It's been a few hours since Kurapika had his match with that purple man.
He was still laying on the ground, not moving an inch.
Meanwhile, Kurapika was still sitting in the corner, thinking to himself.
I still don't know what to say to Kurapika.
I'm worried that things may go wrong and I will lose him.
It still hurts to know that I'm falling in love with the only Kuruta clan member.
This situation made me think back to when I had my first encounter with Hisoka.
He was sent under Chrollo's order to bring me back. Even if it means using force.
But why? Why does Chrollo want me back? What does he have in mind?
Then it hit me.
I should've just texted Shalnark! How can I be so gullible.
I took my phone out and started texting him. Sadly, my phone had no signal.
I'll try and contact him later.
"For crying out loud! This guy has been lying there for hours! He must be dead! Can't we just move on to the next match!?" Leorio shouted across the hall. "I'll go check if he's alive"
Leorio headed towards the ring and was about to check for a pulse until the bald man with the scar spoke about making a bet.
"Let's make a bet. We'll use the hours we have for wages. Want in?" The scarred man asked.
"Sure. That sounds fun." Leorio said as he walked away from the purple man.
The next couple minutes consisted of Leorio and the scarred man discussing their wages.
Since Kurapika said that he forfeit the match, we didn't get the point needed.
Leorio somehow bet 30 hours worth of our time indicating that the purple freak was dead.
Unfortunately, that freak was still alive. He faked his death just to waste our time.
In the end, Leorio lost his bet and we lose 30 hours.
"Well, now that I won this bet, you have lost 30 hours. You will spend those hours waiting in a room just past us once you complete our matches." said the scarred man.
"What a waste of time" Killua said
"I agree. I think Leorio almost gambled all of our hours away" I said while sighing
"He is an idiot you know" Kurapika said as he walked next to me.
"How are you feeling?" I asked. Still worried about him.
"I'm okay now. Just needed time to cool off." Kurapika said as he smiled at me and I slightly smiled back.
"Finally! I'm the next fighter! Which one of you is coming!? Bring it on!" Leorio screamed as the next person walked into the ring.
This person took off their cloak and it revealed to be a woman.
"Huh? A girl?" Gon questioned
"How interesting. This should be something Leorio would prefer" Kurapika said
"Thank goodness I didn't have to fight that girl" The woman said while pointing at me. "She would have messed up my beautiful face"
"What a snob!" I said while crossing my arms and looking away.
She showed her face for a few seconds and already annoyed the heck out of me.
"Don't worry Aoi. You're fight earlier was actually very interesting. I got to see how strong you are and I'm glad to have you in our group" Kurapika said as he smiled at me.
I was blushing but looked away.
I felt sad at the same time.
It's hard to fall in love with someone whose going to eventually hate you.
"So, I like that little betting game you played earlier. How about we do that too?" The girl said as she winked at Leorio.
"Okay! Anything for you!" Leorio said with hearts in his eyes.
What. an. idiot.
"Let's bet on whether or not I'm a male or female" she said with a giggle
"Are you kidding me!? She's obviously a female!" I shouted.
"Knowing Leorio, he's going to bet that she is a male" Kurapika said while shaking his head
"I agree. He's a real dunce" Killua said as he nodded his head
"Huh? What? I don't get it. We know she is a girl. Why would Leorio still call her a boy?" Gon questioned
We all ignored Gon and listened to Leorio's answer.
He's too young and naive to know.
"How would I know if I'm right or wrong? If I saw you're a male and I'm wrong, how can you prove it?" Leorio asked
"Easy, all you have to do is search my body" The girl said with a smile.
This made Leorio giggle and he put his hands together.
"Okay! I bet ten hours that you're a male!" Leorio said with a huge grin on his idiotic face
"My God..." I said
"He did it..." Kurapika said
"That perverted man!" Killua shouted
We were all lost for words while Gon was still standing there in confusion.
