Chapter 4: Third World
Somewhere
"Ouch" Kira exclaimed as we landed on the ground
"There should be cushions or pillows" I complained next to her
"Where are we" we looked around to see that there was a group of people in front of us doing something. Good thing our appearance didn't catch their attention
We walked up to a group with four people, 1 old looking man, 2 kids, and 1 really fat guy.
"Hello, what's your name?" Kira asked the guy next to her
"Hn…Killua" the silver haired boy said, eying her with suspicion.
Kira's POV
"Can you tell us where we are?" I asked Killua.
He just raised his eyebrow and replied, "No." before turning and walking away.
"Man! That was rude!" Ari complained beside me.
I stood still in shock as a wave of familiarity washed over me. "I feel like I've known him from somewhere before..." I murmured quietly.
"Wha?" Ari asked.
"Nothing...nothing..." I said quietly.
"Come on, let's go find someone else who's willing to help us..." Ari said.
However, at that moment, everyone started to walk in one direction. We shrugged then followed.
"Hey...is it just me or is everyone going faster and faster?" Ari asked.
"Nope its just you." I replied and gave a cheeky grin.
"HEY!" Ari complained.
"Hahaha...just kidding...and yes it seems like everyone's going into a jog..." I said before doing what everyone else was doing.
"HEY! That's cheating!" The old man from earlier shouted at Killua, who was on a skateboard. He just glanced over with half-closed eyes at him.
"No he isn't!" The spiky haired boy beside him said. "It seems to be an endurance test. They never said it was one." He pointed out.
"Gon! Are you on my side or his?" The old man shouted.
By this time Killua was staring interestedly at the black haired boy. "Hey, what's your name?" He asked.
"My's name's Gon Freeces! I'm 12! How about you?" The boy, Gon, exclaimed happily.
"Hmm..." Suddenly, Killua jumped off of his skateboard and carried it under his arm.
"Hey, that's a cool trick!" Gon exclaimed.
"I'm running too." Killua announced.
"So what's your name?" Gon asked.
"Killua. Same age as you." Killua replied. Then he turned around and shouted behind him. "What about you, old man?"
Ari and I bit back our laughter as Killua asked his question so bluntedly.
"WHY YOU! I'm 23! Not THAT old!" the 'old man' yelled.
"Really?" Gon now turned around and asked.
We saw the man trip a little at this statement and had to hold back our snickers again.
"Oh yeah...and his name's Leorio. Man, he ure looks older than 23 though...don't you think so Killua?" Gon asked his newest friend.
"Sure does." Killua replied.
Ari frowned beside me, "Man, how come he's so friendly with that boy and acted so rude to us?"
"Maybe because we look older than him and like a buncha giggling freaky fangirls?" I asked, snickering.
"Hey!" Ari shouted indignantly.
"Hahahaha!" I laughed.
She scowled. "Man, now you're acting like him. Sheesh, what is he, your little brother?"
I stumbled over my own feet at this question and fell quiet.
"Hmm...maybe he is..." I mused to myself.
Now it was Ari's turn to trip. "WHAT?"
I snickered to myself at all the trippings everyone had done within an hour.
An hour later, I could barely even go on while a lotta people were still going strong. Only a few and fell behind a little.
"Man...we could really do with Killua's skateboard right now..." Ari beside me panted. She was in the same condition as I was.
"Too bad we can't fly...or make someone carry us..." I muttered.
Ari glanced over. "Hey..that's not too bad of an idea..." She ran up to the nearest person who seemed strong enough to carry us both and asked him in a sickeningly sweet and innocent voice with her hands clasped in front of her, "Mister, can you carry both me and my friend here to wherever everyone is going? We're kind of lost and we don't want to be left behind in this big, dark, scary tunnel. Please?" She gave him puppy-dog eyes and even let some fake tears drip from her eyes.
I was behind them with a fist in my mouth trying to muffle my laughter. But I acted the sweet, innocent, tired, and scared girl that Ari gave off to the both of us.
