Hunter x Hunter: New Life, New Chapter

This is my first fic ever. I'm sorry if it's crappy, but I'm learning. Cursing will be included. Feel free to criticize and flames will just be turned against you. Now, on to Chapter one.

Disclaimer: I don't own Hunter x Hunter. It belongs to Yoshihiro Togashi. I only own OC's

'I can't let them catch me.' That was the one thing on her mind as she ran through the forest. 'Gotta run. I've got to escape.' Kuri continued to run, ignoring her tired legs. Her surroundings were a blur. All she concentrated on was the thudding of footsteps behind her.

A sudden movement to her right. Kuri moved just in time to see an arrow whiz past her ear. 'They've got archers.' She ducked under a low branch. A bullet hit it and severed it cleanly off, showering Kuri with wood.

'Gun men too.'

'This is bad, you idiot! You need to step up your game!' A voice protested. Kuri's not crazy, that voice is because of Nen. A friend's Hatsu, to be exact. But Kuri doesn't know that. To her, it's 'magic.' Just like it would be to most nine year-olds.

'Sorry Jen, I'm tired. You try running for a week without rest and see how you do,' Kuri replied, annoyed.

'Don't you dare go sassy on me! Watch your ton- TREE!'

'What?'

'Tree! You're about to run into a tree!'

Kuri came back into the real world just in time to register pain.

'Ow! What was that hard thing I just hit?'

'That 'hard thing' is called a tree, moron.'

Kuri winced and rubbed her head. 'Ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, o-'

'I GET IT! Jeez. You're in pain and it's all your fault.'

'My fault? Who was the one yelling at me and distracting me?'

'You should have been more aware of your surroundings.'

Kuri glared at nothing and stuck her tongue out. 'I'm only nine! What do you expect?'

'You should be better. Unstoppable.'

'Well, sorry that I'm not Superwoman.'

'You should be.'

Kuri just rolled her eyes before she noticed something. 'Hey, do you hear anything?'

'No, I don't hear anything.'

"Exactly. Where did the footsteps go?" Kuri muttered. Jen's eyes widened.

"Very good observation, Ms. Muto." A voice came from the shadows. Kuri stiffened.

'Crap, crap, crap. This is bad.'

'Who is it?'

'You don't recognize the voice? It's-'

"Please allow me to introduce myself. I am-"

"Belith Bela Amarande." Kuri said curtly.

"Why yes, I am honored that you know me, Ms. Muto." The man stepped out of the shadows. Kuri cringed in disgust as she took in the man's appearance. He had long greasy black hair and smug eyes. His face might have been handsome with sharp features and an angular jaw, if it wasn't tainted by the sly smile on his face. Otherwise, he was dressed in fancy clothes. Silk suit, leather shoes, gold jewelry.

"Who doesn't? You're a slick creature. I would say a wolf in sheep's clothing, but that would be offensive to wolves. A heartless monster that kills just for the thrill of it. You've only been captured once, and when you were, the next day, you decapitated your captor and made a run for it," Kuri explained blankly. Belith mock applauded. "That was a very nice story of my life. Now, shall I get to know yours? I like to get to know my victims before I kill them." He smiled sinisterly. Kuri raised an eyebrow.

"Why? Do you actually feel guilt for those that you kill and are trying to keep their memory alive?"

"Oh no, I don't need to know their life stories to do that. The sound of their last tortured screams begging me to let them live is enough." Belith let out a moan of pleasure. Kuri backed away and her eye twitched in disgust. 'Great. Another psycho.'

"And your fate will be no different than the rest!" He brought her out of her musing with that statement and she leaped to the right to avoid him as he charged forward. 'You know, my first impression of him was a sly fox. Now, it's more like an enraged bull.'

'Kuri. Quit insulting the animals.' Said girl laughed sheepishly and rubbed the back of her head.

"You're right. Sorry bulls! Sorry foxes!"

Belith stopped charging and looked at her in confusion and disgust.

'He thinks I'm crazy.'

'You just noticed? Kuri, you've always been crazy. But use the fact that he has the wrong idea about you as an advantage against him.'

'...Good idea.'

Kuri smiled. It wasn't a normal innocent nine-year-old smile. It was the smile of a girl who knew she was crazy and accepted it. Belith smirked. As if that would fool him. He knew it was an act.

Kuri continued advancing toward him. He started sweating. Still an act...

The distance between them decreased by another few feet. Belith blanched and started backing away. Kuri followed. For every step he took back, she went one step closer. All the while having that mad smile on her face. She had the glint of insanity in her eyes and a sharp stick in her hand. Belith started backing away faster.

