New Chappy is here~~~~
I wonder if it's because Hunter x Hunter has started to continue releasing again that my story has become more popular XD But no matter, I'm happy.
I am currently going to work already, so I'm quite busy and will not be able to update too regularly, but I'll try my best
I have been rethinking my processes and taking your feelings into account, I will do something about the chimera arc and squeeze it in somewhere, but as I don't want the flow of the story to be forced, I'll have to take my time and work on the plot again. But I think I'll be able to do this
My story, unlike many other ones, is mostly fluff, cute and fun and good endings, because I have 0 ability in writing drama, angst, tragedy, so I hope you will understand.
Chapter 33: The only way x Dead end x New beginning
"THE QUESTIONING WILL NOW BEGIN!" the announcer said as we got into position
Time passed as 100 questions were given out one by one. Now then, I must say that this was not my forte and I admit that I don't remember all the card descriptions. The questions about the way, the place that we got the card, I can answer without much trouble, but when it comes to the cards' description, class and the kind of question, I just put it randomly. It didn't help that there were 5 choices and they were all kind of the same... Finally, all the questions were finished and now, we were waiting for the results.
"The highest score was 87 points out of a total of 100! The name of the player who achieved this is… CONTESTANT GON!" she finally declared
"AWESOME GON!" I shouted
"FINALLY! 100 IMPOSED SLOT CARDS COMPLETE!" the boys high-fived "Now we can find out the secrets behind this game!"
"But damn it… How many points did I get…" Killua mumbled, still bitter that he actually lost to Gon
"Don't forget that you guys still have a punishment game to complete" Gon pointed out, a smug smile on his face
"Ah..." And I was hoping for him to forget that part...
Then a lazy looking owl flew towards us carrying a letter with him. We opened it to see the card 'A ruler's blessing'. According to the card's description, only one person could use it to enter the city of Limeiro - the capital of this island, a pity, but we decided to wait for Gon by the castle.
Just before we were about to take our leave, 2 thug guys appeared before us, proposing a contest with all of our cards at stake. "Sorry, but we won't be taking no for answer" they snickered and moved towards us, thinking that they were scarying us.
Gon and Killua looked at them ridiculously as I sweatdropped and Bisk snickered. They were so dead...
"So I'll be taking one Accompany card eh?" Gon said
"Ah, that won't work" Killua said "We have never been to Limeiro, you know?"
"Then Drift will do, won't it?" I said "We have been to all the other cities already, right?"
"Then I'll try it our" Killua said "And if I get to Limeiro, I'll come back and get you guys later. Drift on!"
A few minutes later, Killua came back. "How was it?" I asked
"Bingo!" He gave me a thumbs-up "Let's use Accompany now"
"YEAH!"
After an hour or two, Gon came out with 2 people names Dwun and List and invited us to a parade ending. It was spectacular, with fireworks and people of the city coming to greet us. We went through the city on a car and and an extravant feast in the castle.
Oh, and about the three cards that we decided to take home with us…
"They told me that after I pick three cards, I should go to the harbor to get back to the real world" Gon said
"So did you ask them about your dad?" Bisk asked
"Yeah, but they didn't know where he is right now" Gon said, although his face didn't show it, there was bits of sadness in his voice
"Hmmm, I guess there weren't any clues within the game as well…" I thought back
"Well, he did say this in the message at the beginning of the game" Killua added
"Well anyway" Gon concluded "What are we going to do about the 3 cards we have to choose?"
"I think we let Bisk choose one and the other two we share it between us" I said as the boys nodded
"Then I choose the 'Blue planet'" Bisk said "The regenerating medicine is something I want too, but in this case, I want this one. I want to see it in real life *heart shape*!"
"Then what about us?" Killua looked
"Gon, have you thought of something?" I asked
"Well…" he looked at us "I wanted to take this and this."
"Wow…" my mouth dropped "That's awesome Gon!"
"Yeah, for someone like Gon, it was really well thought..." Killua added
"'For someone like Gon' was not needed!" Gon shouted
"But I wonder if this will be alright" Gon said
"It's perfect Gon!" I smiled "Rather, this is probably the only way to do this"
"Eh? What are you guys taling about?" Bisk waved, feeling left out of the conversation
"You're okay with Blue Planet, Bisk?" Killua asked
"That's not what I meant..." Bisk whispered. "LET ME IN THE CONVERSATION TOO!"
Three cards chosen: Blue Planet, The knight's necklace and…
"Welcome back, Gon."
