Chapter 3

WARNINGS

Profanity

Jobien's eyes flickered to the boy with white hair a couple of times while he prepared to heal Alluka. When the three of you arrived, the white-haired boy quickly brought over a pillow from the couch for Alluka to lay her head on as Jobien healed her. He sat across for him, sitting cross-legged on the floor from the other side of Alluka's body. His eyes never left her.

The boy had not spoken a word to Jobien since he had found Alluka in the alley. After he asked and got permission to heal Alluka, the boy had seemed frozen for a whole minute before he had gestured for Jobien to follow him.

It must have been a shock to see his sister hurt, in so much pain, she needs my help.

"Don't worry." Jobien said to the boy, his bright green eyes flickering over to meet his sapphire ones, "I'm going to save her. I promise."

Jobien blinked his eyes back over towards the little girl and lifted his hand. His hand directly above Alluka's side his eyebrows got close together as he started concentrating.

It has been so long since I healed somebody. I do not even know if I CAN do it anymore

I made a promise.

I must heal this little girl.

He let out a breath of concentration and started to focus his nen. A small light blue dragon appeared to come out of his body and headed straight towards Alluka's wound. The dragon made its way to Alluka's wound and wrapped itself around the damaged skin. This was one of his rare nen abilities and one of the hardest to pull off. His eyes began to squint at the wound as the dragon started to slowly relieve himself from the wound since the skin had finally started to regenerate. He could feel his energy starting to drain as he continued to heal her. His vision becoming hazy, but he kept going.

The boy across from Jobien leaned forward to watch more carefully of what was going on. His eyes were analyzing every single one of his movements.

After about two minutes, the wound to Alluka's side was completely healed. The dragon that was once healing her had retreated and now sat on top of Jobien's shoulder. The color that was drained from her face from earlier returned, her cheeks as rosy as when Jobien had first saw her in the market place this morning. Her sapphire eyes opening with excitement. She jumped up and tackled her brother.

"Big brother!" She smiled brightly and hugged him tightly.

The boy looked surprised at the sudden burst of energy.

Jobien laughed and smile gently. "She's going to have a lot of energy now. I forgot tot tell you that. She probably won't be able to get any sleep tonight."

Fuck.

Jobien felt his eyes begin to close and his ability to keep his head up began to fail. He shook his head trying to keep awake.

Alluka turned her attention towards Jobien and looked at him with a bright smile. "Thank you Jobien… Jobien? Are you okay?"

Her voice faded to a whisper as he collapsed and suddenly everything went black.

…

Jobien blinked his eyes open, something cold laid on top of his forehead. He lifted his head to see two boys talking with each other, one more animated than the other. The boy with the white hair that he had met yesterday was sitting in a chair. His eyes met Jobien's when he noticed that he was awake, but his expression appeared to be unreadable still. There was another boy sitting at the end of the bed that Jobien was laying on.

Immediately Jobien recognized the green outfit he was wearing and sat up immediately. A smile grew across Jobien's face when he noticed who it was.

"Gon!"

…

Jobien and Gon were both 13-years-old when they first met each other. It was quite a while ago when he had traveled to Whale City with his mother so they could go on a little vacation for a little while. Leaving his father at home.

The island was pretty much remote. There was not a lot of people. It was one of the quietest places that Jobien has ever been. Jobien sat at the base of a tree trunk, looking up at the sky. He closed his eyes for a moment until he heard a voice behind the back of him.

"Hi!"

Jobien turned around, startled by his voice. A boy was standing there was an interesting green outfit and a fishing pole resting against his shoulders. He smiled bright at Jobien before continuing the conversation.

"I'm Gon! What's your name?" He asked, prancing closer to Jobien.

His eyes widened in surprise. He was not sure that he would find someone this young on the island. He rubbed the back of his head before introducing himself to Gon.

"I'm Jobien." He whispered shyly. He was not particularly good at making friends. In fact, this would be his first friend that he has made.

"Jobien?" He said, smiling.

Jobien nodded lightly, running his hand through thick curls.

"It's nice to meet you! Where are you from? I never see kids on the island so you must be visiting right?" He questioned Jobien.

"Yeah I'm just visiting. I am from the Republic of Padokea. It is not nice as Whale Island though."

"Oh," He said sitting on the grass in front of him. "How long are you going to be staying for?"

"I'm only going to be here for a couple of hours actually. My mother went to go look around for something. She was supposed to be back by now, but she has not come back yet." Jobien muttered. It is true though. His mother did go out to look for something, but she has not been back for a while now.

The boy looked at him and suddenly sprung up from his spot in the grass, "Well in the meantime let's get going!"

"What?"

"Don't you want to see the island before you leave? I can show you around the entire island and we can play!"

Jobien's eyebrows came close together as there was a conflict presented to you. Should I go and hang out with him for a little while. Mother is not back yet so I do not think she would mind me going to hang out with a kid that is around my age.

