Hey there! It's Yoshida Megumi-chan on charge!
Vio: Just update the shit already!
Megu: *sweatdrops* I think this is going to become your catch phrase every time you are guest here. And you are going to be here as a guest every time.
Vio: No way! Last time you killed me! FOUR FUCKING TIMES!
Megu: Don't worry, Vio, robots can't die. And if they are as dumb and intelligent as you, they will be unbreakable.
Vio: *sweatdrops* I don't know if it's an insult or compliment… Megu always says something that is hard to understand… I know it's one of her charm points, but this is too much, God, too much. I MEAN! HOW THE FUCK CAN I BE BOTH DUMB AND INTELLIGENT, AND AT THE SAME TIME?! ARE YOU SANE, FOR GODDESS'S SAKE?
Megu: Uhm… Was this an insult?
Vio: Oh God, she's helpless. And unique. No one can make me use vulgar language except Megumi. So, as now I know what disclaimer is, I will do it today, 'cuz Killua is eating a chocolate cake in the kitchen. So, Yoshida Megumi-chan doesn't own anything except Mana, Arisu and her freaking annoying plot twists. BUT! She owns the chocolate cake Killua is eating now.
Megu: WHAT?! HE IS EATING MY CAKE? *enters the kitchen and some horrible noises are heard from there*
Vio: *sighs* Well, that was an Over-Kill. Enjoy my stupid BFF's story!
Chapter 4: Monsters X Cooking X No Good
Arisu's POV
"I believe you crossed the finish line simultaneously." Satotz said. I was a bit surprised, to be honest. I mean, I don't get to race three of the people with more stamina than me. To be honest, I think everyone here have more stamina than me. I was created for sprints, not for marathons. I was lucky I was in consciousness by now. Somehow, I am feeling like I am the weakest one here. To be around people sure is tough. And especially if they are better than me. I sighed, my eyes turning to look at Killua. I'm just praying we aren't long lost twins or something. Sorry, but Mana is more than enough for me.
By this time, most of the participants were already arrived on the surface. Yes, I think it is the right word for this situation, I mean, we just exited an underground tunnel, so… Aren't I thinking way too much for the past five hours? I feel like my brain is going to fry himself. Or… is it a she? How can you know your brain's gender? If I address him as a 'he', this means that I have a freaking male in my head. And when the hormones kick in, wouldn't he – or I - be a gay? I'm not against it, I mean, it's my brain, but this would have meant that my brain is a cross-dresser too, 'coz he's in a female's body. But if it is a 'she', then I have a fucking perverted woman into my skull. But, at some time, we all become perverts, because we have to reproduce our kind… wait a minute! What if… What if… What if my brain is a hideyoshi? Then, what gender am I supposed to be?
Mana's POV
I was chatting with Gon and Killua for a while. Okay, I was mainly talking to Gon because Killua somehow just creep me out. I didn't forget the teasing Nee-chan did, and my face was still a bit red from her comment. Gon was a great friend, yes, and I didn't plan to change it. And, this boy was denser than a stone sometimes. I mean, I fucking killed a person in front of him, and now here we are, acting like buddies. Thought I hoped we weren't just acting. Somehow, I wanted to be friends with Gon. He didn't judge me by my actions, he just… I don't know if he is stupid or he is just like that all the time. Something told me it was the second – he was naïve, pure, friendly, outgoing, and incredibly dense by nature. I turned to Nee-chan.
"Ne, Nee-chan, what do you think about the…" I stopped for a second, eyeing her thoughtful expression. "First Phrase …?" Gon and Killua turned to my sister, the first wearing a curious face, while the other was clearly bored. "Nee-chan? Is something wrong?" I asked her worriedly. My sis was a genius in sensing dangers, so it would be something bad. At the same time, she, despite being more intelligent, serious, and older than me, she had the habit of thinking about meaningless things and was as easily distracted as she was an airhead. It just pissed me off, because she was stressing both of us more than it should be healthy. But then again, she never wore more serious expression, even when on a mission. So she was either simulating a battle between her and our enemy, or she was thinking for something extremely stupid. She made a 'stop' sign with her hand in front of her face, her eyebrows furrowed. I gulped. I didn't know which was better - life-threatening situation or her idiot ideas.
