Hey guys, sorry that I haven't been able to be the most consistent at updating, but I really try. Its just completely stressful. I am in my last semester of High School and I'm basically taking all college level courses. On top of that I have had a lot of family trouble and financial trouble. It's been hard to get the motivation to write with all of it going on at the same time. I hope you all can forgive me. _-_,

Phoenix-Thunder: Thank you so much! I'm glad I was able to find a way to make the two work together to your liking. I honestly don't prefer the pairing myself either, but since I was already placing Leorio with Alluka, I didn't want him to feel lonely :C I also didn't want this to be a straight fluff story, so now I'm throwing some heavier stuff in here. I'm not sure where it will end up right now. We are all on this journey together.

Uzumaki Naho: I think it made better sense in my head, but I guess I couldn't get my thoughts on paper as well as I had wanted to. :/ I'm sorry. I promise to better explain at a latter date what the end of it meant though!

The water rushed throughout the tiny room, filling every crack. The lights flickered above. Minutes went by, or maybe seconds, maybe even hours. Time could have stood still except for the torrent of water swirling and twirling, almost dance-like. Outside of the room it would have been beautiful, but in here, this tiny room, it was deadly. This small room could easily become a grave, so far underground and secluded, that Gon's body would not even be returned to the Earth that he loved. The trees would keep on growing, the seeds falling, but Gon would not be included in this cycle.

Gon's vision flickered under the stress his body was enduring. His entire body felt like it was being torn apart from the inside. He had already been underwater for seven minutes. He was reaching the end of what he could take physically and mentally. Just who is this girl? What can she possibly gain from doing this? He struggled again against the leather bindings keeping him restrained, but the added pressure from the water caused him to make even less progress than when he had tried not 15 minutes ago.

Even under the water, her laughter cackled and bordered on crazy. Water surrounded her, a wall protecting and caressing her, almost as if it was coming straight from her own skin. Dark spots started dancing at the edge of his vision. In the middle of the dark spots stars shone. Am I really going to die here, after finally making up with Killua for the last time I messed up?

At the thought of never being able to see his best friend again, Gon involuntarily screamed from the sheer wall of fear the was heavier than the water flooding over him, losing what was left of his air. His body went limp as his muscles stopped working from lack of oxygen, his vision completely blackened like the night of the new moon. Mixed with the freezing water, Gon lost all hope of being able to survive this. Please forgive me Killua. I didn't want to leave you this time...

Suddenly, Gon began coughing out his lungs before he realized he was no longer surrounded by the storm, his body dangling precariously, the leather worn down from the water. Unfortunately, Gon no longer had the strength to escape, but his desire to continue living to see Killua forced him to raise his head, his vision returned from black only to be blinded once more by the sheer white walls surrounding him. Once he regained enough oxygen in his system to function once more, he glared at her, his eyes challenging, the fire aglow with desire meeting the glossy cold ice on the rocky battlefield.

"Hmmm, I can't have you dying just quite yet. I wouldn't be able to have any more fun now would I?" She leaned back against the wall and took in the damage wrought by her storm. Gon was the only thing to have taken serious damage. Her control of her storm had been focused on him after all, leaving the rest of the room almost spotless. "It seems you are just as resilient as I had hoped for. You should last longer than the last one they sent me. Jeez, that was just pitiful." She rolled her eyes at the memory of the last one. He had been frail, not even lasting a week, much less enduring the ten minute hell Gon had just endured.

"What... do you w.. want from me?" Gon's entire body started to shake from both the cold and the exhaustion of his limbs. He felt like he could sleep for the next week and be okay with it.

"What do I want? A test subject is all." She studied her nails, unpainted and short, for a long time before looking up to answer his question.

"Test subject?" Gon's disbelief written clearly all over his face.

"I need someone to be able to withstand the treatments." She casually gestured off to the side with a flick of her wrist.

"Treatments?" Surprise began to take the place of the disbelief.

"Yes, you see. I need someone to actually be able to mentally and physically keep up with my experiments."

"Why me?" Horror.

"Need I remind you that you were the one to waltz into my laboratory. Can't exactly say you weren't asking for it." A sarcastic smile graced her face.

"I didn't press the button on the elevator!" Gon became frantic, breath rising rapidly. His body began to shake from the frigid air and his anxiety. He had never been in a situation in which he couldn't get out of until this moment, not since the last time...

"Besides, I can't just let you go. Not now. You know too much already." She kicked off the wall and walked towards him, her hair flowing to actually seem like a waterfall. Maybe it was. At this point it might as well be.

"Well since I am apparently not leaving, can I at least know your name?" Gon, his eyes fired up, never once backed down, despite how exhausted he had become.

"Kiayre. My name is Kiayre." (KI - air - ay) She leaned towards him and placed a kiss on his forehead. "You can call me Kye for short."

She turned and walked towards the exit, the room having no sign that a storm had come through there with the exception of a cold and freezing 'test subject' who was dripping on the floor under his table. She tossed her hair over her shoulder, "Oh, and by the way, I understand why my brother has such interest in you. There's an amber fire burning in your soul that shines in your eyes. I bet he'd be jealous of me right now." She chuckled to her self and left the room

leaving Gon alone to his thoughts, alone, saddened, and deadly, as he slipped into unconsciousness.