"Yeah, here is your card, Bisk"
"Gain!" Bisk shouted "Wow! This, this is it! The Blue Planet that I've been dreaming about" the blue gem on Bisk hand appeared just as it was described. A gem worthy to be called the Gem of the universe. While most of the gem was blue, there were 5 big spots of green, brown, yellow and 2 big spots of white. There were fluffy white small spots that seemed to move around the gem. The gem had depth and it felt like there was life in it too. "What should I name it~? Pla-chan? Blue-chan?~~" Bisk continues to squeal. When she realized that we were staring at her, she finally cleared her throat and turned back to ask us "What about you guys? Are you sure about those 2 cards?"
"Yeah, these are the best ones, right?" Killua said
"Yeah!" Gon took out the knight's necklace card and received it with "Gain!" and then took out the one yard coast line card. "Nullify!" Gon shouted as the card turned into Accompany "Yes! It worked!", with this, we can finally meet Gon's father, my savior, Gin…
"I see" Bisk finally said "You used Transform to make Accompany a restricted slot card and then used Knight's necklace to turn it back to Accompany. That's clever. But I'm surprised that you we able to think of this rather than just take a restricted slot card"
"Yeah" Gon agreed "I wouldn't have been able to think of this if I wasn't the first one to enter the game."
"Eh? What do you mean?"
"Do you remember the first time that we entered the game?" Gon asked "We played Jan-Ken-Pon and I was the first one to enter the game. And when I was waiting at the starting point for Killua and Kay, there was no one else around. This means that the first person that I would have met in the game should have been Gollemu- the second person to have entered the game. But when I looked back into my binder, there was another person before him. That person is Nig"
"I see, is Gin!" Bisk exclaimed
"Gin has probably brought me here once when I was a child. He probably wanted to tell me if I wanted to find him, I should at least me strong enough to clear this game."
"Yes, Gon you have finally done it. Well then, after seeing Gin, what's the first thing you want to do?" Bisk asked
"The first thing is to introduce Killua to him. I'm sure he will be surprised to see Kay. And then, I'll tell him that 'They are my best friends!'"
I smiled looking at him, while Killua blushed and said "Don't, it's embarrassing!"
Looking back at Bisk, she was crying rivers saying how touched she was at our friendship "It must be my age" she said crying as Killua scratched his head not knowing what to say or do. Or probably he was thinking how troublesome this was, girl's tears I meant.
"Hey Bisk, wanna come with us to see Gin?" Gon asked
"Nah, I'll pass" she said "I'm not interested in men who already have kids"
"Oh, okay" Gon said "Well, we'd better get going, see you later, Bisk! Thank you for everything!"
She waved at us as we said "Use 'Accompany' Nig!"
We landed at a foreign forest with deep mist. It was hard to see, but there was definitely a person sitting behind that tree in front of us. Gon took a step forward, but noticed how the ground started to crumble at his feet. We didn't have time to react as the mysterious guy launched at us, knocking us down in one swift movement. He summoned something out, a roulette, it called itself and then a gun appeared ut of it. He pointed the gun at us with the intention to kill.
I jumped away immediately, but Gon wasn't moving "Gon!" I called, but Killua beat me to it as he jumped pulling Gon away from the scene. The guy kept shooting for a few seconds and when he was done, I saw lots of ant corpses around the area. What is this liquid oozing out of their bodies? I took a closer look and deemed it as poison, not a deadly one, but it would certainly paralyze you for a long time.
"Are you hurt?" he asked monotonously walking out of the smoke towards us.
He seemed familiar to me, but I just can't remember where did I meet him
"Hey, what was that all about?!" Killua demanded "First you knock us down, then you fire at us! What do you want to do?!"
"If I didn't do so, you guys would have been dead meat by now"
"From what? These ants?" Killua said angrily, intending to stomp on one conscious ant
"Don't! Killua!" I said, but it was too late. The ant immediately jumped on Killua's leg and bit him hard. I immediately jumped to his side and used my fans to knock them away from his leg. As soon as the ant was in sight, the other guy shot it to pieces. I immediately pulled out some water and herbs and washed his wound. "These are no ordinary ants. They are poisonous" I said
"This little lady here is perceptive" the guy said "These are Chimera ants. An aggressive, carnivorous insect, currently under class - 1 quarantine. You were standing tight in front of their nest. Had I not fired, you guys would have been consumed my the Chimera ant army by now." he sighed "But I guess with you here, this wound will be a piece of cake, eh Kay?"