"Well...alright." The man said and let us ride on his shoulders. Luckily for us, the man was one of those arrogant ones who thought that they were all really buff and stuff. When he was in the same condition as we were about 4 hours later, we said thank you to him and then ran off to catch up with the group before using the same tactic we used on the guy on other people until the last set of steps where we just ran straight through right before the door closed.
"Whew." We both sighed and panted from the last sprint. We looked up to see a huge marsh in front of us with several flying... creatures/monsters hovering a fair distance above us.
Ari's Pov
"Oh, my god" I gasped as I saw someone really hurt badly limp over to us holding a cloth
"He's a fake" the guy exclaimed, "He's not an Examiner, I'm the real Examiner"
"Well that seem to get everyone in a panic" I whispered to Kira and looked at the guy who was leading us through the course
"Yeah, I wonder who's lying" Kira responded
"Hey old man" the guy who was being made fun of by Gon and Killua stood infront of the wounded guy. I think his name was Leorio, "You better have some proof he is fake"
"Look at this" the guy said tossing the cloth onto the floor
"Ahh!" Kira and I gasped as it revealed a monkey sort of creature with a human head who was dead with a whole lot of gashes.
All we heard was, "Was is that?" "Is it a beast?" and many other kind of murmurs including , "Look at his face, it's the Examiners face"
"Yeah, this is a human-faced monkey that lives in the Numele Swamp." The wounded guy answered, " It takes the form of a person, ingeniously tricks people, then lures them into a trap. He is one of the human-faced monkeys! He is trying to get all the candidates killed…to eat you all" he said pointing to the purple haired man
"What?"
"Now that you mention it…does seem true" said a ninja dressed guy
"No wonder. The way he ran the marathon…I thought it was too farfetched" Leorio exclaimed
"We can't keep him alive" everyone else said as some of the candidates advanced towards the Examiner and the Examiner did nothing but stand there
"That guy looks worried" Kira said pointing to a blond guy
"There's only one was to figure this out, the real examiner has a Licensed Card" the blond guy said
"Licensed Card?" Gon asked
"He stole my card!" the wounded guy exclaimed
"Then having a card won't prove anything" Leorio said
Suddenly playing cards fly from somewhere and embedded themselves into the wonded guys face
"Wha-" I started
The guy fell down and died instantly
"I see. I see" said a guy who was dressed like a clown or something was doing tricks with his cards
"He's scary" Kira said
"Remind me never to be near him" I told her
"Why did you do that?" Leorio asked
"This way, its much faster" the clown man said
The monkey thing moved his eyes and got up to run away. Though he did not get far since the guy through another card killing it too.
"This settles everything" he said, "You're the real one…Mr. Examiner. A hunter, which we're trying to become, should be able to block that simple attack"
"I'll take that as a compliment" the Examiner said as he was holding a card, "But…Any more acts of violence against the Examiner, for any reason, will result in you failing. Understood?"
"Yes. Yes" the guy responded
He is creepy
"Shall we go ahead?" the Examiner asked, "To the second exam Center"
We were all walking through the marshes
"Say Kira?" I looked at her, "When did we change our clothes?"
I was now wearing a red silky stretch shirt that is very clingy and is a bit more low cut then I would have liked it. I had on a black pants and a red belt with a sort of flute hanging from it. It was silvery blue.
Whats with these colors? Not that I'm complaining though
"I dunno" Kira responded
She was wearing a really super pale pink sleeveless shirt that revealed her shoulders and the "shoulder straps" of the shirt were hanging on her arm instead. Black straps could be seen over her shoulders under the shirt. She also had a super pale whitish-purple skirt that hung in waves down to her ankles.
