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Warning: AU and quite OOC
Beta Reader: espeon16
Words Count: 1,497
Chapter I
Excerpt from Hunter's Most Wanted List
Name: Misogi Kumagawa
Affiliations: Unknown
Occupation: Unknown (suspected to be a doctor)
Age: Unknown (appears 17 or 18, likely using Nen to conceal actual age)
Birthday: Unknown
Bounty: 1,000,000,000,000 Jenny
Information:
Misogi Kumagawa is a man with strange abilities. 10 years ago, an incurable disease, one that had caused numerous doctors to give up after being unable to find a cure, ravaged Jappon. It was the greatest crisis ever to happen in Jappon – or to any country, for that matter. That was when Kumagawa came into the picture, suddenly appearing and single-handedly curing the disease that had spread widely among the population.
In just a month, the disease that had stumped doctors everywhere and claimed countless lives was completely gone, as if it had never existed in the first place. How he got his cure is unknown, but for achieving in a month, what numerous doctors could not in 10 years, he shot to fame in Jappon, with statues even being built in his honor.
This miracle inevitably drew the attention of many medical experts, including Virus Hunter, who all wished to know how Kumagawa had achieved such feats. However, they found that he had disappeared without a trace, and no concrete information could be found regarding him or his whereabouts. Rumors about him ran rampant – he was a miracle doctor who could cure any disease; he went from country to country, healing diseases and afflictions using cures not found in current medical knowledge; he could raise the dead…
However, like all rumors, they are most likely falsehoods.
Wanting to recruit him for his services, governments, and mafia alike began a hunt for Kumagawa. A bounty – one of the highest ever offered in living memory – was offered for anyone who could capture him alive. Though the prize attracted many skilled hunters, not one was able to find him. This earned him the moniker him the 'Phantom Doctor': the miracle doctor who you could never find, unless he came to find you of his own accord…
To my sweet little brother, Kumagawa-kun:
If you are reading this message, it means that you are trying to get to a place beyond the metaphysical plane: a place that does not exist, a fictional world. While it is possible to get there, it requires mastery of your precision and control over {Alibi Block} – something that will come to you naturally only after a hundred years or so…(◕‿‿◕｡)
For now, I believe you are most likely lost in a random fictional world. (How do I know? I just do! (-^〇^-))
Just so you know, while you are in the fictional world, you must act out the role that world has assigned to you: if it makes you a student, be a student; if it makes you a baby, then shrink and become a baby. Unless you fulfill the requirements of the role, you can't leave! Not even {All-Fiction} will help you then.
You are probably wondering why I didn't tell you. That's easy: it's more entertaining, of course! ヾ(*´∀｀*)ﾉ
Goodbye, and good luck with your…misfortune. (Haha.)
P.S. Using {Alibi Block} to travel through time to reach that point is also forbidden!
[…!]
"Um," asked a small, spiky-haired boy as he tugged at his green jacket nervously. "Are you alright? You look quite pale…"
[Just a nightmare,] answered Kumagawa Misogi. He smirked, then, and continued: [Thank you, Gon-chan.]
"If you say so," Gon shrugged, walking off. Moments later, something hit him:
'Huh? How did he know my name?'
But when Gon turned back to the stranger, he was gone.
Kumagawa watched Gon look around confusedly from the top of the boat he was standing on. [2 years, huh…]
It had been 2 years since Kumagawa had arrived at the Hunter's world. It had been a decent experience thus far, but he could not leave until the story was done. For some reason, though, he had appeared 10 years before the story was due to start, so he was trapped here until the day finally came.
Thinking about the sad truth of his situation, Kumagawa could only sigh.
At least he had things to do. He had accidentally stumbled upon a land ravaged by an incurable disease a while back – something that had not occurred in canon, but had occurred nevertheless. The people had been weak, the doctors on the brink of giving up.
A man who always sided with the weak, Kumagawa had decided to take matters into his own hands. Travelling around Jappon, he visited cities where the disease festered, and used his {All-Fiction} to delete the reality in which they had been sick.
It had just been an act of goodwill – he had never expected them to build statues in his honor.
After that, Kumagwa had teleported away using his {Alibi Block} to his own, personal, dimension. Time passed a little faster there, so the 10-year waiting time could be shortened by residing in this dimension, getting to the start of the story faster.
Oh, he did come out of his dimension from time to time, to check how many years had passed and get a feel of the state of affairs in the world. Sometimes, he might run into people in need of help, and inevitably, he would help them. They would pay him quite a bit in return, which was an added bonus.
2 years later, a full decade had passed in the real world, and the story had finally begun to move. Now, he was on board the ship with Gon, Kurapika, and Leorio, among others.
[If I remember correctly,] murmured Kumagawa to himself, [now should be…]
Before he could finish, Gon had jumped out at him.
"You are the guy from just now," he said, and Kumagawa smirked in return.
"No," Gon continued, taking a deep breath. "Now is not the time. A storm is coming!"
Kumagawa smiled, and watched on as the story began to unfold.
Time Skip
Kumagawa stood in the captain's room alongside the three protagonists.
"First of all, why don't you tell me your names?" asked the captain.
"I'm Gon," said Gon cheerfully.
"Kurapika," followed Kurapika stoically.
"It's Leorio," added Leorio, though he looked disinterested.
[Hm, call me…Kumagawa,] said Kumagawa, smiling his usual smile.
'Kumagawa?' thought the captain, raising his eyebrows as Leorio vocalized the same thought.
"That's quite an interesting name you've got."
[Why?]
"It's the same name as the Phantom Doctor," replied Kurapika.
Gon blinked.
"Phantom Doctor?"
"You didn't know?" snorted Leorio. "He's one of the most famous people out there in the world – all the doctors want to be him."
"Never mind that," interrupted the captain impatiently. "Now, the next question: why do you want to become hunters?"
"Hey, you're not an examiner, stop bossing us around!" said Leorio indignantly.
"Just answer the question!" snapped the captain.
Gon shot a look at the captain before he began to explain his reason, a long story mostly about his father.
[I want to fulfill my dream,] Kumagawa said next.
"Your dream?"
[I've always been a loser, so I want to prove myself. I want to show that I'm not a loser to be made fun of anymore.]
"Ah," said the captain, turning to Kurapika and Leorio. "How about you two?"
Though they seemed reluctant to share, the moment the captain warned them that he had the authority to fail an examinee they gave in. Kurapika, predictably, went on and on about taking revenge, while Leorio's reasons were more money-related. The differences in their ideals caused them to start arguing, but neither Gon nor Kumagawa made any move to stop them.
Suddenly, a large waterspout appeared close to the ship, and Gon ran out to help. Kumagawa, meanwhile, stayed in the captain's room.
"Aren't you going to help?" asked the Captain.
Kumagawa smiled mysteriously.
[Soon…]
"I really don't understand you," said the captain, and Kumagawa laughed this time.
[Nobody ever does,] he said, listening to the commotion outside until…
[I guess it's time.]
He snapped his fingers, and the storm and waterspout disappeared in an instant, causing the sky to turn clear once again.
The captain blinked, stupefied – the waves were now so calm that it seemed that the waterspout and storm had never existed in the first place.
"Wh-what did you do?" he asked.
Kumagawa grinned.
[Who knows?]
To Be Continued