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The three friends were currently sitting in a small dark room with only a few candles to light the room. The three were being guarded by Nobu who seated himself in front of the door, the only exit in the room.
Phoenix was holding onto Gon's injured hand, wrapping it in a piece of her tank top that she had ripped off.
"Ow…" Gon winced as his friend tied the make shift bandage.
"Sorry" Phoenix whispered before standing up and moving to the side of the room where she leant against the wall.
Looking at her friends she frowned sadly, she couldn't protect them when they needed her. If only she was stronger than they wouldn't be in here right now.
Phoenix looked at Killua when he jerked his head upwards a small bit. His sapphire blue eyes had a haunted look in them that seemed to dull the vibrant colour Phoenix liked so much. She wondered what was wrong with him.
"You're wrong!" He suddenly shouted standing up making everyone jump. Phoenix quickly tensed up and looked at Nobu when she realised that Killua's aura was surrounding him a deep blue mist.
Nobu make a noise of amusement as he also stood up and got ready to draw his sword, "Scary…" He mused staring at Killua's glare. "You look like you want to kill me. Let me warn you first" He said as he activated his own aura, "Step into my range and I'll cut you down"
Phoenix didn't take her eyes off of the swordsman until she heard Gon call out to Killua. Looking over she took a step forward when she realised that Killua was walking forward. Just as the young girl was about to step in Killua snapped out of whatever he was thinking and walked back over to Gon, letting her breath a sigh of relief.
She watched as he walked over to the wall and punched it, leaving a fist size hole with cracks surrounding it, before sitting down again.
Phoenix only relaxed when Nobu sat back down. Looking around the room she tried to think of a way to get out. There weren't any windows in the room and the only exit was being guarded by Nobu.
Looking at the hole Killua made in the wall she tried to think of something that would help them.
Roughly an hour went by as the four sat in a tension filled silence. Gon was the one to break it, "Is Leorio okay?" He asked his friends curious, "I hope he was about to find Zepile-san. Killua, are you okay?" He asked when he noticed him shaking.
"Yeah" Was all he said with a dull voice.
Phoenix furrower her eyebrows at the young boy's tone, not liking the defeat that she heard in it. Pushing off the wall she moved so she was sitting in between the boys. Reaching over she took his clasped hands and threated her fingers in between his, trying to show him her support. She didn't even think about her actions, it just felt natural that she would support him this way.
"Hey, Zepile-san taught us wielding, exposing… what else was there?" Gon asked looking at the two holding hands. He didn't say anything about it for now.
"I forgot" Killua said quietly squeezing Phoenix's hand.
"It was side-stepping" Phoenix told Gon before jerking her head up a lot like Killua had done earlier, she gained everyone's attention doing on, even Killua's who hadn't looked up from the floor since he sat down.
Standing up Phoenix let go of Killua's hand, noting absently how cold and empty her hand was. Turning around so she was facing the back wall she stared intently at the hole again before looking at Gon determinedly.
Just as she was going to hint at her plan Killua spoke first, "Gon, Phoenix. I'll act as a decoy. Use that chance to escape"
Phoenix frowned at the boy while Gon looked at his crossly, "What are you talking about?"
"Seriously? Forget it. You're smart enough to know how much stronger I am. There won't be any chances" Nobu explained.
"Shut up!" Killua retorted but Phoenix had a feeling that he wasn't only talking to Nobu for some reason, "I won't know until I try!" He said making Nobu shake his head at his foolishness.
Gon stood up and went over to Killua putting his hand on his shoulder, Phoenix stayed where she was for the time being. "Killua, what are you thinking?" Gon asked worriedly.
"I'll stop his shodachi, even if it kills me. Use that chance to run away!" Killua explained heatedly.
Phoenix only blinked surprised when Gon actually hit Killua upside the head. She really wasn't expecting him to do that.
Killua grabbed his best friends collar angerly, "What was that for?!" He shouted.
"Don't be so selfish!" Gon yelled back and Phoenix made her way forward and push between the two.
"Stop it you two! This isn't the time!" She said annoyed that they would start a fight between the two right here and right now.
Sadly, she was ignored as Gon continued to scold their friend as if Phoenix didn't say anything, "Don't talk about dying like it's nothing!"
"What?!" Killua shouted back pushing against Phoenix's hand that was on his chest to hold him back, just like her other hand was on Gon's chest fort he same reason, "You did the same thing earlier!"
"I'm allowed to do it!" Gon rebutted, "But you aren't!"
"Huh?" Killua shouted confused before suddenly Phoenix fist came down on both of the boy's heads, she had enough of the two yelling while she was standing right in the middle of them!
"Would both of you shut up! All your shouting is hurting my ears!" She yelled at them watching as they rubbed their heads.
Nobu suddenly started to laugh at the way the three were acting, "You can't use logic against an enhancer…" He said amused.
"We can't escape unless we're prepared to die, stupid!" Killua yelled at Gon ignoring Nobu but the volume was a little quieter then last time, "You have no idea what I was thinking… who's the selfish one?!"
