Gon circled the edge of the lake to get nearer and make sure that what he saw was his father. Gon ran towards him, the man gestured Gon to move away.
"Is that how Mito raised you?" the man asked, his voice was unfamiliar but Gon's senses told him that he heard that voice sometime in the past. "Did she teach you to run from your enemies? Are you that coward?"
Gon was shocked. Is this how a father greet his son on their very first meeting? He bowed his head. He wanted to punch his father and tell him how he longed to have him by his side while he grew, to teach him to become a good hunter like him – tell him how irresponsible he was to leave him to behind. But he could do nothing, until he proved that he is worthy enough to fight him. He'll face the enemy once and for all.
He turned from his father's figure, "I'll defeat him…" his voice sounded bitter, "I'll defeat him to prove that Aunt Mito didn't raised me in cowardice…" he stepped forward. "I'll prove you that I'm your son and I'm gonna be a great hunter…" a smile peeped on his lips, "Greater than you…"
The kid then run towards the lake where he knew Monn was waiting… waiting to devour him, but what he saw surprised him the most…
"Gon, come near me, my son…" Jin said, opening his arms in a wide welcoming embrace. "You had proven yourself enough…"
Gon phased near his father. The time has come for them to meet; he does not feel the blame anymore. He wanted to hug his father and tell him how much he missed him. He wanna play with him, go fishing with him – stay with him for the rest of his life. Gon succumbed to the temptation of letting his tired body fall on his father's arms.
"Are you that naïve to believe that I'm your father?" a thundering voice came uttering. Gon was shocked. He could feel his energy ebbing towards the image that he believed to be his father. He doesn't look like Jin anymore, for he had reverted to his own form.
"Fool!" the dark-eyed demon said, twisting his lips in a maniacal grin.
It's dark, he can't see but it doesn't feel cold nor warm. He tried to move but cant. Am I dead? Was the only phrase he could utter, but he hadn't heard a sound.
"I can't die yet…" Gon said to himself, thinking of the things, persons, everything he wanted to live for…
Killua, Kurapika, Leorio; his friends… Aunt Mito, Grandma and Conta; those who waits for his homecoming to Whale island… And Jin… He has the mission to find Jin and overcome him. That alone can give enough power for him to survive… to strive for life… He cant be like this forever, clinging on the edge of life and death – he had to chose which way to go and he had chosen to live, for he has the reason to.
Gon opened his eyes and found that it's nearly daybreak. The dark one gathering all the power he can absorb to make his concluding move – to devour him and own his body.
The kid tried to move away as fast as his exhausted feet will allow him to. He wanted the demon to chase him. If he could still run for quarter an hour, he can lure the fiend to the bright sunlight – if his instincts won't fail him. The creature of the dark always feared the light. Still, he was not sure. He don't even know what his opponent is.
"Do you think you can hide from me?" the dark one called, as if he knew where he was.
If only I could use my nen by now, it wont be this hard. But what would the power of the will can do in a battle against darkness? That's it!
Gon finally show himself to the dark one.
"You finally give up?" the dark one said, flowing like a massive dark miasma, wrapping Gon's body until it was totally lost beyond the young one's body.
Gon closed his eyes, whatever may come next might be against his will, but he have to try to overcome darkness…
Gon started to twist for he feels his right arm becoming numb from its tips crawling to his shoulder… Ten minutes more, please let me last for ten minutes… He held his right hand as if he was holding a different arm, squeezing it until it bled. I can still use my feet! Gon ran to the giant oak tree, jumping from branch to branch until he can see the horizon flamed by the reddish glow of the morning sun.
When the glorious rays of the sun touched him, he felt relieved. He can no longer feel the dark one inside his body. Maybe he had disappeared, like the mist that had been chased by the sunlight.
"At last, it's finally over…" Gon whispered to himself while he let his weary body fall on the stack of dried leaves at the base of the oak tree.