Drawing by me!

I rushed it a bit because I just wanted to get it finished and I realized that I was about to publish the chapter without the drawing, so that's why it's not as good as my other one's lol.

Is it just me or does he kind of look like Kirishima from My Hero Academia?

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Also, grab some tissues now or else you'll probably regret it near the end of the chapter!

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Dust dispersed and kicked up as a harsh force descended from the sky and a high ring filled the air as a bright light flashed, before the cloud of dust began to slowly disperse.

There stood four men and eyes of thunder trailed over each of the faces and all of team Genthru was there, but soon, her eyes landed on the fourth member.

Ice ran throughout the girl's veins and shivers ran up her spine, eyes widening as a quiet, fearful gasp filled her ears.

Eyebrows furrowed together slightly as lips parted in shock and the young girl's hands shook at her sides as her breathing quickened slightly.

The color of flames flowed gently in the wind and raged as harshly as an out of control beast, the sunlight only causing the color to glisten brightly.

Crystalline eyes gleamed as darkly as smoke and deeply stared into eyes of thunder, that glistened so brightly with rage that they counteracted one another.

In his smirk was a dark and taunting message as they stared at one another.

Screams of a past memory echoed throughout her mind and the haunting laugh of the man accompanied it, causing the young girl's fists to clench, shaking at her sides as fury exploded within her body.

Noticing her expression, eyes of the sea narrowed in concern and the silverette frowned slightly, seeing the way her body shook with rage.

It was clear to him that these two had a past; a past that definitely wasn't a good one.

'What do you want?',Killua barked out.

'No need to be hostile, let's just make a deal'

'With you? We're not interested'

With her hand over her mouth, rose-colored eyes turned towards the group in front of them and her expression hardened.

They had to make sure that the group in front of them doesn't know that they were waiting for them and that, they were fully prepared.

Beady black eyes glanced towards Valentine and Zeus's feathers stood slightly in anxiety, low chirps leaving his lips.

When they all separated, he was told that he would have to leave the blonde behind and fly off somewhere until she had called him back.

But Zeus knew that Valentine only wanted to send him away momentarily for his own safety, although it still didn't sit right with him.

'It's not a bad deal, you know?',Genthru stated and a crazed look was in his eyes as he stared at the four children,'In fact, it's so good that even Tsezguerra agreed to it'

Not knowing if the man was lying, eyes of thunder narrowed in suspicion and Valentine squinted slightly, looking between the group of men; trying to see if any of them showed any sign of deceit.

'What is it?',Killua questioned.

'Curious now'

As soon as the man stepped forward, the four tensed up and made it look as if they were preparing to back away from them.

'Don't move, you can talk from over there!',Gon commanded.

'It's actually surprisingly simple, we'll beat the game on everyone's behalf. And then, everyone returns to the real world and splits Betarra's reward'

Raising an eyebrow, a look of disbelief coated Valentines face and she looked the man up and down, her eyelids drooping slightly.

It was clear that he thought that they were idiots.

'I find that hard to believe',The silverette spoke up and pretty much voiced Valentine's thoughts, a deep frown on his face.

A wide smile spread across the man's face and a feeling of uncertainty filled their veins; the smile was very unsettling.

'We've had a little change of heart',Genthru admitted,'And Tsezguerra and the others have already left the game'

'Yeah, but that still doesn't mean that he agreed to your offer'

'Yes.. that's true'

Reaching up, the blonde adjusted the glasses up on his face and a shadow cast over his eyes as his smile turned down into a deep frown.

'Then, you'd rather die here? Just shut up and give us all of your cards!',Genthru shouted at the three and a dark look covered his face as he looked up at them,'Otherwise, we'll kill all of you!'

Suddenly, the platinum blonde lunged towards them and they all immediately jumped back, beginning to run away from the men.

'Finally showing your true colors!',Killua shouted.

'Book! Accompany on, to Soufrabi!'

A flash of light coated the three and it instantly shot into the air at lightning speed, shooting across the sky.

Continuing to run away from the men, the group had teleported three more times and then, returned to Masadora.

Before the men could follow them, the group had instantly run towards the forest and crouched down within the bushes, concealing their presence.

Looking around, the group was confused as to where they had gone and eyes of crystals slowly looked around, piercing everything in their path.

'They're not here'

A low and deep hum left the man's lips and slowly, his lips began to spread up ever-so-slightly, turning up into a smirk.

