Hehehe, I'm back! Thanks to RGNN, my sister for usual purposes, and my READERS!!! (I love you all. In a friend way. Though I don't know half of you all... That's just weird...)

Now, stopping my ramblings, here is the chapter! (but also because I have nothing else to say)

Well, after nearly falling off a cliff and catching a bus ride back to the train station, we had a little talk on the train. Some very angry glares and some pineapple tea later, Dusky (I think) explained everything to them. I say I think, because I was hiding out in the toilet at that time.

The tea was very nice really.

Anyway, as I was saying, we were standing around on the street where Kurapika was demonstrating how Creepy Butler fooled Gon with the coin.

'And then, the coin slides into his sleeve while he gets another coin into his other hand,' Kurapika demonstrated.

I laughed at Gon's shocked face, and then turned to Dusky.

'Are we going back to Avril now, Dusky?' I said to her when the others were talking to one another.

'I don't know when we're supposed to go. Jeb hasn't been in the yellow-skied dimension for the last few weeks, and we don't have any other clues… Should we go to Avril first? Or go to the tower first? I'm not sure…'

She started pushing my wheelchair after the others, lagging a little behind.

''But that's more than seven months later!' My ears pricked. That's wrong! It was supposed to be six months before they met in York Shin!

Wait…

Kurapika started saying his good-byes. I pulled a gust of wind to blow me to where the others were quickly, thinking that there was something more to this than it seemed…

'Kurapika! Don't go yet!' I yelled as I braked right in front of them. 'Do you all want to go to Avril with me? I'm a …' I shouldn't tell them that I was a princess yet, should I? '…bit important in Avril, so you can go into the country with me with no hooks attached!'

' And…' I shook a finger at them, in lecture mode, '…if you ever want to go back to Avril, you can, because you've already been there once!'

I smiled at them hopefully. 'So?'

Gon and Killua nodded. 'Yeah! I mean, we haven't got much planned have we, Killua?' Gon bounced happily on his toes. 'And the cure for Wind is there too, so it's an added bonus!'

Kurapika smiled at me.

'Sorry, Wind. I need to save up money for–' I cut him off.

'Our country's information network is the best in the world. You may find some sources about the things you are searching for in our archives. And one other thing that you might not be expecting.' I said to him, my eyes flickering towards Dusky for a millisecond.

She was also a survivor of the Kurata clan in this world, since she's the ultimate fan girl and had wished for it, and if Kurapika found out, it might stop him from getting too emo. Something in Kurapika's eyes flashed.

I turned to Leorio. 'And our medical advances are far more superior to other countries. You can study and spread some of our knowledge out to the world. We're very reclusive and don't like coming out to the world much. So if you go…'

Leorio clapped his hands.

'Of course I'll go! There's still a few months before school starts anyway!'

Gon came up to me. 'Then I might find something about my father?' I nodded.

'Yay! Let's go!' Gon bounced up and down.

I looked at Kurapika. 'We can only stay there for a month though. All of you have different things to see and do.' Kurapika nodded slowly.

'I'll go with you.' I smiled triumphantly.

'Let's go to the nearest airport then! Gon, wave down a taxi!' Gon gave me a thumb up and ran off. We followed him at a slower pace. I looked in my pack and took out F.R.O.G. They looked at me curiously.

'Why did you take out a rock for, Wind?' I smiled at them mysteriously and twisted it into a laptop.

'I'm arranging our transportation.' And started tapping away at the keyboard.

The book said that I needed an identification card, which is supplied in my laptop, so that's nothing… Then contacting Avril to send a plane…

I had memorised nearly everything in those two mountain books. I swear, I nearly died every single freaking day I studied those two monsters. They never seemed to end!

Never underestimate a human being's brain capacity…

We got into the taxi and drove to the airport. After our arrival, I waved them over to some seats to sit down.