"Eh?" I turned "Do I..." I looked at him. Long silver hair, cold demeanor, lazy eyes, roulette? "Kaito-san?"
"Guilty as charged. Been a while and I certainly had not expected to meet you here" he smiled a bit and placed his hand on my head "You seemed to have gotten stronger"
I blushed a bit and couldn't fight back the urge to scratch my cheeks lightly in embarrassment.
"Kaito?" Gon questioned gaining our attention "On Whale Island, after I stumbled into the territory of a foxbear with its cub. That time too, you are the person that saved me, right?"
"Oh yes, I remember now. You've grown, Gon"
"H-How did you know my name?"
"I heard it from your dad"
"You know my dad?"
"Yes, he was my teacher after all"
We decided to help him with his fish catching quest, Gon was an expert at this after all.
"About those ants just now" Killua said "It seemed to me as if you were observing them right?"
"Heh, you're quire perceptive aren't you?" Kaito-san complimented "That's right, I'm actually a Biological observer. I focus on discovering and researching new species. Normally, I focus on bigger species, like Camp Tiger for example" He pulled out his phone to show us "but recently something has been bothering me."
"Something?" Gon asked
"We have discovered a Chimera Ant claw that is as as big as a human's finger. Although it is a possibility that it may belong to a completely different species, it may also be that they have mutated. We don't know, that's why we are investigating"
As Kaito-san went on explaining about the Chimera ants and his job, I made the campfire and prepared the fishes to be baked upon the flames. The sun sat down, as the dishes were ready to be served
"Gin-san was the one who made me a top-class Hunter. He is my teacher and my benefactor. If I hadn't met Gin-san, I'd have died long ago, in the alley of a slum." Kaito-san closed his eyes, reminiscing the past "Though, I had to force him to teach me. He hated dealing with any kind of hassle, so I was never his official student. But I was a stubborn one, I kept bugging him until I finally attained my nen. As a result, I was able to pass the Hunter Exam with a little difficulty. But before Gon-san was satisfied, I had to clear another hurdle."
As he was talking, I went to stir the fishes and check whether they were done. I sprinkled some salt and herbs and went to give them the fishes
"Thanks" Kaito-san said and continued "Can you guess what it was?"
"I think I know" Gon said "If it's Gin, I'm sure he would say this 'Try to catch me'"
"Exactly, you're right"
"I knew it!" Gon cheered happily
"But the opponent wasn't known as the world's greatest Hunter for nothing. This was the hardest hunt ever. There were no clues or leads to begin from. And I didn't hear word of a single sighting. He'd managed to completely erase his existence from this world"
Exitedly, Gon asked "So what happened then?"
"I was struggling for a single clue, so I went to his home - The Whale island. And that was where I met you. But I didn't know at that moment that you were his son. It was only until I found him and told him about what happened that he told me. He is one weird dad alright, thanking me for hitting his son. But he didn't seem surprised that I went to the Whale Island or that I met you there. It's almost as if he had expected it. Looking back, maybe everything's gone according to Gin-san's plans. Even the fact that I had met with Kay"
The guys looked over to me and I smiled "Kaito-san is actually my teacher, you know"
"EHHHH?" the boys shouted in surprise, Killua almost dropping the piece of fish in his mouth
"It was actually at Kay's home that I had found my first clue to Gin-san" he said "It was a coincidence really, that I have heard about the very famous festival of the Edokyo ruins. I remembered that it was Gin-san who has brought these ruins back to life and I though there might be some clues here about him. The chances were near zero though, but I still had to try it out. However, stepping into the festival, I had totally forgotten about the purpose of me coming there. It was amazing, the decorations were skillfully made, the smell of the food was mouth watering, the antiques of thousands years old were displayed publicly... But the most amazing thing, the main attraction that had pulled so many people to come to the festival - the dance performance of a single nine years old girl. As loud as the festival was, everything died down at the announcement of the performance. You could even hear a drop of water falling down with that silence. A single tranquil sound of bells rang up and there she was, marking our first meeting." he looked up to see that the boys were gawking, mouth open "At any rate, I decided to talk to Kay about Gin-san, for she was the Leader of the clan, and there was the possibility that she had some information about him. And I wasn't wrong. Gin-san had left me a message"
~Flashback~
"I'm sorry for what I'm going to do now" the small girl said. She stood up, pulled her lower eyelid and showed me her tongue "Bo bo, too bad~~~" she said mimicking Gin-san and returned to her old self
"That's... it?" I said surprised
"Yes, that was all that he had told me to tell you"
I was speechless for a moment and then laughed out loud. I guess I should have expected this. It was Gin-san we are talking about after all
~Flashback end~
"Although it wasn't actual a clue, but it was the first time I had heard from him. I then stayed back in the Edokyo ruins for exploration. During this time, I had taught Kay about the world and about Hunters and maybe a bit of martial arts, but it wasn't anything major so I don't think I can be counted as her teacher"
As he was talking, my blood ran cold. I knew that I had forgotten something. The festival. The game has totally threw off my sense of time. My mind was nowhere near the things Kaito-san was talking "Oh no..." I muttered
"Kay what's wrong?" Killua asked
"I can't believe I had forgotten about it... The festival!" I stood up "Oh no... I-I need to go now!" my mind was running miles a minute as I my blood drained from my face.
