Disclamer: I Do Not Own Hunter X Hunter

"blah" Talking

'blah' Thinking

(blah) memory's

I was sitting on the edge of the ship fishing when I heard the sea cranes call out warnings to each other. 'That's odd.' Behind me I could hear one of the captains men saying, "How pathetic! A big guy like that getting sea-sick with these calm waves." about a guy vomiting over the side of the ship. 'How can you be that sick? You shouldn't be here if you can't handle this few waves.'

"It happens every time." The captain said. "By the time we reach Dole Island he'll run out of things to throw up, and probably be left with skin and bones." Everyone started chuckling, while I heard the captain mutter, "I wonder how many can handle this..."

"From looking around, the guys who have backbones are..."

I ignored the rest as a fight started, as I looked back down at my line I could hear a splash indicating that somebody was thrown off the ship. I see my line get pulled under the water so I yank back hooking the fish. "Ha-Ha I've got you now." I mutter as I rail my line in from the currents. After a few seconds I finally get the fish I caught up on deck. Looking up I noticed everyone watching me as the captain makes his way towards me.

"Hey, you got a big one. Plus..." He says stopping in front of my catch, "... a flying Bonto fish is hard to catch."

Nodding my head I mutter, "Yeah, there rare around Whale Island too."

I heard a yawn from behind the captain so I turned my attention towards the person that happened to be Leorio. I heard him muttering something about the wind stopping, but I ignored him as he kept complaining. Instead I glanced back up at the sea cranes that continued to call out warnings. Putting the Bonto down on the deck I turn back out to face the sea and make out a small black cloud in the distance, along with the air getting moister with a salty taste to it. Turning to the captain I tell him, "There's a storm coming in our direction."

The captain looked down at me with an eyebrow raised while Leorio starts complaining again, "Yeah right! There isn't a single wave."

Looking around at the people listening I could tell Kurapika was paying attention to what I was saying so I explained, "The air is getting moist... and it's got a salty taste to it." Looking back up at the sea cranes I continue, "The sea cranes are warning each other."

"Sea cranes?" Leorio says doubtfully while laughing, "Do you now what they are saying?"

Shrugging my shoulders I tell him, "It's not hard to understand a warning when it's being said."

Leorio chuckles again while asking me, "Are you mocking me?"

Looking over the captain's shoulder I can see Kurapika glancing at me and the sea cranes looking interested in what I was saying. While shrugging my shoulders I tell him, "Think what you like. Believe me or not I don't care."

I turned away from them and started walking away when the captain stops me by asking, "Hey, you got on board from Whale Island, right?" I nodded my head, "What does your father do?"

Tensing I turn my head to look at him, "I've heard he's a Hunter, but he left me with my Aunt when I was young because she took custody of me, so I've only seen a picture of him."

"Hey, how big is this storm? When will we hit it?"

Looking back out at sea I muttered, "By the way the dark clouds are moving over here and from the sea cranes warnings... at this rate... we have two hours till it hits." Looking back at the captain I continue, "It's going to be a big one."

The captain starts chuckling while saying, "I've had this job for a long time, and you're the second person to get it right."

Glancing at him I mutter, "My father was the first wasn't he?"

Nodding his head he says, "He's a great man... You remind me allot of him when he was on my ship."

Smirking I start to walk away but not before muttering, "So I've been told."

Walking below deck I spot a hammock that's unoccupied that could fit two people. Heading over towards it I lay myself down while it started swaying with the deck. As time passes with listening to the crew pulling the sails up and people walking all over the deck I could make out Leorio's voice as he's telling someone off while the captain is giving out orders. Listening intently I could make out the faintest sound of rain a few miles away and the sound of the waves hitting the ship and the wind trying to push people off the ship getting more fierce as time goes on.

As the thunder echoed and a faint light coming through the ship I could hear what was being discussed on deck as everyone stopped working.

"What is that?" Many people muttered.

"It's St. Elmo's Fire." The captain replied.

"What's St. Elmo's Fire?" Someone else asked.

