Hello! I've been thinking. See, I thought it needed a more light-hearted thing to lighten it up. (and also due to the fact that I have been swamped by holiday homework and I'm only half-way through the real chapter.) So I whipped this up in half an hour. I hope you all enjoy! The next chapter is going to wrap up the Avril arc (currently six pages) and going to start the celestial tower thing. I can't wait!

And now, since you won't want to read anymore ramblings anymore, please enjoy. My thanks will be at the bottom.

(oh, and Wind isn't supposed to speak still. But I made her speak just because I could, and it would make it more interesting. ^^ Just imagine it as her writing on her sketchpad, though it wouldn't be as fun if you did that.)

Please enjoy and don't hate me! *bows repeatedly*

'Hey Wind, why don't you take off your cloak so we can see your face?' Gon asked, as we watched the sun set on the horizon on the boat. We had just finished eating some smoked fish (although Killua refused to eat the one with the googly eyes. )

I gulped. What?

'Yeah, and your voice is girly too.' Killua said as he yawned nonchalantly.

'My voice is not girly.' I said, roughening up and lowering my voice to a (it seemed to me) manly voice. Killua suddenly choked.

'Boy that sounded like you were choking on a chicken with a stocking in its mouth!' He said between bouts of laughter. I looked at Killua strangely. He coughed and straightened up.

'Ahem…' He looked away nonchalantly. Dusky was just there, laughing her ass off next to me.

What a best friend she is… Ain't she, I don't know, supposed to comfort me or something?

Sometimes I wish that she had more of a Gon like personality. But then, she wouldn't be Dusky anymore. And that wouldn't be good now, will it?

I glared at her and she straightened up too. I could see in her eyes that she was desperately trying to find a topic to change to (probably to avoid my wrath later on).

'Umm… Wind! What's in that bag of yours?' Gon suddenly perked up and stared at my bag curiously.

'Yeah! I've always been curious!' Killua lazily opened an eye and looked at my poor innocent bag that looked ultra mysterious in the fading sunlight.

Damn anime world effects…

I lunged and tried to grab it, but unfortunately, Killua with his lightning fast reflexes (hey, that wasn't even a hyperbole, it was true later on. Really really later on) got to my bag first and pored over it with Dusky and Gon huddled around it.

In the typical anime world fashion too.

I sighed. There was no way I could win could I? As I was grumbling over stupid anime world effects that I couldn't do a jot about, Gon suddenly held something shining up, exclaiming over it happily (as he always does everything happily. Except if something/someone was hurting his friends…)

'Wow! These pebbles are so cool!'

I raised an eyebrow. Pebbles? Those shiny things were those small weirdo rocks at the bottom of my bag? They sure didn't look it. Those rocks looked like they had just been freshly dug out of a cesspit, though fortunately, it didn't smell like it.

'They light up!' I jumped up, suddenly remembering they were poring over my stuff.

'Give my bag back!' I (kinda) screamed while trying to claw past their protective triangle around my bag.

'Oh and look! This bracelet turns into a mini pocket knife!' Gon exclaimed again as he twisted a random bead on a red bracelet. The knife flashed in…then out… then in… then out…

As the others stared at the pocketknife/bracelet, I took the chance to try and squeeze between them to reach my bag in the center. I successfully barged in and snatched my bag away from their evil clutches.

'Hehe, now you can't molest my poor bag anymore.' They looked at me weirdly as I chuckled darkly. Gon just smiled and shrugged though, and still holding the bracelet/pocket knife he gave me the infamous puppy eyes that he just had to do perfectly.

'Wind, can I have this bracelet?'

I stared at him, and those wavering eyes that looked like they were going to cry at any time.

How could I resist those eyes? I sighed and grouched, tracing a pattern on the deck with my toes. I slowly deliberated. Then I looked at Gon's eyes again and melted.

It was like an ice-block being placed next to a sun. I didn't stand a chance.

'Fine…'

'Yay!' Gon danced around, showing off the bracelet to Killua, who poked it and chatted animatedly with Killua. I watched Killua with a dreamy smile on my face. The last rays of sunlight were going, and it illuminated Killua's hair perfectly…

Dusky used the opportunity to sidle up to me.

'Heeey, you seem to be enjoying watching lover boy over there. Having dirty thoughts?' I blushed, and glared at Dusky.

'DUSKY! How could you even THINK that?' I practically screamed into her ear while blushing ferociously. I whacked her arm repeatedly against the pole while muttering to myself.

'I mean, he's a nice looking boy and all, and he's really cute, I admit, but he's a gambling addict! And he's a jerk sometimes, and I think he has a violent side, though he doesn't show it to his friends…' I couldn't think of any more bad things about him. '…And he's addicted to chocolate!'

Dusky had an annoyed look on her face when she pulled her arm out of my grasp.

'Hey, hey, easy with the arm. I can't replace them you know.'

'Sorry.'