'We need to wait for awhile, about two hours, I think, so get comfortable.' Gon immediately started dragging Killua to the food court. I just sat down and relaxed. I wonder if they sell pineapple tea here…

Two hours later (still at airport)

'Ok! Everyone ready?'

'Yes!' They chorused. Everyone looked a bit happier now that we were on the move. I led them (technically Dusky did, as she was pushing the chair) to the more exclusive part of the airport, where rich people had their private planes.

'Err… Wind? Are you sure we're supposed to be here?' Leorio said, looking very out of place in the posh surroundings.

'Yup! Just a bit further in should be our plane… because there're no public planes going to Avril, so I needed to send a message for a private one.' Leorio looked at me with googly eyes.

'Just how important are you, Wind?'

I chuckled nervously.

'Not that important, in my terms…' I trailed off and looked up from F.R.O.G. 'My laptop says that our plane is there!' I pointed to the entrance that led to a middle sized plane.

'That's all for us?'

'Mmhmm. Not that big actually. Come on!'

There was an approximately 40 year old person standing in front of the gate, dressed in a multi-coloured shining robe. That meant that he was a wind-controller, just like me. I recognised him too, as he was one of the guards in the book. His eyes lit up and started towards me.

'Ah! Him-' I was out of the chair in a flash, and I clapped his mouth closed.

'Don't call me hime-sama. Call me Wind-sama if you have to. My friends don't know I'm a princess yet, and I plan not to let them know until the latest possible moment. And Gachul, tell that to the other crew-members too.' I whispered in his ear. He nodded and I let go and smiled at him.

'Why hello, Gachul! I haven't seen you for a long time!' He seemed happy that I smiled at him.

'Yup, Wind-sama. Please lead your friends this way; I have some business to attend to.' He winked at me and strode swiftly in. The others had looked at our exchange in confusion. I just smiled at them and waved them over.

'Get in. The plane might not wait for us you know!' I walked in, glad to not use the wheelchair.

Actually, I was glad that I was the first one in, or they would have seen my surprised face when I should have been used to these luxuries.

There were seats that were as wide as beds, which could obviously move with sliding walls in between them, for privacy or to talk. With each mini 'room' there was a widescreen television, some high tech headphones, a table beside it stuffed full of reading material. And that was only the first portion of the plane, not including the rooms at the end of the plane. Everything was sparkling clean.

I walked into the corridor and smirked at the really loud gasps from behind me. I curiously looked into each room and my eyes boggled at what they saw.

Showers, toilets, entertainment rooms, gaming arcade, mini bar, lounge room… I closed my eyes.

Was I supposed to get used to this? It seemed impossible.

'Wind-sama! How are you?' I looked around to see one of the maids that I've read about.

'Hello, Kana! How are you doing?'

'Great! Lots to do, Wind-sama. Anything special you want to eat?'

'Err… Pineapple please?' she laughed.

'Same as ever I see! But just eating pineapple isn't good, Wind-sama! I'll give you some pineapple, but only in dessert!' I pouted.

'Aww…' she clapped me on the back and went forwards.

'The kitchen's there, Wind-sama! NO PEEKING!' then she slammed the door. I looked at the door longingly and went back to the bedroom place. Leorio was still standing in it in awe. I saw Killua and Gon's packs on respective chairs (I guess they called dibs on them) while Dusky and Kurapika were in other chairs sleeping (Dusky) or reading (Kurapika). Suddenly, a stutter came out of Leorio.

'So how influential did you say you were?' I laughed and clapped him on the back.

'Loosen up, Leorio, and enjoy the experience of first class living!' Still laughing at his expression, I went back to the entertainment room where I had heard noises before. Sure enough, I saw Killua and Gon sitting in chairs holding a pack of cards and some plastic chips.

'Killua, I still don't get how to play…'

'But poker is so easy!' Killua said, and started to repeat the instructions (I presumed) again. I plonked on a chair next to Gon.

'I know how to play Killua. I bet I can beat you hands down!' Killua suddenly smiled.

'Yeah? Well, the loser needs to do 200 push-ups!'