"During a thunderstorm or if an electrically charged cloud is above, static energy that accumulates at high places, like the top of a mast, becomes strong enough to result in a glowing discharge" I heard Kurapika explain. 'That's a better explanation than others can do, it's also straight to the point but as most people don't know is that when under a charged cloud anybody adapted to electricity have more control over it.' I reply in my thoughts. 'But only the most trusted people know this, along with those few who could control elements including me. Yet I can control all the elements easily enough unlike most everyone that can only control one, maybe two elements. I don't use it around anyone I don't trust, since if anyone found out about it I would be hunted by the Phantom Spider and be killed. Hmm, This will be a sad Hunter exam if I can't use all my powers but I don't want to be killed so I guess its the safest idea for now.'

I continued listening as Leorio starts nagging to Kurapika saying, "You've finally said something. Thanks for the explanation that can be found in an encyclopedia."

'I've had about enough of Leorio's bull shit! There's no need for it on this ship where you can't cool off!' Getting up I use my wind element to get me to the deck faster without having to run. Reaching the deck in a few short seconds I say seriously making my way towards the mast, "Then let's hear your answer for what a St. Elmo's Fire is. Don't jump down his throat since you can't come up with a better explanation. It gives you the edge over idiot when needed to put them down a notch. So if you can't come up with a better explanation then I'd keep your mouth shut."

"Let's hear your explanation then. There's probably nothing else you can add to what Kurapika said." Leorio says challenging me.

Smirking I say, "Among sailors, it's said that one who see's St. Elmo's Fire can't return to port alive. There is more to the St. Elmo's Fire but it's not for those who I don't choose as trustworthy." As I finish I nod to the captain then return to the bunk while listening to the captain.

"He's right, one who see's it can't return to port alive. A big storm is coming."

As I lay back down on the hammock I could hear footsteps as people came down bellow deck as the waves could wash them off the ship. I heard as many of them were getting sick and rolling all over the floor. Hearing a pair of footsteps sop in front of me I opened my eyes to see Kurapika looking down at me with questioning eyes. "Can I help you with something?" I ask him wondering why he's there.

"May I lay down with you?" I raise an eyebrow at him questioningly, "There's no where else to relax."

Looking around I see he is right so I ask, "So it's relaxing to lie next to somebody you hardly know?"

"I don't feel like we just meet, I feel like I've known you for a while, and as far as I can tell you're trustworthy." He replies. Nodding my head, I move over to give him room as he gets on. A few minutes pasted in silence till he turns to look at me saying, "You didn't have to defend me you know." I only shrug my shoulders. "What was it you meant when you said there was more to the St. Elmo's Fire?"

I stiffen as I sit up looking around to see that nobody was paying attention to us, laying back down I explained, "Only the people that I trust are told about it, because if I tell the wrong people..." I sigh, "the spider will try to hunt me down in order to kill me." I could tell he stiffened at that so I continued, "It's like me asking you about your eyes... only people I can trust can know about it..." I sigh and start to get up. "Once you trust me with your secret I'll trust you with mine, it's only fair this way." Nodding I continue, "Once you trust me, I'll trust you... Once we become close friends." I sum it up.

'I want to tell you but I can't when you can't even trust me with your secret.' Making my way towards the deck I think to myself. 'sigh if I told him about it, it would only make him another target for the Phantom Spider as they killed everyone that could control the elements since they wouldn't work with them.'

(I was practicing the new training with water that my teacher, Hisoka, instructed me to do when I got the water in a small sphere I started trying to move it around while still containing a sphere shape when I lost control of it. It expanded from the compacted sphere until it exploded. Water drenched every inch of a 10 foot radius along with Hisoka my cloths got drenched in water. We both laughed until we heard running footsteps and the sound of a sword coming out of its sheath. Hisoka turned to me telling me to run as fast as I could as he took out his deck of playing cards and got into a stance ready for an attack. As I ran I could tell that nobody was following me as I hid in a tree waiting till night fell before heading back home. As I walked into my room I saw a piece of paper written in Hisoka's writing.

Gon,

I'm sorry it had to come to this but the Phantom Spider has tracked me down. Don't worry I will see you again and when I do I will protect you as I have been doing since I began your training. I'm going to become a Phantom Spider to keep tabs on them and make sure they don't know where you are. Keep training and working hard, master your control over the elements and make sure you only use your powers when you're alone or with people you can trust with your life.

