A/N: I had this one nearly finished for the longest time, I just needed to wrap it up. Oh, well, it's finally here, even if a little late. Enjoy!

The Box

Stasy couldn't remember when she had fallen asleep. She had been so hyped up the night before, wanting to know about "her" father. She looked next to her on Gon's bed and saw Killua sleeping deeply. The morning light on his face illuminated his white hair causing him to have a sort of heavenly glo about him. The thought of stripping him right then and there came to mind, but she knew that wouldn't get her anywhere far.

"I'll just settle for this," she chuckle to herself and gave a light peck to his soft cheek.

"You're really dangerous, Stasy," Gon said from behind her. "Mito had good reason to be angry with you."

Stasy nearly shot through the ceiling, she jumped so high. She had forgotten to check if the rest of the room was clear before attacking the little assassin. "Heheh..yeah, well..."

She flipped back around as noises hinting to Killua's waking sounded softly from beside her. Killua awoke silently, rubbing the sleep from his eyes. "When did I fall asleep?" he looked around taking in his surroundings.

Stasy quickly turned to face Gon, so that Killua couldn't see her face, and put a finger to her lips. Gon smiled and nodded.

"Oi, Killua," he walked around to the other side of the bed. "You're awake."

"Obviously," Killua stretche his arms and gave a mute yawn. "So, what about the box?"

Gon retrieved it from his dresser and handed it to his friend. "It's strange. I can't open it, even if I try."

Killua surveyed the odd receptacle. It was identical on each side, and their didn't appear to be any latch or lid. "Can I force it?" he glanced up at Gon.

"Sure, I tried to."

Killua took a deep breath, and then twisted the little metal box with all his might. Veins had even popped out on his arm and he sweated greatly. However, the box hadn't so much as budged. Finally he gave up.

"This is no ordinary box," he stated. "I can twist open an iron box, even it's welded. I don't know what's inside, so we can't break it open." He put it next to his ear and shook it greatly. "There's no sound." He frowned, thinking, as he tossed the box in the air an caught it again.

"When you become a hunter..." Stasy muttered to herself. And then it hit her. "Hey, maybe...There's something we haven't tried yet."

"What?" the boys looked at her.

"There's something you have now, that you didn't have before the Hunter Exam," Stasy held up a finger at Gon.

"Oh! I know!" Gon exclaimed. He whipped out the lamenated card. "The Hunter's License!" He picked up the metal box and observed it. "There doesn't seem to be an opening..."

"That's not it," Stasy sighed. "Nen!"

Gon took the box and held it in his hands. Stasy could see the warm glow of his Nen travel through his hands and into the box. There was a great flash and then all sorts of metl pieces flew apart. There, on the floor, was yet another box. But this one was more rounded and had an obvious lid and lock.

"Inside the box, is another box?!" Gon cried.

Killua picked up one of the metal pieces and scrutinized it. "Just a normal piece of iron. There's no sign of glueing at all."

Stasy looked over at the new box. "Will it open?"

Gon picked it up. "Hmm..maybe if I insert the card here..." He put his Hunter's License into the small slot and there was a clak!

"Bingo!"

They eagerly flipped the box open, to find a velvet cushion inside housing a ring, a cassette tape, and a ROM card.

"Should we listen to the tape first?" Gon aske as he retrieved a cassette player from his closet.

"Yeah, and copy it too," Killua added.

They set everything up, all hunced around the old cassette player. Each of them swallowed as Gon pressed the "play" button. There was silence for a while, and then a man's voice said, "So, Gon, you became a Hunter too? I need to ask you something, do you want to see me?"

None of them dared to speak.

"If you want to see me, keep listening, if not, then just press 'stop.'"

Stasy and Killua glanced at Gon, but he didn't budge.

"Yes, eh? One more question then. Are you prepared? Hunters are selfish people. They leave things behind for things they want. If what you're feeling is 'I want to see you if I can', then just stop the tape now. I'll give you a minute."

Killua glanced over to Gon. "What're you going to do?"

Gon just smiled, and remained still.

"Heh, you want to see me that badly, eh? I don't want to see you. Frankly, I don't know how to face you. I gave up a father to be what I really am. Quite selfish. It'll be at least ten years before you listen to this, but during that amount of time, there's something that'll never change. I am what I really am. So, i'm doing some crazy things while you're listening to this. If you still want to see me, find me. But, as I said before, I don't want to see you. I'll run, if I know you're close. Catch me. You're a Hunter too, right?"

"You're father isn't an easy person to deal with," Killua snorted. He made the motion to press stop, but Gon stopped him.

"Wait. Jin's still there."

"Ah, I forgot one thing. About your mother...if you want to know, keep listening. Otherwise-"

They would never have the chance to hear thse words, because Gon pushed the "stop" button. The other two looked at him curiously. Stasy, frankly, wanted to know about "their" mother.

"You don't need to?" Killua asked him.

"No," Gon shrugged nonchalantly.

"There might be clue," Stasy interrupted.

"No, there probably isn't. In short, I don't want to know. Mito is my mother." He got up and walked to the door. "Let's eat."

Just as he said that, the cassette player began to make noises and glow with an aura. "Gon! The player's moving on its own! Nen! It's rewinding the tape with Nen!"

"How? Now? From where?" Gon paniced.

"He put Nen in it 10 years ago," Stasy answered, leaning over the cassette player. "Saying, 'when it stops, rewind.'"

"But why?" Gon asked.

"Beats me!"

They froze as it gave another clak! "Now it's recording! I get it!" