In the city, the twins were walking down the street. Rui kept groaning due to her growling stomach, leaned over, and held it, she seemed very uneasy. While Ruby glared at her in the corner of her eyes, with a straight face, she hummed to herself worriedly.

Many citizens passed by and completely ignored the twins. They knew full well that they've been there for a while now, so they knew no harm would come to them. Ruby's wings were folded behind her and Rui's wings stuck to her backside vertically downward, so she wouldn't get as much odd glares as she would with her wings entirely sticking out.

Ruby looked forward, a sigh escaped her red lips, and her hawk gaze closed, only to open again. "Rui... I've got a little bit of money if you wanna grab something to eat," Ruby offered in a low voice, she felt upset that they couldn't eat hardly that well since money was hard to come by.

"Can we? I'm hungry... Besides, we haven't eaten all day," Rui perked up with pleading pink eyes and her hands clenched against her chest.

"Sure," she said and sighed from exhaustion. She looked over and noticed a bakery to their side, as they gradually passed by it. They both paused in their step and looked into the building through the window, seeing people lined up at a cashier. They all had their food of choice, the very sight even made her tummy growl.

There she saw her favorite dessert in there, then widened her eyes in slight excitement. "R-Rui... Let's eat here, they have my favorite muffin," She demanded eagerly, with twinkling eyes that looked as though a child was peeking into the window.

Rui tilted her head slightly in confusion, soon understanding what she meant by Favorite muffin. She smiled real big and lunged atRuby in a hug from behind. "Haaaai, hai! Ruby-chan!" Exclaiming, she was giggling up a storm until she watched Ruby run toward the door. She still hung on her backside and her arms around her neck, flailing around comically from her twin's haste.

Rui looked surprised at seeing her this excited, she hasn't seen her this excited in a long time; the only time she remembers her being this eager was when... She found out a boy she liked a long time ago, liked her back. Although, they were in the facility at that time but hey, who said you can't find love even in a dangerous place like SGSF?

Ruby opened the door to the bakery and looked through the display cases that held sweets and all sorts of goodies. She squatted down for a closer look and eyed her favorite muffin ever; it was a blueberry muffin, with chopped nuts, sprinkled on top.

Rui got off of her twin and gazed at all the chocolate in the display cases, she was looking for chocolates with cherry filling in them. Rui's favorite sweets being chocolate with cherries in them, mint chocolates, and peanut butter chocolate bars; it made everything that had those, feel so irresistible.

Ruby's favorite sweets were blueberry muffins with chopped nuts sprinkled on top, donuts with cream filling inside, and chocolate chip cookies, with peanut butter bits inside them.

"Ruby! I want this one!" She eagerly said in a risen tone, while pointing at a box of chocolates that had cherries in them.

"Rui... Those are pricey... I only have $14.00 on me... These muffins here are on sale; the blueberry muffins are four dollars and those chocolates you pointed at..are ten dollars... That will take all my money... I'd buy it for you if I had more...but we won't have anything left over if we buy these..." She sighed with a disappointed look in her eyes and looked back over at the muffins.

"It's okay, Ruby, I understand. I'll see if they have peanut butter chocolate bars somewhere," She said happily with her eyes closed and a big, closed smile across her face.

Unexpectedly, a card dropped down in front of Rui's face. She opened her bug-like eyes and backed up an inch, to get a better look. There she saw someone's card in her eyes; Rui slowly looked up at the person who put that card in her face and noticed it was Illumi with his emotionless face.

"Couldn't help but to overhear your name miss...Rui. I'll pay for your sweets...on one condition," He offered before looking to his side, so he could get a glimpse of Ruby; who in turn, gave him a death glare. He wore a purple outfit, unlike the previous encounter with him when he wore a green one.

"Rui, let's go... We don't need people bribing us...for, information..." Ruby ordered with a hint of anger in her voice. She grabbed Rui by the arm in a hasted manner only to have Illumi's voice ring in her ears and make her come to a halt.

