Author's Note: I do not own Hunter x Hunter!

Chapter 26 - End it for good!

Gon managed to get to Kaori, but now he and her have to face the last obstacle: Yahiko Himiki and Sumaro, a person who wants to take Kaori with him.

'That I am already allowed to fight is half a blessing ...' the blue-haired girl looks over at Gon for a moment.

'I will help him ... together with his skills as an enhancer and my new ability, I will help him as best I can ... and end everything for good!' She looks at her uncle.

"Kaori!" Gon called. "Only do as much in combat as you think you can! I can do them both on my own for a while! "

"Don't talk nonsense." She replies seriously. "I know you had to fight Jinsei. Even if your strength didn't show it earlier, I think you are still slightly weakened. I'll fight to the end, Gon. Not even you can forbid me. "

"... okay." The spiky-haired boy reluctantly nods. 'Where are Leorio and Kurapika right now? I hope they are fine ... '

...

"Don't you realize what kind of mistake you're making, Kaori?" Yahiko asks the girl with a frown. "I still think joining the weak is silly. You can make it so easy for yourself. "

"How often should I say it?" The blue-haired girl clenches her fists. "I made my decision a few years ago. ... and now that I know Gon ... there is something I want to bring back into my life. I want to live with joy again. "Kaori says sadly.

"... I tried." Yahiko shakes his head, an aura flows through his body. "I won't spare you again, understand?"

Sumaro smiles at the testimony. "This will be interesting. Are you ready, boy? "He looked straight at Gon.

"Come on!" The spiky-haired boy screams.

...

~ With Leorio and Kurapika… ~

Leorio and Kurapika, accompanied by Naizen, ran as fast as they could to the throne room.

Naizen stopped when he saw the Sumaro guards.

"They seem to be preparing for an attack." He spoke calmly. "I guess it's because Gon Freecss showed up, so they are now gathering the guards to make sure other intruders flee."

"So they know we're here?" Leorio asks nervously.

"As I said, they just want to be sure." He turns to the two of them. "So, if we want to go on, we have to fight these soldiers, are you two ready?"

Kurapika nods. "We have no choice. Are you going to fight too, Naizen? "

Naizen grins. "Naturally. I'm on Kaori's side. And Sumaro can stay stolen from me. You two can also learn something from me during the fight. I have a lot more experience than you, after all." The old man says firmly.

"Leorio ... will you be okay?"

"What do you think, Kurapika?" Leorio asks indignantly. "I will do my best!"

"OK."

...

~ in the throne room ... at Gon ... ~

Kaori took the rings from her pockets, which she made especially for her skills. She quickly tied her and her fingers to her right hand.

"What is that supposed to be?" Yahiko frowns as he slowly approached his niece, ready to fight.

"I'll fight you with that. With my new ability! "She runs up to him and begins to direct her whips at him. "A Fighter's Rings!"

"You really don't have more to offer?" Yahiko asks, bored, while he effortlessly evades. "I'll show you how to fight properly to defeat your opponents!" He says coldly and jumps near Kaori, who quickly put her arms into a defensive position so as not to take severe damage and gives her a strong punch that transports them a few meters away.

...

...

"Kaori !" Gon screamed and looked at her as the blue-haired girl was thrown away, when he wanted to go to the girl, he was stopped by Sumaro.

"I thought you want to fight me?" He asks provocatively. "Come on!"

Gon sprinted on the man and dealt several blows, many being blocked. But the spiky-haired boy used his speed to quickly get behind Sumaro.

'I have to take every chance! I also need feints! '

"Your punch earlier wasn't bad, boy." Sumaro spoke coolly, referring to the Jajanken from earlier. "Let me show you an attack like that too."

"What do you mean?"

"…" The aura of Sumaro gathered in his right hand and slowly a strange figure appeared on his arm. "It's time for Plant Form."

"... Ah!" Gon's eyes widened.

A large green piranha plant had also appeared on Sumaro's arm, the plant seemed very aggressive, but Sumaro remained calm.

"How is that possible? How can you make a plant appear? "

"Conjuration. I trained for a while to be able to create such a being. It's unbelievable, isn't it? It doesn't attack me myself, but it will attack others who are hostile to me with a high probability. "

'So of the same type as Kurapika ... and he creates something living? Kite swore something else back then ... 'Gon ponders.

