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Chapter 21
I sit up to be welcome by the morning light and to see Gon next to me, midly hurt like me. I looked at my arm to see it wrap up and a bandage on my forehead. I touched Gon's hand with my unbroken arm. There was small smile looking at Gon sleeping.
"Oh good, you're awake." A voice said. I turned to my left to see that Satotz bringing a chair to the bed next to me.
"Satotz-san?" I said my eyes widen. "Was Onii-san here the whole time with me?" He nodded his head.
"After the battle between Hanzo and Podoro. "He stayed here to watch over you until you were awake. He was really worried about you." He replied.
"I see." I quietly said looking at Gon. I looked around the room. "Where am I?"
"This is a waiting room next to the Exam site." Satotz answered. I looked at Satotz but then looked down on the bed.
"That's right... I was in the middle of the test, and Hanzo-san surrender." I said recalling the fight. Satotz was pointing at my injure arm.
"Your arm will be fine soon." Satotz said. I nodded my head remembering Hanzo breaking my arm and me screaming. "He broke it very clean." I was out of my memories looking at Satotz. "It may be even stronger than before once it heals. It's the same with your brother." I looked to see that Gon's arm was also broken.
"Let me guess. He was too stubborn to give up like me." I said in cheerful tone. Satotz sighed and nodded his head.
"Though I must say, I was rather surprised when your eyes were blank and red. Tell me, what was that?" Satotz ask. My eyes were wide as I looked down, my eyes were covered with my bangs.
"'She' is the darkness inside of me." I answered. Satotz eyes were wide looking at me. "When I'm in serious fight or when my body knows it's danger. The darkness consumes me and I'm in conscious in my own body. Through all my training with my sensei or 'animals', their was one that I could never master, and it was the darkness. The darkness shows a different side of me and my actual true feelings come out with a second thought." I looked at Satotz to see him lean back on his chair.
"Well then, you must find a way to become one with the darkness inside you." Satotz says. My eyes were wide as I was shivering.
"I don't know how... When I'm consumed in the darkness it feels cold like there is no light or warmth at all. I get scared just thinking about it." I said.
"Everyone has darkness in their hearts, Hana." I stopped shivering to look at Satotz to hear his voice serious. "Their will people that will be scared with the darkness in that is inside of them, but you need to know that if you keep getting rid of this darkness then you are losing part of yourself."
"Part of myself?" I questioned. Satotz nodded his head.
"Darkness, fear, light, happy, sad. Al these emotions are part of you. Each part of good and bad and you only surround yourself with the good emotions. You need let the darkness be a part of you or you will never become stronger with your brother. That is one of your flaws Hana. You never want anything bad to happen and won't except the fear, or the darkness. The darkness is part of you." Satotz explain.
"I see." I said. "I had no idea that even the darkness inside me was that important." Satotz then stretched his hand out to me.
"At any rate, I'd like to congratulate you for passing the Hunter Exam." Satotz said. My eyes widen looking at him. My hands were in fist looking at him.
"Satotz-san... I..." Satotz cut me off.
"No, you can't." Satotz says. My hands weren't in fist anymore as I looked at Satotz. "Just as an applicant who failed cannot say anything to reverse the committee decision, the same goes for those who passed. No one can no the outcome. The rest is up to you. You have what it takes to be a Hutner." I sighed looking at Satotz.
"To tell the truth, through this whole thing I used my sword and the powers from my father. I never actually used just my strength like Onii-san. He used his strength through the whole thing, while I was the one relying on something but my own strength. I don't deserve to become a Hunter if I'm easily defeated with just my strength. I... don't deserve it. I only passed because they felt sorry for me." I said.
"Is that a bad thing?" Satotz ask. I didn't answer him but stared at him in confusion. "Menchi and Buhara saw that you were exceptional in your performance, at the second Phase. That fact that you and your brother are only twelve years old is remarkable. However, all applicants are considered equal in the Hunter Exam."
"What about me and Onii-san, are we equal?" I asked.
"Yes and No." Satotz replied. "You both show great determination and physical strength from each phase, but you show that even though there are people out there who are evil, they have a kind heart. You are the second person I seen who showed me that before."
"Second?" My eyes were wide in realization. "My father?" Satotz nodded his head.
