Paprika11- Yay! Another comment! I'll give a magic potato (don't ask how I come op up with these things) to TheSecretMistress. Also, a fun fact, Sage's favorite quote is: "if life gives you lemons, squeeze them in someone's eye."

Umm, so, as I am impatient, maybe I'll do two a day. Cause, I have nothing better to do. Please give me prompts, random crap, as I have no life. XD

Okay, so that dude was so freaky. I mean, his actions were really shakey, so I was suspicious, but before I could think, he was dead. I guess I gasped, because that magician stared at me and I felt his presence- it was freaky.

I ended up getting separated from everyone as soon as the fog thickened. I was running, avoiding mushroom-covered bodies, and flying strawberries, when I suddenly ran into Hisoka, the magician. I learned his name from Gon and Killua. He was surrounded by a few turtles which stayed away from him, like I should have done. Oops, too late.

"Well, don't we have someone interesting here," he said, grinning. He's confident, and thinks that I'm scared, which I really am. He has a lot of bloodlust, so I need to make sure he doesn't kill me in a matter of seconds, but if he thinks I'm strong, he will kill me...' I thought, but was disrupted by a movement that I didn't even bother to dodge. Crap.

"And honestly, I think you noticed me coming. Why didn't you dodge?" He had a playing card under my chin, and I knew my answer could kill me. He read my mind. But I didn't think and answered as if someone else who wasn't about to kill me asked. Almost like Gon had asked, or Killua, or my mom, even though she was dead. Never mind about my mom, then. Darn my ADHD, it made my thoughts and answers stupid.

"It's true that I noticed, but had I moved, it would symbolize that I don't think things through, which means that you're less likely to think that I'll be worth saving. But if you killed me, maybe you'd spare my friends. So I didn't run, but I'm also trying to keep my explanation blunt and stupid."

"So you wouldn't mind dying?" He asked.

"I have a person to try and fail to kill. But I plan to die too, so honestly, it's just whichever comes first: someone killing me, or him- although neither is going to happen anytime soon."

"You lied to your friends," he said, swiping a drop of my blood on his fingertip and sniffing it, his eyes crazed.

"Yes. I'm trying to write a letter now. I came here also so I have enough money to buy a good knife, so I can try and fail to die as fast as I can, the guy is just a random bonus. But it won't happen, so I guess this is just me in denial," I said. All of it to a random man, I don't even know why him. I didn't even wince when he smelled my blood. This just an average creepy man that was about to murder me. No need to panic... And yet panic I did, slipping white lies between every word. I couldn't kill myself. I just couldn't. Literally. He reminded me of my-

"Okay. The way to the end is over there," he said, pointing. "Follow the blood, ignore the bodies. If you get lost, then I have made the wrong decision to allow you to live."

So I did. He killed a path in the forest- from an angle, there was a strip of land with dead bodies and blood pouring, but there were sharp branches that slit my skin shallowly, making lines of blood pour and join them, so at least it didn't seem that I was unharmed. The stickiness of it felt too familiar, so I hopped in a stream to wash off before arriving.

Later, when I met up with Gon and Killua, they were both bickering as they stared at a clock. Leorio was beat up, probably by Hisoka, as the magician winked at me and smirked at Leorio, who didn't know what had happened. Although an enemy to my friends, Hisoka seemed to be a good person, if you were honest with him. I pondered on this for a bit. Unfortunately, it was him or Killua. I chose the latter. Even though whoever I stayed with would get killed. But- hey- Yolo.

After a bit of time, the doors opened. A fat dude and a lady with cool hair named Buhara and Menchi, respectively, came out. Food hunters! And a hunt for pigs about to start. I don't remember their words, but I remember hunting. Honestly, this was years ago, so you can't blame me for not being too detailed. Gon hit the soft spot behind the horns, and soon we were all massacring pigs. My method of murder was grabbing a largish branch and walloping it. I used to have two inch daggers with handles that were nearly an inch long. I would throw a punch with the handles between my fingers and pull up or down, leaving the assaulted person with claw marks. But now, I didn't have them. It kind of sucked...

"Got one, kil? Fish boy already got his." I noted to Killua.

"Kil?" His face flushed as he repeated it. The way he hesitated and lightly rubbed his fingers together showed that he obviously was embarrassed by the nickname. "Fish boy is Gon, I assume?" I nodded in reply, carrying my pig next to him. "Idiot..." He mumbled, as I started repeating his nickname over and over again.

"Killua, you might say I'm an idiot, but I know what you really feel," I said, teasing him. I had sensed his affections towards me through his response to the nickname. "You love m-"

"Hi Sage and Killua!" Gon came back, smiling, oblivious to that fact that Killua almost punched me. He opted for kicking me instead. "Do you know how to cook?"

"Okay, let's go make some pig..." I sighed, limping slightly at my newly bruised leg. I was stuck being a cooking teacher.

We ended up doing fine, even after the pig section. There was a whole flip about how to make sushi, which sounded familiar but I didn't know what it was. Pika-Pika had a thought about it, but Leorio (who still didn't have a nickname at this point) totally gave it away to everyone, so soon we were all chopping up fish.

Oh yes... So it was a pain, all fishing and trying to make sushi. I had come with my first plate, which she approved on the cuts of the fish but the rice was too bad, not even bringing it to her lips. I ate it to find out that it tasted pretty good, but I had to make another.

"How's it going, fish boy?" I asked Gon as he cut fish.

"Okay. I'm just thinking if I don't pass this year, maybe I'll have lost my chance. I feel like it has to be this year, and I might not be able to make the sushi..." He quieted, and his now-trembling hand slipped and almost came down on his own finger. My reflexes kicked in, and I put my left arm where he almost cut his finger off. A fourth of an inch of the blade was stuck in, the long part of the knife. Blood welled up. I had accidentally stuck my dominant arm in.

'Hmm... That's not good...' Gon apparently didn't notice he had cut through flesh, not fish, and had run off to grab rice, and for once I was glad for his oblivious properties. Pulling out the knife and suppressing tears, I let the blood drip down as I switched our knives and rinsed off blood. There were now thick, sticky puddles in the sink, but ever since my mom died, pain was there, but not as noticeable. I made another piece of sushi, and walked to Leorio.

"Can I have an disinfecting wipe?" I asked, hiding my arm and kicking sand over a puddle of blood.

"Why?" He asked, raising an eyebrow at me. I tried not to tense.

"For wiping off something...?" I nervously stumbled, turning away from him when he tried to look behind me. He was about to grab my shoulders to force me to move, but the girl gourmet hunter's voice rang out.

"Nobody's passed! Every applicant fails!" She yelled.

I was about to run away from Leorio, arm still oozing blood, when a body went flying by. His face was seriously wounded. The lady was yelling and spinning knifes. The world spun, I saw a few faces and a concerned Hisoka, and-

By this point, I'm a bit lightheaded, everything is mulled together, and I know the blood loss needs to stop... And then it goes dark. I was half asleep as Killua helped me grab an egg, though he was not able to get a reply on what happened to me. I don't know how I did it. I should have been completely knocked out by then. But not dead. Oh, no, I could never be dead. I was just stubborn to pass, stubborn to remain conscious. Dead, though? I would give anything to be dead. Trust me, I already tried. I couldn't be. It was impossible.

Paprika 11- yay! Two chapters in one chapter (3 total today), since I feel like it. I seriously should just post it all at once. Maybe I will, if anyone wants- I'll think about it. I made a oneshot that I'm gonna post tomorrow, if anyone wants to read that. Reviews can get a imaginary sprig of parsley. (I feel like I'm pretending to have more readers then I do... Oh well...) Well, see ya!