"So you bet ten hours that I'm a man huh?" The girl said with another giggle
"You betcha!" Leorio said
"Well sorry. I'm still a woman" She said as she twirled in a circle
"Well, there goes our ten hours" I sighed
"No way! I want proof! Let me check! I want to make my ten hours bet worth it!" Leorio shouted
"Fine. Suit yourself" The girl said as she raised her arms in the air for Leorio to search her
So, Leorio started walking closer to her with those greedy hands of his and then Gon started asking questions.
"Hey guys, what is Leorio doing?" Gon asked. "Why did he waste our hours? What did he have in plan?"
I didn't answer Gon's question.
Instead, I put my hands over his eyes to shield him from seeing something a young soul should not see.
"Aoi what are you doing!? Why are you covering my eyes!?" Gon asked
"Sorry Gon. This is for the safety of you to stay pure" I said
"That dumb pervert!" Killua shouted
"He really is an idiot" Kurapika said while shaking his head
After Leorio was done 'searching' that snobby woman, Leorio walked off with a look of satisfaction.
I let go of Gon and he looked around trying to see what happened.
"Are you happy now?" The woman asked with a smirk
"Oh yeah. You bet I am" Leorio said with that perverted smile on his face.
"Okay. Now it's your turn. What would you like to do? Le. O. Rio." She said in a flirty tone
"Ah! I can't hurt a pretty girl like you! Oh man! Aoi maybe you should've came here and fight her!" Leorio shouted towards me
"Fat chance! I fight people who are worthy of my fighting skills, I don't fight snobby people!" I screamed back
"How rude! Maybe you're jealous because I'm prettier than you" She said in her snobby tone
"Excuse me!?" I was about to run towards the ring but Kurapika grabbed my arm.
"Now, now Aoi. Let's not get too hasty. You'll get Leorio disqualified if you go in there" Kurapika said while trying to prevent me from moving.
"I hate snobby girls like her" I said while I let go of Kurapika and stood there, glaring at the snobby woman.
"PICK YOUR CHOICE ALREADY LEORIO!" I screamed which startled everyone.
"Yikes! She's angry." Leorio jumped. "Okay. I made my decision. We're going to play Rock, Paper, Scissors."
"That's it?" Killua said
"I didn't mean it like that" I said while slapping my face with my hand
"Fine by me. I bet 10 hours that I will win" said the snobby girl
"Same here" Leorio said with a smirk
"He's going to lose" I said with a sigh
"If only he was smarter" Killua said as he shrugged
"Leorio! Remember to always use paper! It works for me!" Gon screamed out to Leorio
"Shut up! You're not helping Gon!" Leorio screamed back
"How about I give you a hint then. I'm going to use paper." the snobby said
"What? You're going to tell me what you're putting?" Leorio asked confused
"Is she even telling the truth?" I looked at Kurapika.
"I'm not sure. She could be telling the truth or she could be using some psychological methods to get to Leorio's mind" Kurapika answered.
"I wonder if Leorio is smart enough to make the right decision" I said
"I hope so too. Or else he'll cost us so many hours" Killua said.
Leorio took a long time thinking about what to put which is making him waste more precious time we have in Trick Tower.
"Leorio! Play already!" Gon shouted
"Let's go, you're wasting my time. This is getting boring" The snobby girl said with a yawn.
"Okay! I got this! Let's play!" Leorio shouted "Rock, Paper, SCISSIORS!"
Leorio and the snobby girl put out their hand to reveal their answer.
The rest of us tried to look as close as we could to see who won.
That girl actually had paper out.
Unfortunately for Leorio...
"That idiot put out rock!?" I screamed
"W-What!? Paper!?" Leorio shouted in confusion
"I already told you that I was going to use paper. You're such an idiot" She said as she started to walk back to her group.
"B-But...but..." Leorio stuttered
With a heavy sigh, he walked back to our group.
Each one of us, except for Gon, took a turn and knocked Leorio's head.
"Ouch guys!" He screamed.
"I cannot believe you cost us fifty hours in this tower" Killua said
"We're only left with about ten hours left in this tower when we're finished." Kurapika said with a glaring look.
"Killua, go and end this already." I said as Killua nodded his head and headed to the ring.
"Of course I'll win. Make up for what this old pops did" said Killua
"I'm sorry guys" Leorio said sighing again.
