As the train stops suddenly, we hear an announcement over the speakers "We will be making an emergency stop. Please watch your step, we are currently evaluating the situation."

Gon looks around as he speaks to us "Did something happen?" Killua shrugs his shoulders "Beats me."

I just sand there in silence "Something doesn't feel right..."

The announcement continues as we just sit around "Currently, all trains have been stopped. For your safety, please wait patiently."

Gon checks his phone "We not getting any reception down here, and we don't know when the trains will start moving again."

Killua sighs "That settles it... We'll have to run."

I nod at Killua "We have to move fast and quietly. Something's really wrong about this whole scenario!"

Killua nods as we jump off the train, running down the tracks ass Gon nods at.

As we reach the ground level, Gon speaks up "I'm going to call Kurapika!"

Killua and I nod as Gon dials his number "Hey, Kurapika! Whew, we finally got a hold of you... Yep, can you talk right now?... Wait! Can you give me one minute? I have something to tell you.

Killua and I ran into the Troup. Actually, they caught us. As we were escaping, Daniel decided to drop in."

Killua yells loud enough so Kurapika can hear "The idiot's lucky he didn't get killed by the others!"

Kurapika yells in the phone "WHAT WERE YOU GUYS THINKING? DO YOU REALISE HOW DANGEROUS THEY ARE?"

I sigh as Killua holds out his hand "Let me talk." he talks the phone of Gon talking into it "I thought I knew, but after we met them, it became painfully clear. They're strong! Right now, we have no chance against them. That's why we need your assistance."

Gon yells into the phone loud enough for Kurapika to hear "We want your help."

We hear Kurapika barely through the phone "That's ridiculous! I won't help you get yourselves killed."

Killua baits Kurapika "Don't you want to know where their base is?... Do you know all of their powers?"

Kurapika yells "ENOUGH! Just stay away from the Troupe!"

Killua starts to get pissed "You're the chain user who killed one of their members, right?"

I retort "What? Since when?"

Killua hushes me "They're looking everywhere for you. If you won't treat us as friends or equals, we'll do whatever we must to help!"

Killua hands the phone to Gon pissed.

Gon sighs "Kurapika... One of the members cried in front of us."

I retort "What?"

Why don't they tell me anything?!

Gon ignores me "He said that he couldn't forgive whoever killed his friend. I got really mad after seeing that. I couldn't let that go. We want to stop them! Please, Kurapika..."

I grab the phone from Gon "You won't be able to pursued Gon otherwise. Believe me I tried already. I have one question for you... Do you know about Conditions?" Kurapika goes silent as he responds "I'll call you back."

I hand the phone back to Gon "He said he'll call back."

I turn to Killua "Now explain what exactly happened!"

Gon and Killua go on to explain what they looked like, and any abilities they think they had as I listen carefully.

I sigh after taking it all in "So, let me get this straight... They are a group of 13 members, Hisoka is one of the members, correct? That makes 12 if Hisoka isn't counted. And one of them has already been killed. They show no sympathy towards anyone besides their own members. They are prone to get into fight which is dissolved with a coin flip. "

Killua nods as I continue "They sound like one big family, a messed up one but otherwise together... did you manage to pick up on any of the talents?"

Killua nods "The one called Pakunoda, she shows exceptional abilities to read one's minds. I do not know the full extent of her powers but it's most likely she's able to read thoughts..."

I nod "Sounds like a Specialist or Manipulator... any others?"

Actually is sounds like someone I already know... Zaikaria... My sister... Well soul sister!

Killua shakes his head I turned to Gon "So this Nobunaga guy, actually cried over the loss of Uvo, was it?"

Gon nods "But they show no remorse to others!"

I sigh in frustration "They sound extremely tough and well versatile. It looks like I made the right choices so far with my Specialist abilities... but I've got a long way to go to stand up against them on my level. Let's head back before Leorio does something stupid!"

Killua responds "What about you, when are you going to tell us about the Nen abilities you learnt?"

I smile at Killua before responding "When the gang gets back together. I'll explain every single one I've mastered, or learned as well about the library hidden at home."

Killua nods as we head home for the night.

A few hours later

As we reach our hotel, we spot Leorio speaking with Zephile. We stand at the door stunned, noticing there are empty cans and packets of chips laying around. An ash tray full of smokes as well as Leorio and Zephile laughing like crazy.

Leorio turns to us, with his face is completely red from obviously drinking too much alcohol. He speaks with a slight slurr "Yeah, I'm getting into this!"

Killua sighs "Seriously... They were drinking while we were captured?"

I frown "This whole scenario is messed up. I told Leorio that not only you were captured that I was also going to rescue you... and his sitting here, chilling without a care in the world..."

Leorio turns to us "Oh, you're back? So you were captured, you're ok right? Come and have drink with us!"

Killua sighs "Are you an idiot? We're underage! And aren't you underage too?" Leorio retorts "What's your point? In my country, you can drink once you're sixteen."

Killua responds "I see."

I turn to Killua "If you grab one leg and I grab the other, how about we'll hang him outside like a flag till his head clears up, how's that sound?"

Leorio smiles at us without a care in the world. Killua turns to me "OK!"

A few moments later

After Leorio's head is cleared of the alcohol buzz, Killua and Gon explain what happened during their capture, to both Zephile and Leorio as I sit and listen.

