A big thank you to Anime Lover, Anabel-Chocolate-Lover, oOShinahiOo and all silent readers!

Anime Lover – I thought it would be fitting, as it's after the Phantom Troupe Arc, and Mishka of course yelled at Kurapika for treating her like such a little kid; so it seemed more fitting.

oOShinahiOo – Don't worry about it! We all have lives and we know it's not always possible to review straight off the bat. In this part we should see how she finally reacts once that realisation has kicked in, and I'm glad you liked the flashback part; that was my biggest worry. A second movie?! Oh I can't wait!

Side note! I've recently gotten Bravely Default…it's the most difficult game on normal I've ever played… It's also taking over my life.


Let's get the legal stuff out of the way first. I do not own Hunter x Hunter or Hunter x Hunter 2011. All rights and ownership go to the following: Yoshihiro Togashi, Shueisha, Shonen, Kazuhiro Furuhashi, Nobuaki Kishima, Nippon Animation, Viz Media, Fuji TV, Funimation Channel, Satoshi Saga, Yukihiro Matsushite, Makoto Sato, Hiroshi Kojina, Atsushi Maekawa, Tsutomu Kamishiro, Madhouse, NTV, Yuzo Sato, Shoji Yonemura and last but not least Keiichiro Kawaguchi. Whew.


I couldn't help but stare at Kurapika. He somehow managed to see something that we could not. As if he was in another room. Of course, the most worrying thing was that there was a spider tattoo on the person's palm with the number four on it. Hisoka was number four and that was what was worrying. Did this man defeat Hisoka? I couldn't think straight; adrenaline and fear pulsed through my veins making my body shake ever so slightly. I wanted to leave, but I wanted to hear everything else first; but my desire to leave and find that man was becoming too great.

As the room fell silent, I could hear my breathing in the back of my throat as I just stared at Kurapika's eyeless face.
"Does that mean they changed Hisoka to a new number four?" Killua questioned my brother, not exactly getting everything. I had to admit, as much as I liked to think I was and pretend I was understanding everything Kurapika said, I didn't. I was too caught up in preparing myself mentally to find my Kurapika's eyes once more.
"Hold on. Getting Kurapika's eyes back come first." Leorio said to us, drawing our attention to him. He was scribbling on a notepad. He walked over back to Kurapika's side holding the note pad in his hand. Leorio turned his attention to all of us.
"Let's find a location with this scenery and we'll find the guy." Leorio said as he placed the small notepad onto Kurapika's knees. I continued to hold my hand on Kurapika's shoulder and chest as I looked at the notepad.

The picture was badly drawn, but it showed basically what Kurapika described, safe for a few houses thrown into the mix for good measure. I couldn't help but look at the picture questionably.
"What's this? I mean… It's so bad I don't understand anything." Killua complained, making me look at him from the corner of my eyes before flicking them back to the piece of paper on Kurapika's knees. I heard Gon hum agreeing with Killua.
"It's got down the basics of what we're looking for. It's not that bad." I spoke, the words coming from my mouth being the first I had said for a while.
"But it's alright! At times like this… Let's use the information site for Hunters!" Gon suggested happily, making me look at him from the corner of my eyes once more. I couldn't help but smile a little, even though my own vision was still red from worry, fear and possibly anger it was nice seeing Gon so happy. I heard Kurapika laugh slightly as the room fell silent.
"The correct choice." Kurapika said as Leorio crossed his arms in annoyance.
"What's that?" Leorio questioned, confused by what Gon had said. I was confused by Leorio's words, didn't he know what the Hunter site was? Surely he was joking…

We had to leave Kurapika back in the hospital to visit the local internet café so that we could access the Hunter website. However, as we were leaving I felt Kurapika grab my wrist, making me stop walking and turn my head slightly over my shoulder to look at him. I looked back quickly to Gon, Killua and Leorio.
"I'll catch up, go ahead without me." I said to them a small smile crossing my face. The three nodded and left the room quite quickly as I turned my head to face my brother once more. Once the door clicked shut, my brother let go of my wrist.

Silence fell around us; it was strange. It was strange seeing Kurapika so hurt, he was always able to do things for himself; now without his eyes it was kind of like looking after Pairo again back at the village before it was destroyed and residents killed.
"I don't want you to go after Pairo." Kurapika said to me, breaking the silence. I looked at him shocked through my scarlet eyes, adrenaline to search for him still pumping through my veins.
"But why not? I want to see for myself what's happening and if someone is pretending to be Pa-" I began saying until I felt my brother shift slightly to sit more comfortably against the bed head rest.
"I said no. If he took my eyes so easily what chance do you think you have? It's too dangerous." Kurapika said to me, taking me back by surprise. After everything that happened in Yorknew city. Did he forget that me and Gon saved him from being captured by the Phantom Troupe because he nearly lost his temper?! It made me angry that my own brother didn't have a lot of faith in me.
"It's upsetting. But I think it'll be best if you stay here once you've been on the Hunter website with Gon and Killua. Can you promise me that you will not go after Pairo?" Kurapika asked me sternly, looking at me as if he could still actually see me. I looked at him in disbelief before sighing slightly to myself and dropping my head; nodding it slightly.
"I promise." I said to him. I felt him place a hand onto my shoulder before moving it up to the top of my head and scuffing up my hair. I looked at Kurapika from the tops of my eyelids to see him smiling ever so slightly.
"Good. Thank you, Mishka." Kurapika said to me, making me nod my head once more into his hand.

Kurapika dropped his hand from my head allowing me to stand up. I gave him a quick tight hug before making my way to the door. Exiting the room I closed the door behind me and walked down the hall way; however my legs had stopped moving after a few steps. I felt ill, the adrenaline from earlier having died away leaving only feelings of fear and doubt. I couldn't help but drop down to the floor and wrapped my arms around my legs, burying my face into my trouser covered knees. I felt so useless, yet earlier I felt so sure that I could do it. My shoulders shook as I thought over everything Kurapika said. Out there was someone pretending to be our best friend and they took Kurapika's eyes… What would I do if I ever faced them? What if it wasn't someone pretending after all and it was Pairo…would he forgive me for not waiting for him like I said I would? So many questions ran through my mind, it was becoming overwhelming.
"You okay, Mishka?" I heard a familiar voice, jolting me out of my own thoughts. I brought my head up from my knees and look at the face.