I will see you again soon,

Hisoka)

'That was the last day I saw him, along with the first day that I started training non-stop. I soon mastered control of all the elements and could use them to my advantage when ever I wanted. I made sure I kept Hisoka's card deck with me everywhere I went as I could use them for battle, since along with my wind control I could make the cards become sharp and hit a target faster when I throw it. I also learned I could use my fire control with my sword, so when I'm near fire I could manipulate it to form around my sword to leave burns on a body that I cut. I could also use my lightning control with my sword as well, but instead of burning somebody it would paralyze them for a short time depending on the charge I give it. It took me 3 years in order to master different charges and precision of when to attack someone. I'm ready to bring down the Phantom Spider, the only thing I need is a Hunter license so that I can turn them in and gain access to information I normally couldn't gain.'

After my thoughts I headed back below deck but not before noticing that lightning hit the mast leaving a deep gash across it. Once I entered the room from before I walked next to the door and leaned against the wall watching as everyone getting sick except for Kurapika who was relaxing on the hammock and Leorio who was fixing his tie in a mirror.

Turning my head towards the door I watch as the captain walks in looking at the people at the floor then to Kurapika, Leorio and me. Nodding my head at him acknowledging him, he asks for our names.

"You want to know my name?" Leorio yells at him.

Rolling my eyes at him as the captain replies, "That's correct."

"Is it really so hard to say your name?" I ask Leorio, "I'm Gon. Gon Freaks" I tell the captain while watching as Kurapika sits up in the hammock.

"My name is Kurapika."

"I... I am Leorio." He says solemnly.

"Gon. Kurapika. Leorio. Why do you want to be a Hunter?"

"Hey. Who do you think you are, asking something like that? You're not an interview!" says Leorio.

"Just answer the question." The captain replies.

"Are you listening to me?" Leorio yells.

"Hmm..." I say looking around at the people around on the ground. "Do you think we can take this somewhere else that's less... crowded?" I ask the captain. He looks me in the eye and nods. "Thanks." I reply walking behind him, I notice that Kurapika and Leorio still not moving so I turn to them saying, "If you want to become a Hunter you will follow him. It's the best advice I can give you without out right saying anything." Then I turn and continue following him out to the captains courters. Looking over my shoulder I see that they weren't following, shrugging my shoulders I close the door and turn back to the captain.

"So since it's just us here... You said earlier that there was more to it then just finding your father that you want to become a Hunter... What is the rest of your reason?"

"I trust you so I'll tell you... Have you heard about how some people could control the elements?" He nodded. "That they were being hunted my the Phantom Spiders?" Again another nod. "I am one of the last surviving after the Spiders killed everyone left. Most of us are on the run some are in hiding but nobody is like me as they can only control and manipulate one or two elements while I can control them all." He nods, "I want to become a Hunter to gain the information that I can't otherwise and to be able to turn them in. Along with being a Blacklist Hunter."

"You don't want revenge for your fallen comrades?" He asked me.

Sighing I told him, "Yes I want revenge. Who wouldn't? But death would be to easy a way out of life instead of dealing with the lives they've taken." I shrug my shoulders, "I've been training since I was young for this and I'm ready... all I need now..."

"Is a Hunter License." He finished for me.

Nodding my head I decide to ask him, "You're an examiner aren't you?" His eyes got wide and he smirked while nodding, "I figured as much as you knew my father... What are you going to do to them two?"

"I guess I'll go and ask them once again why they want to become a Hunter... I have a feeling Kurapika will be like you with wanting revenge." I nodded.

As we walked back to the other room I leaned back against the wall again and watched as the captain asked again why they wanted to be a Hunter.

"Hey why did you answer his question?" Leorio asked me while ignoring the captain.

I shrugged my shoulders while saying, "I trust him. Why not? It's not like you've got anything to lose by answering him... But not answering him will leave you out of the Hunter Exam."

"What do you mean?" Kurapika asked me. I shrug my shoulders again. 'You figure it out. It wasn't that hard'

"He may seem trust worthy but I never do what I don't want to do, unless we have a duel." Leorio says ignoring what I just said.