Leorio sighs "I'm glad you managed to escape! I'm even more amazed you escaped alive."

Leorio yells "But that doesn't mean you get to hang me outside like a flag!"

I nod, feeling a tad bit guilty "Well... you were plastered, and there was no way we could have a conversation with you like that!"

Zephile interjects "The Phantom Troupe's that dangerous?"

Gon smiles at Zephile "Back there, one of the tricks you taught us came in handy side-stepping. We made our escape through the side walls."

Zephile responds with a smile "I'm glad I was able to help in some way. Experience can sometimes blind you. A con artist's knowledge might come in handy against the Troupe."

I nod "Still... I like mine better! The I want to play a game. The game is called, guess who the hell I am!"

Leorio nods "YES! There's more to being a con artist than you'd think. I haven't just been drinking myself senseless here... I've been learning a lot from Zephile and tomorrow morning we'll hit the auction. You guys coming, right?"

Gon thinks for a moment "I'd like to, but I have to find Kurapika and learn about Nen from him."

Leorio retorts "Kurapika? You got through to him?"

Gon nods "Yep, but we're waiting for him to call us back."

Leorio holds up his hand "Hold on. Did you say you need to learn about Nen from him?" Gon is slightly confused "I did..." Leorio responds "Why? He just learned about Nen recently himself, right?"

Gon nods "But Kurapika managed to defeat a member of the Phantom Troupe."

Leorio responds in complete shock "Seriously?"

Killua nods "Kurapika must know some secret about Nen. Some strength that doesn't require experience or power." I nod "I can possible tell you about one of them which is Conditioning."

Gon phone rings as he picks it up "Hello? Kurapika?" Kurapika mutters something to Gon as he responds shocked "Huh? What do you mean? KURAPIKA?"

Killua responds "What did he say?"

Gon responds "The troupe's dead."

I sigh in relief thinking "That means I can cross one of my abilities to try off my list."

Killua retorts "Seriously?!"

Gon sighs "He hung up. I have no way to find out any more."

I smile "Then it's about time I tell you what I learned on my knowledge seeking at home! So which you want to hear first Manipulator or Specialist?"

Gon and Killua think for a moment as Killua answers "Leave the best for last!"

I nod "Then I'll start with the Manipulator first."

I take a death breath "First I've learn abilities from my father's achieve of Nen formulas. The ones he didn't mention specifically was the Specialist, so I mixed and matched them, to build a strong one that I thought would work best... Now to explain the Manipulator ability."

I hold out my hand, controlling my shadow to make a large scythe "Say hello to the mastered ability, which I dubbed The Shadow Master... The name needs some work so sue me! Anyways using my shadows I can make anything as long as I know what it is. So far, I can only make one item at a time, and only three of them so far. A scythe, a mask and a spear... I can make the weapon stronger by using surrounding shadows, as long as it's not attached to something living..."

Killua tilts his head confused "What you mean?"

I point at Leorio "If I attempted to use Leorio's shadow to fortify my ability, it wouldn't work because his alive. Though fortifying a weapon off the bat make the item fade out quicker... give or take 10 minutes... and by then I'm pretty dam tired... If I attach my shadow to someone, I can do this."

I flick a wrist as Leorio stands up quickly "What's going on?!"

I sigh releasing the ability "Controlling someone's movements is harder... the more weaker their will... the harder it is to do..."

Killua nods "Can you take complete control?" I shake my head "I can only control peoples bodies to move in a specific pattern, so far that's either stand, dance, sit or similar movements. Anything outside of that is harder to pull off..."

I hold out my hand "To explain how these abilities work, I've set conditions, involving my Nen. some are my conditions while others are natural. I'll get into condition more with my Specialist mode, because that's where I used it most. So my two abilities in Shadow Master is Shadow Conjure and Shadow Control."

Using my shadows, I manipulate a small mask in my hand "Shadow Conjurer's conditions so far is: One, I must know the item. Two, the item must mean something to me. and three, to fortify a weapon, I must use a shadow belonging to a tree, rock, wall or something along those lines"

I lift up a finger "Shadow Control, which I just used on Leorio. The conditions for that so far is I can control only one Shadow at a time, so that means one person only... And to prove this, I plan on using Leorio again, because I'm evil like that."

Leorio retorts "What?"

I point at Leorio "Hold!"

Leorio freezes in place as he yells "I can't move my body!"

Gon looks at me in shock? "What did you do!"

I smile "Use Gyo and look at Leorio carefully!"

Killua and Gon nod as they look at him.

Killua responds first "His enveloped in something extremely dark and it's moving slowly..."

I nod, letting go of Leorio "I sort of got the idea from Hisoka, but unfortunately transmuter is way too far away from me. So, I settled in the Emitter to pull it off. Leorio is wrapped in my shadow, a tendril that was created entirely from my aura, and my shadow. I can only keep this up for a short amount of time so I'll make this quick. Leorio... break dance!"

Leorio begins to dance as Killua laughs at Leorio.

I smile "This is where I deploy my manipulation abilities, to move the shadow, which in turn, moves the body."

I release Leorio from the grip as he yells at me "What did you make me do...?! I don't even know how to dance!"

I smile "That was the Shadow Control ability... Like I said earlier Although Shadow Conjure, is way stronger than Shadow Control."

I take a deep breath, making a larger mask to cover my face. I take a deep breath... Slowly opening my eyes to speak