Gon stared at the mirror for a long time. The scarf around his head really completed the look. He was the spitting image of his father. Gon kept striking poses he had seen on the Hunter's site featuring footage of Ging Freecss at the Chairman Election. He crossed his arms and hmphed over and over again, a scowl on his young face. Gon couldn't wait to see everyone's reaction to his costume…they might even mistake him for Ging!

"Gon?" Killua stood in the doorway, wearing a black trench coat with it's collar turned up and fastened to cover the majority of his face. He held an umbrella in his hand.

"WOW! You look just like Feitan!" Gon forgot his own amazing appearance and stood inches away from the silver-haired boy. "If you had black hair, you could be his twin, only taller!"

"Gon…you know this is a themed party, right? We're supposed to dress as villains."

The young Freecss' mouth dropped. "I thought..it was just .. dress up in a costume.." Of all mistakes to make. What would people think?

"Bakka." Killua laughed. "Let's go, the party's going to start soon."

"But but but -!" Gon stammered as his best friend dragged him out the door.


Once at the beach house the two young Hunters saw a familiar blonde wearing a suit. "Kurapika!" They shouted in unison. Gon forgot his foolish dilemma as he dashed up to the Kurta and looked him over carefully before making his guess.

"Gotoh?"

Kurapika blinked. "Excuse me?"

"That's who your dressed as, Gotoh, right?" Gon thought that if Kurpika pulled his hair back into a pony tail and wore some glasses it might look better.

"No…I'm not dressed as anyone. Is that why you're wearing those clothes?" Kurapika looked at both of them for the briefest of moments before resuming his search for Leorio.

"Not dressed?" Gon repeated in confusion. "But.. it's a costume party."

"Is it?" the blonde asked distractedly.

Killua, who had been silently taking it all in, spoke. "Gotoh. I'm calling you Gotoh. Just borrow Leorio's glasses."

Gon grinned. "That's what I was thinking too, and tie your hair back!"

Kurapika looked from to the other, becoming increasingly confused. "Who? No! What? Doesn't he have a goatee? I.. don't want to dress as him. Where's Leorio? Have you seen him?"

"Aww, Kurapika! You can't come to a costume party without a costume!" Gon laughed. "How about Pariston-san! You have the blonde hair!"

"You're not shiny, but maybe if you smile non-stop.." Killua added.

"Kurapika! Nice costume.. Gotoh, right?" Leorio stood in the doorway wearing brightly colored clothes, his hair seemed to be dyed pink and his face was painted white with a teardrop and a star on his cheeks.

There was an awkward pause as the three of them stared at the aspiring doctor, now dressed as Hisoka. Leorio actually looked quite a bit like the magician. Gon grimaced as he struggled to find something nice to say and Killua shivered quietly. Kurapika was simply shocked.

"Looks like my costume is pretty good!" Leorio laughed.

More silence.

Knuckle pushed past and greeted the newcomers. "Gon! Killua! Hahah wow those costumes are pretty great! Gon, I didn't think ya felt that way about Ging! Now who are you supposed to be? Some kind of mafia guy or somethin?" He looked at Kurapika with narrowed eyes.

"But–but-but I don't think Ging is a bad guy!" Gon insisted frantically.

Kurapika didn't bother to correct Knuckles as he was still taking in Leorio's disturbing likeness.

"Who are you supposed to be?" Killua asked through his trench coat covered mouth. He didn't see anything unique about Knuckle's appearance.

"Oh me? Didn't ya notice?" The man turned and struck a flamboyant pose to reveal a small pair of wings stapled to the back of his shirt.

"… a bird?" Gon asked doubtfully.

"It's supposed to be a villain Gon." Killua reminded with a groan.

Leorio frowned and stared hard the little wings. "A kiriko?"

"Come ooon!" Knuckle couldn't believe they weren't getting it. His costume was perfect!

"An owl!" Gon guessed again.

"I'm Shaiapouf! You know! That Royal Guard!" Knuckle had insisted to Shoot that he didn't need a violin to complete the look, but now he was beginning to have doubts. He turned to Leorio. "That's a pretty ballsy thing to do… you know he's coming, right?"

"Huh? Y-you mean Hisoka's coming?" Leorio actually turned whiter. "Who invited him?"

"No one really, Gon send me a text by accident and I just had to see his little costume." Hisoka stood grinning behind the young freecss boy. "Now..where is he?"

Gon broke into a pleased grin. "Right here! You really couldn't tell?"
Hisoka smiled as he indulged the boy. "Oh my! I thought you were Ging!"

"REALLY?"

He spun around only to be startled again by the magician who was now bald, without makeup, and dressed as a ninja.

"Wha? You look like Hanzo-san! WOW!"

Leorio tip-toed away and Killua tugged at Gon's arm. "Hey, Gon, let's go grab something to eat." The two young Hunters appeared to vanish due to the ex-assassin's God Speed.

Knuckle ushered Kurapika and Hisoka inside. "That's a pretty convincing job ya did there.." He said pleasantly to Hisoka. He silently hoped that his uninvited guest wouldn't ruin the party.

'This whole costume idea is bad..' the Kurta thought to himself.