Gon and Killua were standing in front of me with Leorio standing a bit away from us, Gon looking more worried than Killua but I was used to that. I smiled through furrowed brows and nodded my head.
"I'm okay. I seem to cry over a lot of things, don't I?" I asked in a joking manner as I wiped my eyes with the sleeve of my shirt, bringing myself up from the ground slowly as my legs felt like they would give out at any second.
"It's understandable though. By Kurapika's story you three were really close." Killua commented as he shoved his hands into his pockets. I nodded my head agreeing with his sentence.
"Yeah we were. Pairo was practically a brother to me. To hear someone running around pretending to be him made me so angry. I felt like I could go and bring that person to justice. But now, I'm not sure if I could bring myself to do it." I explained to the two, sharing my thoughts and feelings on the whole situation. I heard Killua hum slightly in thought as Gon smiled widely trying to bring up the mood once more.
"We can think of something if that happens. For now, let's just get Kurapika's eyes." Gon said cheerfully, changing the mood of the hallway. I smiled back slightly and nodded my head before opening up my shoulder bag and digging through it.
"I'm going to go and put these in before we leave, okay?" I said to them, digging out the small box that held my contacts in. I hadn't worn them since Yorknew city and even then I didn't wear them all the time like I had intended to do. The two nodded their heads allowing me to make a hasty retreat to the toilets.

It hadn't taken my long to put in my contacts, I was slightly less fearful about putting something in my eyes this time than the first time. However once that was done I shoved the small box into my shoulder bag once more and just stood still, thinking over everything my brother said. He made me promise to stay there with him because it might have been too dangerous…I didn't want to do that. I sighed loudly to myself as I leaned forward and grabbed the edge of the sink, staring down into the basin. I felt lost; I didn't know what to do. Gon and Killua believed I was going with them and Kurapika believed I was staying with him…what was I going to do? I shook my head and brought myself up from the sink, I would have to think over everything and make a decision for either the better or worse. Walking out of the bathroom I met up with Gon and Killua once more and smiled widely showing I was okay. Whilst my vision was still scarlet, the black contacts didn't allow the colour to shine through, it was a blessing.

We made our way to the internet café and sat right in the back. Leorio sat in front of the computer as me, Gon and Killua stood at either side of him. We used Gon's card this time to travel to the Hunter website as there was no fear of someone looking for us. Leorio made a view clicks as we watched in silence, then leaned back in his chair.
"The search is ready. The results are too broad like this…We need to narrow down the conditions more…" He told us quietly, looking at the screen in confusion. The different countries showed on the screen, all surrounded by the sea. There was heat like spots on the screen showing the placed that looked like the place Leorio had drawn. Who would have thought there was quite a few.
"What if you only display locations that are about ten minutes away from our location?" Killua suggested to Leorio. Leorio thought about it for a second before typing in the condition into the search function.
"That's right." He said with a small smile on his face as me and Gon continued to stare at the screen.

The screen pinpointed our location before narrowing it down into a small strip. It zoomed in to the land and showed all the places that were ten minutes away from us that looked like Leorio's drawing. I looked at the screen confused as did everyone else.
"Totoria district?" Leorio questioned making Gon lean forward slightly, looking at the computer results a bit more closely.
"Is that man's headquarters somewhere there?" Gon questioned, dragging his eyes away from the screen and looking at Leorio.
"Yeah…This is still pretty broad but we have no choice but to search them one by one." Leorio said looking back at the screen. I looked up to Leorio slightly before looking at the screen once more then looked back at Gon as he looked at Leorio with a wide smile on his face.
"With this amount of matches it'll work out somehow!" Gon said with enthusiasm. I nodded my head smiling widely.
"I guess." Killua said with mild defeat in his voice. Leorio smiled at the three of us, an apologetic look on his face.
"I'd want to come with you but…" Leorio said trailing off in his sentence. Gon continued to smile widely at Leorio as Leorio's smile dropped.
"You stay here looking after Kurapika." Gon said making Leorio smile once more and nod his head agreeing with what he should do.
"Yeah, leave it to me. Did Kurapika say it was okay for you to go, Mishka? Considering the circumstances…" Leorio said looking at me questionably making the two boys look at my questionably as well, waiting for my answer.

I couldn't help but feel myself stiffen slightly as I thought through all the responses. I had to be quick otherwise whatever I said Leorio would doubt, as would Gon and Killua. In the end I smiled widely at Leorio and nodded my head.
"Yeah, he said it was fine. I'll be with Gon and Killua after all and nothing really bad has happened since I've been with them." I said to him smiling widely, lying through my teeth. Kurapika was going to ground me so much, or worse make me travel with him once he found out what I said to Leorio. Everything I had said was a lie and it made me feel uncomfortable.

Leorio looked at me questionably before looking back at the computer screen with a small smile on his face. I couldn't help but sigh out of relief slightly, earning a sly look from Killua. I glared at him slightly, puffing out my cheeks as he continued to look at me slyly before looking back at Leorio who stared at the computer screen; oblivious to our silent mini war.
"Killua, Mishka, let's leave straight away." Gon said to me and Killua, making us snap our heads away from our silent mini war. I nodded my head quickly with a wide smile on my face.
"Yeah!" Killua said as Gon took off running. I followed behind with Killua following me, until his footsteps slowed to a stop. I turned back to him to see him holding Gon's Hunter Licence.
"You're forgetting your Hunter Licence!" Killua yelled over to Gon. I turned my attention back over to Gon, who had stopped by the door and turned his attention to Killua, smiling widely.
"You can hold onto it!" Gon yelled making me giggle at his trust with Killua holding his licence. I had to admit, I would do the same; we had a habit of leaving our belongings with each other, we trusted each other dearly.

