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Chapter 4: The Unanswerable Question (Part Two)

RHIA'S P.O.V

To recap, Matthew had been lying and left when I threw a rock at him. Gon came back and seemed a little confused and upset as to why Matthew was gone, but he didn't have long to dwell on that cause at that moment, we found Leorio.

"Hey! Wait up!"

We turned around to see Leorio coming up behind us, panting heavily.

I smirked and put my hands on my hips. "Decided to join us after all, eh Leorio?"

"Sh-shut up!" he said, trying to catch his breath. "The bus. . . was a trap!"

"No kidding." I remarked.

Gon ran up to him. "Great! Now we're all together again!"

"Oh joy." I mumbled, continuing to walk ahead. I mentally slapped myself. 'What the hell is wrong with me? I've never acted like this before! Why now? And why around these guys? What's happening to me?'

Soon we came upon what looked like a deserted city. It was dark and empty, and a strange wind seemed to come out of nowhere and blow slightly through, making me shiver. But it wasn't from the wind.

"Rhia?" Leorio asked. "What's wrong?"

"I hate being watched." I said, hugging myself.

"What? But there's no one here but us."

"You mean you can't hear them?" Gon asked in surprise.

"Hear what?"

"Breathing." Kurapika answered.

"Yeah, and clothes rustling." Gon added. "I think they're trying to hide."

"I think you guys are a bit crazy." Leorio commented.

"And your point is?" I asked. But he wasn't paying any attention to me. I groaned and turned around to keep walking, but then I stopped in my tracks and felt my pupils dialate.

"If they're trying to hide then they suck!" I yelled.

The other three whirled around to see what I was yelling about.

There before us was an ancient-looking woman with a large walking stick with a knot of wood at the top the size of a baseball. Behind her was what I had seen. Hundreds of people stood behind her, wearing long white sheets that completely covered everything but the head, which was adorned with a mask similar to one worn while playing hockey, and giant, poofy wigs, all different kinds of colors. In all honesty, I was kind of scared of them. And they were producing a strange noise I couldn't really make out.

"What is this?" Leorio cried.

"Congratulations." The old woman said. "You have made it thus far, but you will not get any farther unless you pass this quiz."

"Quiz?" Leorio repeated. "What quiz?"

"The Quiz of Two Answers!" (A/N: If anyone knows what this quiz is actually called, please let me know! I'm writing this whole story from memory.)

I was confused.

"I will ask you a question. You will have two answers, 1 and 2. All other answers, no matter how clever, will not be accepted and you will be disqualified."

"That doesn't sound too hard." Leorio smirked.

"I'm not very good at quizzes." Gon admitted.

"Also, only one answer will be accepted." The old woman added.

"What? Only one of us can answer?" Leorio cried.

"That's what she said, do you need it spelled out?" I asked with a hand on my hip.

Leorio pointed to Kurapika. "So if he gets it wrong, then we're all disqualified!"

Kurapika closed his eyes. "Not likely. It's more probable if you answer incorrectly."

There were literately sparks between them as they glared at each other.

I groaned. "Can we just get this over with? I do have a life you know."

"Can I be in it?"

I squealed and jumped about two feet in the air. Behind us stood Matthew. He seemed to have gotten bolder n his flirting attempts with me.

"Hello gorgeous. Did ya miss me?"

"GAH!" I yelled. "STALKER! CREEPER!"

"Flattery will get you nowhere." He smirked, stepping ahead. "I'll take the quiz first." He grinned at me. "And then you'll see what kind of a man I am."

"You're kidding right?" Kurapika asked, sweat-dropping.

"I feel sick." I moaned.

Matthew turned to the old woman. "Okay, let's have it."

"Here's the question: Your mother and your true love have been captured by demons. You can only save one of them. Would you save 1) your mother, or 2) your true love?"

Everyone was completely still. None of us had been expecting that.

"What kind of a question is that?" I asked quietly. "You can't possibly answer something like that!"

Matthew seemed to be thinking hard. Then he said with an annoying air of confidence, "1."

"Why 1?"

"Because you only have one mother in the world, but you can always get another girlfriend."

"WHAT?" I yelled. There was no way he was EVER going to get an actual girlfriend with an attitude like that.

He looked back at me and winked. "Except for you gorgeous."

I felt my temper rising to the boiling point.

"You may pass." The old lady said, moving aside for him to pass through.

"Heh. Piece of cake." He said haughtily. He looked back at me and grinned. "I'll be waiting for you Rhia."

"Oh no! Not now, not ever!" I yelled.

"Oh, defensive."

"GET OUT OF MY LIFE!" I screamed at him. He frowned and walked away. The old lady moved back into her place, blocking the path from view.

It was our turn.

"Should we even try this way?" Leorio wondered aloud. "Maybe there's another way around?"

"There is no other way around." The old lady said. "If you try going through the surrounding forest, you won't last five minutes. There are hungry man-eating beasts out there."

"Just what we need." I groaned. "More death experiences."

"In addition to that, the forest itself is a labyrinth of trails and dead-ends." She added.

I growled. "How pessimistic can you get?"

"For once Rhia's right!" Leorio announced.

"What do you mean for once? You hardly know me." I commented with a raised eyebrow.

"I think she's crazy!"

"Who, me or the old lady?"

"Both!"

"You idiot!"

I noticed Kurapika suddenly go rigid beside me, and I was filled with a sudden feeling of dread. What happened? Why did he do that? But most importantly. . .