'They could be concealing their presence'

'Check the store, we don't want them getting their hands on any spell cards'

As soon as the men had left, the four once again set into a run and low pants left their lips.

Running deeper into the forest, the group turned their eyes behind them and soon enough, team Genthru had appeared behind them.

They had made them use all of their accompanies and so now, they had to follow them on foot.

'Don't lose sight of them, we're completely out of accompanies!',Genthru ordered his men.

The harsh fall of footsteps filled the forest air and low pants left the children's lips; pretending to be winded so that they could trick their enemies.

Letting the men jump in front of them, the four slid to a stop and harsh pants left their lips, their eyes looking between the enemies.

'Now, why don't you give up and hand over all of your cards'

'You're crazy! We'll never let you have them'

Feigning a look of fear, a drop of sweat slowly fell down Valentine's face and her wide, fearful eyes looked between the men and eyes of cobalt narrowed in confusion.

Everything was going according to plan.

'If you want our cards, come and get them'

'Wait what!?'

Looking towards Gon, a small gasp of fear left Valentine's lips and her widened eyes seemed to shake in fear as she trembled, making it look as if she was terrified at the thought.

"Wait, what!? Gon, are you crazy!"

'Damnit!'

Eyes narrowing, Killua nodded to himself and knew that they now had to just separate the group little by little.

Looking towards Valentine, a look of worry filled eyes of ice and a deep frown formed on his face.

'Val, get out of here, now!',Killua shouted and those words had initiated the next part of their plan; to fight them.

Glancing towards the silverette as she turned to run, Valentine could see the true worry within his eyes and it seemed as if time had stopped as she sent him a small smile, before pulling her eyes away from his.

Low pants left the blonde's lips and hearing footsteps harshly pounding against the ground as her pursuer was hot on her tail, Valentine glanced behind her slyly, her eyes widening only for a moment as she caught sight of the red-haired man behind her.

Of course he had followed her.

Narrowing her eyes, Valentine looked forward and continued to run, small pants of "exhaustion" leaving her lips as shadows passed overhead.

Summoning her book, the golden-eyed beauty glanced towards the man behind her and a low smirk spread across her lips, causing the man to chuckle darkly.

"Accompany on! Antokiba!"

Light formed around their bodies and the two enemies were sent flying through the sky, before landing within the forest area behind the city of Antokiba.

A low hum left the man's lips and he nodded, quite impressed with her bravery to face him alone.

Even though she had been shaking with fear only moments ago.

Seeing the way she was faced away from him and was looking towards the ground, a deep rumbling chuckle resonated up his throat, leaving his lips.

'You know, I'm surprised that you'd want to fight me alone'

Clenching her teeth together, Valentine's clenched fists shook at her sides and her breathing deepened with rage, her eyes darkening.

'Especially after Hatsumi'

Hearing the name caused the young blonde's face to darken as she stared at the ground and slowly turned around, facing the man.

Tremors of rage shook within the young form of the girl and low growls of anger left clenched teeth as they harshly bit down on one another, nails harshly digging into soft skin of her palms.

Eyes of thunder snapped up and glistened with her rage, shinning as brightly as the sun as she frowned, her anger resonating clearly on her face and within her eyes.

"Don't you dare speak her name with your filthy mouth!",The young Nitsune snapped as all innocence and light disappeared from her eyes as they darkened, deeply staring into the man's soul as her face clouded over,"..Since you're the one who killed my best friend."

The air around them darkened significantly and a harsh ringing filled the air; much higher than any before, the girl's form disappeared in a blur causing a crazed smile to form on the man's face.

Blood sprayed from his mouth as his head was knocked to the side and a bruise was already beginning to form, before his head snapped to the other side as another hit landed on the opposite side.

A deep smirk formed on the man's face as he seemed to have a plan in mind and as each hit landed on his face, chuckles escaped his mouth.

Left, right.

Right, left.

Left, right.

Right, left.

Again and again.

And again.

The man had let the girl get a few good hit's on him before his gleaming eyes looked down at her and a wide, insane smirk coated his face, a crazed look in his face.

Eyes widening slightly, a small gasp was all that left the girl's lips before she was sent flying through the air and before she could react, a brute force slammed into her back causing her to harshly hit the ground.

Dust flew up slightly as soft coughs filled the air, the blonde's face twisted in pain as she slowly pushed herself up onto her elbows, gradually pushing her body off of the ground.