I walked back to Killua and Leorio, Killua was muttering something to himself. I quickly grabbed his wrist and began pulling him with me towards the exit.
"He'll leave without us. Bye bye Leorio!" I said to Killua, speeding my walk into a small jog and turning my attention to Leorio, waving to him with my free hand. I turned my attention back to the front once more when Leorio smiled at back at me.
"I'm counting on you! I'll call if something new comes up!" Leorio shouted over to us. As me and Killua neared the door, Gon opened it and turned his attention back to Leorio, waving his arm at him as well with a wide smile on his face.
"Okay. We'll defiantly find the place!" Gon yelled back to Leorio cheerfully. Me and Killua reached Gon. I let go of Killua's wrist as the three of us ran out of the internet café, onto our unknown destination to find the place that Kurapika described, to find his eyes!

Our journey led far into the next day. We didn't sleep…we couldn't sleep. The prospect of a new miniature adventure to help Kurapika was all too exciting, even though it shouldn't be. Or maybe, for me it was the excitement about disobeying my brother's orders. I loved him dearly, but I felt this was something I needed to do; he always helped me so now it was my turn to help him.

The three of us reached the top of a cliff. The rock was white in colour, so it was most likely full of chalk. It over looked a giant piece of land covered in trees and rivers. There was mountains scattered across the land, it was something spectacular to see. I smiled widely at the site, my hair being blown back by the updraft from the cliff. As I walked closer to the cliff edge, I looked down and immediately froze. We were incredibly high up. I walked backwards, putting myself between the boys much faster than I had walked towards the cliff edge.
"Is everything visible from here part of the Totoria District?" Gon asked, his expression turning serious.
"Yeah. Even if we go through the places one by one it'll take two or three days." Killua said to us, shoving his hands into his pockets. I hummed slightly in thought to myself, what could we do to make the search quicker?
"Let's hurry. I'll look from that town." Gon said, pointing to the town in the west. Killua smirked at him and nodded his head towards the town in the East.
"Then I'll start from there…Who should Mishka go with?" Killua asked, dropping his hand to his side. Gon hummed to himself slightly in thought as I furrowed my brows. I could go by myself, but if I was the one who met Pairo, then I would be in trouble; I don't know if I would be able to find it in me to fight him.
"Why don't you go with Killua this time? You always keep me company." Gon said to me, keeping the smile on his face. I nodded my head, smiling widely at Gon. I could do that, and he was right; with everything we had been doing so far I always went with Gon. We both know Killua worked better alone, but he could probably still do with the company if given the option. Besides, Killua knows I can keep up with him; he taught me a thing or two when we went to rescue Zushi back at Heavens Arena.
"Okay, sounds good." Killua said to Gon, a smile sitting on his face to match Gon.

The three of us fell silent as we looked back over the cliff, now we just had to decide a meeting point, or a time to call in case we couldn't meet each other.
"So, where shall we reunite?" Killua asked as the three of us browsed over the towns that the cliff looked over. Gon pointed to the middle town. It looked far more developed than the others and had a clock tower shining through the sky.
"You see that clock tower in the middle of that city?" Gon asked, his voice sounding as cheerful as usual. I nodded my head as Killua stuffed his hands into his shorts pockets.
"How about there at six tonight?" Gon asked us. I nodded my head, smiling widely at him, showing I understood. I quickly took out my phone and set an alarm for at least an hour ahead of that time, just in case me and Killua got caught up in our searching.
"Got it." Killua answered simply as I flipped my phone shut and stuffed it into my trouser pockets. The three of us then departed ways. Gon running down the cliff face while I followed Killua who ran with his hands in his pockets down the track road towards the Eastern city.

Me and Killua had ran through the entire Eastern city. We climbed high and low, well…Killua climbed high I stayed low. And at time, Killua dragged me up with him to the tops of buildings to get a better look at things to see if we could find the place where Pairo and that man resided. However, our search was turning fruitless and soon it was becoming dark.
"So, why did you lie to Leorio?" Killua asked me as we ran through the darkening Eastern town. I looked at him from the corner of my eyes, before looking ahead of me once more.
"Kurapika always helps me, no matter what. He always has. I want to help him this time, and I want to see for myself just who is controlling Pairo and why." I explained to Killua, keeping a serious note within my voice and gaze. It still made me angry to know that someone was controlling Pairo and that they had Kurapika's eyes. It made me so angry I could swear my blood would boil; but it was still a question of rather or not I could do anything if I ever came across him. Killua left the conversation at that, something I was grateful for.

Killua dragged me to the top of a very tall tower. At first I got brave and decided to look over the edge. However, that soon changed as my fear got caught in my throat and made me retreat to the safety of Killua's side; that stood right in the middle of the tower. I heard Killua sigh and looked at him through the corner of my eyes.
"Maybe we should head back to Gon for now." Killua said as he looked at me. I nodded my head and slowly followed him as he walked to the edge of the tower. He grabbed my wrist and closed his eyes, then dropped himself and me off the side. I couldn't help but close my eyes tightly as we fell to the bottom, latching onto his arm for my life. The two of us landed on the ground with her knees bent as safe as we could be. I had to breathe heavily, just to make sure I was still alive.
"Ready?" Killua asked as he looked at me slyly. I glared at him slightly as I let go of his arm and quickly took out my contact lenses. The sudden blast of air before I closed my eyes had dried and irritated them. Keeping the palm of my hand flat, I dug through my messenger back and found the small box. Placing them inside I dumped the pair into there and nodded my head to Killua, dropping the box back into my bag. Together, we took off through the Eastern town, speeding our way towards the town in the middle with the giant clock tower.

I followed Killua to the middle town. We had ran through the forest that separated them quickly; I was lucky that I could keep up with Killua now. After all our time running and travelling together, it would have been a shock if I couldn't.