"He made new comrades that are evil and restless but somehow finds a way for that evil to be gone in their heart." Satotz said. "I'm surprised, again, to know that you have that trait of his." I smiled a little with the compliment and a bit embarrassed. Satotz started talking to me about the true meaning of a Hunters License. He showed me a Hunter license in his hand. I also asked about why he become a Hunter and he told all sorts of things, and learned that was my father that changed Satotz life. He even gave me my very own Hunter License. My eyes were wide in realizing something.
"Say, Satotz-san?"
"Yes."
"There was suppose to be one that failed. Who was the person that failed?" I asked. Satotz was going to say something but was interrupted with someone speaking.
"Hana..." A quiet voice said next to me. I looked at Gon to see him flutter his eyes open to sit straight up and put his hand on my shoulder.
"Are you okay?!" Gon ask worried. I gave him a reassuring smile.
"I'm okay. I was just going to ask Satotz-san who failed in the final phase." In that moment, Gon's face was to worried then sad. My face was confused looking at him.
"Did you know?" I asked.
"Satotz told me when you were sleeping." Gon replied not leaving that anger or that sadness in his eyes.
"So then who failed?" I asked. Gon looked at Satotz, who nodded his head, and then looked back at me.
"It was... Killua." Gon replied. My eyes widen as Satotz explain the whole thing again.
Satotz told us everything with Killua's big brother, Gittarackur, was actually named Illumi. He was in disguise by the pins in his face. We learned that Killua surrender 2 already and gave up again. Killua surrender by protecting me and Gon from Illumi trying to kill us. After he told me, I grabbed Gon's hand and we both run to where Illumi and the others were. We had to ask him where Killua was and to even fight him in order to get it the information. When he told us where Killua is, we try to fine where it is with Kurapika and Leorio's help. We learned a little a bit about our father because Satotz and even know that Kite's hunter License is actually our father's. We are now on a tour bus in front of huge gates with Kurapika and Leorio. I got rid of the bandage that was on my forehead to see it already healed, but not my arm. I'm wearing my white jacket, white shirt, and my blue shorts and carrying all my stuff.
We were all surprise to know that the Zoldyck's family owns the whole Kukoro Mountain. The gate was called the door of Hades. We asked the tourist guide named Coco-chan on how to get through the gate, but she was very mean on saying we couldn't get through it. Then 2 thugs come up to the gate in total disbelief about the Gate. They went up the gates with the dynamite as we hid in the forest, but when the smoke cleared up the gates didn't do any damage at all.
"That gate was tougher than I imagined." One thug said. The other one agreeing with him.
"You are too abrupt, even if you used a bomb, the gate still won't blow a hole through it." The gatekeeper said. I turned to look at him seeing him having a calm expression.
"It's the security guy. You came just in time." The second thug said grabbing the gatekeepers collar lifting him in air. "Open the gate."
"No, no way." The gatekeeper says with the shaky voice. "f I do that, the Master will seriously scold me."
"Don't worry about it." The first thug replied. "By the time, we would've already taken care of your master.
"But... that gate..." The gatekeeper tries to finish but was now cut off by the second thug.
"Just stop whining and open the gate." He was now shaking the gatekeeper to see a key dropped on the floor. "So those are the keys to the gate, right?" The thug threw the gatekeeper on the ground. Gon and I ran to the gatekeeper kneeling down to him.
"Are you alright?" I asked. The man rubbed his head siting up.
"Yeah, I'm fine." The gatekeeper replied. I smiled feeling relieve he is okay. I see the man was surprised to see me smile.
"Is something wrong?" I ask.
"No, nothing." He replied. We looked to see the two thugs going to a small door putting the key in the door. "Hey, you over there! Don't make me say bad things. It's no my problem how you'll end up." The door was open to reveal the mountain and many trees. The thugs to the pass the door for the doors to close behind them. The man sighed rubbing the back of his head. "Mike will have some food other than its usual fodder." The man stand up as well as we did. He grabbed his cap from the floor to put it back on his head. "Time to get ready."
"What do you mean?" I ask. Seconds later we heard the two thugs screaming and whimpering in pain. The screaming stop for the door to be open with a big blue claw showing the two thugs without skin. The gatekeeper walked to the skeleton and put in a basket. Everyone except us went back to the bus and to town. We were know with gatekeeper drinking some tea.