But she wasn't able to get very far as another kick crashed into the side of her stomach, causing a pained gasp to fill the air as she was sent flying once more, a rock smashing against her back at the force and she was sent flying through, burning pain spreading through her body.

Her body harshly smacked against a tree and the bark creaked under the pressure as she fell to the ground, her breathing uneven as she desperately tried to fill her burning lungs with air, her chest flaring with pain.

A harsh stomp crushed against her side and a pained gasp filled the air as her body curled in on it's self, hit after the next landing against her body.

A bitter, metallic taste filled the girl's mouth and maroon coated her lips as pained whimpers left her mouth at each harsh hit that landed against her body.

"..a... ent..!"

"Va... en.. tin..!"

"Valentine!"

Darkness was all the girl could see behind her closed eyelids and then, suddenly, a bright light outlined a figure.

There within the never ending abyss of darkness; crouched down on her knees beside her, was a young girl with Raven black hair and earth brown eyes, looking no older than the blonde herself.

Worry was clear within the girl's eyes and her hair seemed to graciously flow behind her as a heavenly white light outlined her body, making her look like an angel.

"Get up, Valentine! You have to get up!"

The girl's body ached all over and her eyes twitched underneath her eyelids, the man standing over her had a victorious look on his face as his crazed eyes stared down at her; preparing to land the killing blow.

"Please, you have to fight or you'll be killed too!"

The girl's eyebrows spasmed slightly and she fingers clenched the soil of the ground beneath her, her lips twitching down into a frown.

Seeing that nothing was working, a worried look formed on the angelic beings face and she reached forward, shaking the girl with as much force as she could.

Trying to do whatever she could to wake the young contract killer.

"If not for me, then for the boy you love! Get up!"

Another voice filled the void and it was quite familiar, much deeper than the girl's voice.

It was clear that it was an older man; much older.

"Become the Nitsune you were meant to be. Don't be afraid of the darkness within you, let it consume you and use it"

Eyes of thunder snapped open and glowed as bright as the sun before a high-pitched ring filled the air, her figure blurring as soon as the man's foot connected with the ground, a cloud of dust following in it's wake.

The man's eyes widened and he didn't have much time to react as a foot connected with the back of his neck, a burst of wind coming from the spot as he crashed to the ground further away from where he once stood.

Glowing eyes were darkened into a color of dust and pupils that were once a pit of never ending darkness, were now a glistening shade of the sun.

The veins within her forehead and left cheek popped through the skin as her body slowly descended from the air as she jumped.

Warm liquid that had once coated her lips, ran down her body and into her hand, forming a sharp icicle-like shape.

Her feet landed on either side of the man's fallen body and her arms harshly swung down, the sharp tip of blood piercing through skin and bone, the sickening crunch filling the air.

Blood sprayed up from his wound and ran down the man's chin as he coughed, the warm liquid coating skin of ivory as eyes of crystal widened in shock and pain.

Red slowly began to spread and painted the white material of his shirt, the young girl's hands shaking as she tightly held the blood weapon in her grasp.

Watching as the light began to fade from his eyes, Valentine stumbled away from Akuma's body and tumbled to the ground, landing on her backside as she stared at the corpse in front of her.

Two different emotions filled her right now.

But all that matters, was that she had avenged Hatsumi.

The young blonde had killed the man who had murdered her best friend.

After that day, she had never allowed herself to fully mourn the death of her friend until she had avenged her and she knew that it was wrong.

But she did anyway.

Liquid gradually began to fill eyes of thunder and squeezing them shut, the young girl had finally let them flow freely.

Waves of tears burst through the dam she had held back for years and loud sobs left her lips as she cried, her face tilted towards the sky as her body relaxed; finally being able to release the pain it had been holding in.

The salty water gradually fell down her cheeks and the blood on her face began to mix with her tears.

It seemed as if the nature around her had felt her sorrow and a soft breeze began to wash over the forest, the gentle winds caressing her cheeks with care.

The loud cries and sobs that left her lips mingled with the wind, being carried through the air in a gentle symphony.

If she only could have seen the sight in front of her.

A figure stood in front of the young blonde, staring down at her with a soft smile and gentle eyes, her phantom-like hand gently resting atop of Valentine's head, but she sadly couldn't feel it or her presence.

With a soft look on her face, the young girl leaned down and placed a feather-like kiss upon Valentine's head, words of thanks leaving her lips, before she too, disappeared in the wind.