Once we got to the town, the sun had completely disappeared and was instead replaced with a bright yellow moon with stars dotted across the blackened sky. It looked beautiful, however with the lights on it soon became hard to see. The two of us wandered through the crowd, looking for our spikey haired friend. We eventually found him; he was talking to someone about his height wearing blue overalls and a white shirt underneath. Their hair was blonde and their skin was quite pale.

Me and Killua looked at each other before looking questionably at the blonde boy he was talking to. The blonde boy was the first to notice us, before Gon turned his attention and smiled widely; waving his arm into the air.
"Killua, Mishka!" Gon said cheerfully and came running over to us. I smiled widely at Gon as Killua shoved his hands into his shorts pockets and smiled lightly back at Gon as well. Gon stopped in front of us and kept the wide smile on his face.
"How did it go?" Gon asked us excitedly.
"What about you?" Killua asked back, shooting Gon's question back at him. Gon chuckled nervously to himself as he scratched the back of his head, closing his eyes in defeat.
"I couldn't find it." Gon admitted to us. I furrowed my brows slightly but kept smiling at him all the same. We could still look, that was okay.
"I see. Same here." Killua said, closing his eyes slightly. I heard footsteps walk towards us and turned my attention to them. It was the blonde boy with the blue overalls. He walked over to us with a small smile. His eyes were light blue now that I could see them.

Killua turned his attention to the blonde haired boy as well, the two of us wondering who he was. Gon smiled widely as he pointed his hand to him, turn turned his attention to him slightly as he stopped beside Gon.
"I'll introduce you, Killua, Mishka. This is Retz, the Doll Maker. We met earlier and became friends." Gon said to us, dropping his hand back to his side. I looked at Gon slightly questionably, just like that? They became friends just like that? I mean I know we did the same with Killua but… I guess I felt a little jealous…and I don't know why and I couldn't think why; I just felt jealous.
"Nice to meet you." Retz said to us, holding out a hand to me. I hesitated at first, but eventually placed my hand into his lightly, keeping quiet and shaking it every so lightly. Retz looked at me questionably before turning his attention to Killua and holding out his hand to him. I looked at Killua slightly myself. He was glaring at Retz hand.

I lightly elbowed Killua into his side, kicking him out of his glare. Killua turned his attention to me quickly before closing his eyes and ignoring Retz hand. Turning my attention back to Gon, I noticed Retz looked concerned at Killua's glare. Gon however did seem to notice the small exchanged going on between us. He was still smiling widely and happily, as if everything was okay.
"Retz is really amazing! The doll looks like it's alive-" Gon was saying until Killua cut him off.
"Rather than that, don't we have work to do?" Killua questioned Gon. I nodded my head quickly, agreeing with Killua. We really had to find that place that Kurapika was describing. The sooner the better. Gon furrowed his brows slightly and scratched the back of his head nervously.
"That's right. I asked Retz about it too. He had a hunch of the place, so we searched together. We searched around quite a lot, but we couldn't find anything today." Gon said cheerfully as he swung an arm around Retz shoulder. I furrowed my brows at the news as Killua sighed slightly to himself.
"Really?" Killua asked him. Retz nodded his head, seeming taken back by Gon's happiness and friendly manner. I don't see why he would have if they became friends so easily!
"But no worries! He said he'll help me tomorrow, too!" Gon said to us, keeping the wide smile on his face.

I couldn't help but furrow my brows even more and look away slightly to the ground. I fidgeted on my feet and shuffled my weight from one foot to another. I knew Gon was a friendly person and this usually didn't bother me. But…when we met Zushi he didn't instantly become friends and even when we met Killua we all didn't instantly become friends. The way Gon spoke and acted, it made it seem like they instantly became friends with one other and that is what upset me so much. That was probably the root of my jealously.
"It's getting late so I thought we'd check the remaining locations tomorrow…" Retz said, jogging me out of my thoughts. I looked at him questionably as Killua clicked his tongue in annoyance.
"Sounds like a shady story. Gon, why did you bring someone like this along?" Killua questioned Gon harshly. I turned my attention to Gon as Killua looked at him harshly. That was when Retz glared at Killua and clenched his teeth together.
"What?" He demanded from Killua, taking offense to Killua's accusations. Gon seemed surprised himself, his smile disappearing as he looked between Retz and Killua.
"The "having a hunch" part sounds suspicious too. You could be a pilferer or something." Killua said to Retz, closing his eyes once more and leaned back slightly, pointing his hand at Ret.

Retz shrugged off Gon's shoulder as he began stepping forward, keeping his glare steady on Killua who didn't take notice of Retz dislike towards he's words.
"What's your problem?! I'm helping because Gon asked me to! Why are you so rude?! Apologise!" Retz started shouting at Killua. I looked at Killua, who glared angrily at Retz. I began tugging at his sleeve slightly.
"Killua…I think you-" I began saying until Killua launched his hand forward, striking Retz in the chest and sending him flying backwards.
"Shut up!" He yelled as Retz hit the ground hard, making a yelping sound as he did with his things sprawling all across the floor in a jumbled mess. I couldn't help but gasp and clamped my hands over my mouth as I looked at Retz wide eyed. I could imagine Killua was jealous too, but I didn't think he would react like that. Gon instantly ran to Retz side in a panic state as Killua stood there looking shocked at what he did.
"Are you alright? Did you get hurt? Stop that already, Killua!" Gon asked Retz, then yelled at Killua. I dropped my hands back to my side as I watched Killua; he just stared at his hand and then stared back at Retz, as if catching onto something.
"You…could you be… A girl?" Killua asked making me look at Retz with wide eyes.
"A girl!?" Me and Gon questioned loudly at the same time. But Retz was completely flat! Okay…I was also completely flat…but he…she…had really short hair! Was Retz really a girl?

