With Gon and Killua now having the basics of nen memorized they now shift their ambitions towards the main goal, finding Ging. After the events that took place on Greed Island the two boys find themselves in need of more strength. They weigh out their options and debate which path they should take. Desperate but even more impatient to reunite Gon with his dad Killua makes a unhinged suggestion. Killua says to Gon "Hey maybe we should just join up with the Phantom Troupe hooligans. I mean I'm pretty sure they'd have some information or a way to gather some on Ging's whereabouts." Gon turns towards Killua, confused and angry at Killua's suggestion he calmly replies "The Phantom Troupe? Kurapika's sworn enemies? That's your grand plan, really Killua? I can't do that to Kurapika!" Now hear me out Gon, Killua says as he explains the situation. "If Ging was in the Phantom Troupe do you think Kurapika wouldn't kill him to obtain his goal? You said you'd do anything to find your dad, right? At this moment in time this is our best option. Screw Kurapika!" Gon now in a train of thought begins to heed and take Killua's words to heart. It didn't take long before Gon responded with "You're right Killua, let's do this!" With their newly found objective and strong resolve, the two boys head off to find and join the Troupe.
The Phantom Troupe weren't hard to find. It took merely three days of wreaking havoc on their turf before a member eventually approached Gon and Killua to escort them to their hideout for a chat. At the hideout the boys are introduced to the leader of the Troupe Chrollo who offers a invitation to the two boys who seem to have defected from the Hunters association. Chrollo in a mellow tone says "Tired of being a Hunter? Following rules? Join our Troupe and do as you please under my name!" The boys both nod at one another and in unison shout "We accept!" Illumi instantly emerges from the shadows and shouts aloud "Lies! I don't believe either one of them! My little brother isn't cut out to be a assassin me and father have tried plenty times, but the boy is good hearted! Isn't that right, Kill? Killua laughs and responds by engulfing his body with electricity saying "Would you like to find out brother?" Illumi, now intrigued at his little brothers actions rescinds his accusations and steps back into the shadows. Chrollo hops to his feet and shouts "Anyone else have a issue, speak now! No? With that said treat our two newbies with respect! This Kurapika dude has already taken out Uvo, Kortopi and Shalnark! We need all the muscle we can get. We will test our newbies faith in our beliefs by giving them their first mission. Illumi! I want you to go with them and make sure they see this through, their task is to take on their old friend and avenge our fallen by killing the bastard Kurapika!" Gon and Killua are shocked at this revelation but both boys reluctantly accept their mission and head out to find the bloodthirsty Kurapika with Illumi lurking in the shadows.
Still connected with Leorio the two boys contact him to find out where Kurapika is headed next, claiming they'd be meeting up with him to take out the Phantom Troupe. Now with their destination determined the boys take the day to arrive and await their friend and now enemy, Kurapika. Kurapika arrives and is stunned but also elated to see his two friends. He runs over and they all exchange friendly greetings. Kurapika tells Gon and Killua that he had got word from a reliable source that two Phantom Troupe members were hanging around this area and targeting civilians in search of me. As Kurapika says this a cold shiver rushes down his spine and a quick, yet distasteful thought crosses his mind "What if the two members being referred to are Gon and Killua? I haven't heard nor seen from them in a while, is it possible?" As the thoughts vanish Gon and Killua then confirm that they are none other than the two Troupe members that Kurapika just mentioned. The now enraged Kurapika's eyes burn ablaze as he unleashed his nen chains and strikes at the boys with no hesitation. Gon and Killua defend themselves from from the onslaught and then go on the offensive. A heartfelt and bloody battle began. Friends turned enemies. All