'No probs. But you know, you can't really complain, as you're as obsessed with pineapple as Killua with chocolate. Maybe a little bit more too.'

'Oi! I don't think I like pineapple that much!' I paused. 'Do I?'

'Yes, you do.' Dusky replied calmly. I shoved her on the arm and looked at the sky. It had already darkened so much that I could see the stars.

They were so pretty…

And so, we lay there on the deck and stared at the stars. It was strange to think that one of them was Jeb. Imagining the old/young looking childish behavioured guy as one of those huge balls of gas was weird to say the least.

Haha, a ball of gas. Makes me think as if Jeb was farting all the time, when I say it that way… Or maybe he really was made of methane? I shook my head. It wasn't possible.

Because he didn't twinkle at all. He shined.

Gon and Killua came up to us and sat next to us as well.

'What are you thinking about?' Gon asked as he lay down with his head next to Dusky. Killua came and lay down between Gon and me. Now our heads were all around a spot on the deck. Also very typical anime world, but this time in a good way.

'Stars.' I replied to Gon.

'Wind's mysterious bag.' Dusky replied. I glared at her annoyed. I didn't want them to go fight for my bag again…

Killua turned his head.

'Hey Wind.'

'Yeah?'

I turned my head.

To see Killua's face about two inches away from mine. I twitched.

'You're really close.' Thank goodness it was dark. My face was slowly heating up.

No, scratch that. It was going red as fast as a speeding car racing at two-hundred kilometres an hour.

'Oh, sorry.' Killua shuffled over a little away from me and settled down again. 'Anyway, I wanted to ask. Do you have any other cool stuff in your bag?'

'Yeah. Though I'm not going to show them to you.'

'Why not?' Killua whined. I stared at him from under my cloak and put my hands to my cheeks to try and encourage them that being as red as a tomato wasn't attractive.

Why would I want to look attractive?

But Killua just looked so cute. I just couldn't believe he was an assassin (though I knew he was).

Though, of course, it wasn't possible on Earth to push open a sixteen tonne door when you were only twelve/thirteen.

Dusky looked concernedly at me.

'Are you ok, Wind? Why are you putting your hands up to your cheeks?' she said in a worried tone. I put my hands down.

'Oh, I'm fine. Don't worry Dusky.' I could tell she wasn't convinced, so I leaned into her ear and whispered really really softly (because both Gon and Killua had really sharp hearing, damn them.)

'I was blushing.' Dusky's eyes suddenly turned into upside-down crescents and she chuckled evilly.

'Oh. So that was it huh.' She elbowed me, still chuckling evilly. Gon rolled over and wiggled over to us on his stomach.

'What was what?' He asked, looking up at us in such an angle that it looked like his eyes were sparkling in this totally innocent way.

I blinked.

I swear I saw roses on the background behind his smile. What the hell? LOL do I see an ouran reference? ;)

'Nothing.' Dusky and I said simultaneously. Dusky started whistling, when Gon looked at us accusingly. Killua had this evil grin on his face that screamed "it's blackmailing time!"

I gulped nervously and tried to find a way to distract myself. And since I failed with whistling, I got up and yawned.

'Err, I'm tired.' Dusky's eyes narrowed up at me, and then relaxed, seeing it was fake.

I swear, she was such a mom. I wasn't that incapable of taking care of myself. I just… liked sneaking out of hospitals in critical times because my pineapple cravings got too great.

And that one time when I nearly poisoned myself with my own cooking.

And that other time when I tripped over a stack of my dirty clothes because I was too lazy to put it in the laundry.

Yeah, that's it.

I kept yawning and sidling away until I was in the cabin. Then I ran to my door and closed it. Today was a relaxing day. I thought solemnly as I took off my cloak and hung it on the hook. Tomorrow, they would find the captain's logbook and everything would start getting hectic.

And I must make sure I don't mess up the storyline. If I did, it would be horrendous.

And I still haven't found a way to go to Avril and get my cure while not disturbing the storyline.

I sighed. I'll get to it when it came. As I went over to the bed, I closed my eyes and prepared to fade into the yellow-dimension world.

Would Jeb come? Maybe. He said he was interested in chess too.

Heh… I thought. It's been awhile since I played chess.

Sorry for story deviations! ^^ But the thoughts and the interactions (I think) are the same/similar. This Omake shows their relationship before the complicated stuff. =="

I thank my readers, reviewers, story-alerters, favouriters. You are all so supportive and cool that I have the energy and motivation to swim up from my procrastinated homework's depths and make chapters up for you all. I love you all! Of course, especially my sister, RGNN!

Next week! FINALE OF THE AVRIL ARC! And we go to the celestial tower. And… *sneak-peek*Dusky's leaving Wind! I'll let you all mull over that. Hehe.

Find out next week! ^^ I'll get it ready by then! I promise!

In the Hunter test, when they were on the ship eating fish.