The four of us, although awkwardly and silently, made our way to a restaurant. We ordered a lot of food between the four of us. I sat next to Killua and Retz as Gon sat next to Killua and Retz. I guess we both thought it would be best to keep Killua away from Retz for a while, after pushing him…her after all. As our food was being placed in front of us, the three of us watched Retz carefully and closely, wondering what her story was.
"It wasn't my intention to fool you or anything. It's dangerous for a girl to travel alone, so I pretend to be a boy when I'm on tour." Retz explained to us. I couldn't help but look at her questionably; then again I travelled with two boys so I had that going for me. Gon leaned forward as he listened to every word of her story.
"I see." Gon said with interested.
"That happens a lot anyway. Mishka looks like a boy sometimes." Killua commented as he rocked backwards and forwards from his chair. I looked at Killua annoyed, puffing out my check before turning my head away and sighing slightly as Gon looked at Killua slightly annoyed.
"Acting like you knew all along. You didn't know at first either." Gon said to Killua, who stopped rocking on his chair looked at Gon with an annoyed expression.
"Shut up." Killua said simply to Gon, who just laughed at his serious expression. I heard Retz chuckle slightly and looked at her questionably.
"You three are really close. That's enviable." Retz commented to us. I couldn't help but smile slightly. She had something to be envious about and I had something to be jealous about, seemed fair.

I heard Killua click his tongue and turned my attention to him. He had closed his eyes again in an annoyed expression.
"Not really." Killua said bluntly. I sighed slightly at Killua's words, I couldn't tell if he meant it was enviable of our friendship or if we were really close. I thought we were really close. I heard Retz sigh in annoyance herself, before Gon spoke up once more.
"So you travel all alone?" Gon questioned her, breaking the awkward tension that was rising into the air once more. Retz nodded her head, then looked at the table, averting her gaze from Gon and just concentrating on what was in front of her.
"Yeah. My big brother is a Doll Maker too, but I wanted to become a professional one by myself, so I'm practicing with street performances while travelling alone for now." Retz explained as she looked down to her box bag that sat next to her, holding all her stuff that was sprawled across the floor earlier thanks to Killua's push. She picked up the doll that sat on the box bag. It looked like a clown, with the green jingly hat and shoes.
"So maybe this guy is my best friend." Retz said as she held the doll closely to her. Gon took a deeper look at the doll, looking at it with interest and a wide smile.
"Could it be, that that doll…?" Gon began saying as he trailed off in his sentence. Retz looked up excitedly and happily from the doll to Gon.
"I made him myself, of course!" Retz said to Gon, sounding proud of her work. Gon smiled widely as he leaned back into his chair, and then leaned forward once more.
"That's amazing! You'll defiantly become a great doll maker!" Gon said excitedly to Retz; joy clear in his voice as he praised Retz.

I smiled slightly at Gon before looking back at Killua. He had his hands behind his back and looked away from the table. I couldn't help but feel sad by how he looked. It was odd seeing our best friend acting as if he knew someone for years or months like he had known us. I watched as Killua turned his attention back to the doll, staring at it for a moment.
"That doll has beautiful eyes." Killua commented out of the blue. I turned my attention back to the doll. I stared at it closely, it almost looked like it had the same eyes as Retz…it was actually a little bit freaky.
"Gon, Killua and Mishka too. Gon's eyes are thoroughly transparent. Killua's eyes are tinged with darkness, yet pure. Mishka's eyes are full of grief and self-doubt, but also innocent and willingness." Retz said to us, taking the three of us back. I had to advert my eyes to the table, hunching my shoulders up and I tightly pressed my lips together. It was a little bit weird, someone looking into my eyes and saying what they held.
"Stop it. That's creepy." Killua said to her, closing his eyes as he pouted.
"You're embarrassed, aren't you?" Gon questioned loudly. I heard Killua sit up from his chair and peeked at them slightly.
"No way!" Killua yelled at Gon, who just laughed at Killua's expression and actions. I couldn't help but laugh slightly to myself as well.

Our laughter among each other was soon broken by Retz voice once more. The three of us turned our attention to her, looking at her questionably.
"Making eyes for a doll is the most difficult. Whether it lives or dies depends on the quality of its eyes. If you manage to make a doll with perfect eyes, it will gain a soul. Or that's how they say." Retz explained to us, before turning her attention back to Gon with a wide smile on her face.
"A soul?" Gon parroted after her. I thought over her words for a second. If they had the perfect eyes, they would gain a soul…it may have been out of hope but what if Pairo's body gained a soul again because he now had Kurapika's eyes? No…no that wasn't it. From Leorio's story, Pairo was up and walking before he had Kurapika's eyes, so that couldn't be possible.
"Killua, Mishka. Something wrong?" Gon questioned, dragging me out of my thoughts. I brought my head up quickly and nodded it, smiling widely at Gon to show I was fine.
"It's nothing. Alright, let's eat and hit the bed for today. Woah, this is delicious! That's mine!" Killua said as he leaned forward, untangling his fingers from behind him and began tucking into his food, once again stealing bits off of mine and Gon's plate, only to have us steal bits of food off his plate in return with wide smiles.

As the four of us were, for the first time since we met each other, laughing and enjoying our food I felt my phone vibrate. I placed down my fork and dug through my pocket. Flashing on the screen was a picture of Kurapika, his name underneath. I froze instantly and looked at the flashing screen.
"Who's calling you Mishka?" Gon questioned me as I continued to look down at the screen.
"K-Kurapika…He's going to be so mad! He's going to make me go with him when I go back I just know it!" I said to them, swallowing the lump in my throat.
"I'm sure he'll understand. Just tell him what you told us." Gon said to me reassuringly. I nodded my head, and lifted myself from the seat.

