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Three years later...

"Kuri, get back here!" Kuri laughed as she sprinted down the stairs. Over the years, Kuri has become hyper, even more so than Gon and she's gotten into pranks. She was still laughing when she sat at the table where Gon and his Grandmother were already sitting.

Gon looked at Kuri curiously. "Kuri-chan, what did you do this time?" Kuri just smiled innocently.

"What makes you think I did anything?" She asked, snickering.

"KURI! IF YOU DON'T GET BACK HERE RIGHT NOW, I WILL..." Crashing was heard.

'She probably tripped...' Kuri and Gon sweatdropped as Mito-san came running down the stairs. She was breathing heavily and she was bright red. At least her face was. Her face was red, yet the rest of her body was pure white.

"Good morning Mito-san! How are you! Please, sit down and have breakfast with us." Kuri smiled and gestured to a vacant chair. Mito-san's eye started twitching.

"Why you little..." She was grumbling profanities as she stormed her way to the table.

"What did Kuri-chan do?" Gon asked innocently.

"She put flour all over the bed and when I woke up, I was covered in white!" Gon just sighed, having been used to similar things for the past two years.

Grandma chuckled and sipped her tea.

"Mom! This isn't funny," Mito-san complained, exasperated.

Kuri just sat there quietly, scooping egg into her mouth to hide her smirk. Mito-san turned to her.

"And you! I don't know where you learned all these things, but stop doing them on me! Do them on Gon instead!" Kuri stopped with her fork full of eggs halfway to her mouth.

"Well, that's new," she said dryly, hearing Gon's protests in the background. She thought for a second.

"Wha? Mito-san!"

"Alright!" Kuri agreed cheerfully. To her, it didn't really matter either way, as long as she had a person to prank.

"Eh? But Kuri-chan!"

'Are you sure you'll be able to do this? He's too innocent and cute...'

'I can try.' Kuri shrugged.

'And fail.'

'What? You don't know that!'

'Just look at him!' Kuri did. Gon was looking at her pitifully.

"Nuh-uh! Not gonna work, Gon!" Kuri said flatly. You get immune to it after two years of dealing with it.

'I looked at him.'

"And to seal it with a kiss!" Gon was promising Mito-san that he would come back. Kuri was right behind him, having already given her hug and promise as well. How did this happen? Well, let's rewind a bit.

A few months before...

After breakfast, after Mito-san had washed up all the flour and Kuri cleaned up, Gon had dropped the bomb on them. He was going to take the Hunter exam! Mito-san had protested, of course, and Kuri? She just froze up. She wouldn't respond.

'Gon's leaving? What? How? Please don't go! What did I do wrong? Don't leave me! I'm sorry! Take me with you... Please don't abandon me...'

'Kuri? Kuri! Calm down. Listen.'

'No... Don't go... Stay...'

'Will you just-'

"And I'm taking Kuri-chan with me." Kuri looked up from her knees. Gon was looking at them with fierce determination.

"WHAT? Gon! Don't drag Kuri into this! She might not want to go!" Mito-san exploded.

"I can't just leave her here alone! It would be like someone's abandoning her again!" Kuri's eyes widened.

'Is Gon a mind reader?'

'He might have just seen your rocking and assumed.'

'No way. Gon's an idiot. A sweet idiot, but an idiot.'

'You're right, but Gon's not that much of an idiot.'

'Do you have any proof?'

'Uh... There was this one time, no, he was still wrong... Or maybe, no...'

'See?'

'Yeah...' Jen admitted reluctantly.

"Kuri-chan, what do you think?" Gon was looking at her with concerned eyes.

"Yeah! I'll go! Can't let you have all the fun," Kuri joked.

Gon smiled in relief. "See? Kuri-chan wants to go!"

Mito-san sighed. "Fine, but you have to...'

Now...

And here they were. Gon caught the King of the Swamp, won the right to take the Hunter Exam, blah, blah, blah. Kuri on the other hand, had a fairly easier job. She just had to cook a meal for everyone. A meal of their choice. Everyone, meaning the entire town. It sure took them a while, but they did it.

"We're off, Mito-san!" Gon waved and Kuri jumped high in the air.

"BYE EVERYONE!" Gon and the others sweatdropped, but replied.