"You're an idiot then." Looking at Kurapika I ask him, "What about you?"

"I agree with Leorio." I looked down while thinking, 'I guess I'm not worth trusting either.'

Sighing I mutter to myself, "Nobody trusts me when I say something anymore." Sighing again I looked at the captain, "You might need to show them... they'll keep trying to get out of the question if you don't."

"Hey how old are you?" Leorio asks Kurapika. "Put some respect in it when you say my name!" He yells.

'Idiot. It's just your name.' I think while rolling my eyes.

"It's so easy to lie, to avoid a question you don't want to answer. But... I believe that lying is similar to greed, and it's a shameful act." Kurapika says.

"Call me Leorio-SAN!"

"To confess something in front of a person I just met, my reason to become a Hunter... it's too personal to tell." I flinch at that. 'I just told him something personal to me so why can't you do the same? Why do you both not trust my judgment?' "So, I cannot answer your question at this time."

"Call me Leorio-san! LE-O-RI-O-SAN!" Leorio says gritting his teeth.

There was silence for a few seconds till the captain breaks it by saying, "If you don't answer... get off this ship now. You both still don't understand? Gon got it as we were taking off." They both looked over at me. "The Hunter Exam has already begun... when you got on this ship." He continues while pulling out his Hunter License.

"Told you you'd have to show them." I muttered to him.

"It's sad that I even had to pull this out. Gon came up to me asking if the exam had begun in the beginning of the voyage. He tried to worn you just a few seconds ago but you ignored him and didn't trust in his judgment. You made him feel like you don't trust him after he's been trying to get to know you both..."

Putting my hand on his shoulder to stop him I looked up at them to see they both looked guilty. Shrugging my shoulders I listened as the captain continued, "As you know, there are tons of people who want to become a Hunter. Unfortunately, the inspectors don't have time to examine everyone. So, guys like us are hired to sift through the applicants. The guys who were thrown off or lying around are being reported as unqualified. So, even if you make it to the Exam Center, you'll be kicked out. Whether you guys get to take the Exam or not depends on my judgment. Gon has already passed so answer my question carefully."

"Damn it! I guess I'll tell you." Leorio began. "The reason I want to become a Hunter..."

"I am a survivor of the Kuruta tribe." 'That sounds familiar.' "I want to be a Hunter... that captures criminals with a price on their head... Blacklist Hunter."

The captain turned to me saying, "Told you he'd be just like you. But let's see if revenge is in it too." I roll my eyes at him and shrug my shoulders.

"And your reason?"

"Four years ago, my comrades were massacred." Looking him in the eyes as he continued. "The culprit is the killing group, Phantom Spider." Clenching my hands till blood started to come out I continued to listen, "In order to capture them, I want to..."

"...Become a Hunter, right?" I finished for him. Looking at the captain I said, "You were right. Not only are we both wanting to be Blacklist Hunters and revenge but it's for the same group of people." Sighing I turned back to Kurapika who looked at me with his eyebrows knitted together. "All of the Phantom Spider members are class A-criminals. Most skilled Hunters can't mess with them. You'll die if not trained right."

"I'm not afraid of death. What I'm afraid of, is that this anger will fade away someday."

"I feel the same way, but the anger will never fade away as long as the Spider's are still out there killing others. You need to train as I did before coming here. I had to train so that when they found me I could protect myself as they continue to try to hunt for me in order to kill me." Sighing I looked him in the eyes. "The training I went through... It was hard as hell and I lost my comrades along the way as they were trying to help train me. They would sacrifice themselves when they caught up to me so that I could run, but I'm not going to run away this time... I'm running towards them."

"You say a lot of things. If you want revenge, you don't have to be a Hunter to do that." Leorio replies.

"Yes you do. You can get better access to places and information that you normally can't get." I snap back.

"That's one of the most stupidest inquiries." Kurapika replies as if I didn't say anything. "There are places, information, actions, and allot more... that can't be accessed unless you are a Hunter. Leorio."

Walking out of the room I headed towards the bridge to tell the crew about the gash in the mast while listening to the conversation I left.

"I told you to call me Leorio-san!" Leorio yells back.