"S-stay away!" He shouted. Kuri just kept moving forward. With a terrified shriek, Belith fled and didn't look back.

Kuri shrugged and stopped with the act. You could just see the pink aura surrounding her and flowers popping out.

'D-damn! Y-you should've seen his face!' Jen choked out, laughing. Kuri shrugged.

'Of course I did. I was the one who caused it, after all. And stop cursing.'

Kuri yawned and looked around. Looks like the soldiers were long gone, she just didn't notice.

'Hey Jen.'

'Yeah?'

'Any nearby villages?'

'Let me check… Sort of. There's a house. You're at some place called Whale Island. Small, remote place. The house is inhabited by Gon Freecss, his aunt, Mito, and his grandmother.'

'Interesting. Which way?'

'You're not thinking of actually going there, right?'

'Do you even know me? When I ask for directions to somewhere, it's because I want to go there.'

'Fine. It's about a yard to your right.' Kuri blinked. Did she hear that right?

Kuri slowly turned her head to her right, and sure enough, there was a house with a… tree growing out of it?

Kuri sighed in relief. Finally. Civilization. It had been a while since she had seen normal, civilized people.

'Maybe if I'm lucky, I can get some food and water. Maybe a place to stay for the night.' Kuri yawned. You could just see Jen rolling her eyes.

Kuri started going to the house with a… tree growing out of it. Or maybe it was just built around the tree. Yeah, that's more reasonable. She walked up the hill and up to the door.

Kuri took a deep breath and steadied herself. She knocked.

A tired woman with short orange hair opened the door.

'That's probably Mito Freecss.'

Mito glared at the space above Kuri's head. "Gon, do-" She started yelling, but stopped as she saw the bruised and battered little girl. Her eyes slightly softened as she saw the state she was in.

"Do you know what time it is, honey?" She asked gently.

Kuri shook her head. Then she saw the dark sky. The moon was up.

'Oh. Oops.' She thought sheepishly.

Kuri shook her head. She really didn't know what time it was.

"It's midnight. What are you doing here?"

"I was being chased and stumbled upon your house. I just want some shelter for the night," Kuri answered honestly. Mito didn't seem completely convinced.

'Come on... Please let the Puppy Dog eyes work.' Mito finally sighed and opened the door wider.

She smiled and let the girl in. "Come in. You must be freezing."

Kuri nodded and stepped inside.

'Wow. What a warm cozy place.'

'Mmhmm.'

It had a small dining table with a few chairs around it and there was an opening on the right that led to the kitchen. Stairs were on the other side of the room and spiraled up to somewhere and right next to the stairs was a door that led to what seemed to be the living room.

'Where's the tree?'

"Take a seat, I'll be back with something hot," Mito-san said as she walked out of the room. Kuri hesitantly walked forward as if there might be hidden traps. She carefully pulled out a chair and felt the cushion to see if there were spikes, poison coating, etc.

The door slammed open. "I'm back, Mito-san!" Kuri stiffened and ran behind the chair she was examining.

Mito-san came out of the kitchen with her hands on her hips and a spatula in hand.

"Gon Freecss! Do you have any idea how late it is! You had Grandma and I worried! And be quiet, we have a guest! You can't just-"

"Uh, Mito-san, I think you're scaring her..." Gon said as he looked around the ranting woman.

Kuri was huddled under the table with her hands on her ears, shaking.

'Jeez. Overkill, much?'

'Well, we have to make it believable.'

Mito-san looked and gasped. "I'm so sorry! I didn't mean to scare you." She started walking towards the still shaking Kuri until she was almost knocked over by a green blur.

"Are you alright? Sorry about Mito-san, she didn't mean to scare you. She scares everyone, even grandma!"

Bonk, bonk, bonk! Gon was suddenly on the floor clutching his head.

Mito-san was behind him letting out a murderous aura and holding up the spatula threateningly. "What did you say?" She asked in a sickeningly sweet tone.

"N-n-nothing!" Gon yelped as he ran behind Kuri.

Kuri stopped shaking in fear and started shaking from laughter.

'Kuri! You broke character!'

'Oh well.'

Mito-san and Gon looked at her before smiling at each other and joining in on the laughter as well.

A few minutes later, all three of them were sitting at the table eating toast and drinking tea, except for Kuri who asked for water. They were bombarding Kuri with questions.

"Fo Hyuri, ow bib byu bet bere?" Gon asked, munching on his piece of toast.

Kuri gave him an amused look. "Boat."

"Gon! Don't talk with your mouth full, it's rude." Mito-san scolded.

"Fowy, Mipho-fan."

"How old are you?" This time it was Mito-san.