"Bye!" Kuri grinned and ran up the hill.

"Ah! Wait, Kuri-chan!" Gon ran after her.

"Bye Mito-san! Bye Grandma!" With that last farewell, they were off.

"Down to the town we go!" Kuri chirped as she skipped along the path. Gon chuckled.

"Wow, Kuri-chan! You're really excited."

"Yup! For a second I thought you were abandoning me and going alone!"

"I actually considered that." Kuri stopped cold. "But, then I figured you would kill me so I took it back." Kuri smiled and started skipping again.

'We're off to see the Wizard! The wonderful Wizard of Oz!'

'Kuri?'

'Hmm?'

'What the hell is going on inside that head of yours?'

'Nothing!'

"By the way, Kuri."

"Hm?"

"How old are you?"

"Eleven." Gon thought for a moment.

"Oh... you're going to have to lie and say you're twelve."

"What? Why?"

"Because the you have to twelve to take the hunter exam."

"Oh..."

"..."

"I'm only eleven for... another month! So soon I won't have to lie! Cause right in the middle, it'll be my birthday!" Gon's face dropped.

"Oh..." Kuri tilted her head at him.

"Why do you look so sad?" Gon had dark clouds hanging over his head.

"Because we won't be able to celebrate your birthday..." Kuri rolled her eyes.

"Relax. We can celebrate it after the Hunter Exam." Gon visibly brightened up.

"You're right! Let's go!" Kuri facepalmed.

'Well he got over that quickly...'

'Don't forget, Gon's a simple minded kid.'

'True.'

"Kuri-chan! Hurry up or I'll leave you behind!" Kuri panicked.

"Wait! Wait for meeeeeeeee!"

Kuri grinned and looked around. It had only been a hour since she and Gon had got on the ship, but she had already lost him. She jumped onto a crate and looked around.

'It's so fun to be somewhere new!'

'Yeah...but honestly, calm down...'

'Hey, what's over there? And what about that dark thing over there?'

'Kuri... You're going to get hurt...'

'Ooh! There's a sharp pointy thing over there!'

'Kuri...'

'Bye Jen!'

'Wai-'

Kuri continued exploring the ship.

'Crate, crate, crate, ooh; light!'

She went towards it and found herself in a room with seasick participants. There was a sailor at the front with a clipboard. His eyes widened at the sound of her.

"There's another one? Oh well, must have gotten lost. What's your name?" Kuri gave a bright and happy smile.

"Kuri!"

"Well, then Kuri, please go see the Captain."

"Okay!" Kuri skipped through the halls of the swaying ship.

'Captain's room, Captain's room... Oh, there it is!' She burst into the room.

"Hi! Sorry I'm late!" In there, was a pretty blond person, a middle aged man, and...

"Gon!" Gon looked at her in surprise.

"Kuri-chan! Where were you? I couldn't find you." Kuri rubbed the back of her head sheepishly.

"I went exploring. Did you know there were thirteen hidden entrances on this ship, five crates full of rotten apples, and one room full of weapons?" Kuri asked cheerfully.

The Captain looked at her in amazement. "How did you know that, lassie? I own this ship and even I don't know that." Kuri just shrugged.

"I went exploring." Was all she offered. The captain looked at her suspiciously while the others sweatdropped.

"You made it just in time, lassie! Now we can begin. Now first off, what are your names?"

"Gon Freecss!"

"Kuri!"

"Kurapika."

"Leorio."

The captain cleared his throat. "Why do you want to become Hunters?"

"So, why do you wanna become hunters?" Leorio frowned.

"You're not an Examiner so we have no obligation to tell you anything." Kurapika cut in.

"Leorio's right. It would be easy to offer up a plausible lie-" Kuri tuned him out after that. He was going on and on about telling the truth or something. It was obvious that he is smart, but Kuri didn't care about that. She was more interested on examining him. Long lashes, big, brown eyes, soft hair, and a... painting? No... it didn't have any colorful pictures.

'I believe that's called a tabard.'

'Quiet Jen! I'm thinking!'

Kuri hit her fist in her palm. "Oh, it's called a tabard." Leorio and Kurapika stopped arguing and looked at her curiously.

