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Please read A/N at the end of this chapter.
Finally finished with the Second Phase all the Hunter wannabes gathered back onto the airship waiting in front of Chairman Netero for the next Phase to begin.
Phoenix stood next to Kurapika with her hands folded in front of her. She was standing closer than normal to him in the crowded room feeling nervous about being so high up and around so many people at one time.
The blonde bumped the young girl next to him to reassure her that he was there and there wasn't anything to worry about which finally allowed the brunette to relax.
"Allow me to introduce myself to the forty-three remaining applicants" Netero began speaking loudly so everyone could hear him in the room, "I am Netero, Chairman to this year's Hunter Exam Selection Committee"
"I am his secretary, Beans" The little green bean thing next to Chairman told everyone cheerfully.
"Originally, I'd planned to make my appearance during the exams final phase, but as I'm already here…" The Chairman paused for a tense few seconds, as if everyone was waiting for an attack, "I'm loving this tension in the air! So I think I'll stick around for the rest of the trip" The Chairman finished with a slight chuckle.
"We are scheduled to arrive at our destination tomorrow morning at 8am. You'll find dinner waiting in the dining hall. You are also welcome to get some rest. In other words, you're free to do as you please until you are contacted" Beans explained before the Chairman and himself left the room.
Straight away Killua turn to Gon and Phoenix excitedly "Okay, Gon, Phoenix! Let's explore the airship!" He announced to the two.
"Yeah!" Gon answered just as excited.
As the two boys turned to Phoenix she smiled sweetly at them as she waved them away slightly, "I'm going to pass, and I'm getting something to eat before getting some rest. Thank you though" She said quietly, almost as if she was afraid to turn them down.
Killua and Gon looked a little disappointed but didn't push the matter, they could tell that she was tired from the faint bags under her eyes. The said goodbye to the three before running off to explore the airship.
Leorio watched them go with slight surprise, "How can they have so much energy? I'm hitting the sack" Leorio said tiredly.
Kurapika nodded, "You can say that again. However, I do have one concern" Kurapika suddenly spoke up seriously as the three were making their way out of the room.
"What is it Kura?" Phoenix asked curiously.
"How many more phases are there?" The blonde asked.
At the questions the three stopped and thought for a moment, "They've never mentioned that, have they?" Leorio asked himself.
"On average, there are five to six phase" An annoying voice spoke behind them, turning around they realised it was Tonpa, making Phoenix blanch a little.
"Oh, Mr Box Nose" Phoenix greeted innocently with a slight mischievous glint in her eyes as she watched him twitch and try not to glare down at her. The two older teens next to her pursed their lips trying not to let their laughter escape.
"Which means we still have three or four to go…" Leorio spoke up having recovered quickly and remember what Tonpa had said.
"All the more reason to rest now" Kurapika added and they turned to leave.
"But you should be careful" Tonpa warned them but only Kurapika and Leorio stopped and looked at him again while Phoenix having grown bored of his nonsense already continued but came to a stop just outside the door and waited for her two friends to finish dealing with Tonpa.
It didn't take long before the two emerged sharing an eye roll with each other. Phoenix looked at the two weirdly but they only smiled and shook their heads at her, letting her know that there was nothing to worry about.
Phoenix smiled and nodded back before pushing off the wall she was leaning against, "I'm going to head to the dining room then I'll come and find you guys" The toxic green eyed girl told them before waving and heading in the opposite direction as them.
Arriving at her destination Phoenix did a quick sweep at the room, noticing there wasn't too many people in the room and made her way to where the food was being served, being sure to ignore the leers she was getting.
Looking over everything available she noted the wide variety they had but just went for a simple fruit salad.
Just as she was about to grab the salad she felt the presence of somebody behind her, turning her head slightly, she took note of the two men standing behind her.
One was shorter than his friend. He had tanned skin, short black hair styled in spikes. He wore a simple long sleeve blue top with black pants under a pair of grey shorts. The taller one was paler then the first with brown hair also in spikes. He wore a green hoodie with a purple vest over it. He was simple green pants. Their numbers were 390 and 391.
Phoenix looked at them with fake curiosity, "Can I help you?" She asked with a shy voice knowing what they wanted as they stared down at her with a strange glint in their eyes.
"Yeah, how about we go and have some fun just the three of us?" The taller one asked in a husky voice that make Phoenix's skin crawl.
Phoenix only turned back around and grabbed her fruit salad and a fork before she turned back to the two men, "Sure, but I'll need to bring my friend. He doesn't like it when I'm with people he doesn't know" Phoenix said with a bright smile as she pointed at someone in the back of the room sitting by himself with no one around him, ignore the way the words seemed a little too familiar to her.
