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'But Gon!' I protested. 'You're going to surely be beat up!' Gon just stared at his fist, concentrating on his nen. I never realised, but Gon could be so un-logical sometimes! 'Arrrgh! I give up talking to you!' I turned to Killua.

'Killua, why aren't you stopping him? I know I sound like a mom, but he's going to get thrashed! I know it!' Killua just stared contemplatively at me.

'You know the reason, Wind. Why ask?' I looked at him.

'I may know, but that doesn't stop the irrevocable fact that he's going to get beat up badly! Imagine how training will be like if he gets like that! And the promise to Wing-sensei! You can't just break a promise!' Killua sighed and looked pointedly at Gon. I followed his gaze.

'Can't you tell just by his eyes? He's just that type of person.' I stared deeply into Gon's eyes.

Sure, they had a determined glint in them, but what other thing did they hold?

'Don't see anything...' Killua shook his head and smirked.

'Must be a man thing.' I glared at him.

'Oh, and you're as manly as they come?'

'Of course.' I raised my eyebrow at his cheeky grin and turned my attention back to Gon. His fight with the dude who controlled the tops was scheduled on three pm today. Sure, I knew there needed to be plot development, but I just couldn't stand by and let a friend get bashed up.

I shook my head and leaned my staff on the wall. Then I took off my hood and sat down on a chair. My hair was now visible.

'I give up on all you males. They are so weird. I wish Dusky was here to share my female sentiments.' Killua, who had been staring at me (huh?), turned away.

'Females are the weird ones. They are so complicated.' I frowned, looking at his back. I only realised recently, but he talked to me normally when I had my hood on (which made me look like a guy). But when I had my hood off, Killua would suddenly turn away.

Was he still not used to me being a girl? I sighed. This would be troublesome if this went on.

'Ne, Killua? Why aren't you looking at my face?' Killua's ears turned pink.

Awww, he's blushing. Then I frowned. The mini fangirl would have screamed at this blush a few months ago, but she seems to have fallen asleep... which was weird, considering that I was a die-hard Killua fangirl.

'Because...' His explanation was interrupted by Gon suddenly jumping up from his meditative position and going to the door.

'It's nearly two-thirty. I should go to the floor and report.' Killua started and smiled.

'Yeah. We'll go with you!' I put on my hood just as Killua turned. He grinned and punched me in the arm in a (manly) friendly way.

'Let's go cheer! Stop being such a fussing mother chicken!' I scowled at him and pulled off my hood in retaliation and shoved my face at his with an angry look on my face.

This could do two things. One, I could get him back for that comment about me being a fussy mother chicken, the other was to test his reaction to my girl face.

And his reaction didn't disappoint.

'Aaaah!' He jumped back to the opposite wall, his back plastered to the wall like stuck or something. 'Don't freaking do that Wind!' I grinned cutely. I knew it worked. Because I used it against the doctors all the time when I got into trouble.

'Do what?' Killua blushed heavily and muttered something as he trudged up to the door again. I stared at him disbelievingly when I drew the breath of air to me to see what he had said.

'Did you just call me cute?' He jumped and looked at me.

'What? When did I say that? I called you an oversized...' he paused. 'ute!' I pouted at him and walked towards Gon who had been watching this with a secretive smile on his face.

'That's nice of you, calling a lady that.' Then I stalked stiffly out of the room. I burst out grinning in the corridor. If I had pulled it off perfectly, maybe he would give me an apology!

...

With a gift!

'Hehehe...' I chuckled evilly as I walked down the hallway. I hoped it was pineapple...

'Go Gon!' I silently cheered him on. Killua looked at me amusedly.

'For someone who was worried a while ago, you seem very happy.'

'Meh. He did it anyway, why not enjoy the consequences?' Killua shrugged and looked back at the game. It had been going for a few hours now...

'No Gon, not that way!' Killua suddenly yelled, standing up. I looked at the stage just in time to see Gon jump to a place where he would be hit. I winced as the tops made contact. Even hear, I thought I could hear the bones crunch.

'And Contestant Gon is DOWN! Will he get back up again?' The crowd roared, and Killua and I pushed towards the steps and ran down them.

'Is Gon ok?'

'He should be...' We watched as the medical team picked up Gon and put him on a stretcher. Then they left, leaving the top man with the huge black cloak gloating.

We ran out of there, and to the hospital ward. I could see Killua's face was worried. Openly worried. I sighed happily. Killua and Gon's relationship was so cute, I didn't want to ruin it by being there.

The hospital people were still taking care of Gon when we came.

So we waited.

Killua was reeling off Gon's injuries.

'and twelve broken ribs. Convalescence: Four months. Stupid animal.' Gon grinned and stuck his tongue out.

