(1) The Biggest Mystery Yet

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A/N: This is a rewrite of "Shadows of the Truth" that I still have posted in case some people liked the OG version. This version is a lot better and lacks explicit content. The first few chapters are very similar, but it differs extremely after chapter 4 or so.

Hope you guys enjoy!

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1,300 words.

Kurapika's POV



❀ꗥ~ꗥ❀ "𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐝𝐲 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫, 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐨𝐬 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐚 𝐟𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐬𝐲, 𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐡, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫, 𝐬𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫: 𝐀𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐞 𝐥𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬? 𝐎𝐫 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐞 𝐥𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐬? 𝐀𝐦𝐢𝐝 𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐲'𝐬 𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐬 𝐚 𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐫𝐞, 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐥 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐰𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐲 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲; 𝐚 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭'𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐮𝐬, 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞, 𝐢𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐲 𝐡𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐚 𝐛𝐢𝐭 𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐯𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐛𝐞 𝐥𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐮𝐭.

𝐏𝐚𝐝𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐚 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐨𝐰𝐧. 𝐖𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚 𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐛𝐨𝐛𝐚 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐩, 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐥𝐞𝐢𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐬 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡 𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭, 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐤𝐢𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭: 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐬 𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫.

𝐎𝐫, 𝐬𝐨 𝐰𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭.

𝐉𝐮𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐡, 𝐢𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐡 𝐛𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫, 𝐊𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐮𝐚 𝐙𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐲𝐜𝐤, 𝐈𝐥𝐥𝐮𝐦𝐢 𝐙𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐲𝐜𝐤 𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐦𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐲, 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐬. 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐰𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐰𝐞 𝐤𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐬. 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐚𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐞? 𝐈 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐦𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐲𝐞𝐭—𝐚 𝐧𝐞𝐰𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐨𝐰𝐧, 𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐚 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐠𝐨 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐛𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐧, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐥𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐢𝐭𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟.

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𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡– 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐚 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐩 𝐨𝐟 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫:

𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭, 𝐰𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚 𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐛𝐨𝐲, 𝐰𝐡𝐨𝐦 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐝, 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐮𝐩 𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐚𝐥𝐥.

𝐀𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐨𝐲: 𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐳𝐲 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐝, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐰𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐦, 𝐚 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐟𝐮𝐥, 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐣𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐫 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐝, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐚𝐥𝐥.

𝐀𝐧 𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐧: 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐮𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞.

𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐦𝐞: 𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐚 𝐠𝐨𝐚𝐥, 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐥𝐮𝐫𝐤 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥.

𝐈 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐢𝐬: 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐭?" ❀ꗥ~ꗥ❀



Kurapika let out a sigh and closed the google doc. He ran his slender fingers through his scruffy, blonde bangs, and he leaned back to rest his head on the jade sofas in Masadora– a local teahouse that served as one of the main hangouts for students of Padokea's only high school, Hunter High.

"Hey, Kurapika!"

He squinted his tired eyes to find Leorio waving in his signature navy suit. "Oh, hello, Leorio."

"It's rare to find you in such a public place. I see you're picking up writing again." The man sat down in the booth across from him.

       Kurapika jolted up, hissing, "Leorio, we can't be seen together! The entire school assembles here!"

       The biology teacher frowned, and Kurapika struggled to push down the guilt.

This is the way it has to be.

       An illegal... relation of some sort.

       They met with foolish naivety, yet Kurapika cannot bring himself to regret it. He could still remember so vividly the dizzy heat of midsummer, his backpack of every belonging he owned, and the dry grass tickling his ankles.

He remembered an old fashioned, beat up car pulling up and a man with sunglasses shading his eyes, asking, "do you need a ride? It's dangerous to be alone in this part of town." And the man flipped his glasses up, revealing the most honest eyes Kurapika had ever encountered. No ill-intentions, no lies, nothing but pure kindness.

Kurapika had nodded, placing his bag on the floorboards of the front seat and buckling his seatbelt.

       "Leorio," the man introduced.

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