As we were running, we found out that we weren't tired at all. Usually when we ran at school, our body would ache and we get real tired fast. As we all started to run, the dirt became mud and more slippery then before and the fog was rolling in
"Hey Kira?" I said as I looked at where Kira was suppose to be next to me but she wasn't there, "Kira? Oh boy, we better not get lost in this forest marsh thingy. Better get in front"
Or worse, meet up with that Hisoka guy
Suddenly there were some screeching sounds and moth like things are flying towards the group
"Wha-" I was about to touch one when the guy next to me touched one and fell down on the floor unconscious
Better not
I dodged the moths and ran to a place where people looked like they were in a green goop
"Eww…" I gagged and ran past it and then I heard someone scream. I ran until I saw that blond kid and Leorio. They were fighting someone
"Whats going on?" I asked as I walked up to the blond kid
"Kurapika, watch out" said a voice and the blond kid jumped away as a card landed on where he was standing but the others weren't so lucky and died
There was then a laugh and Hisoka came out of the fog smirking
"You…" Leorio said clutching his wounded arm, "What are you doing?"
"Playing Examiner," Hisoka answered,
"If you lose the Examiner, then you fail with us" said a random guy
Suddenly, he fell down with a gash on his neck, "Don't group me with you," Hisoka said clutching the Joker card
Everyone got out their weapons and charged at Hisoka and everyone died until it was only me, Kurapika, Leorio, and another guy
"Only you four left" Hisoka said walking towards us and I began to tense and instinctively gabbed the flute.
Suddenly the other three ran in different ways and I was left standing alone with the still approaching Hisoka
"Well, it looks like only one was brave enough to stay put" Hisoka said as he was standing right in front of me while I clutching the flute and shaking a bit
"I guess you earn a prize" he said as he raised his hand
I shut my eyes and waited for the blow that will send me to my death but instead I felt his hand on my cheek and lifted it up to face him.
I open my eyes in shock when I felt his lips upon mine.
What the hell! The murderer of these people was kissing me!
He finally let go with a smirk
"Your kinda cute" he smirked, "I'll see you again later" he said as he disappeared behind me after the other three leaving me standing there shocked
"Oh my god," I said to myself as I tried to catch up to the Examiner, "I wonder what Kira is doing right now?"
Kira's Pov
I followed Killua and Gon through the fog that suddenly appeared. That is, until a scream sounded behind us and Gon left. Killua tried to stop him, but it was no use. I watched him as he slowly got frustrated before turning and then kept going. I followed behind him.
'Man, it shouldn't be possible to find someone this familiar when you're skipping dimensions...' I thought. 'Although...I guess it would make sense if he was my little brother or something...but in another dimensions?'
When he finally stopped, I found myself in front of this huge warehouse thingy.
"Why are you following and staring at me?" I turned and saw Killua leaned up against a tree to my left. "And when did you change your clothes?" He looked confused at this.
I stayed quiet for a while before answering him. "I'm following you because you seem to know what you're doing, and I'm watching you because you look familiar to me, which seems impossible, but apparently, you do." I shrugged.
He just raised his eyebrow. "How do I seems familiar to you then?" He asked finally.
"Ari suggested that you were my sibling, which could be true for all I know about my family lineage." I answered.
"You don't know who your family is?" Killua seemed a little shocked.
"Nope." I answered.
"Anyways, you couldn't be my sibling because I know who they all are..." He trailed off at this part.
"What?" I asked.
" Well...I have a sibling named Alluka..." Then he shook his head. "No one knows who he or she is though...only Mother, Father, and Grandpa Zeno know. I haven't even met him/her either."
We were quiet again and stayed that way until the other people started to arrive. I sat down at the base of the next tree over and stayed there until Ari arrived. Although, I did hear Gon coming from a while away before even seeing Ari. I watched the pair Killua and Gon made in amusement until Ari 'plopped' down next to me and panted in exhaustion.
"Man they go fast." She commented when she finally got her breath back.
We waited like that in silence until the doors of the warehouse started to creak open.
"Alright! The second test is about to start!" A pink haired girl announced. She stood in front of a huuuuuge giant guy.
"Whoa...is that supposed to be the examiner?" Ari whispered to me beside me.
I just blinked while staring at the enormously 'fat' man. "I guess..."