"Shhh. Be quiet there, I'm thinking." Arisu finally answered, her eyes tightly closed. "I must figure out what gender is my brain."
And that was it. I fell on the ground anime-style, with a sweatdrop, as Killua burst out laughing.
"You've gotta be kidding me!" he exclaimed, laughing like crazy. On the other side, Gon was wearing a puzzled expression. I was fast enough to see how, opening her eyes, Arisu's look softened when she looked at the white-haired boy. I smirked mischievously. Now she was going to be mocked, until I pay off what she did to me. But first… I'm going to screw her.
"Nee-chan" I said. "The word 'brain' is an 'it', I thought you knew."
"But" now she was sulking. She was super-cute when she was like that, so I took my phone and took a photo of her. If – no, when Killua fall in love with my precious big sis, I will be nice enough to give it to him. "But if my brain's an 'it', then it's a hideyoshi, isn't it!" she reasoned. "And then, what am I?" I sweatdropped. I can't believe this person is my big sister.
"You, my dear, are my precious Arisu, and I am not going to give you to Killua… yet." I had a sly smile on my face when I said the last word. Both blue-eyed kids looked at me with surprise.
"I? With this silver idiot/boring woman?" they asked at the same time, and then frowned at each other. "Don't copy me!" they said in unison and I almost bursted in laughing. Almost.
"Shut up for a moment please" I pleaded. "Satotz-san is saying some important things."
"Sorry, can you repeat them for me?" Nee-chan asked. I sighed. I really can't understand how we are related.
"He said we are in Numere Wetlands, and we have to be close to him if we don't want to die. Apparently, there are some creatures that can deceive us and then use us for dinner." I explained to her. She closed her eyes.
"Imposters, huh…" Arisu thought out loud. "But they are weak. It won't be interesting to take them down. I want a real challenge."
"Then go and search for numbers 301 and 44, the fucking clown turned the arms of a gladiator in flowers." I remembered the scream that echoed in the tube room. It was nothing compared to what I've done, but it was freaking me out. If I wanted a peaceful life, then I shouldn't show Hisoka how strong I am.
"Too… easy…" Sis murmured and I threw my arms in the air.
"Well, sorry for not being able to find you a worthy challenge!"
"No problem." She answered and I deadpanned. I think… my sister is having some big mental problems… at least bigger than mine…
Arisu's POV:
Said clown suddenly threw cards at opposite directions – some at Satotz-san and the others at a… monkey? Monkey in clothes? I deadpanned. Curse my excellent nose… now I will never forget the smell of a monkey. Next time I go to the zoo, probably I'll go straight at the monkeys without noticing… and this reminds me… WHO THE FUCK IS THAT DEAD MONKEY? I really need to stop spacing out. Suddenly, Satotz-san started running again. I sighed.
"Too… boring…" I murmured under my breath.
"Let's keep going" Mana suggested and turned to Gon. "See you at the finish line!" and we sped up, catching with the examiner.
"This reminds me, how did you meet Gon?" I asked her suddenly. She gulped.
"Ah, you see…"
~Flashback~
Mana's POV:
It was a sunny day, probably around 8AM. I was peacefully walking around the city of Zaban, watching the stores and the people in them, searching for challenge. So far, none of the poor humans caught my eye. I decided to take a detour and to go to the exam site by the dark alleys that were here and there. Maybe there would be some thugs or something and they could satisfy my blood need. Just before I entered one of them, I accidentally looked around and found a boy around my age, who was talking with a girly boy and an uncle with short temper. They were scolding him about fooling around too much, and I would think they were a couple or something. Not that it can't be true, but… in this moment, the boy noticed me and grinned at my direction.
I hurriedly walked in the alley, too concerned to think straight. He was very strong, and it costed me pretty much all my will not to put end to his life in front of his friends, hearing their horrified screams when they understood that they were next… I suddenly snapped of my trance, shaking my head. There is no way I could do it, he was too innocent! I clutched my head with my hands and fell to my knees, the words of Onii-chan playing again and again in my head. Kill whenever you want, whatever you want. We don't have morals like those stupid humans, we are just killing machines. One day, when you grow strong enough, I will come and kill you, to satisfy my blood lust. So you must train enough, so that you can actually entertain me… For you to train enough, and to be strong enough you must kill ones that are stronger than you, and to reach my level… Who knows, maybe you can even beat me. I closed my eyes tightly, trying to erase the memory of my older brother, but it wasn't helping. I started panting.