'You're on!'

We started counting the chips to see how much there were. At the end…

I watched as Killua did his push-ups.

'198… 199… 200!' He flopped over and looked at me.

'Your poker face was even better than mine!' I laughed quietly.

'Yup! Want another round? Or maybe a game of chess?' Killua thought.

'I might be killed in poker again… Chess it is!' We went to the board. After exactly twenty-one moves…

'Check mate.' Killua looked at the board in horror.

'You cheated!'

'When?' Killua looked flustered.

'Hey Gon! She cheated right?' Gon, who had been looking on with wide eyes shrugged.

'I don't know how to play chess either.' Kurapika walked in.

'Who cheated?' Killua pointed at me.

'She beat me in twenty-one moves! Of course she cheated!' Kurapika smiled and quirked an eyebrow.

'I know a person who beat a person in seven. May I sit?' He gestured towards the chair.

'Ok.' Killua got up, and we re-arranged the pieces again. 'Who is it? The person who could beat a person in seven moves I mean.' Killua asked, sitting next to Gon to watch the chess game.

'Me.' Kurapika said. 'I'm quite proficient in chess.'

'Me too.' We smiled at each other.

'May the best win then.'

'Sure.'

'You first. You got the white.'

'You'd think I'd know that, at least.' And then we delved down into the deep world of chess. Kurapika was really good. Definitely better than Jeb. I defended my king with my bishop, putting his king in check too. Kurapika frowned and moved his queen to eat my bishop. In retaliation, I moved my knight towards the king.

The king was the most important piece. Even if all your other pieces die, if the king is alright, and you kill the other one, then you win.

I heard a running commentary from Killua, telling Gon all the things we did. My eye twitched as Kurapika moved a pawn. I couldn't use the series of moves I had wanted to do but if I did this…

Kurapika's eyes widened as he saw my plan. Which was amazing, since it still needed five steps to finish. He immediately moved his queen to block my attack. I smiled. This was what I had been hoping for.

'Checkmate.' Kurapika leaned back and sighed.

'Haven't had such an amazing match for ages.'

'Yeah. But if you didn't move your queen, I would have died in four more moves.' Kurapika looked at me in surprise.

'You knew what I was planning?'

'Of course.' We grinned at each other.

'I'm hungry. And Kana-san promised me there would be pineapple in dessert today.' Gon's face lit up.

'Would there be mashed potatoes?'

'I think so…' Just then, Gachul came in.

'Dinner's served, Wind-sama and friends.'

'Ok then! Let's go to the dining room!' I chatted happily with Kurapika, talking about all the possible moves we could have made. Gon and Killua were racing to see who would first reach the dining room, while Gachul went to wake Dusky and Leorio up in the bedrooms.

My eyes widened at all the food on the table.

After pineapple, I love soups. Crème soups. And there were five types of crème soups on the table.

'I'll eat first, then!' and I started shovelling food onto my plate. The crew on the side just watched in amusement.

I guess they were used to me acting like this, since they had prepared all of my favourite foods.

I chuckled darkly. Maybe I could steal all of the shrimp before Dusky came (Dusky loves shrimp). But my plan failed the moment it started as Dusky stepped through the door.

'Wow. It looks like an all you can eat buffet in here. I wonder if there's shrimp, since last time Wind stole them all…' I backed away from the shrimp pile and went to the salads to try and look innocent.

The crew chuckled and I stuck a tongue out at them smiling. I went back to the table to join Gon and Killua and started eating. I sighed happily as I found a piece of mushroom.

Aah, life is the best…

After a few scuffles over who got the biggest piece of pineapple cake (I won!), I went back to the bedrooms and closed the sliding doors. I put on the television and set my chair all flat so it was like a queen-sized bed. Then I just watched TV until I fell asleep.

Someone was shaking me. I frowned. I didn't want to get up yet. My fist shot out, punching something as I swept my leg over, whacking the offending object which was trying to wake me up into a sliding wall. Then I turned around to sleep again.