We didn't hear what the examiners said besides a few short phrases. Something about a cooking contest...
"Hmm...I want roast beef!" The man announced.
"Roast beef?" Me and Ari shouted in surprise. Where in the world were we supposed to find a pig?
We got caught in the wave of people who rushed out. Apparently, they were going to catch the pigs that were supposedly in the forest. We shrugged at each other and followed along. Soon enough, we were chased by a couple of wild boars and somehow got them to kill each other by us running in opposite directions towards each other so that they ran into each other.
"Well...we got our pig problem solved." I said.
An Hour Later
"Whoa...did that guy just eat 70 pigs?" We stared in shock.
"Alright! This year's entree is going to be...sushi!" The pink haired girl, Menchi, announced.
"SUSHI?" We echoed the sentiments of the other people.
"Well...at least its easy to make..." I muttered.
"Yeah... wanna go get the fish now?" Ari whispered to me.
"Sure..." I sighed. "But I prefer imitation crab meat..."
All of a sudden, this huge frozen slab of...something...fell down from out of nowhere and hit me straight on top of my head.
"OWWW!" I shouted in pain. "What the F is the big idea!" I clutched at my head in pain.
"Hmm.." Ari walked over to the slab, crouched down, and then poked at it. "Well...at least you got your wish."
"What are you talking about?" I almost yelled at her.
She picked up the slab and showed it to me. "Here."
I stared at the thing is disbelief. "WHAT THE HELL! You've GOT to be shittin' me..."
"Nope." Ari grinned. I was staring at a slab of my favorite imitation crab meat...frozen and all.
An hour later
We panted in exhastion from trying to catch the fish.
"Well...at..least...we...got..the fish..." Ari said inbetween pants.
"Yeah.." I agreed.
"Let's go back." She said. We carried the fish back to the warehouse and started to make the sushi.
I made imitation crab meat sushi, of course. And Ari made salted fresh-water fish sushi.
Ari's Pov
We took our sushi to where Menchi was sitting breathing heavily after yelling at another guy who failed to cook the wanted item
"Here" we said as we presented our plated
"Hm" she said as she took one of Kira's, "This is good, but not the one I wanted" she said as she pointed back to the sink
"How about this?" I said as I presented mine
She took it and started to chew, "Really good, but not what I call a five course meal" she said and I walked back to the sink
After about an hour later, Menchi and another guy started a fight and ended with the commissioner coming
Later we found ourselves on top of a mountain with eggs hanging by strings at the bottom
After the instructions were given on retrieving the eggs we set out
"Hey Kira, aren't you coming?" I asked as Kira made no move to jump the cliff
"Uh…why don't you through the eggs up here and I catch them?" Kira suggested with an innocent smile
"Why?" I asked as I looked at her suspiciously
"Because I'm wearing a skirt and there are guys around" she said
"Fine, send your friend to her death" I jumped down the cliff and safely landed on the web
As quickly as I could I ran across the web and snatched two eggs before anyone else could and threw them to Kira. Then I climbed back up the cliff to my surprise with little difficulty.
So after the boiling the egg, about 30 of us passed the second exam and we were heading to our third
Fast Really Forward
"What! What do you mean we have to pay 3,000,000 for a room?" Leorio shouted at the two old couple.
"Don't worry, there are buried treasure under the water and we will except what you find" the old man said
Kira and I sent out to see what we can dig up. Or more like carry up.
"So, who's swimming?" I asked
She looked at me, "You?"
"With all these guys around?" I asked surprised
"No ones going to look at you" she said
"Yeah right…" I mumbled as I took off my clothe except my undergarments and dived under.
I found 2 trunk of gold and I carried it back to Kira with a bit of trouble.
After the rooms were sorted out, I found out I had a different room then her. I walked to the room number stated on the key. I opened the door as found my self faced with a whole bunch of snakes.
OH MY GOD
I immediately ran out and towards the old couple who was talking to the fat guy. Tompa was his name I think. I don't really remember.
