Wivalae's Tale
Chapter 4: Challenges Arise
Disclaimer: I do not own Hunter x Hunter or any of the characters involved except Wivalae
A month has passed since Wiv, Gon, and Killua began their training under Biscuit. The trio had come a long way, and after successfully graduating the group began to work on collecting the various cards of Greed Island. It was this quest that brought them to the city of Soufrabi, where a rare card "Spot of Shore" was said to be. The group is currently investigating the city for any clues as to the card's whereabouts.
Wiv sighed as the group stopped to rest at a group of benches.
"This is hopeless," She said as she slumped down onto a bench.
"Oh come now, it's not that bad," Biscuit told her as she put her hands on her hips.
"But no one's even seen this card, we don't know for sure it's here, this could all be a wild goose chase," Wiv said as she looked up at Biscuit.
"It could, but we won't know that until we've exhausted every option," Killua replied as he put his hands behind his head.
"C'mon Wiv, we've got a few places left to search before we call it a day," Gon said with a smile as he put a hand on her back.
She sighed before standing and following the trio further down the street. They were passing a bar when Wiv felt something shift in the air, looking to her right she gasped before shouting to the others
"Watch out!" She leaped forward and pushed the others down just in time as a man came crashing through the front window of the bar.
He landed in the street and rolled to a stop, bloodied and bruised.
"What the?" Killua asked as they looked up at him.
Gon got up and rushed to the man's aid while the others came to their feet.
"Thanks for the save Wiv," Killua told her.
She nodded before looking at Gon and the man
"How is he?" She called.
"He's fine, we'll be there in a sec," Gon called back.
They watched as Gon stood the man up and walked him over to them.
"What was that about?" Biscuit asked him.
"Razor's crew are in there, taking all the booze and shoving anyone they don't like out," The man answered.
"Razor?" Wiv asked.
"Aye, he's a local thug with a crew of men, fourteen in all. They run things around here. They're not the sorta people you wanna cross paths with if you can avoid it," he explained.
"Well, maybe we should do something about that," Biscuit said looking into the bar.
"Say… you guys are players too right?" The man asked.
"We are," Gon answered.
"Tell ya what, you knock Razor's goons out of the bar, and I'll give you some of my knowledge about 'Spot of Shore'," The man told them.
"It's here?" Wiv asked.
"You take out those goons and I'll tell you all I know," The man answered, "That's the deal."
The group nodded their understanding before turning towards the bar. Heading inside the group found four men getting drunk and laughing as they made the other patrons noticeably uncomfortable.
"Looksh like we gotsh some newcomersh," one of them said, his word slurring.
"Little young to be in here ain'tcha kids?" Another asked. He was much larger than the rest and seemed to be the leader.
"Are you Razor?" Wiv asked him.
"Nah, I'm not the boss, but I'm his right-hand man Bopobo," he said as he stood up. He towered over the group.
"Well Bopobo, we'll ask you this once; leave," Wiv told him.
The room fell into silence for a minute before the thugs began to laugh.
"'Leave' she says! 'We'll ask you once'!" Bopobo repeated between laughs.
Wiv took a step towards him in anger, but Biscuit's hand on her wrist stopped her.
"This isn't your kind of fight, remember?" She asked.
Wiv sighed and calmed as she looked back at Bopobo who was recovering from his laughing fit.
"Tell ya what little girl, if you or your friends can beat me in a game I'll take the boys and leave," Bopobo replied.
The group was silent before Gon spoke up, "What game?"
Bopobo grinned before snapping his fingers. A ring of flames erupted around him, forming a small arena.
"If you can knock me out of this ring, I'll pack up and leave," he said.
The others looked at each other before Gon turned and start to step forward.
"No Gon, let me handle him," Killua said as he put a hand on Gon's shoulder.
Killua stepped forward, the ring opening to allow him through. The groups watched with interest as the two sized up their opponent.
"My man over there will drop a bottle, when it shatters we start," Bopobo said pointing his thumb over his shoulder to one of the other thugs who lifted a bottle.
"Sounds good," Killua said.
The two stared each other down for a minute, then the glass of the bottle shattered on the floor, and Bopobo was sent sailing out of the flaming ring. Killua landed from his jump-kick as he watched Bopobo crash into a table.
The crowd was in shock, Killua had moved faster than any of them could see, and had taken out Bopobo in less than a second.
"That wasn't too hard," Killua taunted the fallen thug as he clamored to his feet.
"You little brat!" Bopobo said as he started towards Killua.
"You're going to leave now right? That was the agreement?" Biscuit interrupted as she saw the hostility in Bopobo's eyes.
Bopobo snapped out of his rage and looked at her "Wha- oh, right. Yeah, c'mon boys," He said with a wave of his arm. He led the group out of the bar but stopped in the doorway to speak with the group.
"Gather some more of your friends and meet us at the lighthouse, Razor'll wanna have a word with you," Bopobo told them.
The group looked at each other in confusion, Gon turned back to Bopobo to ask for more information, but the man was already gone.
"I guess we need to find some more people," Biscuit said to the others.
They nodded.
"We also need to find that man, he said he'd tell us more about 'Spot of Shore' if we drove those thugs out," Wiv added.
Gon walked out the door and told the man what happened. He nodded.
"Sounds about right, that's what I was going to tell you, if you drive those men out, they'll tell Razor and he'd send them to find you and tell you to go to the lighthouse, but you'll need more people. About ten more with how big your group is," The man told them.
"So we need ten more people and then we go talk to Razor at the lighthouse…" Biscuit said to herself as she went over the information.
"Well, I suppose we should start searching our contact lists right?" Gon asked.
"We can see if Kazsule is interested," Killua offered.
"Kazsule?" Wiv asked.
"It's a long story, we can tell you about it while we wait for a response," Killua told her.
She nodded, settling in while the others started to make contact with anyone they could think of. It was going to be a long night.