I know our time in Zevil Island is a week long but that's too long to me. I'm bored out of my mind here. It is now Day Six of my time on the island. I spent the other five days looking for non-target plates. I didn't want to hunt down Kurapika. It would be too weird.

I was sitting on a tree branch, scoping around the area. I took out three number plates from my pockets and looked at them. One was my number, 406, and the other two plates were non-target numbers. I only need one more number plate to get my six points.

"I can't find any more people around here. This sucks" I said to myself

It truly does. All I found during the past five days were corpses without number plates. I didn't even bump into any of my friends. Not even Hanzo or Hisoka.

I know this is a good time to clear my head about Kurapika and the Kuruta clan. I really don't want Kurapika to find out that I was a member of the Phantom Troupe. But what if Hisoka tells him? Would that be the alternative way he mentioned back at the hotel? I would probably have to make sure Hisoka stays quiet. Maybe if I tell him I'll go back with him, then he wouldn't have to say anything.

Could it be that easy? I thought to myself.

I put the plates away and hopped off the tree. I started walking down a narrow path of trees. I wonder how Kurapika is doing. Did he manage to find his target number yet? Where is he? Where are the others? I wish I was with them right now instead of being bored and lonely.

"Number 406!"

"Huh?" I turned around, my thoughts interrupted by someone shouting my number.

"You're my target! So we're going to take your plate number now!"

I noticed that there were two men standing at the direction I'm facing. One man was short and chubby with a big round nose while the other man was tall, really skinny and had a monkey on his shoulder. He looks like a freaky monkey himself.

"You want my plate number?" I said in a bored tone.

They look weak. How on earth did they manage to get this far in the first place?

"Yeah we do! We're going to get our six points for sure!" Yelled the freaky monkey man

"Don't worry little missy, I promise you won't get hurt" Said the chubby man as he took out a small pocket knife.

"You've got to be joking with me right?" I said, eyebrows raised. "I could easily defeat the two of you right now"

"What makes you think that girl?" Said the monkey man

I dashed forward and ended up in front of the two of them in an instant. I took out my flute and my violin bow and held it up against their necks.

"Because I'm right in front of you without you knowing" I said.

I pressed my weapons so close to their necks that there was a trickle of blood coming down their necks. Just the sight of it was making me feel weird. It was that blood thirsty feeling I once had when I was with the Phantom Troupe.

I wanted to kill them.

"P-Please! Don't kill us!" Cried the chubby man

"I'm just kidding! I don't want your plate anymore! You can take ours! Just spare us!" Yelled the freaky monkey man

I just continued to look at them with the intent to kill them. I pressed my weapons deeper and they started to gag a bit. I would've killed them instantly but my body was preventing me from doing it. It was as if my conscious is telling me to do to it.

Thoughts of those two children from the Kuruta came swarming back to my mind. They helped me realize why I didn't want to kill people anymore.

I gave in a heavy sigh and let go of the two men. They both fell to the ground as I put my flute and bow away.

"You're lucky your lives are being spared. I won't take your number plates either. It's not worth my time." I said as I glared at them.

I looked at each of the two men. Something was wrong. It looked like something was missing from the picture. I know the freaky monkey man was not alone.

The monkey! Where is the monkey!?

"Hey. Where is your monkey?" I asked, looking at the man as he started to have a grin on his face

"See for yourself. Go Kamuri!" The freaky monkey man yelled

"What!?"

I turned around and I see the monkey jump on my face and started scratching me.

"Ouch! My face!" I grabbed the monkey and threw him away from my face.

The monkey got up and walked back to his owner. I noticed the monkey had something on his hand.

"Thank you for your number plate. Getting it was easier than I thought" Said the monkey man

I quickly checked my pockets and saw that my plate was gone. He really has it.

"My number plate!" I screamed

"Who told you to be so nice to us" Said the chubby man as he laughed and started to run away with the freaky monkey man.

"DON'T YOU DARE RUN AWAY WITH MY PLATE NUMBER!" I yelled as I started to chase after them.

