It's been 3 days since the 4th phase started phase started and night was just setting in, rousing the animals of the dark.

"Man. I've been searching for hours now, where the hell is he?" Ashe growled in frustration as flopped back on the branch she was sitting on.

Cerberus who was in a branch beside her huffed and laid his heads down on the branch. Ashe looked at him and sighed.

"You're right. Some sleep would be nice right now. I have 4 days left, I won't be able to fight him

if I'm exhausted." She said getting comfortable on her branch and about to sleep.

Suddenly fear-no terror gripped her soul. She hugged her knees to her chest trying her damndest to disappear into herself. Cerberus' fur stood on end as his eyes glow red with teeth bared ready to fight. Ashe didn't move the whole time. The sun had started to rise when she finally calmed herself. Cerberus was still on guard sniffing the air. He growled again as something was coming in the distance. It was their target. Finally something was looking up for her.

She jumped down with with her pole aiming to slam it down on Ryu's head. Before she could register what happened he dodged it. Ryu smirked and looked Ashe in the eyes.

"So you're the one after me huh? I expected someone better." He sneered

Ashe growled at the blatant disrespect.

"I'm gonna kick your ass." She said charging at him.

He charged at her too, but Ashe used her pole to volt herself upward. She slammed the pole down on his back causing him to stumble and fall. He didn't stay down for long. When he got back up, he turned towards her with a weapon on his arm. It was a crossbow. Ashe's eyes widened and she cursed under her breath. She jumped up into a tree and hid in the leaves.

"C'mon out girly. It won't hurt much if you just let me shoot you in the head. It'll be over very quickly." He said in a sickeningly sweet tone.

Ashe shuttered and looked at her pole then back to his crossbow then back to her pole.

'This...might just be crazy enough to work.' She thought to herself.

He fired in her direction managing to graze her cheek but she didn't dare move. Slowly, very slowly she crawled farther down the branch and stood up. She picked up her pole like a javelin.

'My aim is true.'

Her pole flew through the air and directly into Ryu's crossbow causing it to break.

"What the fu-!" He was cut off my Ashe jumping down on him, making him slam face first into the ground knocking him out instantly.

"Oh thank heavens." Ashe sighed and searched him for his number which she eventually found. She grabbed her pole and left him there.

Cerberus walked up next to her and nodded one of his heads to her in acknowledgement. She smiled happily and nodded her head back. You see Cerberus is very protective of her, but he also wants her to fight her own battles. He only helps her out when she's in mortal danger. Other than that she's on her own. They walked around until night started to set in.

"Let's go find somewhere to camp for tonight." Ashe said stretching and about to get on Cerberus' back. That is until he started growling lowly and fire rumbled in the middle head's mouth.

"Hmm~? Oh my how scary." Said an all too familiar voice

"What do you want? You're not hunting me are you?" Ashe asked tensely as she rested her trembling hand on top of Cerberus' back for comfort.

"No, no. I'm not the one hunting you sadly. Besides I've hunted the one I was after, and he happened to be after Gon." Hisoka said smirking the entire time.

"Besides that, I think it's time we have a chat." His whole demeanor changed. He was serious now.

"A c-chat? About what?" Ashe cursed herself for stuttering.

"Who are you?" He asked bluntly

Ashe cocked her head to the side confused. "I'm Ashe-," he cut her off.

"No. I mean why do you seem familiar to me. I don't like not knowing things." He said frowning.

"You too?" She asked stunned

"What do you mean 'you too'." He stated more than asked.

Ashe had stopped listening to him and was contemplating hisoka's name.

"Hisoka. Hiiiisoka? Hisokaaaa? Hiso-?" Ashe's blood froze as a nickname came back to her.

"Big brother Hiso..." She said trailing off with wide eyes as she slowly looked up at Hisoka who's eyes looked similar to her's.

"Big brother Hiso?" She questioned hesitantly.

Before anything else could happen he suddenly disappeared. Ashe fell on her butt and just stared at nothing before laughing hysterically and crying.

"I...I finally find my brother...and he's a fuckin psycho pathic killer clown." She sobbed hugging herself.

I'm so sorry for not updating in so long. School started and I started to lose motivation to write this story and then I didn't know how to continue, but now I'm back! Please review!