"Calm down Kay!" Kaito-san said a bit loud "I know you are freaking out, but this is not the time to be so. There are 2 days left till the festival starts, you can still make it in time"
"Y-Yes, Kaito-san... I think the preparation for the festival should be going as planned. The problem is my performance..." at that moment I heard a familiar bird cry. I looked up to see a hawk flying above my head. It looked familiar… "Tenrou!" I called as it flew towards me. I whistled, directing it, lifted my left arm up, so that it could sit down on. "It was really you after all, Tenrou" I smiled as I stroked it's head and neck
"Kay, what's that?" Killua asked me
Gon followed after him "An eagle?"
"Killua, Gon allow me to introduce to you – Tenrou. He is one of the eagles that our village uses to deliver letters and move around. They have good eye sight and sense of smelling, so once they meet someone we just need to ask them to remember that person's smell and they will not forget for their whole life." I smiled
"It's so big! It's at least half of our size! Can we touch him?" Gon asked
"Of course!" I smiled as Tenrou flew to Gon's arm, but refused Killua's touch, pecking him, plucking his hair… And that was where the fight began… I didn't even try to stop it, I could actually foresee this happening… "Tenrou has been with me for a long time, I personally trained him" I told the boys while examining his leg and saw a piece of purple cloth attached to it "I knew it." I put the cloth back into my pocket "Guys, I need to get back to my village right now." I looked back and also saw Kaito-san gathering his things "Kaito-san?"
"Sorry guys, but I have just received a call from my friends and it would seem the claws are indeed from a Chimera ant and that the Queen of Chimera ants have shifted her tastes to human beings."
"Wiat, didn't you say that once the Queen sets her eyes on a species then she'll consume them until they go extinct?" Killua asked
"Yes, that's exactly how it is, Judging from the size of that claw, her length is at least 2 meters. That thing could devour a human in no time. That's why I have to hurry"
"Where are you going?" Gon asked
"To the south of Yorkshin city. My friends are there and the person who found the leg lives in the city by the ocean" he looked at us "What are you guys going to do now?"
Gon thought for a minute and said "Can I come with you, Kaito? Chimera ants are dangerous creatures right? We need to take care of the problem as soon as possible" he looked at me "Sorry that I cannot come to you performance though, Kay"
"Oh, don't worry about it. The festival happens every year after all, so there's always a next time" I smiled
"What about you Killua?"
"I guess I'll go with Kaito too, this side demands more attention after all." his voice was serious
"Yeah, I would have come with you guys too if I could" I looked down, a bit lonely to be left all by myself "But I promise I'll join you guys as soon as I'm done with the festival!" I smiled
"We'll kill that chimaera ant before you even come back" Killua smirked
"Yes, I'm counting on you" I smiled "Tenrou!" I called as Tenrou picked me up by the shoulder and flew upwards.
"W-Wait, what?" Gon looked at me, confusion written all over his face
"Eh, didn't I tell you guys that we also use eagles as a mean of transportation?"
"Now that you mention it" Killua mumbled "I didn't think you were serious when you said 'move around'…"
"Anyway, I'd better get going, see you soon!" I waved as Tenrou took me away
3rd POV~
"She's gone, Killua" Gon said
"Yeah" Killua answered absentmindedly
"You gonna miss her?"
"Yeah…"
"Heh~" Gon grinned from this ear to another
Silence bestowed the forest…
"Wait… What are you making me say!?" Killua head locked Gon "You stupid Gon!" and screwed his already messed up black hair
"Stupid Killua! What are you doing!?"
"She said she'll be back soon, so there's nothing to be worried about!" Killua shouted
Gon smiled revealing his teeth "Heh~ you should have just went with her if you are that worried"
"…. You're so dead Gon."
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