'Oi! We're nearly there! Don't hit people when they're trying to wake you up!' I heard a weird squishy voice say. I rubbed my eyes and sat up.

To my big amusement, I saw Leorio clutching his nose, while Kurapika stood nonchalantly to the side. Dusky was doubled over laughing saying something like 'I told you to duck' while Gon and Killua peered their heads in.

Gachul came up and raised an eyebrow at the sight of us.

'Wind-sama, we are here. Please go to the security office to enter Avril. We're going to stay here, I'm sorry we can't accompany you. We have to check the plane before it's allowed into the Avril. But you know all that, of course.' He winked at me. 'There's the exit.'

I picked up my pack and took my staff from the corner that I propped it in.

'Thanks, Gachul! Did you send my message on to the security peoples?' Gachul nodded.

'Wind-sama, don't worry. They will also call you Wind-sama.'

'Thank you Gachul! Bye! Hope to see you soon!'

'You too, Wind-sama,' he said with a bow. We went towards the exit, and I led them towards the security offices. There had been a blueprint of the country in the book, and it was so detailed even blades of grass were marked on it. It was horrible, as I couldn't cheat and skip it, since Jeb was there quizzing me about it.

There was a woman wearing a blue tunic waiting outside the security offices. Water controller.

'Please come in, Wind-sama. We will need to check your identities. Do them with no mistakes and we will let you through. If one of the tests fails, we will need to have a weeklong check to see if you are really who you say you are. Sorry for the inconvenience Wind-sama. So please come in.' she bowed to us again and opened the door. She led us through a series of corridors and into six glass cubicles.

She then exited the cubicles. The glass cubicles were all joined together. Imagine looking at it from the entrance, and on the right side would be me, Gon, and Dusky, while on the left side would be Killua, Leorio and Kurapika.

If that still wasn't clear enough, my cubicle was facing Killua, and on my right side, there was a glass wall between me and Gon. Then Dusky was on the other side of Gon, Gon was facing Leorio, Dusky was facing Kurapika, and between every person was a glass wall, separating us into our own little glass room.

But the most interesting things were the little machines that hung on the glass wall between people opposite each other, as in the glass wall separating Killua and I, Gon and Leorio, and Dusky and Kurapika.

'Please put your eye towards the retina scanner.' A mechanical voice sounded out. I put my eye towards the retina-scanner. It scanned my eye and then flipped over to scan Killua's. It did the same for the others, except Gon, who didn't know what a retina-scanner was.

'Please put your thumb-print on the gel pad.' I did so, and it flipped for Killua to do so too.

'Please, on the count of ten, put your lips on the mechanical screen in front of you. It should be highlighted in blue.' I saw a blue panel. One blue panel. And remember, this was glass, so I could see Killua clearly.

'Umm… do both sides do so at the same time?' I heard Dusky faintly ask.

'Yes. It is critical to do so.'

My ears turned into traffic lights. What? Sure, there was a glass panel, but wasn't that the equivalent of kissing?

I buried my face into my hands and peeked at Killua. He was starting to blush too, as he realised that there was only one blue panel.

Let's repeat that.

There was a GLASS wall full of gadgets between me and Killua and smack-bang in the middle of it was ONE blue panel which we were supposed to KISS. Or "put your lips on it" at the same time as Killua. Who was kissing the same FREAKING SPOT!!! (on the other side of the glass panel, but still…)

Which meant we were going to kiss each other with a glass pane in the middle.

Did I mention kiss?

I sighed and clapped my forehead.

Why me?

And so, Wind has gotten into a predicament! Hehehe *cackles evilly* I wonder how it will turn out, eh? But I won't answer any questions! Because the answer is in the... *drumroll* the next chapter!!!!!

*cough* now, dramatics over, please review. I may have mentioned it, but I really really like them. And also knowing that people actually to the time to review is such so moving. Seriously. I give fake cyber-cookies to everyone who reviews. Thankyou!!