"Nine."

"Wow, we're almost the same age! I'm ten!" Gon said excitedly. Mito-san rolled her eyes.

"When's your birthday?" She asked.

"February 6th." Mito-san looked at the calendar.

"That's in a week!" Kuri looked as well. Yup. Exactly one week.

'Wow. I've survived six years of that hell. Six years of running from those stupid money obsessed hunters. Though, I would have been dead by now if Jen hadn't helped.'

'Damn straight!'

'Jen, stop cursing.'

'Who died and made you God? I'm older, therefore I get to make the rules. Haven't you heard of 'respect your elders?''

'You sure you're older? You're definitely not acting like it. And I'm pretty sure that people have died today. Respect your elders? You're definitely an elder, I'll give you that, but no one would respect an elder who's cussing like the world's ending.'

'Says the one acting like a goddamn grandma!'

'If I'm a grandparent, you would be an ancestor, seeing as you're older than me.'

'Why you little-'

"Kuri?" Gon interrupted Jen's rant.

Kuri blinked. "Yes?"

Gon was looking at her with a worried look on his face.

"Are you okay?"

'Mentally? Or physically?'

'Shut up, Jen.'

It was then that Kuri noticed how close they were. Kuri raised an eyebrow.

"Yeah. Why not?"

"You've been spaced out for the past five minutes."

Kuri sweatdropped.

"Errr... Yeah..."

'Very convincing, Kuri.'

'Would you like me to say, 'Oh, I'm just having a mental conversation with my friend who has magical powers. Yeah, I'm perfectly fine.''

'That works. Try it.'

'... You serious?'

'Yeah. Do it! I dare you.'

"Kuri?" Kuri snapped back to reality when Gon called again.

'Well, here goes nothing.'

"I'mhavingamentalconversationwithmyfriendwhohasmagicalpowers!" Kuri blurted out.

Gon looked confused. "You're talking to a pile of poop that has magical towers?"

Kuri burst out laughing. "Yeah. A pile of poop that has magical towers. So true."

"Really?"

"No."

"Aww..."

Kuri took a deep breath to steady herself.

"I'm having a mental conversation with my friend who has magical powers."

Gon brightened up. "Cool!"

Kuri looked at Gon like he was an idiot. 'Who in the world would actually take that seriously?'

'The guy who believed that you were talking with magical shit.'

'Jen. Stop cussing.'

'Bleh!'

"Are you doing it now too?"

Gon interrupted once again. "Yup. Her name's Jen."

"Cool! Hi Jen!"

'Hi.'

"Jen says 'hi.'" Gon's eyes sparkled. He went off blabbing about random subjects to Kuri about Jen.

"How old is she? Where is she? What does she look like? Why isn't she here? How did you meet? What does she act like? Where is she from? How is she? Is she nice? Does she curse? W-"

"Stop. Please." Kuri was rubbing her temples. Her head was reeling from the rapid interrogation.

'This kid's a real blabber mouth, isn't he?'

'As much as I hate to admit it, yeah. But overall, he's not bad.'

'...Yeah...'

"Can you tell me?" Gon gave Kuri the puppy dog look. Kuri's eyebrow twitched.

'Must resist. Must resist the cuteness.'

'Give it up. The stupid kid's impossible to deny. He's just like you. Plus... I don't really mind.' Kuri raised an eyebrow.

'Is Gon actually melting your ice heart?'

'No! The damn kid's a walking piece of sunshine! It's impossible to say no!'

'If you say so~'

'Grr...' Kuri snickered.

"What are you laughing about?" Gon asked innocently.

"Err…" Kuri looked away.

'So, can I tell him, or what?'

'...Fine.'

Kuri looked back at Gon. "Jen's thirteen, she's at her house, she has black hair and purple eyes, she's home because the mission was too dangerous for her, and we met when I was supposed to kill her. She has a rotten attitude, she's from... I don't know... she's fine, no, and yes, quite often."

"Uwah! Is she pretty?"

'Of course I am!' Kuri stifled a laugh.

"Well, she says she is, but I'm not so sure…"

'Damn you, Kuri...' Kuri blinked when she realized something.

'Why couldn't you just use your magic to talk to Gon instead of having me talk between you two?'

'...'

'You forgot, didn't you?'

'... No! Of course I didn't! I... just wanted to make you work! Yeah, that's it!' Kuri sweatdropped.

'Well, then do it now!'

'Okay, okay! ...And... Done! Can you hear me, Gon?'

'Uwah! There's a voice in my head! Is that you, Jen?'

'Of course it is, you-'

'Jen, don't taint the boy's mind like you did to me.'