Flicking up the phone top I walked out of the little restaurant we were sitting in and placed the phone by my ear.
"H-hello, Kurap-" I began saying before being cut off.
"Where are you?! I told you to stay here after you finished your research!" Kurapika yelled down the phone, making me take it away from my ear slightly. I hummed slightly in my throat and placed the phone back to my ear, furrowing my brows.
"I know but-" I began saying, only to be cut off again.
"You even lied to Leorio! It's dangerous at the moment, what if you end up losing your eyes or worse?! If Pairo took mine what makes you think he won't take yours?!" Kurapika yelled down the phone once more. I walked away from the restaurant to keep myself out of view as I tried to think what to say to Kurapika. He was angry, very angry.
"I know but, I need to see for myself. Pairo was like a brother to me too I need to see for myself if it's him or not!" I said down the down to Kurapika, leaning my back against the wall of the restaurant. Silence filled the air as neither of us spoke.
"Mishka…I…" Kurapika began saying before stopping. I took a deep breath and exhaled deeply, letting myself slide down the wall.
"I know it's dangerous. But you always help me, ever since we were little. I want to repay the favour…I guess I still feel guilty about leaving the hiding spot Pairo told me to stay at. If there's a chance it's him…I want to apologise. I'm sorry, big brother." I said down the phone as I took it away from my ear and gently tapped the top shut, cutting the call off. I sighed to myself, thinking over what I had said, or even what I was doing. I was going against every word of Kurapika; I was putting myself in danger and all because I wanted to help him so much. I just hoped, it didn't end with me losing my life for the sake of paying back my brother.

Standing up, I gently patted my back, patting away the dust my dress tabard had collected from the wall behind me. I lifted the lid to my phone once more and took a deep breath. Pressing down on the red power button, the phone switched off and then was dropped into my trouser pocket to be forgotten for the rest of my search. I felt awful and knew this was probably going to be the last time I travel with Gon and Killua…I needed to make the most of it. Taking a deep breath I exhaled once more and walked back into the restaurant, unable to shake off the feeling of being watched by something, or someone.

We had finished our meal and rented a room to sleep in at the restaurant. It turned out to be an inn. A rather cheap inn at that. There were only two beds in the room we rented, but there were luckily loads of spare blankets. Gon and Retz claimed a bed as me and Killua claimed the floor at the foot of Gon's bed. I had taken off my dress tabard and folded it up nearly, placing it on the floor next to me. Me and Killua spelt with our backs turned to each for most of the night, until a sudden feeling of being watched woke me up. I sat on the floor, followed by Gon and Killua. It felt hostile, almost blood thirsty. It sent a chill up my spine.

The three of us quietly stood up from the bed and the floor. We peeked out the window, Gon and Killua taking one side as I took the bottom, just peeking my head above the window frame. There was a giant shadow walking alone the path. Eventually a person revealed themselves. They glowed red. They were huge and looked like a lion. When he breathed out, cold air blew from his mouth, visible for all to see. It sent a chill up my spine even more, making me take a small gasp of air along with the boys. That person looked and felt terrifying. He was also recognisable.
"That's…" Killua began saying, until he let out a loud roar; his voice alone tearing up the ground underneath him into small shattered rubble.
"Uvogin!" Gon yelled as he continued to roar and shout.
"But Kurapika took him down!" Killua said back to Gon. I looked at the two, worried, my brows furrowed.
"His presence feels blood thirsty, I think he wants revenge." I said to the two, worry evident in my voice.
"What's going on?" A calm and quiet voice asked. We turned out attention to Retz, who wore nothing more than a night dress. Our eyes went wide; I didn't know how she could feel comfortable wearing nothing more than a night dress without any trousers or shorts!

Our thoughts and attention was shattered as the glass behind us broke. All of us yelped as the glass flew into the room. I held my hands behind my head to protect the back of it from the shattered pieces of glass that now laid dormant on the floor.
"Found you! You're looking for the chain bastards eyes, aren't you?" Uvogin yelled up to us as me, Gon and Killua looked out of the window. My vision turned red with fear as Uvogin looked up to us, a wide smirk on his face. How did he know we were looking for Kurapika's eyes?
"Come down here!" Uvogin yelled up to us. I couldn't help but duck myself under the window slightly more in hopes that maybe he wouldn't know I'm here.
"Idiot! As if!" Killua yelled down to Uvogin with a wide grin on his face. Uvogin didn't seem to notice the humour and began glowing, his blood lust like feel becoming stronger. I panicked and scrambled backwards, as Killua and Gon did the same.
"Run!" Gon yelled as I scrambled to my feet and manically climbed over the bed. I heard Retz squeak as Killua reached the door and yanked it open.
"Hurry!" Killua yelled as he rushed through the open door first. Gon carrying Retz was second as I went last, running as fast as I could down the wooden hall way, just to get away from Uvogin. As we ran, a shock wave hit the building launching forward through the corridor. Fire soon followed as the building shattered and collapsed around us, leaving nothing more than dust in its wake.

The four of us had landed behind a stone wall. I clenched me teeth tightly together as I pushed myself up weakly. The impact was huge and had really taken its toll on my body. My vision was still red with fear. I could hear the others groan as they began pushing themselves up as well.
"Are you okay, Retz?" Gon asked through clenched teeth. Retz hummed in response. We looked up and saw that we had landed behind the pillar that stood behind Uvogin. I couldn't help but glare through my red eyes at his back.
"Escape, Retz!" Gon told Retz sternly.
"But…" Retz said, trailing off in her sentence.
"Don't dawdle!" Killua yelled back at her.
"Hurry!" Gon yelled as I turned my attention to Retz as well.
"We'll be fine, so just leave!" I told her sternly myself. Retz nodded her head and stood up, looking as if she was a deer caught in head lights. She quickly fled the scene, running as fast as she could to get away.

Gon, Killua and I stood up, glares on our faces as we stared at Uvogin's back. How he came back was beyond us all. Kurapika had killed him; he told us himself and Kurapika never mistook anything for dead unless he knew it was dead.
"Why has he revived?" Killua asked harshly, staring at his back.
"I don't know but if he's involved with Kurapika's eyes, we just gotta do it." Gon said as I nodded my head.
"Chances are, he probably knows about my eyes too, and if he does than we'll be in even more trouble if he still has connections with the Phantom Troupe." I said to the two, who nodded in agreement with my words. I heard Uvogin chuckling to himself as he lifted his glowing red Nen covered arm. It hadn't looked like he ever died; he was rotting and had no signs of rot. His body looked as if it was never dead.
"Let's go all out." Uvogin said as he turned his attention to the three of us. We gasped as he stomped his foot onto the ground, launching himself with a quick sprint towards us.