"Shut it!" Kurapika and I screamed at him.
"Be careful Killua!" Gon cheered towrds Kullua.
Killua just waved his hand up as a signal that he'll be alright.
I know we don't personally know Killua yet but I know that there is something about this kid that makes him seem strong.
I wonder how skillful he is. This could be interesting.
"So, whose the last guy I'm going against?" Killua asked.
The final person from the other group immediately took off his cloak and came into the ring. He was really tall, with a mustache and he looked like he was from the Western area. The bald man I fought earlier took a few steps forward to introduce the final person.
"Just so you guys know, this person right here is Jones the Mantle"
"J-Jones the Mantle!? No way!" Leorio shouted
"I've heard of this guy before..." Kurapika said
"Huh? Whose this guy suppose to be?" I never heard of him.
"Yeah. Is this man dangerous?" Gon asked
"Dangerous? More like a hundred times worse! He's a serial murderer. He killed almost two-hundred people from Zaban city with his bare hands! He's like a monster" Leorio explained
"Oh I see" I said.
How lame. Uvogin is much more stronger than this Jones guy.
"Be careful Killua! This guy is dangerous!" Kurapika shouted
"Relax. This guy means nothing to me" Killua said with a bored expression.
"What? I'm gonna kill you for mocking me kid. You're lucky I'm thirsty to kill some flesh today" Said Jones.
"You sure? I think it's over already" Killua said
We were all confused when Killua said that but within the blink of an eye, Killua was already on the opposite side of the arena.
His right hand was holding onto something. I just couldn't see what it was.
"W-what? How?" Leorio said confused
"Woah. That was fast" said Gon
"W-Wait! My heart! G-Give it back!" Jones cried
"Heart?" I focused my vision onto Killua's hand and he is holding Jones heart.
"Oh sorry. You mean this piece of flesh?" Killua said before popping the heart with his sharp fingernails.
Doing that instantly killed Jones as he fell to the ground.
We were all standing there shocked and amazed.
Heck, I'm very amused from seeing that. Killua seemed to be very skillful kid.
"Looks like we have three points. We can leave this dump now" Killua said as he walked back to our group.
"Hey! You heard him! We can leave now!" Leorio shouted
We all walked up to the other group on the other side. We stood in front of the bald man as he gave us instructions on what to do next.
"Good job on winning. I guess we didn't complete our jobs" He sighed. "There is a small room just through that door. Your friend betted 50 hours and that's how long you'll spend in there. When time is up, you can continue to make your way out of the tower."
"Thank you. Let's go guys!" Gon said as he started marching off.
Everyone else followed him as I was the last person to go through.
But before I go, there's a certain purple freak I want to speak to.
I quickly walked up to the freak and glared at his disgusting face.
"W-wha!? How did you get here so fast!?" He shouted
"Listen here freak." I started. "I did not like how you faked a tattoo of the Phantom Troupe on your back. You disgust me."
"Why should you care?" He asked with an attitude.
"That's because" I said as I took off my glove and showed "I'm one of them"
The purple man started to show fear in his eyes and quickly kneel on the floor.
"F-Forgive me! I didn't mean to mock your name! Please spare me!" He begged
"You're lucky I choose not to kill people anymore. The next time I see you and you're still pretending to be like one of us, I will show no mercy" I said in a heartless tone.
I despise people who mocks the Spiders. It's an insult to me.
The others stared at me in shock.
My facial expression quickly changed when Kurapika came back through the door to find me.
"Aoi? What are you still doing here? We left already" Kurapika said as he approached me.
"I'm sorry. I just wanted to ask them something" I said with a smile.
"Did you get an answer?" He asked
"Yeah I did. So don't worry about it" I said as we both started walking away.
I turned around to see that group one last time as I placed a finger on my lips, signaling them to never tell anyone.
As we're walking to the room, I thought about Kurapika.
If only he told us his reason for taking the Hunter Exam back at Whale Island, then I probably would've taken it as an opportunity to stay away from this group.
Maybe then I wouldn't have actually fallen in love with this guy. I could've just been on my own and take this exam solo.
This sure does suck.