"Oya, oya, what do we have here?" a deep voice asked. I opened my eyes to see a fat man, bald, and with pervy grin plastered on his face. Behind him were five or four more men, smirking at me. "Lost your parents, girlie? You can come with us, we will pleasure you."
"I don't have parents." I answered, bangs covering my eyes. "But if you ask so politely, then I will have my fun with you." Their smirks momentary disappeared, like wiped from their faces, when they saw my eyes. I could almost see the bloodlust I was emitting. "But maybe you won't like the results." I closed the distance, my nails growing sharper and longer, and a cheshire grin made its way on my face. "Now, scream for me."
"You did what?!" Arisu yelled.
"Stop yelling, damn it!" I answered. It was enough that no-mouth man was listening to my story, and by now his eyes were wide.
"You killed at least five men! Even when you promised me you won't just murder people left and right!"
"I didn't! They were rapers, for Hell's sake! What if they had found another little girl, not a pro assassin?" I reasoned.
"But that doesn't mean you can massacre them, for Goodness' sake!"
"I didn't massacre all of them, just the baldy…" I said, pouting.
"What did you do to him?" Nee-chan asked, sighing.
"Well" I smiled slowly. "The detailed or the fast explanation?"
"I knew it would turn out like that…" she said, shaking her head. "The fast, please."
"Kay!"
I tore the man limb by limb, before that breaking his bones so that he can scream longer. Finally I smashed his head by simply stepping on it. The other men were froze in fear and couldn't even breath.
"So?" I asked, slightly amusement sliding in my tone. "Who's next?" they backed off, trembling.
"You mustn't do that." A voice behind me suddenly said. I turned to see the boy from earlier, with his friends. The old man was looking at me like he saw a monster, and the other was trying not to run away. But the boy my age just stood in front of me, unfazed by the corpse behind me, nor by the blood on my clothes and face.
"Why not?" I finally asked. "If I let them be, they would do even worse things to innocent people. These here at least are killers, so what does it concerns you if they're dead?"
"Either way, you mustn't do this." The boy repeated stubbornly. "If someone else found you, you might be arrested, you know."
"I'm the same as them, I kill because I want to, so if they jail me, they have the right to."
"But at least, if you want to kill them, do it fast. No one deserves a death like this." He reasoned. My eyes darkened.
"I know…" then I turned to the men and within seconds they were dead. I turned my hand like it was before. The boy gave me a big, warm smile and extended his hand.
"I'm Gon Freecss. What is your name?" he said. I looked at him strangely.
"Are you not afraid of me?" I asked him.
"Why should I be?" he answered with a question, titling his head on one side. I burst out laughing.
"I tortured a man to death in front of your very eyes and now you ask for my name! You really are something, I'm sure I've never encountered more interesting person than you before! I'm Mana Neonville and I'm twelve. Nice to meet you!"
"Let's search for clothes, Mana-san!" Gon suggested. I nodded. My white dress was already red from the blood of those men. "Ah, by the way, this is Kurapika" he pointed to the girly boy "And this is Leorio" the man in suit waved nervously.
"Don't worry, Rioleo, I'm not going to kill you. It will be too easy." I tried to comfort him. Actually, it worked.
"My name is Leorio! L-E-O-R-I-O!" he yelled at me. I didn't pay him attention and instead turned to Gon.
"Let's hurry up or we will be late!" I said to him. He nodded in response and we together exited the alley.
"And this was the story." I finished. Arisu was shaking her head again, and Satotz-san was looking at me with both interest and… I don't know, maybe pity? He was surely thinking something along the lines of: The poor girl, she sure had a terrifying childhood. I hated to be pitied, but I guess it can't be helped. The rest of the test was just running and I was half sleeping, half murmuring how boring was this test. This was one of my common things with my big sis – neither of us liked boring things.