The three of us crouched slightly as we continued to glare at the speeding living corpse known as Uvogin. I concentrated most of my Nen into my arms as we watched him speed towards us.
"Ren!" Gon yelled as the three of us glowed bright white aura's and crossed our arms over our chests to protect ourselves from Uvogin's punch. Uvogin roared as he brought his arm back and then threw it towards us. His red Nen covered fist connected with our white Ren covered arms. We gritted out teeth, trying our best to with strand his attack, but he proved to be too strong and sent us flying back into the wall behind us, knocking it down with our backs.

I covered my mouth as I coughed from the stone dust. I could hear Gon and Killua cough themselves as we turned our attention to Uvogin once more.
"He's crazy strong." Gon said in awe as we tried desperately to look for Uvogin in the dust of the stone that was knocked down by our backs.
"That's not just some muscle idiot!" Killua said in shock. I heard chuckling and soon saw the figure of Uvogin through the smoke, his white tooth smirk standing out the most against his shadowed face.
"Here I come!" I yelled as he came at us with his foot. The three of us jumped out of the way. Gon and Killua jumped to one side as I launched myself forward, rolling under Uvogin and then jumped away to keep my distance from him. Gon and Killua kicked themselves off the wall and ground as I ran at him. The three of us jumped into the air and yelled. Gon and Killua kicked Uvogin in the face as I planted my feet into the small of his back, hoping to send him backwards. The three of us jumped away, landing next to each other. Uvogin didn't budge. Not a single muscle was moved. Instead, he briskly turned his head towards us, keeping that smirk on his face.
"That tickles. You flies!" He yelled and quickly turned on the balls of his feet swinging his arm towards us.

We weren't expecting his move and were struck with his large muscle covered arm. His strike sent us flying back. Killua rolled backwards as Gon collided with a wall. I collided with the ground and was sent skidding across it after rolling. I gritted my teeth as I pushed myself up once more, my red vision never altering or showing any sign of leaving.
"He's coming!" Killua yelled as Uvogin punched into the air. Rocks started harling towards Killua, who did his best to dodge them but was then punched away by Uvogin who used the flying projectiles to his advantage.

Next, Uvogin went after Gon. Gon tried his best to get away but was grabbed by his leg. Gon held onto a rock tightly as he was lifted into the air by his leg. Uvogin then brought his head forward. I cringed as I heard the sound of teeth meeting rock, only suggesting that Gon had used the rock to protect himself. Uvogin then threw Gon across the broken court yard, sending him flying into Killua.

He then turned his attention to me. I stood stark still, my breath catching into my throat as I stared at him in fear. I could feel every muscle and fibre in my body shake in fear as I stared at the risen Phantom Troupe member, who did nothing more than smirk at me with his white teeth. I stepped backwards as he began stepping towards me. I had to do something to protect myself, anything! As Uvogin got closer, I concentrated my Nen as best as I could into my arm and threw it forward sending out my barbed wire with it. I moved my arm, sending it to wrap around Uvogin's wrist. I winced as the wire pierced into my own wrist; but I didn't care right now I had to try and do something, anything to slow him down.

Uvogin however didn't seem to take any notice and instead threw himself forward, taking me by surprise. I gasped as I felt a hand wrap around my throat and lift me into the air. I clamped my hands around his giant hand that clamped around my throat, cutting the air to my lungs.
"You have the same eyes as that bastard chain user. You two must be related. That means…" He began saying as he started lifting his free hand towards my face, slowly, his fingers shaped like claws about to pick up something. However he stopped, and looked over to the two boys, smirking darkly to himself. I followed his line of site, struggling to keep myself conscious as I tightly gripped onto his hand with my hands, trying to lift myself up to grab some air.
"This can't be all there is to you." He said as he threw me over to them. The sudden flow of air into my lungs was a shock as I collided with the two boys, sending them deeper into the stone fountain. I coughed as I weakly pushed myself up; I felt like I was going to be sick. I dismissed my barbed wire from around his wrist, still keeping it active me. I weakly removed myself from Killua's lap as Gon did the same, the three of us getting into a position that would allow us to quickly move if need be.

I heard Uvogin shout and looked up to him in terror as he ran at us again, the same quick and deathly speed he did before.
"First we gotta do something about his punch." Gon said as I weakly nodded my head, only just taking in what Gon was even saying. I looked at Killua in a panic as he stared at Uvogin looking fearful for his life.
"Are you listening to me, Killua?" Gon asked Killua in a panicked state. Killua jolted and looked at Gon in panic, nodding his head slightly. I turned my attention back to Uvogin as he ran towards us, bringing his arm back.
"Let's attack his right arm simultaneously!" Gon suggested as me and Killua nodded. Uvogin got closer and closer to us. When he was a mere few feet away he launched his arm forward. The three of us ducked out of the way letting his fist collide with the stone fountain behind us. I quickly launched my hand forward, wrapping his wrist in my barbed wire again, feeling the metal pierce into my own flesh as Gon and Killua threw down their fists, both glowing with Nen.

Uvogin however just smirked at us and punched the three of us away from him with a powerful blow. We landed in a crumpled heap against another stone pillar. Gon hit it first, followed by Killua's body and then mine. I dismissed the wire from Uvogin's wrist once more as we landed in a pile onto the floor. Detangling ourselves, we looked over to Uvogin, who just smirked at us as he began to stand up straight, unaffected by our attacks.
"His bones should have shattered from that but…" Gon stuttered out as we stared at him in terror, our bodies shaking in fear. Uvogin continued to smirk at us and held his fist tightly in front of him, muttering something to himself with a pleasurable look on his face.
"You two should run!" Gon said to me and Killua, touching both of our shoulders. I looked at Gon in shock as Killua did the same. I wasn't going to leave Gon here on his own. If he was going to die, then I would stand by him as a friend, I wasn't going to run, and there was no way I could. Besides, if I did; he would most likely come after me anyway, it would defeat the object. I shook my head in objection, looking at Gon seriously through my scarlet eyes. I only earned a glare back from Gon, until I glared back showing him I was serious about staying.