The two men looked at who she was pointed at and froze as they mean bloodthirsty golden eyes.
Hisoka having seen the young brunette enter the room and hadn't taken his eyes off of her. His eyes narrowed at the two men that seemed to be bothering her looked over at him, he heard what she had said and was amused to no end the way she handled them that he decided to play along and wave her over to his table.
Phoenix smiled at the two men before making her way to the clown in the back. Once she was at his table all she did was place her food on it and took a seat.
Looking at the golden eyed man she smile at him, "Thank you for that" She said simply in a sweet tone.
Hisoka only chuckled as he brought a deck of cards out and began to shuffle them just for something to do while he talked to the young girl who had willing joined him.
The two were silent as Phoenix ate. Once the toxic eyed girl finished she stood up and put her bowl onto another table before sitting down in front of Hisoka again, folding her hands and placing them on her lap under the table.
Looking up she locked eyes with golden ones who were looking back at her silently asking a question, "Do I know you?" She asked bluntly with a toneless voice.
Hisoka blinked before smiling at her, "You do, I knew you when you were younger" He confessed, "But you don't remember that do you?" He asked.
Phoenix looked down at the table and shook her head, "I don't remember a lot from when I was a little girl. All I can remember when I try to think back then is a lot of screaming, blood and a menacing laughter" Phoenix explained to Hisoka, "I don't even remember my real name, Kurapika gave the name I have now when he found me but anything before that is all fuzzy"
Hisoka watched her for a moment frowning before reaching over and put a gentle hand on her head making her look up at him to see him smiling at her, "It'll come back someday, don't try and force it or you might damage your mind. You've subconscious buried all your memories into the deepest part of your mind and if you force it you'll only hurt yourself" Hisoka told her seriously.
Phoenix looked at him a little unsure before nodding, "Thank you Hisoka" She said with a sweet smile before pausing, "Wait if you knew when I was little, that means you know what happened, right? That you know my real name?" She asked hopefully.
Hisoka chuckled as he took his arm back and began shuffling his cards again, "I do. I know a lot about you my dear" He confessed, "Would you like me to tell you your name at least?" He offered.
The toxic green eyed girl thought for a moment before shaking her head standing up, "No, I want to find out about who I was on my own. It's something I need to do by myself but thank you for offering" Phoenix said bowing to the clown who watched in amusement, "But I must ask before I leave, were we close?" She asked slightly nervous.
Hisoka smile at the young girl again as he nodded, "We were, I looked after you sometimes and you always had a good time" Hisoka explained to her.
The brunette smile brightly back at him, "Then I hope that we can be close again, like back then. But for now I need to go and get some rest. I shall talk to you soon" She said smiling sweetly as she waved before making her way out of the room to find Kurapika and Leorio, leaving a grinning Hisoka behind.
'Still as polite as ever, aren't' you Snowdrop' Hisoka thought before going to find an empty room to build a deck of cards to get some peace and quiet.
Phoenix didn't have a hard time finding her two friends, it was only the third room she check when she found Kurapika and Leorio leaning against the opposite wall with no one else in the room. Making her way quietly across so she didn't wake them up she make her way to Kurapika's side who was covered in half a blanket while the other half was at his empty side that he left for Phoenix when she came to rest.
The brunette smile as she crawled under the blanket and cuddled up to Kurapika who placed his arm around her protectively making her jump slightly thinking he was still asleep.
Looking up with guilty eyes she met Kurapika's tired grey eyes, "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to wake you up" She apologized in her quiet voice.
Kurapika shook his head slightly, "I wasn't asleep. I was waiting for you to come in" Kurapika whispered to the tired brunette curling into his side, "Get some sleep Nix" He told her as she yawning into her hands.
Phoenix nodded and laid her head on his shoulder with a quick goodnight before she let sleep over take her.
"Goodnight" Kurapika whispered back as he rested his head on hers and gave into the sleep that had been trying to take over for a while now.
A/N: A little more of Phoenix's past and her relationship with Hisoka. As well as a hint of her true name. I am aware that Hisoka is a little out of character but I'm going to make it so he has a different kind of relationship with them then he has with Gon and Killua
Can anyone guess her real name?
I was thinking of doing a little crossover by bringing a character or two into the story from another anime or two. Any suggestions on who should make an appearance?
Answer from the last chapter: My favourite Nen ability if Machi's Nen strings.
Question of the chapter: What is your favourite ark of the series?
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