"Yes, I've no idea… Because I'm stupid!" Gon yelled back quieter as well.
"Don't agree to that!" Phoenix said with a deadpan.
Nobu laughed again, "You kids are hilarious! Hey, I'm not going to hurt you or anything. Just behave yourselves. I know your serious. Don't throw your lives away" He reassured them, taking Phoenix by surprise for a second before she let a small smile creep onto her face, he wasn't too bad. "Wait until the boss gets back. If he won't give his approval, you can leave. But if you try to escape, I'll kill you. Don't make me draw my sword. If I pull it out, you'll die…"
Gon suddenly let out a triumphed exclaim turning to his two friends, "Side-stepping!" He said looking mostly at Phoenix who smirked already know his plan, it was the same as her own from before.
Gon and Phoenix looked at Killua intently trying to tell him the plan without using words. It took him a second before he realised what they were talking about. Once he had a look of realisation, they knew that he knew the plan.
"Do you remember now?" Gon asked happily.
"Yeah, I sure do!" Killua said excited.
"See? How could we forget something so simple?" Gon asked making Phoenix look at him, making him smile sheepishly but not comment. Nobu was surprised when the three turned to look at him prepared for a fight, "Now that we've figured that out…"
Together the three activated they nen ready for the plan.
Nobu stood up ready to fight as well, thinking that was what the three were planning to do, "Are you serious? You're going to die. I'm not skill or merciful enough to control my strength"
Together the three pushed off of the floor leaving a small dent and rushed toward Nobu. Phoenix waiting until the last second, just before the three were in the mans ranged before jumping straight up into the air and punched a hole into the ceiling.
Once she had gotten into the room on the level above were they originally were she didn't waste any time to race to the door and out to the run down hallway.
Running down the hallway she waiting till there was a window without any glass and jumped through it.
Twisting her body around in the air she crouched like a cat mid-air as the ground got closer and closer. Landing with a loud thud she paused as she heard Killua and Gon calling out to each other. She smiled softly to herself as they both jumped out of the building and landed next to her before the three took off back to the city where they would go back to the hotel and tell Leorio everything that happened that night.
"Stupid" Killua said mocking Nobu who probably hadn't realized that the three friends had escaped him.
"Man, I wanted to beat him up" Gon commented.
"He would have killed you Gon" Phoenix said him gently, "If any of us had fought him then we all would have died"
"It's impossible" Killua agreed with the girl, "Even with Phoenix's flames we still would have lost"
"One hundred percent guaranteed?" Gon asked as they came across a tall wire fence that they all jumped over with ease.
"We don't have a chance only knowing the basics of nen. Phoenix may know more about nen then us but she's still a beginner" Killua explained when the three stopped on the other side of the fence.
Gon suddenly smiled widely at his two friends making them look at him confused. "What is it?" Phoenix asked curiously.
"You finally sound like yourself again" Gon said to Killua, "It's my job to say crazy stuff. Your job is to stay cool and stop me"
"What's my job?" Phoenix asked.
Gon turned to the girl, "Your job is to make sure that we don't get ourselves killed or do anything too dangerous. So I'm counting on you two" He said patting Killua on the back and grinning at Phoenix before starting to run again.
"You're so selfish" Killua commented following his best friend.
Phoenix watched the two go before sighing, "I wouldn't need to keep you two out of danger if you two didn't put yourselves in danger all the time!" She muttered to herself before following them herself.
"Well? What do we do next?" Gon asked once Phoenix had caught up to them and was between the two.
"That depends on what you want to do" Killua said simply.
"I want to defeat those guys" Gon declared.
"It works with our original plans, but we now know that you two need to learn more nen and I need improve mine" Phoenix explained to the two.
"Nen has the potential to give us the power we'd need to stand a chance" Killua stated. "And the fastest way to learn more would be to ask Kurapika or have Phoenix teach us but she also needs to train"
"Huh? Why?" Gon asked as Phoenix looked at the white haired boy curious about why they would need to talk to Kurapika about nen.
"Because Kurapika is the chain user who defeated one of them" Killua explained making Phoenix jolt slightly forgetting about that in the heat of the moment. "You didn't realise?" He asked Gon who looked who surprised, knowing that Phoenix had worked it out.
"Is that really true?" Gon asked looking at Phoenix for confirmation.
"I'm pretty sure that he's the chain user. Who else do we know that has a massive grudge against the troupe and wants to get revenge against them?" Phoenix said pointing out the obvious.
"If it's true, we have a chance. Because we learned nen around the same time Kurapika did. We need to learn the techniques appropriate to our abilities. And most importantly, we need strength to fight the troupe" Killua said.
"And Kurapika is the key to finding those answer?" Gon asked.
"Yeah. I can give you as much information and help as much as I can too" Phoenix offered getting grateful smiled from her two friends.
A/N: I know I haven't uploaded in forever but as you might know I have no internet at home so right now I'm at school uploading this! I know this is rather short but it's better than nothing right?
Answer from last chapter: I have a name for the baby dragon but you'll have to wait and see before you know its name.
Question of the chapter: Out of all of Gon's attacks which is your favourite?
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