"You okay?" I asked her. She nodded, too concentrated to keep her breathing even. "Are you tired?" she shook her head. "Not used to be around so much people yet?" this time I got a nod. "Well, good luck." As I said that, a roar sounded from my sister's side. There was a green gorilla that was closing us. I tensed slightly and turned to Arisu. "Leave it to-" I tried to say, but she was already running at it "me?" I continued as she cut his head off. The animal fell limp on the ground and she ran to us. I pouted. "I wanted to do it!" I whined.
"No way!" big sis protested. "You already had your fun this morning!" I "'hmp'ed" and turned my back to her. How I managed to do it while running, I really don't know.
(Time Skip: in front of the Second Phase's place)
Arisu's POV:
We arrived in front of steel gates that were (obviously) the entrance for the next exam. I looked inside just to be greeted by lines of kitchen sets. I gulped and looked at Mana.
"Say, imouto" I started. "How good can you cook?" she titled her head in confusion, and I slightly motioned inside the fence with my chin. When she followed my glance, she shivered from head to toe.
"Seriously? You are that bad?" I asked her, not believing my eyes. Not that I was better- okay, scratch that, everyone is better in cooking than Mana. Even I, who can't think of the kitchen knife as nothing more but weapon for killing, can do a steak. Not that it is yummier than raw meat, but at least I can cook. But Mana… the gates opened and we entered the yard, only to be greeted by Buhara and Menchi, Gourmet Hunters. I was actually surprised when she said it with pride. Most of the examiners were too dumb to understand her, including Killua. I personally think it is great to be proud for that, I mean, to be Gourmet Hunter you must have the courage, the knowledge, and the power to hunt. Not that anyone beside me and my sister understood it.
We followed the gang to hunt the pigs that were requested for passing. I went on autopilot and couldn't really remember what I did. The next thing I knew, I was in front of the judges, with roasted pig. Before Buhara could eat it, I grabbed his hand, smacking it away.
"I won't eat this if I was you." I warned him and he raised his eyebrows.
"Why not?" Menchi asked, slightly irritated.
"I can't cook so I can't guarantee this isn't poisonous" I answered. For my surprise, she smirked.
"You are the second that says this today."
"But who could- oh, it was Mana, a girl with red eyes and white hair, right?" I asked them.
"You know her?" Buhara asked me.
"Yes, she is my twin. Fortunately, I didn't receive her poor cooking skills. I'm better in cooking, but that doesn't mean this isn't dangerous."
"Hm. You two are amusing, to say at the least. I heard a rumor that she murdered five people in Zaban city, is that true?" Menchi questioned. I deadpanned.
"That cow, not even being able to hide the corpses… Sometimes I really wonder if we are blood-related." I murmured to myself. The two of them had a hard time not to laugh at my expression.
"So? You fail, you know." Menchi suddenly said.
"It doesn't matter, does it? In the end, no one will pass. All the fools do is to roast the pig, so there is no difference. If I was you, I could puke from eating only roasted. Don't know how you two are doing it." And I went down the stairs of the podium, leaving two dumbfounded Gourmet Hunters behind me. Killua, Mana and the others walked to me.
"Fail, right?" Mana asked.
"Don't wanna hear it from you." I responded.
"We all fail, then." Killua concluded. I nodded. Then some wrestler or something started to crush sinks and yell that he had come here to become a Hunter, not cook.
"Woah there, this is expensive, ya know" I whispered and Killua, Gon and Mana started laughing. Then Buhara literally crushed the man in one of the stone walls that crumbled from the strength of the hit. I deadpanned again, for the N-tieth time. And it was just noon! "God, these people have the walls for nothing nowadays." The three twelve-years old started laughing hysterically at my comment and I just sweatdropped. What a crazy bunch of people… this reminds me… I have to bring Gon and Mana together… these two won't recognize love even if it bites them… and I can tell just by looking at them that at the moment it is literally devouring them. People sure are dense… by this time, a Gramps fell from an airship and decided to let us re-do the test. Is it just me, or more people are soon expected to fall from the sky?
End! The Second Exam part is rushed because I wanted to update as soon as possible. Now, the reviews:
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Again, sorry for the late update, but I was tortured X( with Maths! I'm not a fan of it, so it kind of fucked my day up, but now I'm okay! See you next time!