'I just said that...' Kuri ignored her. Gon blinked.

"What is?"

"That painting that he's wearing!" Kuri pointed at Kurapika.

Kurapika looked offended. "P-painting?"

"It's not very colorful, but it's a painting! Or a 'tabard.'" Leorio burst out laughing. The Captain cleared his throat.

"I guess we have two more dropouts; maybe three, depending on your answer, lassie." Kuri looked at him.

"I don't want to become a Hunter." Kurapika and Leorio looked shellshocked.

"Then why are you here, lassie?" The Captain raised an eyebrow.

She pointed at Gon. "I'm just following him. If I become a Hunter, great, if not, oh well." She shrugged.

Leorio burst out in anger. "Then why are you here? Just go crying to your mommy and daddy just like the little girl you are! Save the Hunter's license for someone who needs it!" Kuri's eyes glinted in anger and flashed red for a moment. In the blink of an eye, Leorio was pinned to the wall by knives and Kuri was pointing a katana that came out of nowhere at him.

"Don't you ever mention my parents again!" She huffed and sheathed her katana. She placed it on her hip and left the room, slamming the door shut behind her.

'Is she a Kurta?' Kurapika thought, remembering her eyes.

"Hey, Gon. Is she a Kurta?"

Gon looked at Kurapika. "She isn't a Kurta, her eyes just change color, depending on her emotions. I guess she could be a really, really distant relative, but red stands for anger." Kurapika nodded in understanding.

"Red stands for anger? So there are other colors?" Gon nodded. He suddenly turned into a chibi and pulled out chalkboard out of nowhere. He cleared his throat.

"Ahem. Kuri-chan's eye color is usually brown. Brown stands for normal, on guard. If she's really relaxed and really likes you, her eyes will turn green. Red, as you just saw, stands for anger, and blue is the one you really don't want to get. I've only seen it once and that was when Kuri-chan saw someone wipe-out an entire village. Pink is for in pain, whether it's a lot or very little. There's also yellow, which stands for annoyance. There's a lot, but those are all I know."

Kurapika felt disappointment fill him, but something else as well... relief? Why? It was probably that he was glad he wasn't related to someone crazy like her. Gon turned back to normal.

Gon looked after Kuri worriedly. "I hope she'll be alright." He went to Leorio and started helping him get free.

"Thanks kid," Leorio said as Gon took out the last knife. Kurapika picked one up.

"These are incredibly light and strong. They were obviously crafted by a master. Who made these?" Gon smiled.

"That would be Kuri-chan! She would always be playing with them and get scolded by Mito-san." Kurapika and Leorio exchanged looks.

"Who's Mito-san?"

"My aunt!" Leorio frowned.

"How did a brat like her, craft these?" Gon shrugged.

"I don't really know much about her... we met three years ago, but she's never really said anything about her past life."

"Why did she get so mad about her parents? Did something happen?" Gon shook his head.

"That's Kuri-chan's story to tell. It's must be very personal." They heard a scream.

"Gon, help!" Gon perked up.

"That's Kuri-chan!" He ran out of the room, Kurapika and Leorio following. They went out to the deck, where they saw Kuri clinging to the railing for dear life as she held onto something that was submerged in water.

Gon gasped and rushed over. "Kuri-chan!" He grabbed onto one of her hands and pulled. Kurapika and Leorio also helped and with all three of them, they pulled Kuri and Katsuo (Katzo?) out.

Kuri fell to her knees and started coughing up salt water. She looked over to Katsuo.

"You alright?" He nodded and stood up.

"Thank you for saving my life!" He bowed really low.

'I wonder how his head didn't smash against the floor...'

Leorio bashfully rubbed the back of his head. "Nah, it was nothing..."

Kurapika smiled and nodded. "It was nothing."

Kuri just grinned and gave a thumbs up. "No prob!"

"You're welcome!" Gon just shook Katsuo's hand.

Leorio sighed and looked at Kuri. "I-I'm... sorry... I didn't mean what I said, I let anger get the best of me..."

Kuri grinned. "You're forgiven! I'm sorry that I pinned you to the wall as well!" He let out a nervous laugh.

"Apology accepted."

"I owe you an apology as well, Kurapika-" Kuri looked at the sea.