I heard Uvogin chuckle to and turned my attention to him. He smirked as he continued to chuckle at us.
"Now then… About the time to finish things off!" Uvogin yelled at us. Gon turned his attention to Killua, pushing on his shoulder to get him to run.
"Hurry!" Gon yelled at him standing up with me following him behind. The two of us stood in front of Killua, hoping he would run. Killua, for whatever reason wasn't himself right now. He needed to get out of here and fast, he needed to run away.
"Drop dead!" Uvogin yelled as he charged at us. The three of us froze in the spot, watching us Uvogin jumped into the air, getting ready to deal with final blow. I closed my eyes, bracing myself for the impact…but one never came.

Opening my eyes with my breath caught in my throat, I saw the back of Nobunaga. His black hair wasn't tied into a top knot and he wore the grey clothes we saw him in when we trailed him and Machi back in Yorknew City. Looking down at the ground, I could see what looked like animal fur and limbs, without the muscle or bone, scattered across the ground.
"You brats, what are you doing having such a hard time against a mere doll?" Nobunaga said to us, annoyance in his voice. I looked at him shocked.
"Nobunaga." Gon said in shock at the man's presence.
"Doll?" Killua questioned him. I heard rustling of feet and turned my attention back to Uvogin, who stood up with a wide smirk stretched across his face. He no longer wore the animal fur limbs that covered his shoulders and chest.
"My body is made of steel. Your Katana won't reach my core." Uvogin mocked Nobunaga, keeping that same smirk on his face.

I placed the pieces together, if his body was made of steel…then his teeth that I thought were white were actually steel…that's how they could break through the rock that Gon held in defence so easily. That also explained why that even though I thought my barbed wires were piercing his flesh, they weren't. Not a single mark was on him, not from my barbed wires, not from Gon and Killua's punch and not from Nobunaga's Katana.
"Shut your trap, you fucking puppet." Nobunaga swore at Uvogin. I looked at Nobunaga with wide eyes. He said Uvogin was his friend and yet he was able to attack him, just like that, even though the man that stood before him looked exactly like his friend…how could he do that?
"I can taste the joy of fighting once more thanks to this. I'm instructed to kill anyone who gets in my way. Even if the opponent was a former partner." Uvogin mocked to Nobunaga once more. Nobunaga's sword began glowing white with Nen as she shifted his weight, keeping his eyes directly on what we had now learnt was the puppet Uvogin.
"I told you to shut your trap." Nobunaga said to him once more, irritation evident in his voice. The area around Nobunaga began glowing white; it glowed in circles around him and parted from the ground violently. I couldn't do anything but watch in fear, fearful that my life was about to end at any given moment.

Uvogin seemed unaffected by Nobunaga's Nen circles. They extended to Uvogin, and yet he stood there like it was nothing.
"En, huh?" Uvogin said to him, looking at the Phantom Troupe member with a smirk.
"Unfortunately it won't have any effect on me!" Uvogin taunted as he ran at Nobunaga. He threw his fists at the Troupe member, who skilfully dodged each and every one. Uvogin smirked at him as he looked over his shoulder at Nobunaga.
"What's wrong? You just gonna run? You were strong back when we fought as a team." Uvogin mocked as he threw another punch at Nobunaga. Nobunaga managed to dodge the first one, but was struck by the second and sent flying back into the pillar behind him, crashing into it with a thud and grunting as he fell to the ground. I gasped along with Gon and Killua as we just stared at Nobunaga's body.
"Big. Bang. IMPACT-" Uvogin began yelling until Nobunaga launched himself in front of him and swung his Katana skilfully at Uvogin several times. As swiftly as Nobunaga swung his weapon, he seethed it with no sound; apart from the sound of Uvogin's head falling onto the ground, followed by his lifeless, headless, body.

I covered my mouth with my hands, staring at the head and body with wide eyes in fear. I felt like I really could be sick now. It was not a site I wanted to see. It was incredibly close to home, and the smell was awful. I shook on the spot, finding it hard to keep myself standing as Nobunaga stood up slowly, his body glowing with Nen.
"Your powers would be nothing without Uvo's eyes." Nobunaga said as he began walking towards the decapitated head. The head began chuckling before it started talking.
"I'm glad. To die by being cut up by you-" Uvogin's head began saying until Nobunaga unsheathed his Katana once more and rammed it through Uvogin's head. My knees buckled as I feel to the floor, no longer to keep myself up as I watched the scene unfold before me.
"I did tell you to shut your trap." Nobunaga said as he lifted his Katana up and seethed it for a final time. His body continued to glow with Nen as he looked out into the distance, as if searching for someone or something.
"You sure are making fun of the former Phantom Troupe members. You're there, aren't you? Omokage?" Nobunaga yelled out into what seemed like nothing to me, Gon and Killua.

I heard shuffling behind me and a hand on my shoulder, but I didn't dare to look at who it belonged to. The fact it was there though was a comfort enough, as the touch was familiar; I knew it belonged to Gon. No matter how much I wanted to, I just couldn't find the strength to lift myself up, not with that headless corpse just lying there, only a few feet away from us.

As the silence feel around us, chuckling was heard close by. I averted my eyes away from the bodiless head and looked in the direction of the chuckling. On top of the building was a figure. Shadows covered the figure, so I couldn't see what they looked like. All I knew was that it was a man, by the name of Omokage, and he wore a coat with lots of different decorations, swaying in the wind.


Author note: Okay so maybe it's a four part story, not three part like I originally planned….I messed up on the timings sorry.