'Sorry.' I jumped onto his bed and grabbed hold of his tongue.

'Oh, don't "sorry" me. What did I tell you before this match, huh?' I smiled sweetly and leaned my face closer to his. 'And you think sorry's enough?' Gon's eyes widened and made a puppy-dog face.

Damn

I let go of his tongue.

'I really am sorry though...' This time, it was Killua who made an attack. He poked him on the forehead.

'I don't care about your apologies! What went through your mind?' I winced as Killua kept telling him off. Killua's hand was a blur. Literally. It must hurt.

'Well, I'm off! There's an all new pineapple smoothie coming out today!' Gon made his puppy-dog face.

'Aww Wind,' he said, glad to get out of Killua's tirade for a bit, 'You're going to leave your injured friend behind for a pineapple smoothie?

I thought about it and had an intense mental discussion in my brain. But it was mostly like this:

Pineapple smoothie...Gon's hurt...pineapple smoothie...puppy-dog eyes...pineapple smoothie

The pineapple smoothie won.

'Yup!' I grinned and opened the window. 'Ja!' And lept out, imagining the wings growing on the way. I flew straight down to where the pineapple smoothie was being sold.

It was packed. Ad there was a huuuuuge line. I sighed and got into line.

Well... at least I remembered to bring my pocket money so I could buy one...

'You want me to train nen before Gon and Killua?'

'Yes, it would be a wiser decision to make. To have your tenketsu only half-opened is dangerous. You need to open them fully, and there is time in the two months that Gon is resting.' Wing-sensei said.

'So what'll I be doing?'

'Concentrating on opening all your tenketsu.'

'That's it?'

'Yup.'

'What can I do with Gon and Killua?' Wing looked contemplative.

'You can meditate with them. This may calm you down after training. Are you clear?'

'Yes!'

'Then we will start our training now.' He brought the white-board out and pointed toward the board on a whole.

'You shouldn't be able to do anything with your tenketsu half-open. It shouldn't be happening, as normally, it would be technically too weak. But you can do many things even with your tenketsu half-open.'

'Does that mean I have an amazing amount of nen inside me already?'

Wing raised an eyebrow at my use of 'amazing'.

'Yes. But you do not seem to have the talent that Gon and Killua seem to have. If you learnt with them, you would not be able to catch up.'

'Oh.' I withered visibly. All my dreams of learning nen at the same time as Gon and Killua...

'Though I do see you have talent.' I brightened up.

'Ok!' Wing nodded, and Zushi sat in the corner looking serious, taking his teacher's word of watching this lesson for tips very seriously.

'Now, get into your most comfortable position and close your eyes.' I lied down on the floor and closed my eyes. I know that Gon and Killua's position was the best, but I guess spending most of my life in a hospital bed had made an impact on what I thought was comfortable, i.e. lying down like I was about to fall asleep. Which I liked doing anyway.

'Now what?' Wing's voice hushed me.

'Don't talk.' I clamped my mouth shut.

'Now, imagine seeing a flow of energy going through your veins. From your head, to your right arm...'

He continued on like this for awhile until I actually began to feel it.

Somehow, Wing knew I could feel it almost immediately.

'Can you feel it?'

'Yes.'

'Then imagine it was going faster.'

I did so, imagining it going faster through my veins. But it was harder than I thought, as (at least it seemed to me) there were tiny doorways in the nen flow.

'Do you feel an obstruction?'

'Yes.'

'That's your tenketsu. If you open it wide, it's like effectively throwing a cracked door open. Slowly, you should be able to, if you make your nen fast enough, widen it a bit more.'

I tried, to what seemed like ten minutes. But it simply wouldn't work.

'I don't seem to be able to Wing-sensei.' Wing was silent, so I opened my eyes. He was looking very contemplative.

'What is it Wing-sensei?'

'Did you know that you had five types of nen in your body?'

I frowned until I remembered I could control five elements.

'Kind of. You can see it?'

'Yes.' He nodded. I sat up, excited.

'Really? What does it look like?' Zushi (who had started to nod off) woke up.

'Tell us!' Wing looked at our two expectant faces, sighed and gave in.

'Your nen is very special Wind. I have never seen anything like it...' He trailed off. I sighed. Couldn't he be less vague?

'Well?' I prompted. He looked at me.

'Your nen seems to be fighting each other.' I raised an eyebrow.

'What?'

'Exactly what it means. The stronger ones seem to strangle the weaker ones. Do you want to know the order Wind?'

'Yes please.'

'One that looks white, but clear at the same time dominates. It's clearly the strongest. Then blue and red are about the same, but there are two strands, one that was so thin that I nearly couldn't see it.'