"If I treat you both to a quick meal, would you at least answer some of my questions in return...?" he asked monotonously with his black eyes glued to the twins.

Ruby turned to glare at the man then nodded slowly. Rui grew a huge smile and gleefully jumped up and down, rather happy that they got to eat.

"Yaaaay!! FOOD!" She childishly exclaimed with excitement then ran in circles around Ruby, happily giggling.

Illumi's gaze widened slightly at Rui's outbursts, thinking to himself of how childish she was for her age. "Alright then... Come," Illumi Gestured for them to follow; he led them to a regular restaurant and sat at a table with the twins. Both twins were looking through the same menu; Rui had an excited face and Ruby...had her usual, stern face.

Illumi couldn't understand why Rui was so excited about eating out. What was strange though, was, he felt more curious about Rui than he did toward Ruby. He wanted answers but he wasn't getting anywhere with these two. Strangely enough, he kept his eyes pinned on Rui without moving an inch. He couldn't put his finger on it... There was just something about her features that fascinated him, something about her that interested him. Was it her abnormal speed...? Maybe... Or could it have something to do with her bug structures? Where they came from, who they are and what they are, were the main questions swirling through his mind; like a swarm of flying insects. It literally...bugged him. (Joke not intended but whatever, lol.)

Both twins finally ordered their meal once a waitress came by. The waitress looked rather uneasy by the twin's appearance and rushed away after writing their orders down.

ten minutes had passed and the waitress came back, with their drinks and food. The lady quickly sat their meals down and trotted away, as if she was trying to keep away from them.

Rui contently ate her food with her eyes closed and a small hint of pink on her cheeks. Ruby was savoring her food and picking at it nonchalantly, with her hawk eyes glaring at Illumi. She couldn't comprehend why Illumi was staring at Rui, despite his expressionless face; she could sense a puzzled emotion coming from him. The bird-woman had always been able to sense a person's emotions, just by being around them and Rui could see a person's emotions, through aura colors.

Her bug senses could be triggered at will when she wanted to read a person's emotions... IF, she didn't want to ask about it.

Rui finished with a sigh of relief, only to notice Illumi gazing at her with his blank face. She couldn't tell by facial features how a person felt when they're expressionless; thus, she decided to read his aura. Doing so, she viewed him with a straight, blank face. Her head tilted slightly to the left and pondered on his colors. She saw black mixing in with red, yellow, blue, and some purple. Once she realized how he felt, she smiled real big with her eyes closed.

Black can resemble death, evil, depression, fear, or negativity. Red can resemble passion, energy, blood, war, and even hatred or despise. Yellow can mean curiosity, youth, fun, happiness, sunshine, and cheerfully energetic. Blue can mean creativity and intelligence as well as loyalty, strength, wisdom, and trust. Purple could mean royalty, nobility, and prestige. Thinking to herself, she thought, Hmm, he must be intelligent, wise, strong, loyal to someone, and...She paused in her monologue then continued. Quite curious about something.~ She guessed in her head, with her solid eyes still closed. She looked over at Ruby, who had a patient look on her face and had her yellow eyes closed.

"Alright... As for my questions...Who are you two...? Where did you come from and what are you...?" He asked in his monotonous voice.

~~Elsewhere~~

Up in a tree sat Hisoka holding one of Ruby's feathers with a smirk on his face and contently gazed at it. "Hmm...~" He hummed to himself while twirling the feather around with his fingers. "I wonder when I can have a real fight with my dear, Arch Angel... I'm growing rather bored just sitting here," Deep thought swirled in his eyes and thought to himself, of how thrilling it'd be to fight her again. A small flush of pink grew on his cheeks, just by thinking about it; he loved how she would slice through his cards with such ease and fly with those majestic wings of hers.

