, her expression turned cold. "It was your fault for even accepting this mission, you should have looked into it more before accepting it..." A cold, soft, and quiet voice came from her that was so rare to hear She tried so hard to hide the fact that she despised Vince for sending him out with no awareness of him, spying on a Zoldyck. Still, it was his fault for not considering the information on the mission first. As she watched him slowly die, she stood back up and faced Illumi once more; though doing so, she met the eyes of her twin...and might I say, she was quite surprised, albeit hurting in the eyes.

In the open doors stood Ruby in its frame. Her hawk gaze was wide from shock and pain, that one would mistake her to break down into tears any minute. "R- Rui... W-what was that about? You acted so cold, what happened to you...? You're not the Rui I know... Who are you...?" Ruby's features changed from stunned to strict, she's never seen her sister like that before. Rui... Please tell me, that it was an act. I tried so hard to keep your innocence, where did it all go...? She asked in her mind with a worried and stern face.

"Gomen... Nee-chan... I tried to keep this a secret for as long as I could... Do you know why all my emotions cease when I get a cut, or blood gets drawn from me...?" Rui asked her twin quietly as mourn engulfed her heart.

Ruby looked as though she was holding back tears, even though her features seemed as stoic as ever. "Tell me..." That was all she could say, she felt too hurt that her own twin lied to her.

"When I got transformed into...this... I was forced to watch animals rip each other apart... I've watched blood gush out, saw so much death, and....women be tortured. They were trying to make me into a killing machine..." Her words stopped for a moment and took a long pause, before continuing. "I didn't wanna tell you because... I didn't want to hurt you with the information... I'm still the Rui you know, I just...lied. I kept a facade of innocence to cover my true self at least only half of myself is still innocent... " She replied with a soft and nearly monotonous voice. She, too, tried to hold back tears but failed. A single tear trailed down her cheek and remained next to her lover, unmoving.

Ruby's eyes were masked by shadow and only her dark red lips could be seen, they quivered a bit as more than one tear fell down her face. She sprawled her wings out, jumped into the air, and flew off into the distance in a hurry. Racing to sir Netero that had given her a task he asked her to do, with tears and shadow still engulfing her features.

Rui fell to her knees, she also broke down into silent sobs. She put her palms to her face and began crying, making Illumi stare down at her. He knelt down behind her and looked over her shoulder, gazing at her weeping form. "I knew I shouldn't have told her... Please Nee-chan, I'm sorry..." she started to cry heavily from hurting her twin like that.

Elsewhere, Ruby was flying to Netero. It took about half an hour before she actually reached her destination, her eyes were puffy from crying on her way there. Walking down the halls to Netero's office, she knocked on the door and held a mournful stern face. "Come in.~" His voice echoed through the door and Ruby opened it only to see the Chairman sitting at his desk. "I'm here... To interrogate Sikiyona..." She announced with a sorrowful tone, nothing has ever made her this upset before.

A/N: I hope you enjoyed this chapter!~ Don't forget to leave a comment, I'm always happy to hear from my readers! \o/