He raised one finger.

'There was one that looked brown and green. The one that was nearly strangled to death and being oppressed to the point that I couldn't see it was, it think, black.'

I widened my eyes.

'Air is my strongest element.' Wing nodded.

'As expected.'

'Then it's water, then fire, then earth, and there's supposed to be a fifth element, but I'm not old enough to know yet.' Wing started and sat up in his chair.

'Your country...' He stopped and his face twisted as if trying to find another way to place his words. He coughed and tried again.

'Your country knows about the fifth element?' I was surprised.

'Yes. Everyone knows.'

'And what country might you be from?'

I was puzzled by his question but answered anyway.

'Avril. Also known as the secluded country.'

'Aah, no wonder...' He leant back into his chair again. 'And what status might you be?' I shook my head and raised up one finger first.

'Can I ask one question first Wing-sensei?'

'Yes?'

'How do you know all this? Our country prides itself in being secretive.' Wing laughed.

'My master is a very resourceful woman. She once had contacts there that wanted her help, and as she couldn't abandon me, she took me with her. And that's how I got a permanent pass to go to Avril anytime I pleased.'

'Oh, so you know the rank system then huh?'

'Yes. So unless they abolished it, you should have a rank.' I paused and sighed.

'No point hiding it from you anyway.' Zushi looked at me, curious.

'Hide what, Wind-san?'

'Now don't be shocked Zushi...' I precautioned. 'But in truth...'

'Yes?'

'I'm Her Royal Highness, Windfarest Sani, Imperial Princess of the country Avril, and the daughter of the two currently reigning Air-elementalists.' I said in a rush.

Zushi's jaw dropped to the floor.

'Wind... You're a girl?' Huh? Wasn't he here when I lifted my hood the other time?

I mentally recapped the scene in my brain and realised that Zushi had been in the toilet that time. I had put my hood back on afterwards anyway.

'Yes Zushi. I'm. A. Girl.' I took off my hood for effect. And he saw for the first time my suddenly girlified face and hair.

'Aaaah!' He backed away.

'Am I really that ugly Zushi?' I said, sounding sad. Zushi immediately stopped and came running back.

'Aah, don't misinterpret it Wind-san! You're really beautiful! I mean, pretty! I mean, you're really really girly looking! How did I not notice before? When did this happen?'

Zushi had his first spastic attack. I laughed and patted him on the head.

'Zushi, Zushi, you're just too fun to tease.' He stopped raving and flailing his arms.

'You're just teasing me?'

'Yup.'

'You're mean, Wind-san.' He said as he (nearly) did a pout.

'You're just so cute Zushi!'

'I'm not cute. I'm going to be strong one day! How can I be cute looking?'

'Hey, Killua's cute and he's very strong.' Zushi suddenly took on a gleam in his eyes. Wing had just watched the whole exchange after I had told him the revelation of my status. Then he left the room. I think he was recovering from the shock.

'Aah, so you admit he's cute.' I blushed.

'What the heck, Zushi! You're supposed to be a cute little kid!'

'But Gon-san said that you liked Killua! And he liked you back! I just presumed you two liked each other as homosexuals, but seeing you now as a girl, it all makes sense now!' I whacked him on the head.

'No dirty thoughts Zushi!'

'Whoever said I was having dirty thoughts?' He asked me curiously. I sighed and put my hood on again.

'Well, it's getting late, I should be getting back. Can you tell Wing-sensei that I'm going back early?'

'Sure!' He grinned and I patted his head again.

'So cute!' I said, just to annoy him. As expected, he suppressed a scowl. I smiled and walked down the steps and away, back to my rooms.

When I opened the door to my room, I heard the phone was ringing.

Who's calling me so late in the night?

The phone stopped ringing, and I went over to it curiously to see who was calling. To my shock, there were dozens of missed calls. From the same person.

The phone rang again, and I picked it up.

'Hello?'

'WIND, HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO PICK ONE PHONE UP?' I grinned even wider.

'Hi Dusky.'

AND SO, DUSKY MAKES A COME-BACK! I hope you all review. *glares* Then I can thank you all properly knowing your aliases. Haha!

Hey, this is for people who also read Gakuen Alice. I have this story idea, but it's OC orientated. ==" And in the Gakuen ALice category, people don't like OCs. Sigh. But tell me if the summary is interesting? I'll probably be putting up other summaries for other categories I'm interested in. Haha!

Noryeu was on the toilet when she was suddenly warped into a world where children had pyromaniac tendencies, could fly, and make friends with animals in a second. ...Talk about inconvenient.

That was it. Does it sound interesting? _ Anyway, see you all next week!