All of the applicants were gathered in a hall of a hotel. Netero said "Well, Did you get a lot of rest? This hotel is owned by the Hunter Exam Selection Committee. This place is all yours until the battles have concluded." A board covered by drapes was brought out. "For the final phase we will be holding a one on one tournament." He pulled off the drape. It revealed a series of brackets with one at the top. "So only the last person standing passes?" Leorio asked. "no. One win is all you need to pass. The winners are removed from the competition, and here is the order." he took off the seal from the thing.


Iruki noticed that her opponent would be Hisoka. She was looking forward to it. They went over the rules. Gon was starting his match with Hanzo. They walked onto the area where the fight would take place. "I will serve as the referee. I'm Masta. Best of luck." A man said. They started the fight. Hanzo was practically torturing Gon.

It was making Leorio angry. After a while he said to Kurapika "Don't try and stop me if I go in." "Stop you? Me?" Kurapika said as his eyes were turning red. "Leorio, Kurapika. Is this anger? I feel like I want to kill Hanzo. I've never wanted to kill anyone before. I just have killed them." She looked like a crazed wild animal as she experienced anger for the first time. Later Hanzo surrendered and It was Hisoka and Iruki's turn.

The two of them charged at each other creating a tense air in the room. It went on for hours. They were attacking quickly. She was holding back. If she didn't she would try to kill him. All of the sudden, Hisoka surrendered. She sighed running a hand through her hair wishing that their fight would have been more fun. Several battles went on. It was then Gittarakur and Killua's turn.

Killua walked towards him. "It's been a while, Kil." Gittarakur said. He took out the needles in his face. His face shape changed and his hair grew out. It showed what he really looked like. Killua's eyes widened. "Aniki." Killua said. "Hey." He said. Killua was breathing heavily. "Killua's brother?" Leorio said. "Kuso Illumi." Iruki said with anger. "You know him, Iruki?" Kurapika asked. "All too well." Iruki said.

"I heard you cut up Mom and Milluki." Illumi said. Killua looked uncomfortable as he said. "I guess." "Mom was crying." Illumi said. "Anyone would cry if there son did that to them." Leorio said. "Tears of joy. She was so happy to see that you'd grown up. But she was worried about you leaving home so she asked me to check up on you. What a coincedence. I didn't know that you wanted to be a Hunter. I'm trying to get a license for my next job."

"I don't really want to be a Hunter. I just felt like taking the exam." Killua said. "I see. That's a relief. Then I have some advice for you. You're not cut out to be a Hunter. You were born to be a killer." Illumi said. 'No. Killua wasn't born to be a killer. I might have been but he isn't.' Iruki thought while squeezing her eyes closed in frustration and anger. "You're a puppet of darkness, without passion. You don't want anything or wish for anything. As one who lives in the shadows, you can only feel pleasure when people die."

He continued. "That's how Dad and I raised you. What would you accomplish by becoming a Hunter?" "True, I don't desire to become a Hunter. But I do have something I want." Killua said. "You don't." "I do! There's something that I really want!" "Tell me what it is you want." "I want to become friends with Gon and Iruki. I'm sick of killing people. I want to become friends with them, and live a normal life."

"That's impossible. You'll never be able to make friends. Your only concern when you meet someone is whether you should kill them. That's how you were trained. You just don't know how to classify them because their too dazzling for your eyes. You don't actually want to become friends with them. If you stay with them, you'll end up wanting to kill them one day. You'll get the urge to see if you can kill them or not. Because you have the soul of a killer." "Your wrong!" Iruki shouted.

"You shouldn't be one to talk, 7243960. Your worse. You have the soul of a monster. You're not even human anymore. Your neck proves it." He said to her. 'What is he talking about?' Mostly everyone in the room thought. "Whether I'm no longer human or not or whether I have the soul of a monster doesn't matter now! Killua, Gon's already your friend. I'm already your friend. And Kuso Illumi, Don't call me 7243960 anymore." She said. "Oh really? Oh, that's no good. He considers Kil a friend. And so do you, 7243960. Okay, I'll kill Gon. I won't be able to kill 7243960 but if I kill Gon she'll realize who she really is."

"Where is he?" A guard tried to get him to stop but he threw some needles at him and asked again. The guard told him where. Illumi walked closer to the door. Kurapika, Hanzo, Leorio and Iruki stood in his way. "This won't do. I need a Hunter license to do my job but if I kill them, I fail and Kil will pass automatically. Oh, darn. The same thing will happen if I kill Gon. I'll pass the exam before killing Gon. If i wait until the exam is over I can kill everyone here except the monster and still keep my license, right?"

"Yes, according to the rules." Netero said. "Did you hear that, Kil? You have to beat me if you want to save Gon. Will you fight me for your friends sake? You can't do it. Because your more worried about whether you can defeat me. There's only one person that can defeat me here and that's 7243960. You aren't willing to go back to the place you hate to save a friend are you, 7243960?" He turned back to Killua before she could say a word.

"And you already have your answer: "I'm not strong enough to defeat my brother." "Never fight an enemy you can't beat." I drilled that into you." He reached his hand out to touch Killua's forehead. Killua was about to step back. "Don't move! If you move an inch, I'll assume that the fight has begun. And if our bodies make contact, that will also mean the fight has begun. There's only one way to stop me. You know what that is. But don't forget, If you don't fight me, your dear Gon will die. Also you'll have your other friend, 7243960, The monster unable to forgive you. She's worse than I am."

"I surrender." Killua said. "I lose." "Oh, That's good! Then the battle's over. I lied, Kil." He patted him on the shoulder. "I was lying about killing Gon. That was just a little test. But now I have my answer. You don't have the right to make friends nor do you need friends. You should just listen to dad and me and do your job as you always have. When the time comes, I'll tell you to take the Hunter Exam. You don't need a license yet."

After that he was reduced to a shell. Leorio and Kurapika tried to help, but he wouldn't respond. Iruki was so angry she kept on saying very colorful curses about Illumi to herself and tried to help Killua too but he still wouldn't respond. The last match was between Leorio and Bodoro. Bodoro had recovered but when the match began Killua, who looked lifeless killed Bodoro. It was over in a second. Killua had killed Bodoro. The committee disqualified him.


After Gon finished hearing this from Satotz, he was rushing to the room where everyone was. he slammed open the door. All eyes were on him except Iruki's and Illumi's. Iruki was looking just straight into the air and Illumi didn't bother to look at Gon. He walked down the stairs to where Illumi was. He stood in front of him. "Apologize to Killua!"