"Do you know what is good?"

"Huh?"

"If you are quick enough and try to attack me from behind, then my plant will cover me. That means automatically ... you can't surprise me anymore. "He says coldly. "An ultimate and effective weapon against a naive boy like you."

'I'll try anyway!' Gon clenches his fists. 'Even if you know my ability, that doesn't mean that you would have an advantage ... I hope ...'

"Saisho wa Gū!" Gon began to charge his aura into his fist.

"Come on, I'm prepared." Sumaro smiles nastily and also had his Nen ability ready. "Show me what you are going to do against my ability!"

Gon ran towards the man without listening to his provocation. "Jan ... Ken ..." he swung back.

Sumaro smiled and held his defenses ready to parry the aura-filled blow.

"… Gū !" the spiky-haired boy screamed and hit as hard as he could, Sumaro, who had fended off the attack, felt severe pain, Gon was stronger than the man had thought.

But…

"... now I'm coming." The man says, holding his arm to Gon. Before Gon could jump away, a large mouth appeared by the plant and grabbed the twelve-year-old boy's arm.

"Ah!" Gon exclaimed. "How does it do that ?" he asks, twitching, while the plant's teeth sink into his arm. "that is impossible!"

"You're wrong." Sumaro simply says. "These plants really exist, and it's impossible to materialize anything beyond our human capabilities. So my skills aren't one of them. "He smiles disdainfully at Gon.

Gon tries to break free from the piranha plant's bite, but it barely moves with the boy's efforts. Gon's blood is slowly dripping from his arm.

'Damn it ... how am I supposed to break free?' Gon thinks, frowning. 'This ability is really good ... but ... in my opinion it is meant more for defense than for attacks ... I have to use that somehow! …but how?'

Sumaro examined the spiky-haired boy. "You know ... it's actually a shame about you." He spoke. "With your potential, you could become a good soldier, no maybe even my personal bodyguard. You would be really useful to me. "

"But I'll never work for you!" Gon says irritably, still trying to break free.

After Gon uttered these words, Sumaro sighed briefly. And the plant created by Aura detached itself from Gon and Sumaro threw the twelve-year-old boy a few meters away, on the ground.

"That was a big mistake, boy. You shouldn't have interfered in the affairs of the Himiki family. "Sumaro spoke calmly. "Especially not when I'm part of their business." He added snootily.

"..." Gon grabbed his released arm and twitched slightly. "Damn ... that was strong ..." he mumbles. "But ..." he looked up determinedly. "I know that this ability won't help you either! I will defeat you! "

"How often? No matter how you turn it, you can hardly fool my ability, even if you should plan an ambush. "Sumaro shakes his head in annoyance.

"You know how I don't care!" Gon yells angrily at him. "I won't take anything from you!"

'What kind of boy is that anyway? I thought it would be enough to do him critical damage with my Nen ability, but ... why does he pretend it doesn't hurt ...? Any normal-thinking person would scream now, but he holds back ... What is his reason to fight me? Is it really just because of Kaori Himiki ? '

...

...

Kaori slowly got to her feet again, her back leaning against a wall. After the blue-haired girl took Yahiko's blow, she was thrown against the next wall with full force. The wall now has a really big hole ...

"That ... this is going to be a ... tough fight ..." Kaori coughs exhausted. "Even after such an attack, I can hardly move anymore, that's not good ..."

"That's because you always ran away from your fight training." Yahiko tells her. "If you had listened to your grandfather and had come to training well, you would now be much stronger than just weak."

"I already know that ..." she mumbles doggedly.

She put her aura back in her right hand, on her rings, and jumped close to her uncle. The whips fell on the arm of the man, who just looked down at them, bored.

"A weak ability." Yahiko says monotonously. "You can't win like that."

...

"No. It'll only take me a while to win. "She says firmly, placing her aura in her left fist.

The blue-haired girl looked at the man seriously. "And now I use every means to win. I'm really sorry, uncle, but from now on I won't spare anyone here, especially you! For my deceased parents! "

...

~ with Leorio and Kurapika ~

After Kurapika defeated some soldiers together with Naizen and of course Leorio, they heard a kind of explosion and the lock began to shake, like an earthquake.

A few parts of the ceiling also collapsed.

Frightened, Leorio dodged the large stones. "What's going on here now ?"

