CHAPTER 1

Gon went back to his homeland, Whale Island. On his way back home, his father's words were stuck in his head since he met his father on the top of the World Tree's sapling.

' Something more important than the thing you're hunting could be right there by the side of the road.. '

What could it be? Gon thought to himself. He had lost his Nen and wasn't able to use his aura at all. What could he found more interesting to hunt without power? Ging even said that he is turning into a normal kid. He saved his thoughts for later when he arrived at his house's front yard. The sun was setting. Oh how he missed the wind that caressed him over and over…

Mito was busy doing the laundry after some house chores were done. She could heard an echo of a child's voice that was calling her name. She stopped doing the laundry for a while and opened the front door.

"Mito-saaaaaaaan! It's me, Gon!" He waved his hand. Mito ran to him and hugged him tightly, Gon buried his face on her chest. Tears of happiness were falling down through her cheeks.

"Goooon! Are you okay?! I was told that you were on verged to death!"

"Ah, Mito-san, I'm just fine! See? I'm still alive!" He wanted his mother figure to not worry about him. He smiled as wide as possible.

Mito wiped away tears on her cheeks. She was relieved that Gon was just fine. She held his left hand, led him into their home sweet home. She found it as a miracle, as he was seen healthy and very alive in a short time after being severely injured and unconscious for weeks. She softened her eyes towards Gon.

"Clean up yourself first while I'm making your favourite dish, okay?"

"Okay, Mito-san!"

Gon went upstairs and took off his clothes and grabbed a piece of white towel. He couldn't help but to keep staring at the computer in his room. He pictured the moment when he and Killua were finding informations about Greed Island, in order to hunt remaining clues left by his father. He missed those moments with Killua. Not just Killua, but also Leorio, Kurapika and others who had been helping him during his adventure. Without them, he wouldn't be what he is today. He's happy about the friendships that he was bond with, but his face turned sour. When will I ever get to meet my friends again?

Weirdly, he missed Hisoka too. Yuck, why would I miss him?

During dinner time, Gon ate with Mito and his great-grandmother, Abe. He told them everything about his whole adventure, making new friends and facing challenging obstacles. They were thrilled upon hearing Gon's wonderful story. Abe was coughing non-stop, which made Mito and Gon a bit worried.

"Well, grandmother has always coughing since she's turning old. Day by day, the illness had gotten worse." Mito spoke up. Gon could just looked down to his dish on a white glass plate. Considering that his beloved old woman was sick and gotten worse when time pass, since he became a hunter. He felt ashamed and thought that everything was his fault. If he wasn't a hunter, he could help Mito and Abe without making them sick, that's what he thought. Abe saw her great-grandson's dispirited expression and tried to talk to him,

"Go-"

Abe was coughing out blood for the first time. Mito quickly went to the kitchen and grabbed coughing remedies and medicines.

She brought her grandmother and laid her onto her bed. Without second thought, she applied the cheapest remedies that were prescribed by the island's doctor to her. Unfortunately, she couldn't afford to seek treatment for her grandmother at the hospital, as they were poor and received low income. That's how the world works. The world evolves by money. She could totally understand it, but couldn't accept it. Because of it, she went for different part-time jobs, in order to afford the treatment. She didn't received proper education either, which led her to these kind of jobs. She couldn't care less about how tiring the jobs were, but it was all about how she could afford the treatment and her remaining family. She loved her family. She couldn't help but to think about her dead parents, who appearently died in a mysterious accident, and Ging's father who was reported missing on a boat just after Ging left the island to become a hunter. She doesn't want to lose anyone she lived for anymore. Not after Ging. Please don't go..

Without Mito realized, she was sobbing heavily and tears streamed down to the floor. Her body was shaking tremendously. She doesn't want anyone to worry about her, even her family, because death was her fate anyway. She couldn't avoid such thing. Upon hearing her sobbing, Abe turned her head towards Mito. The old woman slowly caressed her right hand on Mito's sorrowful face.

"Mit-"

She coughed out more blood than before. Gon swiftly entered her room with a yellow napkin in his right hand. Gon was feeling more unease when he saw more blood flowing down to her neck. He handed the napkin to Mito, which Mito wiped the blood off. Gon standed next Mito.

"Mito-san, will grandma be fine?"

Mito looked at him lifelessly. She hugged him tighter than before. Tears flowed down from the boy's large hazel eyes.

"M-Mito san…will grandma be f-fine?"

There was no response from her.

Both of them turned back to the old woman. She had already closed her eyes. Gon and Mito desperately shaked Abe's body, tried to wake her up.

After many attempts on doing so, there was still no sign of life in Abe. Her pulse stopped its beating and she looked very pale.

Mito broke down into tears, while Gon fell down to his knees, stared down to the floor helplessly. Is this all my fault?

Next thing they knew, both of them were kneeling down in front of their beloved grandmother's shrine. The cemetery was full of people of the island, gathered to pray for her well-being in the afterlife.

Minutes later, people were leaving, one by one, left alone Mito and Gon. She embraced him closely. They sobbed together.

"G-Gon, can you promise me one thing?"

"W-what is it, M-Mito-san?"

"Promise me to not l-leave me ever again."

"I promise."

Soon after they left the cemetery, two people in black formal attire made their way to Abe's grave and prayed silently. Then, they stood up and hid behind big trees in a nearby forest.

"Should we wait tomorrow?"

"Anytime would do. After all, they are our target. Master's orders are absolute. Do not forget that."

"I won't."

TO BE CONTINUED

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