We finally arrived to our new location after what felt like forever on that airship. I noticed that we landed on a small island-like area with many sunken ships surrounding us. Everyone looked around in confusion and Lippo's plane took off without giving a word to us.

"Wait. Is this where our next part of the exam will take place?" Leorio asked

"I have no clue. But this place sure seems weird" I said.

This area was giving me a weird vibe.

"I feel sick from that plane ride" Gon said as he tried to prevent himself from vomiting

"Don't do that near me!" Killua said as he moved his skateboard away from Gon

"Look over there guys, I think its a hotel" Kurapika said as he pointed at the only building seen on this island

All of us examinees walked towards the building as I continued to observe the area. There's a huge number of sunken ships here. This island looks like a peaceful area. It doesn't show any danger around here that could explain all the abandoned ships.

"I see people coming out of the building" Leorio said as everyone stopped walking and watched.

It was an old couple that came out. They both approached all of us with a smile.

"Welcome to our island. This is our hotel" said the old couple

"You're our new proctors?" Gon asked

"No we are not. All of you were taken to this island for a place to stay overnight. Your next part of the exam will start in three days. For today, you are all welcome to stay in our hotel. My name is Banah, this is my husband, Jinah and we are the hotel managers." Said Banah.

"Next part of the exam in three days? So you expect us to just stay here the whole time?" Hanzo asked

"Yup. Spend the next three days here. This hotel was built from the Hunter's association." said Jinah

"Well, I guess we could all use a break. It has been stressful the past few days" Kurapika said

"That is true, I could use a shower. I feel like a mess" I added

With that, we all proceeded to walk inside the hotel until Banah and Jinah stopped us.

"Wait a minute" said Banah

"It costs ten million zeni to stay at each room" Jinah said with a smile

"Did you just say-" I was cut short by Leorio's idiotic scream

"TEN MILLION ZENI!?"

"You're charging us that much?" Gon asked

"That's..." Killua said, lost at words

"Way too expensive" Kurapika finished

"Excuse me Banah and Jinah, but how do you expect us to pay for these rooms? None of us have that kind of money. Is there an alternative?" I asked.

Ten million zeni is a crazy number to ask for. I know the Phantom Troupe has treasures worth more than that but we never cash them in. We just keep those treasures.

"If all of you are in a tight financial situation, there is an alternate way to pay us" Banah said with a smile.

"What's the alternate way?" Leorio asked

"You'll have to find treasured items for us" Jinah said

"Huh? Treasured items?" Gon questioned

"How do you expect us to find treasured items in this island?" Hanzo asked

"I'm pretty sure you all have noticed the sunken ships around the island" said Banah

"Each of these sunken ships hold valuable items worth millions. We would like all of you to go out there and find us those unique treasures." Jinah added. "If we think the treasure you found has some worth, then you get a room key as a reward."

"Treasure hunt!? Too easy!" Leorio shouted as he already ran towards the dock and jumped into the ocean water

"Thanks for the information. I'll bring back all the good looking treasures for you" I said with a smile as I jumped into the water

Everyone else joined in and scattered around the island for treasures. Each ship had different kind of good looking treasures and it was making my eyes lit up. Even though I don't enjoy the idea of killing anymore, treasure hunting back with the Phantom Troupe has always been my favorite. So this task should be a piece of cake to me.

But it wasn't.

I spent almost an hour looking at each treasure item found and they were all worthless junk. Some of the items were either fake or badly damaged. This task made me a bit annoyed because of the fact that I can't find some good treasures.

"This is so stupid! Treasure hunting for a stupid room key" Leorio said in annoyance

"Didn't you just say that this was going to be easy for you?" I said, looking at Leorio

"Yeah well, I changed my mind" He said as he stuck his tongue out at me

"Aoi, did you manage to find any treasures?" Kurapika asked as he walked up to me

"Not really, most of the stuff I found were either broken or fake" I said while pouting

"Don't worry. Maybe you'll find more treasures at a different area. I found mine already" Kurapika said as he held up a huge pearl necklace. That thing looks like its worth a lot

"That's cool. I'm going to those ships in the farther area. So I'll see you later?" I said

"Yup. See you soon" Kurapika said as he walked off towards the hotel

I dived underwater and started swimming to the other ships until I saw Hanzo swimming towards we and I went up for some air.

"Hi there Aoi!" Hanzo said in excitement

"Hello Hanzo."

"Check out the treasures I found" He said as he showed me a golden crown with different kinds of jewels around them.

"Woah. This crown looks like it belongs to the West, like from a king or an emperor" I said, my eyes glittering.

"Yeah. I think its the best thing I can find around here. Have you gotten anything yet?" He asked

"No. I'm still looking." I said with a smile

"Okay. I'm going to turn this in. I hope you find something." Hanzo said while smiling at me. "I'll see you later Aoi! I hope you get a room next to mine!"