I am so mad that I lost my plate to a monkey. Let alone losing it to two complete losers. I wish Kurapika was here. This is seriously ridiculous considering the situation I'm currently in.

"Get back here!" I took out my flute and threw it towards the chubby man.

The point of my flute poked his shirt and it pinned him to a tree.

"Hey! What the!?" said the chubby man

"Good. You stay there. Now it's your turn!" I said, running towards the monkey man.

He was actually running pretty fast that I was having trouble catching up to him. His monkey was gripping onto his back and he was making faces at me.

A monkey, making silly faces towards me. Is he mocking me!?

"You're done for!" I screamed as I ran a bit faster

I was really close to the freaky monkey guy until I noticed someone jumped out from behind a tree and kicked the monkey man's face so hard that he flew back. I stopped running and looked at the person. It was Kurapika.

"Hello Aoi. Sorry if I got in your way" Kurapika said as he smiled at me

"K-Kurapika?" I said, shocked to see him. I'm really glad to see him but at the same time, I didn't want to see him. But he did save me from this whole nonsense

"Uh...thank you Kurapika..." I said. Feeling shy. Did he witness everything that happened to me? How embarrassing.

"Don't worry about it." He smiled

"What...are you doing here anyways?" I asked

"Well, it just so happens that this guy is my target" He said while pointing at the chubby man. "I was following him the whole time and noticed that they were following you. So I guess it was a stalking festival" Kurapika said with a small laugh.

"Oh...I'm sorry if this whole situation was troublesome to you" I said, embarrassed again

"It was no trouble. I'm just glad that I came to help" He smiled, again.

I grabbed the monkey's tail and dragged the freaky monkey guy to where the chubby man was. Kurapika approached the chubby man and took his plate number.

I went into the monkey man's pockets and only picked up his number plate. Mine wasn't there.

"Alright freaky monkey guy. Where the hell is my number plate?" I asked. Really annoyed at him.

"Pft. I won't tell you" He said through his swollen face.

"Well if you won't tell me, then maybe your little friend will. Right?" I said as I grabbed the monkey's tail and hanged him upside down.

I stared at the monkey as he tried to free itself. I then squeezed him a little but not too tight. I didn't want to kill the fella. I even gave him the most scariest look I could give. That finally got the monkey to be frightened and he gave up on breaking free.

"Will you give me my number plate now?" I asked the monkey.

The monkey nodded his head as I let go of him. He climbed onto a nearby tree and took my plate out from a hidden hole.

"Thank you very much Karumi" I said with a smile. I grabbed my flute to unpin the chubby guy and whacked him hard on the head. I even hit the monkey guys head.

"This is for wasting my time" I said as I stuck my tongue out.

"Now that that is settled, you want to look around the island together?" Kurapika asked.

"Sure!" I said as we walked away from the area.

"Finally, I got six points" I said with a sigh

"Huh? Does this mean you've been collecting non-target plates the whole week?" Kurapika questioned

"Well..yeah" I said. Unsure of what to say.

"Were you not able to find your target?" He asked.

Well I found you now.

"Funny thing about my target..." I said "He's walking right next to me"

"I'm your target?"

"Yup" I took my number card out and showed it to him. It said 404.

We both stopped walking as Kurapika took the number card and ripped it up.

"Why did you try to steal it?" He asked. "I wouldn't mind seeing how you were going to take it"

"I thought about it before. But I changed my mind. I didn't want you to lose three points if you weren't able to find non-target points. So I chose this alternative way to pass." I said as I held out the three non-target plates.

Kurapika placed his hand on my shoulder and smiled at me.

"I'm glad" He said

"Huh? About what?" I asked

"I see that you're a really caring person. That's what I like about you" He said with a smile.

I can feel my face getting hot. He likes that about me? What does that mean? Should I accept this act of kindness he's showing towards me?

"We should keep walking. We only have a day to get back to the meeting point" Kurapika said

"Yeah. let's go" I said as we continued walking around the island.