"Land! Land ho!" She shouted excitedly.

"Ooh! Look at that! What's that? Hey, I wonder what that is!" Kuri was bounding from stall to stall, waiting as for Gon to finish talking with the Captain.

"Kuri-chan! I'm back!" Kuri looked up from the frog legs she was examining and waved

"Hey, Gon! Look at these panda-frogs-on-a-stick! They're actually not pandas!" Everyone, but Gon sighed and sweatdropped.

"Uwah, really?" He started running over there, when Leorio grabbed him by the collar of his green shirt. He started dragging Gon off.

"Eh? But I wanna see!" Kurapika looked to see if anyone was looking and dragged Kuri off in the same direction as well.

"What? No! I wanna keep exploring!" Kurapika just ignored her and kept dragging her to wherever they were going. Kurapika finally stopped in front of a map.

Kuri went off and started sulking. She kept mumbling, "No one loves me..." while drawing on the ground with a random stick.

"Kuri-chan! We're leaving!" Kuri's head snapped back up so fast, that it was amazing she didn't get whiplash.

"Owww..." She ran towards Gon and Kurapika who were walking off. Leorio was going another way.

"Oi, Kuri! do you wanna come with me?" Leorio called.

"Nah, I'll stick with Gon!" She continued running and jumped on said boy's back. He turned around.

"Kuri-chan! Eh? Where did she go?"

"She's behind you, Gon." Kurapika pointed in Kuri's direction. Kuri stuck her tongue out.

"It's rude to point!"

"Eh? Kuri-chan?" Gon turned around. "I don't see her!" Kuri grinned. She took somethings out from her pocket. It was a hockey mask and a black cloak.

'How do those even fit in there?' Kurapika wondered. Kuri turned and winked. She put her finger on her lips and gestured to Gon. Kurapika's eyes widened in surprise and his cheeks turned pink. Kuri put on the hockey mask and cloak. She tapped Gon on the shoulder.

"Is that you Kuri-ch-AAHH!" He took out his fishing rod and whacked Kuri on the head

'Ow!'

'That's what you get for trying to scare the poor boy.' Kuri didn't reply. She smirked behind the mask and reached inside her cloak. She started pulling something out, until a hand reached over and took off Kuri's mask.

"Eh? Kuri-chan, that was mean!" Kuri was frozen. She looked at the culprit. Kurapika was smirking and holding the mask in one hand.

"Kurapika, you party-pooper!" He just rolled his eyes and shook his finger at her.

"Don't go randomly scaring people, Kuri." Kuri just huffed and looked away.

"Where were you, Kuri-chan?" She opened her mouth to reply, but someone beat her to it.

"She was on your back until you started looking for her. Then she reached into her pocket and took out her mask and cloak to scare you," Kurapika explained. Kuri's eyebrow twitched and she smacked Kurapika on the head.

"Don't go giving away all my secrets."

"How do those even fit in there?" Kurapika asked, rubbing his head. Kuri smiled and put her finger on her lips.

"Himitsu~"

He opened his mouth to respond, when a voice suddenly called out. "Hey guys! Did ya miss me?"

"Nope," Kuri replied bluntly. Leorio anime fell.

"We would have been better off without you," Kurapika agreed. Leorio fell again. He turned to Gon.

"What about you Gon? Did you miss me?"

"Eh..." Kuri hit Leorio on the head.

"Don't pressurize poor Gon!"

"Says the one who scared him," Kurapika mumbled. Kuri hit him on the head too. She tilted her head to the side.

'Someone's following.'

'You just noticed? He's been following you from the dock! Your skills have gotten damn rusty.'

'I noticed, but he's really noisy. You really need to quit that cursing habit of yours...'

'Can't disagree with the noisy part. I don't want to quit my cursing. It's useful when you're mad.'

'I wonder if he's an elephant. I mean, he's practically stomping and he's snickering so loudly that the whole country could probably hear him. Plus, he's tripped on like every rock on the path and cursed every time he fell.'

'That's kinda exaggerating...'

"Ow! Damn it!"

'...I see your point.' Kuri smirked to herself.

'Should I set some traps to throw him off?'

'No... Just see what he does. If he attacks, don't hesitate to kill him.'