He said he wanted to switch, I would gladly.
"Hey mister!" I said to get his attention
"How about a trade?" I asked as he gladly took the key and ran away
Oh well, what he doesn't know wont hurt him
I looked at the key
Hm…number 34 I wonder who's there
I walked quickly towards that room and opened the door, surprisingly the one person I didn't want to see was in that room
Hisoka
He was stacking cards to make a castle thing
"Uh…I think I have the wrong room" I said as I was about to turn the knob and get out
Suddenly a card embedded on the door close to where my head was
"You will stay here" he said, "Come here"
I nervously walked over to the bed that was across from his and sat down
"Don't be afraid, I don't bite," he smirked, "Hard…"
Great…real reassuring
He stood up and walked over to me without making the castle thing fall. When he was right in front of me, he tilted my chin up like last time
"I told you that I will see you again" he smirked and his lips reached mine again, but this time it was demanding and he forced me to lie on the bed and he was still on top of me
PERVERT!
No matter how much I said that this was not right, he gave me no choice. Soon his tongue was in my mouth and no matter how I tried. And believe my when I said I tried; I couldn't stop myself from moaning a bit. I could feel him smirking as he kissed me, I place my hand on his shoulder and with some difficulty, pushed him away since I was losing my breathe and I would like to have some air. He looked at me as I was trying to catch my breath and leaned his head on my neck close to my ear.
"We are going to have such a good time" he murmured into my ear causing me to shiver. He climbed on my bed and, laid on my pillow and pulled me next to him. My back was facing his chest. He held me in a grip that I can't break free. Or I'm too afraid too. He can kill you for crying out loud.
"Why can't you sleep on you own bed?" I asked and glared as I turned a bit to look at him
"This is much more fun" he replied with a smirk and place him face on my shoulder and with one hand, place the blanket around us
I sighed as I thought
Wonder how Kira is doing? I wonder if she is having this kind of trouble
Kira's POV
'Hmm...wonder who my roommate's going to be...' I thought.
I opened the door to my assigned room, blinked a couple of times, closed the door, and opened it again. I blinked once more, closed the door, turned around, and thought, 'Why me...'
At Lunchtime
"Hey...is your roommate as bad as mine?" Ari asked.
"Depends on who you have..." Kira said.
"Hisoka."
"Ouch."
"You?"
" "
"...that's just about as bad..."
"Actually...I think yours is worse..."
Ari grimaced. "If you mean that he's a perverted bastard, then yes. In other terms...he's...still pretty freaky anyways..."
Kira sweatdropped. "Glad that Frankenstein was only ugly...and just buzzes a lot...ugh..I don't think I can put up with a pervert..."
Ari's POV
"Why me" I whined as I banged my head on the table a few times
"You should stop or you'll break that pretty little head of yours" A voice said beside me making my head fly up
"You…" Kira gasped, "People said that you were killing some of the contestants"
"So what if I was?" Hisoka said getting very close to Kira's face
Kira's POV
'AAAAAACCCKKKKKKKKKKKKK!' I sceamed in my mind. 'Must get away...' I scooted away from him a little bit, but he scooted closer a little bit too.
Ari's POV
"Leave her alone!" I growled a bit
"What jealous?" Hisoka smirked at me
"What the hell are you talking about?" I demanded
"Nothing, love" he said as he took a seat next to me and placed a hand on my thigh
"Don't call me that" I whispered menacingly as I removed his hand
"I'll call you whatever I want" he said as he place his hand back there with a little warning grip.
"Ari! I need to talk to you now!" Kira sounded urgent and motioned out the door
"Umm…could you excuse me Hisoka?" I asked
"Fine" he said after a while
When we were out side, I turned towards Kira to ask her what was wrong and gasped as I saw that she was disappearing
"Again!" I sighed and I slapped my forehead with my hand, "Where to next?"
"And I was about to ask Killua about something too." Kira sighed
"Life isn't fair." we chorused as we disappeared completely