Kanaria
The august stony doors slowly creaked open as Leorio's sweaty body pushed them. He passed through the door and the stone slabs slammed closed.
"Great, Leorio!" Gon cheered, his broken arm from his fight with Hanzo had been healed, and he was using them to their fullest.
"You're amazing," the old Zebulo gaped. "In only two weeks..."
"If you ask me, Stasy's the one who's amazing," Leorio looked at the girl who battered her eyelashes innocently. "She opened the first door on her second try. It's like the only reason she couldn't open it the first time was because she was hungry!"
"Thanks, Leorio, but I'm not that amazing," Stasy blushed modestly. "I can only get the second door half-way open. I'm still not worthy enough for Killua."
The old man took them past the house and pointed to a dirt path. "Just follow this road and it should take you up to the house. In all my years of working here, I've never seen the house. I'm sorry I'm not of much use to you."
"No, you're a great help!" Gon smiled. "Thanks, Zebulo!" The boy waved before he turned with his friends and walked down the road.
"I really hope they make it," Zebulo mumbled to himself, before returning to his post as guard.
They treked for some lengthy hours before they were met with yet another gate, smaller, this time, but there was a lone girl standing in the way. She appeared to be a similar age as Gon and Stasy, but held an adult's poker face. Her skin was a creamy brown and her black hair was frizzy and pulled into eight ponytails that could not hold it down. Her attire appeared formal, in her dark blue suit and a single staff in her hand.
"Leave," she ordered them. "You are on private property."
"We called, we even passed through the Door of Verification," Gon informed her.
"That doesn't mean the intendants allowed you to enter onto the domain," she remained firm.
"In that case," Gon countered. "How do we get authorization? We said we were friends, but, despite this, we weren't given the okay."
"So what? That's because before there have been no previous authorizations."
"So all we can do is enter without permission?" Gon summed it up.
"Yes, that's true," the girl answered. "Whatever, I will tolerate you as far as here." She drew a line in the dirt with her staff. "Take one more step and I'll use all my power to kill you."
Gon frowned and walked slowly up to her. Once his foot passed the line, she smacked his face with the end of her staff, as quick as lightening. The boy flew back from the blow.
"Gon!" the others cried out. Kurapica and Leorio toke out their wepons and Stasy held up her fists.
"Kurapica! Leorio! Stasy!" Gon shouted at them to hold down, as he rose back to his feet. "Don't interfere. Let me fight." He wiped the blood from his nose and walked up to the girl, making sure not to pass the line. "I have no intention of hurting you. I just want to see Killua!"
"Whatever the reason," the girl held up her staff defiantly. "I obey only the masters."
Gon threw down his back-pack and walked across the line. SMAT! He went flying back, a bloody mess.
Continuously through the next few hours, Gon crossed the line and was smacked by the girl's pole. By now, his face had become unsightly and stained with blood and dirt.
"Stop it," the girl spoke quietly. "Don't approach anymore!"
Gon ignored her demand and crossed the line, rewarding himself another smack in the face, but he still remained standing.
"Be reasonable!" he shouted at them. "You know this will lead to nothing! And you! Stop him! He's your friend!"
The three didn't move, merely watched in silence. This was nothing compared to Hanzo's beating.
"Why?" Gon asked her. "We only came to see our friend. We only came to see Killua. So why? Why do we have to do all this?!" He sent his knuckles forward and smashed the some of the stone of the gate.
"Hmm?" Gon looked up. "My foot crossed the line. You don't hit me?"
She tightened her grip on her staff. But when she stared at the boy's beaten face, she found she could not move.
"You're not like Mike," Gon told her. "You can do whatever you want to hide your feelings, but you still have a heart. When I pronounced Killua's name, for a fraction of a second, your eyes gave an impression of gentleness."
"Please..." she cried. "Save Killua."
At the exact moment she finished those words, some unknown force hit her in the head and she went flying to the ground. As the group gazed in shock, a woman in an exaggeratedly frilly dress like something from Gone With The Wind and a smaller girl with cropped black hair and a blue kimono came out from behind the bushes. The older woman, however, head bandages on what part of her body shown and some electronic headset across her eyes.
"Really, what could that employee have told you?" the woman in the yellow dress sighed. "It really seems that we handle Killua roughly. You know, it's very impolite to come and behave childishly here." She looked to the little boy in the green jacket. "You are Gon, aren't you? I heard about you from Irumi. We told Killua you were in the domain about three weeks ago. I'm going to repeat to you verbatim what Killua requested me to tell you. 'It's a real pleasure for me that you came, but, right now, I can't meet you. Sorry.'"
She paused for a while to let the information sink in, and then continued. "I've waited to present myself. I am Killua's mother, and her name is Karuto." She motioned to the girl beside her.
Gon stared at her for a second before he flicked his head to the side and turned back to the dark girl lying on the floor.
"It's ok," Leorio reassured him. "She's just fainted."
Gon looked back at Killua's mother. "Why can't Killua see us?"
"Because he's in an isolation room," his mother explained. "Killua hit me and his brother, and then ran away. But he regrets it, and has come back by himself. He imposed the isolation upon himself. When will he decide to go out...?"
Loud beeping noise from her head set sounded through the air and she suddenly began to scream at no one. "But?! Father, why are you disturbing me? No, you shouldn't untie him! No, really!! What does that mean?" She stopped talking to whoever she was talking to and began to walk off. "I have an important matter to settle. Goodbye. Come back when you want."
"One moment please!" Gon called out to her. "We'll stay in the surroundings for about ten days. Could you please tell Killua that?"
"Alright," she agreed. "I'll tell him. Goodbye." She scurried off.
The young girl in the kimono glared at them menacingly before following after her mother.
The group turned back to the brown girl lying on the floor. She began to come to and soon woke up. "I'm going to lead you to the intendant's room," she told them. "There's a phone directly linked to the Zaoldyeck's residence. I'll take you there."