with a purpose, objective or goal to complete. They clash with everything on the line, everything at risk. Kurapika begins to notice his disadvantage in the handicap match he has been dealt of dealing with not just one but two people, let alone two former friends. His heart feeling as if it was in quicksand, Kurapika continues to fend off the attacks from Gon and Killua. Killua whispers to himself "enough," he enters Godspeed mode and overwhelms the battered and bruised Kurapika. Killua then shouts "Now Gon, while he's distracted end him!" Gon shouts his signature aloud "Rock! Paper! Ro-" as he charges ahead to deal the final blow, Gon stops himself right in front of Kurapika. Head lowered and tears running amok the ever loving Gon looks over to Killua and says "I-I can't Killua. He's our friend. Kurapika is our friend!" Kurapika tears up while laying on the ground and thanks the crying Gon. Killua on the other hand feels completely different. Gon looks at Kurapika as he dries his tears and tells him "Don't thank me just yet. I said I couldn't do it, I never said I'd stop Killua from finishing you. I have a goal and that goal is to find my dad. I've stiffened my heart, my resolve is firm and I refuse to let anyone, friend or not get in my way." Killua tells Gon to move and head back to base as he finishes things up here. Gon nods and dashes off back to base. Killua who was still in Godspeed mode, teleports to the weakened Kurapika, whispers something quickly into his ear and then says aloud "see ya," he strikes a blow directly to Kurapika's heart and walks off. Killua cools down for a moment and then heads over to check Kurapika's vitals. He finds that his heart isn't breathing and that the task is complete so he begins to hurry back to base to reunite with Gon. Hours pass and Illumi emerges from the shadows to truly check if his little brother did the deed of killing his old friend. As he leans in to check the vitals of the seemingly deceased Kurapika, Illumi begins to feel a sharp pain in his heart. Stumbling backwards and to his knees the panicking Illumi begins to think to himself "What the hell is happening to me?! Was I attacked by something unknown?! Did I inhale a substance?! What is going on?!" Suddenly Kurapika rises to his feet, laughs and says to the fallen Illumi "Ha! It's all going as Killua planned. Your little brother is a genius did you know that?" The soon to be dead Illumi looks up at the smirking Kurapika and asks "W-what did you do to me fool?!" Kurapika goes into a deep explanation of his abilities, his clan and their special eyes, when done with the explanation he notices Illumi stopped talking. Kurapika aloud states "Oops! Was I talking too long? I do tend to get caught up when revisiting the past. I took so long you died midway, you poor thing." Kurapika checks his vitals to confirm Illumi is dead although he already knew what the results would be, for he had given Illumi a invisibly manipulated enhanced stab to the heart. With Illumi dead a big blow was delivered to the Phantom Troupe rankings. Hisoka had already defected and was just waiting for us to start the war up. As Gon and Killua arrive back at the hideout they head straight to Chrollo's room. The boys tell Chrollo in detail of their feat and how they have obtained vengeance for their fallen comrades. Chrollo is delighted at the news and decides to share with Gon and Killua the true whereabouts of none other than Ging. Chrollo had fought with Ging a month prior to Gon and Killua's invite to the Troupe, Chrollo had extensive information on Ging and he revealed it all to the boys that night. Killua and Gon head back to their room and begin to discuss their next course of action. It may have seemed like they were truly Phantom Troupe members however that was all apart of their scheme. Now that they have obtained true and solid information about Ging they no longer had any reason to stay with the Troupe. To not draw too much attention the boys decide to leave within a weeks time, they say their plan aloud so that Melody can ease drop and relay the plan to Kurapika and Leorio. Now with the plan on tact Killua and Gon head to sleep and start their countdown. Seven days away from war.