"So, you are friends?" The gatekeeper says. "It's been a long time since I heard anyone say that. Even though I, Zai Bu-Lon, have been working here for 20 years, but you are the first ones to come as friends to look for him." Gon and I were siting on the chairs across from the gatekeeper. "That makes me real happy. Real happy. As a servant, maybe I will be damned if I say this, but this family really is lonely. Nobody would think of coming to visit them, but people like those two would come here continuously." He was pointing at the dead skeleton body. "It can't be helped since they are the infamous assassin family. It's such an unfortunate career, but I am really glad that you came all the way out here to visit. Thank you very much." He bowed to us.
'He really cares so much about this family.' I thought smiling. 'I wonder if all the servants care about this family like he does?' He stand up looking at us with frown and serious eyes.
"But, I can never allow you to enter." Our eyes were wide with confusion. "You saw that too, didn't you? The monster's wrist?" I remembered the monster's wrist that was coming out of the doors. "That was Mike, the Zoldyck family's guard dog. Other than commands from family members, it listen to no one. It's hard to control. The command that Master gave ten years ago, is still loyally carried out. To kill all intruders. But it's technically not following the command, since he ate those people. Anyhow, because Mike is in there, I can't let you enter. Furthermore, you are Master Killua's friends. I can't let you turn into skeletons."
"Mr. Guard, how come nothing ever happens to you?" Kurapika ask. "Since you have the keys, that means you've gone in there before. Why doesn't Mike attack you?" Leorio was trying to tell Kurapika that he was the family's security guard, but Kurapika rejected that answer. Kurapika asked question for the gatekeeper about how Mike didn't take anyway but the workers. The gatekeeper explained that the big doors is the only way for Mike to not to attack the intruders.
"We walked up to the big doors for only Leorio to pull on it and not opening it at all. He tried to push and pull but nothing happen. He open the gate behind himself, he only opened one gate and once he let go the doors immediately closed. He said that Killua was able to open 3 gates and the first gate is two tons and each gate is twice as that weight, 7 total gates. I walked to the man and hold out my sword.
"Excuse me sir, but how much does this weigh?" I ask. The man turned to look at me and grabbed the sword to easily grabbed it.
"I have to say... not even able to open the first door at all." He answers.
"Seriously! But this sword was so heavy." I was really disappointed to know that this sword wasn't that heavy as I though it was. "Well, can we at least try and talk to Killua to open the door?" I ask getting my sword back from the gatekeeper.
He declined our offer as Gon and I decided to wait in front of the doors. The night came and we were greeted with wolves at night. Gon and I were playing with wolves and finally the gatekeeper let us talk to his master, the butler. He kept saying that Killua doesn't need friends and that it was hopeless. We grew agitated and frustrated at him for saying that to us. We tried to climb the gate for the gatekeeper to show the key and to see Mike from the other side. The gatekeeper with us as we were threw fright and scared for the animal.
So he showed to us another hid out to meet another worker in the Zoldyck family. We were still determined to open the doors no matter what. He trained us with heavy black army and Gon and I even fought with Mike trying to protect Leorio. It was thanks to a whistle that Mike ran somewhere else and our cast on the arm was gone. It was finally time when Gon and I opened the first door in 20 days. We thanked the two people that we first met. Gon, Leorio, and Kurapika walked ahead of us as I remembered something looking back the gatekeeper.
"I forgot to ask, but why were you surprised when I was smiling at you?" I ask.
"Because your smile is very bright that people like Zoldyck family never can see. The Zoldyck family is very dark and that smile was bright. But I can see that their is darkness in you too." He replied. My eyes were wide looking at him but looked down with a frown.
"You can see it, too." I said. "I don't if I can overcome the darkness inside of me, even if it's apart of me." I felt something on my head to see the gatekeeper rubbing my head.
"You will soon find out how to become one with that darkness so you can become stronger, Hana. Until then, I wish you good luck." I smiled at him and nodded my head.
"Hana! Come on! We have to go!" Gon shouted. I turned to Gon to see him far away.
"I'm coming!" I shouted back. I bowed down to the two men. "Thank you for everything, Zai Bu-Lon." I turned around to run to Gon, Leorio, and Kurapika with a smile on my face.
'The darkness is inside of me. Even if it will take time to get this darkness inside of me to become one. I first need to find Killua and bring him back, then fight this darkness inside of me.' I thought.
We were now in front of girl with red hair and braids around her hair. She was wearing a blue suit with a staff behind her.
"You are..." Gon says.
Hey guys! So I didn't want to take 2 chapters in this and just go to the next one. I only summaries it with many episodes on Hunter x Hunter so I hope you like it.
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