'You can't tell me what to do!' Kuri sighed and pinched the bridge of her nose.

'This is so cool! Are you here too, Kuri-chan?'

'Yup!'

'Kuri-chan!' Something hit Kuri.

'Wait...Chan?'

'Un! Kuri-chan!'

'Hahahaha! He got you real good, Kuri! Hahahaha!'

'Just Kuri. No 'chan.''

'Okay, Kuri-chan!'

'...He's not listening...'

'It really is magic!'

'Uh...Yeah...'

'Yup!'

"So, Kuri-chan."

'I give up...'

"Yeah?"

"Where's your family?" Kuri froze. She looked away and pushed down the oncoming tears.

"...Mom died giving birth to me and Dad abandoned me when I was seven. Who knows where he is now..."

'And who cares about that asshole? He's a son of a gun and that's that.' Kuri smiled. Jen never failed to cheer her up.

"Wah! That's so sad!" Gon tackled the younger girl and hugged her. Shocked by the sudden hug, Kuri just sat there, not moving. She patted the boy's back awkwardly. They stayed like that until Kuri felt something crack and the need for air.

"G-Gon! N-need air!" Gon hastily backed away.

"Sorry, Kuri-chan!" Kuri sat up and rubbed her back.

'Ow! I'm going to me a hunchback from now on...'

'I'm so sorry!'

'Oh yeah, forgot that Gon can hear me now...'

'Hey Kuri-chan, would you like to stay with me and Mito-san?' Kuri froze and looked at Gon.

"Really? You would do that?" Gon nodded his head so fast that Kuri thought it would fly off.

'Like a bird. I wonder if it would sprout wings...'

'That's just morbid, Kuri...and off topic...' Kuri ignored the second part of that sentence.

'No it's not! It's just a flying head! ...Wait... maybe that is a bit morbid...'

'No, of course not!'

'Really? You're the one who said it was morbid. Now you're contradicting yourself.'

'Kuri. I was being sarcastic.'

'Oh... Really? Hehe...' Kuri imagined that Jen probably rolled her eyes.

'Did you disable Gon's magic thingie?'

'Yeah.' Kuri started paying attention to Gon again. He seemed to be almost finished with his rant.

"Yeah! Of course! I'm sure Mito-san would love to have you!" Kuri grinned and this time it was Kuri who tackled Gon to the floor.

"Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you!" Gon chuckled.

"You're welcome, Kuri-chan."

Mito-san came in the room, yawning.

"What's all this yelling I hear? You're going to wake up Gran-"

"Mito-san! Can Kuri please stay?" Gon pleaded as he ran in front of her. Mito-san only blinked and rubbed her eyes tiredly.

"Of cour-" Gon cheered.

"Yatta! Kuri-chan can stay!" He ran to Kuri and twirled her around. Kuri yelped and just closed her eyes, praying that Gon wouldn't let go.

Mito-san rushed over. "Gon, stop! You're going to make her dizzy!" Gon immediately stopped. He let Kuri down and she fell to the floor, eyes swirling.

"Hehe. Sorry, Kuri chan..." Kuri waved it off... or at least tried to.

"I...it's...al...right..." She got up and shook her head. "Okay! I'm good!" Kuri gave a cheesy smile and a thumbs up. Gon and Mito-san sweatdropped.

"Wow, Kuri-chan! You recover quickly! Like me!" Mito-san sighed and started leaving.

"Where are you going, Mito-san?"

"I'm going to prepare Kuri's room!" She called down the stairs.

"Okay!"

"Thank you for letting me stay, Mito-san!"

"No problem! You two better sleep after this! Children need their sleep to grow..." She yawned.

Gon and Kuri exchanged looks, quietly laughing. Gon grinned and held his hand out for a pinky promise.

"Friends?" Kuri pretended to think for a while.

"Hmm... nah." Gon's face fell. Kuri just laughed and smiled.

"Just kidding! Definitely!" Kuri wrapped her pinky around Gon's.

"Now, let's seal it with a kiss!" Kuri looked at him in bewilderment.

"What?"

"Like this!" He pressed their thumbs together.

"Oh." Kuri let out a silent sigh of relief.

'For a second, I thought he meant something else...' Kuri nodded in agreement.

'What did you think I meant?'

'Ah!'

'Gon! You surprised us!'

'What did you think I meant?'

'...That's not important right now...'

'But I want to know!'

'Too bad.'

'Give it up, Gon. She'll never tell.'

'Please...'

'No.'

'Aww...'

Okay... so I'm combining some chapters because, one) I feel like they're too short and two) I'm running out of ideas, so this gives me something to do