Six days have passed and only one remains until the boys plan takes course. They will leave the Phantom Troupe, regroup with Leorio and Kurapika to devise a new plan of attack and then put it into action. An uproar is heard coming from Chrollo's room and the hideout begins to shake from the vibrations. Hisoka and a Chrollo fall from the top floor and are engaged in a brutal battle. Melody overhears the disturbance from a distance and tells Leorio and Kurapika to rush over and lend assistance. Upon arrival Kurapika is greeted by two members from the Troupe both, Phinks and Kalluto are ready for a untamed fight with the Scarlet eyed boy. Kurapika shouts "You want me right? Let my friend pass and let's do this!" Phinks shouts in response "Fine! Bring it on scarlet!" Leorio zooms past the two enemies leaving them to Kurapika and the fighting between the three breaks out. Meanwhile Gon and Killua are confused because none of this is part of their original plan. The two dash downstairs, reunite with Leorio and begin to take on the remaining Troupe members. Killua and Gon both are overmatching their opponents with ease, it also helps that a lot of the remaining Troupe members aren't fighters to begin with. Hisoka contrary to what everyone believed, was being completely outclassed by Chrollo. Chrollo after totally abusing Hisoka then finishes him off with a decapitating strike. Wiping the blood from his hands Chrollo walks forward to look both Gon and Killua in the eyes, he smiles at asks "The man in the suit with the glasses. He's your friend right?" Gon shouts "Leo run!" The shout couldn't reach the far away Leo who had his hands full tidying himself up and when Leo arose he was instantly struck by Chrollo who had impaled the hurt Leo with a pike for Gon and Killua to witness. Gon snaps and loses all train of thought, he charges ahead blindly and enraged but is also immediately impaled by the overwhelming Chrollo. Although it seems as if Gon's wound isn't fatal and definitely isn't on the same scale as Leo's, Killua begins to feel the rage himself. As Killua begins to shout out of a state of fury he stops himself with a slap to his own face. He then thinks to himself "Raging out here won't help me. Am I infuriated? Hell yeah! Do I need to show it? No I don't. Let me calmly look at the situation and then go in for the kill." Killua and Chrollo. Chrollo and Killua. Who would've guessed it would come down to these two? The final two. Chrollo presses forward to attack Killua enters Godspeed and the two clash. Evenly matched with even amounts of damage dished out to one another, the two opponents smile as if to say "Damn, this is the most fun I've had in ages!" Killua then thinks to himself "its now or never, time to put it in overdrive," Killua proceeds to let out a tremendous amount of electrical energy. The weather changes, rain begins to pour as the heavens roar. Chrollo is excited at the change in the young assassin and responds in kind with a awakening of his own. Killua says to himself within "You get five minutes in this mode and after that you can't move. We must end it here." Killua vanishes and Chrollo trembles in confusion as all he can see is afterimages of his unseeable foe. Killua is way too fast for the naked eye however he isn't dealing enough damage to truly finish Chrollo off. Chrollo gets a one second breather as Killua backs away entering his fourth and final minute of Godspeed overdrive mode. Chrollo sees this as a opening and decided to conjure up his indoor fish. The fish dash forward and catch the slowing down Killua. Feasting on Killua's flesh, Chrollo laughs uncontrollably and shouts "I have won! Ha! I've won it all! No one can challenge me now!" The self proclaimed victor Chrollo suddenly hears a voice that isn't his own shout "Think again, loser!" It's Killua! Standing above Chrollo on the roof Killua extends his arm above and through the cracked opening from all the battles. Killua again yells to Chrollo "It was fun while it lasted but playtimes over. Be gone!" With only a few seconds remaining in Killua's overdrive mode he unleashes a controlled lightning strike delivered straight from the clouds! Chrollo is instantly nuked, neutralized and defeated. Kurapika rushes in after winning his battle against Phinks and Kalluto, sees the falling Killua and dashed over to catch him and brace his fall. With no sign of any Troupe members including Chrollo Kurapika is relieved that it is finally over. Kurapika had finally got revenge for his clan and that was more than enough for him.
Weeks pass and with all the fighting over and done with the healing began. Leorio was lost in battle and Gon was recovering both physically and mentally. Killua just needed two days of rest from over exhausting himself with the overdrive mode. When Killua awoke he arose to both Gon and Kurapika packed and ready. Killua smiles and asks "Coming along Kurapika?" Kurapika responds "How can I not after all you two did for me. Let's do this!" Gon jumps and excitedly shouts "Alright new adventure time! We're off to find my dad Ging and nothings going to stop us!" The three smile at one another, stop by Leorio's grave site to give their thanks and say their farewells. A new adventure is beginning, it's time to find Ging!