I do not have any friends where I live so I think I should take the shot at making a friend.

Just this once.

"Yeah! That sounds like fun!" Jobien said as he stood up from the stump he was sitting on. Gon let out a joyful laugh and grabbed onto Jobien's hand and pulled him into the forest.

The two of them ran all over Whale Island. Gon took him fishing and even had enough time to teach Jobien how to fish for himself. They went to the shore and felt the hot sand. Jobien's smile never ended. He sighed as he smelled the ocean water. They ran back into the forest and into the mountains. The two of them laughed when Gon tripped and fell into the pond. The two of them even had a chance to make a handshake!

Gon then had taken him to his house so they could eat lunch. Jobien eyes grew big when she severed him a homecooked meal. Jobien wished he could stay with them or even had the chance to hang out with Gon for even longer.

When Gon and Jobien arrived back at the tree stump, he could not hide the sad expression that suddenly fell upon his face. He wanted to stay with Gon for a lot longer. He did not want to leave his new friend behind.

Gon's eyebrows furrowed together in concern when he noticed the pain expression that came across his new friend's face. "Jobien? What's wrong?"

"Well I just wish I we had more time to spend together with you Gon. I had a lot of fun with you today."

Gon smiled at him, "Do not worry Jobien! I promise we will hang out again someday. I pinky promise!"

He held out his pinky towards Jobien and he wrapped his pinky around his. After the two of them had pinky promise Gon had left Jobien alone on the tree stump. Jobien waited patiently for his mom to show up.

But she never came back.

…

Jobien's eyes met Gon's as he relived the memories of the two of them hanging out together. Gon jumped up and gave him a hug. He squeezed Jobien tightly and Jobien did the same. He was not expecting to see Gon ever again.

"Why do you look shocked to see me? Didn't I promise you that we would see each other again?" He said, laughing.

"Well I wasn't expecting to see you so soon. Well… I was not expecting to see you at all." Jobien said, breaking apart from the hug and taking a step back from Gon.

Gon did not seem to notice that Jobien was acting a little bit off. He then pointed to the boy with white hair. "That's Killua! He's my best friend!"

Killua frowned as his cheeks turned a tinted pink. His eyes drifted off the wall and he crossed them over his chest. "Don't say stuff like that. It's so embarrassing!"

Jobien turned and looked at Killua. "It's nice to meet you." He said as he scratched the back of his head. The boy looked over at Jobien and nodded his head.

"It's amazing how you healed Alluka! We're sorry if she had caused you any trouble, she ran off yesterday and we were looking for her everywhere." Gon said, embarrassed that he had lost sight of his best friend's little sister.

"It was nothing really." Jobien said, a small tint of pink started to appear across his cheeks. He felt embarrassed since he was not really used to hearing compliments from people.

"How did you even do it, Jobien? Killua told me about your ability. Is it your nen? Are you a hunter too?" Gon asked.

"Oh." Jobien squeaked. "I'm not a hunter yet but it is part of my nen abilities. I was planning on taking the hunter exam this year. The healing is one of my abilities. Jobien's eyes flickered to the light blue ghostly dragon that appeared and now was now sitting on top of his shoulder. "He's also my pet I guess you could say. But my ability heals people fast and gives them a sudden boost. But of course, it does have its drawbacks. It leaves me weak and tired. Sometimes but not all the time it also allows…" Jobien's voice trailed off as his eyes grew big in fear.

Fuck!

Why did not I fucking think of that.

" What's wrong?" Gon questioned him

"I-I Have to go." Jobien said, stuttering as he stood up from the couch and ran into the living room. Jobien quickly shoved his feet into his shoes. Gon and Killua followed him into the living room. Gon was about to open his mouth but Jobien cut him off.

"I really have to go. I do not want any of you to get hurt. He will kill you. He will kill all of you." Jobien said, turning to face the two boys.

"Jobien…" Gon's voice dropped to a sudden serious tone. "Is someone trying to hurt you?"

"No, It's not that. Gon Please."

"You're shaking." Gon said, grabbing his wrist. Jobien yanked his wrist away and stared at Gon.

He knows.

I should not have done that.

"Come with us to Whale Island! We are going to visit Mito and whoever is looking for you will not be looking there. Please, it is the first time I ever got to see you again and if you're in trouble I want to help you and protect you." Gon said.

Jobien smiled but shook his head. "Please I just want to keep you safe." Jobien said, he started heading towards the door before he could reach the door handle a soft pale hand grabbed onto his wrist. Jobien was about to pull out of his grasp before he started to speak.

"Don't be an idiot. You're going to get yourself killed." He said, annoyed. His sapphire blue eyes were staring deep into Jobien's. "Stay with us. We will protect you." He said, nodding his head at Gon.