'Roger that.'

Kuri came back to meet two worried faces and one curious one.

"Hey, guys..."

"What happened? You suddenly stopped and wouldn't respond."

"It could be trauma. Was there a traumatic event that happened when you were younger?"

Kuri looked at him and burst out laughing. "No! My friend can do magic. We were talking with each other." Leorio frowned and placed his hand on her forehead.

"You don't seem to have a fever, did you hit your head somewhere?" Kuri rolled her eyes.

'Jen, show them.'

'You sure? You must trust them a lot to reveal this to them.'

'I do. So do it...' Jen grumbled.

'Can you hear me?'

Leorio and Kurapika gasped. Kurapika looked for signs that it was a trick that Kuri was playing, but she was one hundred percent serious.

"Wha-What's happening?" Leorio yelped as he clutched his head. "Personality disorder? Am I going crazy? Dementia?" He kept mumbling disorders and illnesses to himself, even the ones that were very unlikely.

"Leorio, calm down. This is real. You are not going crazy, I hear it too." Kurapika crouched next to Leorio, trying to assure him.

On the other hand, 'Hi Jen! How are you? It's been a while since we spoke, ne?' Gon was talking away and Jen was very uncharacteristically listening.

'Fine. And yeah.' Kurapika and Leorio looked at Gon, dumbfounded.

'Wow, Gon! You're a miracle! You can get her to respond like a normal person! And without cursing!'

'Shut up, Kuri.'

"G-Gon, you know her?" Gon nodded.

"Un! We met when I met Kuri-chan!"

"So she does exist?"

'Don't talk about me like I'm not there! Of course I damn exist!'

"Sorry..."

'Jen. Language.'

'English, Kuri. I'm speaking a language called English.'

'I would hope you know that. Now, you have a very big vocabulary in English. Cut out the curse words and you're perfect!'

'I'm perfect either way, Kuri.'

'Really? Doesn't seem like that to me... And remember Gon.'

'What about me, Kuri-chan?'

'I am gonna kill you and hide your body, you little...' The rest was incoherent. Kurapika just blinked. Leorio had stopped mumbling, but continued looking at Kuri and Gon like they were crazy. Kuri hid her smirk. The stalker was probably thinking that they had a few screws loose.

They soon reached a village that was seemingly abandoned. It even had tumble weeds... tumbling across the path. They went in deeper.

Leorio looked around. "Are you sure that this is the right place?" Kuri shrugged.

"Do you see any other place that'll lead us to the cedar tree?"

"No..."

"Then there you have it. This is the right place." Kurapika and Gon sweatdropped.

"Kuri-chan, that's not very good reasoning."

"Do you have a better one?"

"Doki, doki." They looked ahead to see an old woman with masked people surrounding her.

'I wonder what's under that mask...'

'Do you wanna find out?'

'That's why I said, 'I wonder.''

'Then go ask.'

'Okay!'

"Doki, doki."

"Doki, doki?" Leorio repeated what the old woman said nervously.

"Doki, doki."

"Doki, doki." Kuri looked at Leorio.

"Leorio. Did you suddenly become a parrot?" He scowled back at her.

"Exciting Two-Choice Quiz!"

"Huh?"

"To reach the cedar tree, you must first pass this quiz." Kuri blinked.

"Okay..."

"What?! No way! Let's go, you guys. I'm not doing this." Leorio fumed.

"If you don't participate, you will be disqualified from taking the Exam."

"What?!" The old woman ignored Leorio.

"You will be given one question and five seconds to answer. You have two possible answers. If you say anything but those two answers, you will be disqualified."

"Wait. So if they get the question wrong, I fail too?" Leorio pointed to Kuri in particular.

"Why are you pointing at me? It's rude to point, you know."

"What would you know about being polite, you brat!" Kurapika rolled his eyes.

"If anything, it'll be the other way around."

"Why you..."

"Hurry up! Or else I'm going to answer the question first." The stalker came out.

"Ah, so the stalking cheater finally shows himself." The stalker fumed.

"Che. The name's Matthew. Remember it. You'll eat those words, little girl, when you find out that I passed the Exam and you didn't."

"Not possible. I'll be the one passing." Kurapika intervened.