"The fight in the throne room has begun." Naizen spoke calmly. "That means the fight for the future status of the Himiki family has started."

"Naizen!" The blonde kurta called seriously. "We should stop being held up. Gon all alone, won't make it. He'll probably be weakened from the fight against Jinsei. "He explains logically.

The old man closed his eyes. "Unfortunately there is something to it ..." He sighs. "I also have other concerns if the fighting continues here. Mainly because of just now. "

"Um ..." Leorio looked at the old man questioningly. "What are you pointing to now, Naizen?"

Kurapika also looked curiously at the old man, but there was no answer to Leorio's question. Naizen just looked down thoughtfully.

"I should have guessed it would happen soon ..." Naizen mumbles. "How should I do better now? To the throne room? Or would you rather… not? "He asks himself and ignores the confused looks of the duo.

"He's talking to himself right now, isn't he?" The man in the suit whispers.

"Yes, but I don't know any more at the moment ..." the blonde kurta is sweating slightly over the situation.

...

"Kurapika. Leorio. "The old man spoke suddenly.

"Yes?"

"What is there?"

"How would you proceed now?" The old man asks calmly. "I'm not so sure about our role in this event ... what do you two think?"

"I want to see Gon as soon as possible!" Leorio answers immediately. "I bet your granddaughter is where he is too."

"Hm…"

Kurapika nods in agreement. "I would make sure that no one else interferes in Gon's fight. We have to ensure that it is no longer burdened than it already is. "

Naizen doesn't get the answers. "Then ... we better hurry ..."

"Yes."

...

~ Throne room ... ~

Yahiko looked seriously at his niece. "' 'For your deceased parents?' So you just want to fight me because of them? This is naive thinking and the more I look at you, the more I see these two pathetic people in you. Horrible! "He screams.

"Did you only kill my father back then because he had a different plan than you did?"

"Yes." He grins. "You knew all along? ... he wanted to destroy the status of the Himiki family from within. I couldn't let that happen! I only did it for our name ! "

Kaori's eyes sparkled. "That's selfish! You are a terrible selfish man! To kill your own brother just because of something stupid, that's ... so ... so ... "she hesitates for a moment. "No ... I can't put it into words ..."

"Stop your talk! Do you want to judge me now? "Yahiko asks derogatory. "You are like him! And this picture of a normal woman. "

"Don't you dare to speak badly of my mother!" Kaori says angrily. "You just didn't like her because she came from a normal background. If she hadn't died then because of her sick nature, you would have killed her in cold blood too, wouldn't you? "The blue-haired girl asks seriously.

"Hmm, that's right. But because of her weak immune system, I didn't have to get my hands dirty unnecessarily. But… "The green-haired man tilted his head with a smile. "There's another reason Emiko was so weak. Tell Kaori, do you know this reason? "He smiles angrily.

The blue-haired girl was silent, her green eyes carefully looked at her uncle.

"I think I can guess ..." she mumbles sadly. "I was the other reason."

"Oh? How long have you known? "He asks, amused.

"Quite a while. After I got older, I finally got it right. ... my mother was just very young when I was born ... her already weak immune system couldn't take part. "She bows her head.

Yahiko smiles nastily at his niece.

...

Kaori clenches her fists when she looked up again. "Did you really think that you can pull me down with this story now? I'm not giving up that quickly! "She runs quickly towards the green-haired man and intensified her aura around her foot in order to give him a strong kick in the face.

This attack obviously surprised Yahiko. He never noticed this sudden strength of his niece, where does such a weak girl suddenly acquire such strength that could actually strike him down?

...

...

Gon glared at Sumaro. "I don't care if your ability will keep preventing my attack. Even if it's impossible, I'll beat you until I've broken your defenses. "He says firmly.

"I don't understand ... why are you doing so much for Kaori Himiki?"

"Because we're friends." Gon says honestly. "And it is important to me that she is fine."

... ... ...

After no more words, Gon filled his fist with a strong aura again.

'He only increases his risk that soon he will no longer be able to do anything against me…. There is actually no way to attack me, or have I overlooked something ? 'Sumaro asks himself, slightly nervous.

"Get ready, Sumaro !" Gon screams. "This attack ... will decide our fight!"

"... what?" The man asks, more confused than ever. "Is that ... serious ? This child is just bluffing ... "

"Jan…"

'He hardly moves. How is he supposed to meet me from this distance? Sumaro took a few steps back to be on the safe side. 'He wastes aura unnecessarily ...'