Hanzo swam off. I couldn't help but to laugh. I know Hanzo likes me but it's just flattering whenever he talks to me. I hope he knows that I do have someone else in mind. Kurapika.

I noticed that many people have found treasures and are already getting their room keys. I'm one of the last couple of people left to find something. I need to find one fast because it is also starting to get dark.

I swam to the farthest ship around the island and went inside. This ship was completely wrecked compared to the other ships. There were many skeletal corpses around. It seemed as if the people on this ship never had a chance to leave before their deaths.

I went into one of the rooms and it was filled with jewelry and other treasures but one caught my eye. A golden pendant shaped like a lizard with wings. This pendant was stuck on one of the skeleton's hands and I gently removed it without breaking a bone. I observed the pendant more and it had a single gem in the middle. The gem was a scarlet red color. Similar to Kurapika's eyes.

That made me think about Kurapika and the Kuruta clan again. I was getting sad. This pendant does resemble the scarlet color of the Kuruta clan. Does it belong to them?

Without thinking, I placed it in my pocket and headed back to the hotel. I don't know if this pendant is worth something but maybe this might mean something to Kurapika.

I got back to the hotel and saw Banah and Jinah sitting at a bench outside of the building.

"My. You're the last person to come back" Banah said

"What? I'm the last one?" I asked

"Indeed you are. Everyone else managed to find a room. Were you able to find any treasures for us?" Jinah said as he smiled

I took the pendant out of my pocket and showed it to them.

"I've done treasure hunting in the past. I noticed that a lot of them were fake or heavily damaged. I ended up finding this pendant. I've never seen it before nor do I know if it means much. Do you know what this is?" I asked

Jinah grabbed the pendant and studied it for a minute.

"Why...this is a protective golden pendant. This is from the Kuruta clan" Jinah said

My gaze quickly shifted to the ship I went before. Was the ship I explored earlier part of the Kuruta clan? Were these people already here before we showed up to massacre their clan?

"This pendant is real but it does not have any worth" Jinah said.

"Oh. I'm sorry. I can go back to look for more treasures if you want me to" I was about to head back into the water until Banah stopped me.

"No you don't have to. Going through the trouble of finding this item has gotten you a room key" Banah said as she gave me a key

"What really?" I questioned

"Yes, you can have this item back" Jinah said as he handed the pendant back to me. "As for your room, I forgot to mention earlier that each key you get depends on the treasure you find. Each of you will also have a roommate. So enjoy"

"Wow. Thank you so much for your kindness" I said while bowing to them. I was about to go inside until a thought came to my mind.

"Tell me something. Do you know how long that ship was there?" I asked while pointing at the ship where I got the pendant from.

"I'm sorry but we don't know" Banah said

"That ship was already there when we arrived here since our first day of working here" Jinah added

"Oh I see. Thank you very much for your help"

With that, I went inside and headed to my room.

"What on earth!?" I yelped as a snake wrapped around my leg

My room full of snakes. Literally full of snakes.

Jinah did mention about having a roommate. Mine just happened to be some kind of snake freak. The snake man was in the middle of playing on his flute until he stopped to look at me.

"I guess we're roommates" He said and then continue to play his instrument.

"Well, this is goodbye" I said.

I rushed out of the room and locked it before any snakes got out.

I feel like I'm gonna go crazy if I stayed there.

"I guess I'll have to find another room to sleep in or just be room less" I said to myself as I sighed.

I walked around the hotel area until I noticed a balcony on the second floor. I walked through the balcony doors and I see Killua and Gon fishing.

"Aoi! You finally got a room!" Gon said with joy

"I thought you were never going to find any treasure" Killua said without looking back at me

"Well I found something that got me a key" I said while smiling. "What are you guys fishing for?"

"Dinner! Do you want some Aoi?" Gon asked

"Ah. Nah. I'm not that hungry. You kids can enjoy it" I said "Have you guys seen Kurapika by any chance?"

"Yeah. He should be in his room. It's right next to our room down the right corner, last door" Killua said, pointing the directions to me.

"Thanks a lot!" I said as I hi-fived Killua and Gon and headed to Kurapika's room.

When I found the room, I knocked on the door and Leorio was the one who opened it.

"Leorio?"

"Yo. What's up Aoi? Looks like you finally got a key" He said while smiling

"Yeah I did but I got some freaky snake guy. So I just had to leave that area" I said "Kurapika's your roommate?"

"Technically, Hanzo was supposed to but neither of them liked the idea of being roommates so I switched with Hanzo." Leorio said with a shrug

"Oh I see. I just saw Killua and Gon fishing out at the balcony." I said, pointing at the direction of the balcony

"Fishing? They better catch me some dinner!" Leorio shouted. "If you're waiting for Kurapika, he's taking a shower, you can wait inside"

Leorio opened the door more for me to come in.