'WHY THE HELL DO I EVEN CARE?'

"I've had enough of this!" Leorio yelled.

"Leorio!" Kurapika suddenly yelled. "D-"

"Silence!" the old woman commanded. "From now on, only the answers to this quiz are to be spoken! Anything else is instant disqualification!"

I growled. 'What is this lady's problem? How does she expect us to answer this stupid question?' I thought, balling my hands into fists. I glanced at Kurapika and saw him looking directly at me, which made me stop growling for a moment. 'Now what's HIS problem? Good God why is he staring at me like that?'

"Here is your question." The old lady announced. "Your son and your daughter have been kidnapped. You can only save one of them. Would you save 1) your son or 2) your daughter? You have ten seconds to answer."

I turned my gaze away from Kurapika. I was suddenly having second thoughts about this. What was going on here? Why did Kurapika act like that? Why did he give me almost a pleading stare? Wait- pleading? What was it? Did he want me to understand something? But what could that possibly be? Was it about the quiz? But what other than an answer could he want me to know? Of course it was the answer! Why else would he be staring at me? But then again. . . what was the answer? Did Kurapika have it? He must have it! what other reason could there be?

"Time's up!" the woman announced.

I growled. I still couldn't believe this! And now we were disqualified! Why did this happen to me?

"That's it! I've had enough of you!" Leorio yelled, putting down his briefcase. He went over to the side of the building and grabbed a long iron pole.

"Leorio-" Gon started, but was cut off.

"Don't try and stop me! I'll be doing everyone a favor by getting rid of this old hag!" He walked over to the old lady and brought the pole down on her head.

But I got there first.

I don't really know what made me do it, but in less than two seconds I had drawn my sword and stepped in front of her. As soon as the bar collided with my blade, and interesting thing happened.

It was cut cleanly in two.

"Woah!" Gon cried.

I growled. "YOU IDIOT! HOW DARE YOU TRY TO HIT AN OLD LADY!"

He gave me a glare of his own. "WHO'RE YOU CALLING AN IDIOT? YOU'RE THE ONE WHO GOT IN MY WAY!"

"WHY DO YOU THINK I DID THAT?"

"Hey stop!" Gon yelled, trying to get in between us, but I wouldn't let him.

"WHY DON'T YOU EVER THINK BEFORE YOU DO SOMETHING?" I practically screamed in his face.

"Would both of you shut up?" Kurapika yelled, drawing our attention away. "We passed you idiots!"

I almost dropped my sword. "What? What do you mean we passed?"

"That's what he said, do you need it spelled out?" Leorio mocked.

I smacked his head. "SHUT UP!"

"Rhia stop yelling." Kurapika said. "We passed. We gave the right answer."

"And what, pray tell, was the correct answer?" I asked, my voice dripping with sarcasm.

"Silence." Kurapika answered, turning to face me. "You said it yourself Rhia. 'You can't possibly answer something like that.' The quiz has no right answer. The only rule was that we have to answer 1 or 2. But we can't answer. So the solution is silence."

"But what about that other guy?" Leorio cried, pointing in the direction that Matthew had taken. "Do you have answer to that one? Huh?"

"No one ever said that he answered correctly." Kurapika said grimly. "I heard him shouting a while back. He must have gotten attacked by something."

"Well, he certainly got out of my life." I commented quietly.

The ancient-looking woman smiled. "Right you are." She gestured to the side of another building, where a new opening was appearing before us.

Leorio turned to the old lady. "Hey look, I'm sorry."

"No need to apologize." She smiled. "The reason I took this job is because I wanted to meet people like you." she looked at all of us. "You'll all make fine Hunters one day."

"Thanks!" Gon said as he walked toward the path, followed by Leorio and Kurapika. But I didn't move.

The old lady smiled at me. "You have something to say?"

I nodded. "I was just wondering. . . why those questions? Why ask questions with no answer?"

She smiled. "Because child, the questions life gives us do not always have an answer. Sometimes we just need to keep quiet and watch what happens."

"So what you're saying," I concluded. "Is that these questions. . . are preparing us for if we really have to make that kind of decision?"

"Heaven forbid you ever find yourself in that situation, but yes, that is the point."

"But if that really happens, we can't just sit back and watch!" I argued. "What should we do if we have to make that kind of decision?"

"Only you can answer that." She said to me. "Now you may want to catch up with your friends."

I nodded. "Thank you."

Then I ran to where the others were.

"HA!" Leorio laughed. "What took you so long?"

"I was just curious about the quiz, so I asked a couple questions." I answered. "That's all."

"Rhia, don't you think you're taking this a little too seriously?" Leorio asked.

"I don't think she is." Gon spoke up. "After all, if I had to make that decision, what would I do?"

"You too?" Leorio sighed.

"Okay how about this?" I asked, facing Leorio. "Who would you save? Me or Gon?"

"Easy. Gon."

Kurapika snickered as I kicked Leorio in the shin.

"You idiot!"

"You asked!"

"I didn't think you'd answer it that quickly!" I sighed. "You just don't get it do you? The future is uncertain and full of mystery. The time may come for one of us, or all of us, to answer the question with no answer."

"Rhia do you honestly believe that you'll have to do that one day?" Leorio asked. I stopped walking and turned so I was facing all of them.

"With all my heart."

YAY! The chapter is finally over! This was my favorite to write so far. I kind of turned Rhia into a philosopher of something at the end, but that's what I really liked about it. Please review and let me know what you think of this chapter 'kay? Till next time!