"Ken ..."

...

"... Pā!" Gon screams and a large aura ball comes out of his right palm straight onto Sumaro.

"An emission attack ? But ... he's ... an enhancer ... "

Sumaro fended off the attack without much effort, but the spiky-haired boy was prepared for it and used the short time to slide on the ground to get right behind Sumaro, who cannot react as quickly as he can use his Nen ability Gon could rush ... !

"Jan…! Ken ...! Gū ! "

The man was hit on the back with a great force, his Nen plant disappeared and he fell to the ground.

...

"... made it." Gon breathes a sigh of relief and utter exhaustion. "Osu!"

...

Yahiko and Kaori were watching the last attack by Gon when they suddenly felt the great amount of aura.

The green-haired man looked shocked at the man lying on the ground. "Sumaro has lost ? How can that be?"

"Gon ..." the blue-haired girl smiles admiringly, then scowled at her uncle. "Don't we want to end it for good now, Yahiko Himiki?"

"I'll give everything ..." Yahiko gave her a gloomy look.

"Me too…"

...

"Kaori ..." Gon looked at the girl sadly.

The blue-haired girl's gaze fell briefly on the spiky-haired boy.

"Gon. Go find my grandfather and your friends, please. "She says calmly. "This is my fight, please don't interfere."

"Yes." Gon agrees and quickly walked away from the fight to find Leorio and Kurapika ...

...

~ in front of the castle ... ~

~ with Leorio and Kurapika… ~

The group took a different route and decided to leave the castle ... well Leorio and Kurapika just followed Naizen.

"Look." Naizen pointed to several soldiers who fled. "What does that mean? Whether they received an order or they saw that we were going to defeat them." The old man put forward a few theses.

Kurapika carefully looked around, then saw someone. "Or ... they are fleeing from someone other than us."

"Hm?"

The blonde kurta pointed to a brown-haired man farther away from the group.

... it was Tanju!

"This is Tanju!" Leorio says surprised. "What is he doing here?"

"Tanju?" Naizen looked curiously at the brown-haired man. 'Is that ... Yutaru's ... buddy? I think he would have briefly mentioned such a name back then ... '

"Hello! Tanju! "Leorio screams, waving his arms to get the man's attention.

The brown-haired man looked at Leorio when he heard his name. A small smile appears on his face. "Leorio and Kurapika. Nice that you are both fine. Where's Gon? "

"In the castle." Kurapika answers. "We think he's fighting."

"Aha ..." he says, slightly worried. "These soldiers were on their way inside the castle because they got on my nerves and I beat them up. Did I do the right thing? "

"Yes. Don't worry. "Leorio smiles.

Then Tanju Naizen noticed. He looked at him questioningly.

"Who is that?" The brown-haired man asks the duo.

"My name is Naizen." The old man answers calmly.

"?"

"This is Kaori's grandfather. … Yutaru's father. "Leorio explains calmly.

Tanju's eyes widened. "Really? Really now? "He asks.

"Why so surprised?" The old man asks in astonishment. "How much did you learn about me from Yutaru? And especially…; what did he tell you about me? Really only bad? "

"No. Of course not. "Tanju tells him in a soothing voice. "You were always a strict father to him, he always said ... but actually it has been more and more since the death of Yutaru's mother ... your wife." He spoke seriously. "I don't know ... how you feel these days."

"Hm ..." Naizen closed his eyes for a brief moment. "I've changed ... but when exactly it started I'll never find out. There are a lot of things I regret. "He says with a slightly sad tone.

"..."

...

"Leorio! Kurapika! "Another voice suddenly shouted and caught the attention of the four people.

"Gon!" The duo quickly run towards the spiky-haired boy. "Everything okay?"

"Mhm ..." he mumbles lightly, lightly holding his injured arm. "Today I exaggerated it very much ..."

"Where's Kaori?" Kurapika asks, and thus caught Naizen's full attention.

Gon looked at his two friends with determined eyes. "She's fighting her uncle. ... she wants to end it for good! "

"Hey! Why don't you help her ? "the man in the suit asks nervously.

"She said I should go see you guys. Kaori wants to fight her uncle alone. I want to respect that. "He says honestly, then he looked at Tanju and waved slightly and immediately afterwards he noticed Naizen.