"So, what's the reason for "Leorio-san"?"

"Me? I don't want to give a make-up answer, so I'll be honest. MONEY!" 'I should have seen that coming.' "I want to become a Hunter to make a lot of money. If I have money, I can get anything... a large house, a good car and even women!" 'Why's he lying? There's another reason for the money but what could it be?'

"You can't buy civility, Leorio." Kurapika tells him.

By this time I was right outside the door listening, "That's the third time. Step outside. Looks like you filthy Kuruta tribe people don't know any manners." 'That just wasn't right. Your complaining about how he's saying your name and then you dig your own grave by talking bad about his people? That's low even by your standards.'

"Take those words back! Leorio!"

"It's Leorio-san! come on!"

"I look forward to it!"

"H... Hey you guys!" The captain yells at them as they started heading towards the deck.

"Let them fight, it will calm things down afterwards. Plus you can always tell who people are by what gets them angry." I say as I grad my fishing rod and follow them out to the deck.

They stood facing each other ready to fight when Kurapika says, "If you take back those words, I'll forgive you, Leorio."

"You first, Kurapika!" Leorio says as he pulls out a knife. "I don't intend to go first!"

Kurapika gets into a stance with his two sheathed blades. Staring each other down for a few seconds they jump into the air poised to attack.

My attention is drawn to the person climbing atop the mast trying to fix the cracks that were made earlier.

I could feel the lightning building up to hit him straight on. I use my control to change its direction to just above him as I swing my fishing rod to secure the line around the mast, and just as I see him falling over the railing I jump out at him while holding onto my fishing rod. As I fall over the edge I can tell that the fighting on the deck stopped and the same beautiful voice from the show call out my name. Once I got within reach of the person I grab onto him by his mid-section with one arm as the other continues to hold the fishing rod. I can feel hands attach themselves to my legs trying to pull us both back up onto the deck. After a few minutes I'm on the deck with Leorio and Kurapika around me while the person I saved saying, "Thanks a lot man." before going back to work.

As I'm sitting on the deck with the ocean now calm and the crew fixing the mass I hear Leorio telling me off for what I did. "How can you do something so reckless?"

"Yes, it was very foolish." Kurapika adds in. "I didn't think we would get to you in time." He adds while placing a hand on my shoulder.

"Not as foolish as you too fighting when there's a storm out." I mutter as I start to walk away.

"If we didn't catch you, you would've dropped into the ocean with that guy."

"It's not like I would have drowned." I muttered to myself. "I secured myself off before jumping to save him or did you two not notice while you were fighting?" I ask them as I continue on my way below deck to lie on the hammock.

With my eyes closed I could hear as someone came up to the hammock and lay down next to me. Opening my eyes I looked at who it was when I noticed blond hair I knew it was Kurapika.

"I'm sorry I didn't believe in your judgment earlier."

Shrugging my shoulders I mutter, "It's alright. It would be smart not to trust me or be around me."

"Why do you say that?" Kurapika asks as he turns his head to look at me.

"I'm being hunted. I will always be hunted." I replied. "They will use the people I'm close to in order to get to me."

"Who is it that's hunting you?"

"The same person were both trying to capture for crimes against our comrades." I reply closing my eyes.

We stayed like that for a while until I drifted off to sleep with Kurapika next to me. I woke up sometime later and decided to head for the deck when I heard Kurapika tossing and turning as if he was in a nightmare. Walking back over to the hammock I lay down feeling him still next to me. With his head on my chest and arm on my mid-section I close my eyes again wrapping an arm around him.

He woke up some time later and started squirming on top of me. When he noticed he was laying on me I could see his eyes widen as we look in each others eyes.

"Sorry." Kurapika mutters as he sits up.

"It's alright. You were having a nightmare earlier but calmed down after a little bit." I replied while getting off the hammock. "I think we should get onto the deck. I don't think it will be too long till we get to Dole Island." I see him nod at me as I walk up to the deck.

I walked out just as I heard the captain say that they passed and that he would take us to Dole Island.

"I'm flattered, but can this old ship get there?" Leorio asked jokingly.

The captain chuckled before saying faithfully, "Have faith in this ship."