"Enough. We don't have time for this." He nodded to the stalk-... Matthew.

"You may go first."

"What?! But Kura-Mmph!" Kuri covered Leorio's mouth.

"Quiet, you're going to make everyone deaf."

"If we let him go first, we will get an idea of what the question is like," Kurapika reasoned. Leorio fumed behind Kuri's hand.

"An evil villain has abducted your mother and lover. Who will you save? Choose one for your mother and two for your lover."

"What?! That's not even a question!" Leorio yelled, wrenching himself away from Kuri. The st-... Matthew hit the button immediately.

"I choose one."

"And why is that?"

"You can have many lovers, but you can only have one mother."

"Oh yeah? What if your father remarries?" Kuri retorted bitterly. The others looked at her curiously.

"You only have one true mother."

"True as in the one who gave birth to you, or the one who actually treated you like her daughter? And if you 'truly' love your lover, hence the title 'lover', you will most likely never love anyone the same way again. You can't just give out love to anyone and decide that you suddenly love this person." Matthew looked irritated. The others looked on in interest. Kuri was strangely dark and serious.

"Whatever! You're not an Examiner so I don't have any obligation to answer you!" He looked at the old woman. She nodded.

"You may pass." Matthew smirked.

"What?! How? That's not an answer!"

"See ya later, losers." Kuri walked until she was right in front of the old woman.

"So he didn't get it right?" Kuri asked. She was talking softly so Gon and the others wouldn't hear them. The old woman looked at Kuri sharply.

"He was allowed to pass, but you never said correct." The old woman suddenly cackled.

"You're a sharp one, girlie! Don't share your knowledge. It can be your downfall." Kuri nodded and stepped back.

"Now. Your son and daughter have been kidnapped, but you can only save on of them. Choose one for your daughter and two for your son." Leorio glared at the old woman.

"What kind of question is that? There is no right answer!" Kurapika stiffened.

"Leorio-"

"No sharing answers. If you say anything but the answer, you're disqualified." Kurapika clenched his fists in frustration. Leorio kept mumbling things to himself and walked over to where there were a bunch of wooden sticks propped up.

"Five." Leorio picked up the stick.

"Four." He started walking towards the old woman.

"Three." Still walking.

"Two." He stopped.

"One. Time's up." Leorio charged at the old woman. Kurapika was there, blocking the attack.

"Move, Kurapika! I'm gonna teach this old woman a lesson!"

"Stop, Leorio! You'll waste our correct response!" He stopped.

"Correct response?"

"Yes. You couldn't say anything but the choices, one or two, so you don't answer. Silence is the correct answer."

"But she let that other guy pass!"

"She never said he was correct. Didn't you hear his screams? He was quite loud." Kuri yawned.

"Oh. Sorry, old woman!" Leorio rubbed the back of his head sheepishly.

"Don't be. I do this to meet guys like you. They are right. The correct path is over here." Two of the masked villagers opened two doors.

"Walk through the tunnel for two hours and you'll find yourselves at a straight path. It will lead you to the cedar tree."

"Thanks, old woman! Gon! Let's go!" Gon was still on the ground. He fell back.

"Ah! I can't think of an answer!" Leorio chuckled.

"The quiz is over."

"But what if the same situation did happen to us?" Leorio and Kurapika froze. Kuri just shrugged.

"We'll have to see when it does happen. If you're not satisfied, think while we walk." They started leaving. Kuri suddenly stopped. "Wait! I forgot! I need to ask something! Gon, wanna come with?"

"Sure!" They headed back to the old woman.

"Obaa-san! What's under those masks?" The old lady smiled. She motioned for the closest one to come to her. She took off his mask and under there was a... normal face. Kuri pouted in disappointment.

'I was hoping for something more interesting, like nothingness.'

'Would you have liked to see that?'

'Yeah...'

Kuri looked at the mask. "Can I touch the mask?" The old lady passed it to her.

"Ooh! Me too!" Gon came over. They reached out and touched the mask. Kuri's eyes widened.

'It's so FLUFFY!'

It wasn't as hard as it looked. It was like weaved fur and a cloud combined.

"Guys! We're leaving!" Kuri quickly bowed.

"Thank you!"

"Bye!"

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