That sharp glare of hers gave him thrill-chills down his spine. You're such a toughie on the outside... I wonder if there's a soft spot in your heart somewhere, so I could tug at it and make you show your weak side...~ He lightly laughed under his breath at the thought closed his eyes. He brought the feather to his nose and felt the softness of it brush against his face.

He sat there remembering the time when she unsheathed her sword during their escape when he was with Illumi in the alleyway, and the time when she summoned that strange tornado of light with such an interesting incantation. He smirked even bigger and groaned at the thought of him fighting her again. "Where....art thou my dear White bird...? Yee, who summons light to bring forth pain and destruction among those who dare trample thou and thy sister..." He questioned, copying Ruby's Shakespearean speech from her incantation to mock her summoning style.

Back with the twins-

"We're human just like you... We came from a faraway place...and as you can obviously tell... We're sisters, with a name and last name..." Ruby said, hoping that Illumi would give up soon.

"That does not answer my question, Miss Ruby... I expect a proper answer this time... Now, answer me... Or I'll have to resort to force," His tone grew dangerous, and lowered his head so a shadow could mask his face in an intimidating way; his eyes pinned to Ruby then glanced over at her twin.

"O-kaaaay!~" Rui said, raising a fist in the air and keeping her eyes closed, her mouth happily open. "We came from the SGSF! We were-" She was cut off by Ruby's hand that covered her mouth with haste, only to have Rui look over at her twin with a questioning stare. "N-Nani?"Rui's muffled question sounded from behind her sister's hand.

"Rui wa, watashi wa anata ga... Dareni mo Iwanaide kudasai katarimashita! Sore wa watashitachi no ryoho ni owari o imi suru kamo shiremasen..."Ruby angrily replied to her twin with her eyes closed.

"Watashi wa Ruby Gomen'nasai! Wasureteta!" Rui apologized after her sister removed her palm.

"Hai...Soreha daijobudesu..." Ruby replied after sighing, then opened her eyes to Illumi only to notice him glaring at her; she noticed irritation coming from him even though his face was as blank as a piece of white paper.

"Very well then... You leave me no choice," He stated before reaching out to Ruby, with his zetsu raising. His eyes swirled like that of hypnosis; he kept those abbreviated letters in mind and took note of their names, when they exchanged conversation in the bakery and just now, in Japanese.

Ruby closed her eyes then smacked his hand away in annoyance but to no avail, he turned to Rui and grabbed a hold of her jawline then tried to manipulate her mind, into giving him the answers he longed for. "Give me my-" Illumi was cut off by a tackle hug, which sent him flying out of his chair some ways away.

"Kono yona kawaii me!" Rui cooed over Illumi's eyes. She thought his black eyes were adorable considering how big they were. She was nuzzling his face with her bug eyes closed and giggled up a storm.

Illumi's gaze was stunned at her sudden attack, he never thought someone would be so expressive like this... Let alone childish, he was also stunned by the fact that his power didn't reach her well; he felt slight control over her but in an instant, he lost grip of her mind, a couple of seconds before she lunged at him. Despite her childish behaviors, Rui was intriguing him even more for some odd reason. The man never thought he'd be curious toward someone that's so happy-go-lucky like her... He felt strange thinking about it, then shoved that thought in the back of his mind to ignore it.

"RUI-CHAAAAAAN!!!" The scene showed the outside of the restaurant, then a big thud on Rui's head was heard which emitted a loud, comical thunk.

Now, it showed Rui crying comically with her eyes closed and silly tears rolling down her face, her butt was flat on the floor and her knees bent; her arms wrapped around her knees. "Ruby, so meaaaan!" Rui stated, then felt her arm being grabbed by her sister and got dragged outside, with her body being limp.

"Baaaaka!-"The bird-woman exclaimed before the door shut behind them. Illumi sat up and watched them leave, blinking in surprise, and couldn't comprehend what happened just now. That bug girl truly caught his interest...

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/