We walked around the island for a while in silence. I have absolutely no clue what to say! I'm still speechless on what he said earlier. That he likes the fact I'm a caring person? He shouldn't feel that way. I was not like that in the past. This whole persona of me right now is the new Aoi. Not the old Aoi. I think my relationship with Kurapika had gotten closer which is making everything scarier to me. Now I'm extremely scared of how Kurapika will react if he learns the truth. What will I do?

"Oh, by the way" Kurapika said, interrupting my train of thought.

"huh?" I said

"I ran into Hisoka the other day" He said

Hisoka! Did he say something to Kurapika? Did they fight?

"H-Hisoka?"

"Yeah. Don't worry though. We didn't fight. We only had a small talk" He said

"About what?" I asked, afraid to know what the answer will be.

"It's nothing important. He mentioned something about you though" Kurapika said as he looked at me.

"About me? Like what?" I said

About the Phantom Troupe? About the type of person I was before we met? About what!?

"He said that I had to keep my eyes on you. I didn't know what he meant by that but I feel like you may be in danger" Kurapika said.

"Me? In danger?" That is nonsense but I'll let Kurapika think that.

"Yeah. I was actually really worried about you when he mentioned that. I thought something happened to you. But now that I see you, I'm relieved that you're okay"

I looked at Kurapika's eyes and they were scarlet. I felt lost in his eyes. They were beautiful. Looking into his eyes made me feel safe but at the same time, scared. Falling in love with this guy was a complete mistake. I know this is going to end badly. But I can't help it. I want to be around Kurapika. I want to be by his side. I want him to forgive me if he ever could.

"Aoi? Are you okay?" Kurapika interrupted my thoughts again

"What? Sorry...I guess I spaced out a bit." I whispered

"Do you feel any pain?" He asked

"No? Why?"

"Your face, you have some scratches on your cheek" Kurapika traced one of the scratches that the monkey did to me earlier.

I was so lost thinking about Kurapika that I had forgotten about my injuries that the monkey did to me. It stung a bit so I winced in front of Kurapika.

"Yeah. It stings a little."

"Just a second, I have this with me. Luckily, Leorio gave me some of his medical supplies before we got on this island" Kurapika opened his bag and took out some alcohol wipes and band aid patches.

"Good thing Leorio was prepared" I said with a laugh.

"Okay Aoi. This may sting a bit. But Leorio said that wiping your injuries can prevent infections." Kurapika used the cloth and started wiping my cheek as I winced in pain. It stung like hell.

"I know it hurts but deal with it for now. It'll be over in a minute" He said

After he wiped off my cheeks, he took the patches and placed it over the scratches. The stinging sensation was gone and now my face feels relieved.

"There you go" Kurapika said as he smiled

"Thank you so much" I smiled back

"It's a good thing that monkey didn't completely hurt you. I was really worried when I saw him scratching you" He said

"Oh. Haha. Well It's just a tiny monkey. So it feels nothing to me" I said

"Good"

Before I knew it, Kurapika leaned in and kissed my foreheard. My face was getting extremely hot. My heart was pounding like it was going to explode!

Why is he kissing my forehead!? Why am I questioning this! This is actually happening! But why am I letting it happen? I should be staying away from him! I should be making sure that we didn't get too close!

But I let this happen! I'm too much in love with Kurapika to have the strength to stop this. I like this kiss on my forehead. He made me feel safe. He made me have this warm feeling in my heart.

"Uh...K-Kurapika?...I..." I was lost at words.

"You don't need to say anything." Kurapika said as he grabbed my hand. "I just want you to know that I'm happy to see you after these five days. I really care about you Aoi. I do. Just know that I'll be there for you if you're ever in danger"

Those words he said, were so sweet. It made my heart feel so warm too.

But it made me feel sad. We're getting too close. This is going to break him badly if he ever finds out. I wish to just blurt it all out to him but I can't. I'm too scared to know the results.

"Let's go. I'm pretty sure the meeting point is not too far from here" Kurapika said as he let go of my hand.

"Right..." I said quietly and followed along.