"Yo! Kurapika! Aoi is here to speak to you! I'm going fishing with Gon and Killua!" Leorio shouted

He winked at me and gave me a thumbs up before leaving the room.

What an idiot.

It's not like anything is going to happen in this room.

I sat on one of the beds and took out my glove to look at my tattoo.

A spider with twelve legs with the number 4 on it.

This is what has gotten me into all of these situations. Then I looked at my number. 4 again.

Hisoka is my replacement. I wonder if he has the tattoo with my number on it.

I heard the bathroom door open and I immediately put my glove back on. I was then greeted by Kurapika.

"Hey Aoi. Glad to see that you managed to get a room key" He said with a smile.

His hair was wet and the steam coming out from the bathroom made his black and blue eyes glow. It was making my face red.

"Do you need anything?" Kurapika asked.

He sat on his bed and tussled through his blond hair with his towel while I shake my head to snap back to reality.

"Yeah. I wanted to show you something." I pulled the pendant out and showed it to Kurapika.

The moment he looked at it, his eyes turned into that beautiful scarlet color.

"Where...did you get this?" Kurapika asked, lost at words

"I-I went to this abandoned ship, far from all the other ships. I think that ship I was at belonged to the Kuruta clan" I said with my head down.

"Do you mind taking me there?" He asked

"Sure. Follow me" I said as I got up from the bed.

We both walked out the door and I led Kurapika to the abandoned ship.

We carefully got on the ship and gazed at our surroundings.

"Do you happen to know how long this ship has been here?" Kurapika asked

"Not really. I asked Jinah and Banah but they said that it was already here when they worked at this island" I answered

"I see" With that, Kurapika started going from room to room.

We passed by the skeletal corpses that I've seen earlier and he continued to look around.

"Kurapika, does this ship belong to the Kuruta clan?" I asked.

"Seeing that the pendant came from this ship, most likely yes" He answered

"Oh..."

Kurapika found a full gasoline tank in one of the rooms and picked it up. He then started to pour the gas all around the ship.

"Are you planning on burning the ship?" I asked

"Yes." He said "Do you have anything I can use to light this place up?"

"Uhm..." I fumbled through my pockets. I found some matches and tossed them to Kurapika.

We walked outside of the ship and Kurapika lit the matches. He threw them onto the ship as we headed back to the hotel. We stood on the docks and watched the ship burn from afar.

"The scarlet eyes..." Kurapika whispered

"Huh?" I asked in confusion

"The Kuruta clan. Our eyes turn into that color whenever we are emotional. If we die with those colors in our eyes, then our eyes will permanently stay scarlet. Usually bandits and criminals yearn for these eyes because they are the most beautiful thing in the world." Kurapika said

"So, that's why the Phantom Troupe killed your clan huh?" I said.

I felt weird for asking that. I already knew the answer but it was also weird pretending that I'm not a member from that group.

"Yes. Those who were slaughtered by them, had their eyes taken away. I don't know why this Kuruta ship is here but I am glad that they were never in the hands of the Spiders" Kurapika said as he closed his eyes.

"I see"

My heart was pounding. My hands were shaking. I started playing with my glove again. I want to just rip it off and show him who I really am. But I can't. I'll get killed. I like him too much to hurt him. My heart aches.

"I think we should head back Kurapika. It's getting really late" I whispered

"You're right."

As the flames died down, Kurapika took the pendant out and threw it as far as he could into the ocean water.

"I swear I will destroy the Phantom Troupe and get back those stolen eyes. I will have my revenge. So in the meantime, please, sleep peacefully"

I tear rolled down my face. This was really heart breaking. It hurts that I am in love with him too.

Kurapika turned around and looked at me. His eyes went back to normal

"Aoi? Are you alright? You're crying" He said as he used his thumb to wipe the tear off my face.

"I'm fine. It's just heartbreaking to hear you say those words" I said as I looked at the ground

"I'm sorry for making you feel that way" Kurapika said as he lifted my head up and smiled. "You're probably tired. Would you like me to walk you to your room?"

"Oh...no. It's okay. I would like some time for myself if you don't mind" I said, slightly smiling back

"Okay. Be safe then. Good night" He said as he headed back to his room.

I stayed out here and looked at the Kuruta ship. They're lucky they didn't go through that blood shed.

"I'm sorry" I whispered. "I'm so sorry for what I've done in the past."

I looked around, making sure no one heard me. I kept talking to myself quietly

"My killing spree is all in the past. I want to become a better person. I want Kurapika to learn to forgive if he ever finds out. I wish he can accept my apology if I ever decide to tell him. I hope all of you can forgive me too"

I turned around and walked inside the building. I don't know if talking to the dead actually worked but it managed to get these thoughts off my chest.