"Are you Kaori's grandfather?" The spiky-haired boy asks the older man.

"Yes. And you have to be Gon Freecss. "

"How do you know that ?" Gon asks, puzzled.

"Instinct." The old man smiles slightly but worried. "Do you really think Kaori will be fine? Do you really want to leave her alone in the castle? "

Gon nods. "Kaori herself told me to look for all of you and not to interfere in her fight." He turns around to the direction in which he had come briefly. "Yes, I'm worried about Kaori, but I respect her wishes."

Leorio scratches his head lightly. "Great, what do we do now?"

"I would still be on my guard and check the situation thoroughly." The blonde kurta spoke. "That's why you came here, isn't it Tanju?"

"Exactly." Tanju sighs. "But apart from the soldiers who have now fled, there is probably no one here anymore. Say, Gon, who did you fight against in the castle now? "

"He says his name was Sumaro. He was strong and his Nen ability was impressive. I had to come up with a fancy tactic to defeat him. "Gon scratches his head lightly. "If he's still passed out, then he's still in the castle ..."

"I see ... then we really have to wait. ... on Kaori. "

…

All nod.

'Kaori ... you can do it.' Gon thinks resolutely and looks up at the sky. 'If I notice that something is wrong, I will come immediately and help you ...!'

...

~ in the throne room ... ~

Kaori and Yahiko fought multiple blows, with Yahiko having the upper hand most of the time, while the blue-haired girl has great problems dealing with the blows on the one hand and taking the blows on the other.

'Shit ... I'm definitely giving up!' Kaori thinks desperately. 'How should I win?'

She jumps again to think.

"You have become strong ... by your standards." Yahiko says with a frown. "When did you have time to train and, above all, did you learn all of this so quickly?"

"I'm slowly learning ..." Kaori replies. 'I need a new attack pattern ...' she turned around briefly. 'Then let's do it like that ...'

...

The blue-haired girl grabbed one of the great rubble that had crumbled from the walls of the castle during the fight. Her stony gaze landed on her uncle and she threw the big stone at him with all her might.

"How cheap." Yahiko mumbles disappointed and smashed the stone with an aura-filled fist.

But Kaori was no longer in front of him.

'Where was she hiding? Does she try an ambush ? '

Strong, aura-filled strands began to be tied around Yahiko's body and Kaori used the moment to strengthen her fist and hit Yahiko's stomach with the last of her strength.

The man spat blood after being overwhelmed by this attack and he dropped to his knees.

Kaori looked at her hand, which was now covered in blood, with a pained face. 'It looked so easy with Gon ...'

"Ha ... haha ...you fool…" he groans weakly. "That was a lousy feint ... but you made it ... all of you ..."

"I'm sorry, Uncle ..." Kaori says sadly. "But ... it had to end like this ..."

...

…

Kaori looked around the throne room, everything was in ruins. She sighs sadly and also exhausted.

"Father, mother. We finally won." She says. "You two can rest in peace now."

Suddenly several stones fell from the ceiling again, and the blue-haired girl immediately stared alarmingly upwards. Then it occurred to her ...

"The castle is going to collapse ..." she says with wide eyes. "The fighting is to blame and the age of the castle ... I have to get out of here quickly!"

...

...

~ out with Gon and the others ... ~

"The castle won't hold out much longer." Naizen spoke, after a few minutes, the others turned to him.

"How do you come up with that?" Tanju asks.

"On the one hand; it's a pretty old castle. Really, I've lived here since I was little. "The old man explains calmly. "And the second; if the wall continues to be hit with Nen attacks, the whole castle will soon collapse because it can no longer stand the whole thing. "

"What ?" Leorio asks, shocked.

"I have to go to Kaori!" Gon says resolutely and starts running.

"Gon!" The blonde kurta called out to him.

"Wait here for us! But get to safety ! "Gon screams and quickly runs into the collapsing castle.

"Hm ... the boy has courage." Naizen says.

Tanju nods in agreement. "He's coming back ..., together with Kaori."

...

...

Better hurry up then, Gon! Kaori won't be able to hold out much longer, because she too is exhausted from her fight ... (but Gon is exhausted too ° - °)

And then both people and their companions will see what happens next ...

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To be continued ...

Neo-Digital: The chapter was really fun to write. It took long enough. See you in the next chapter!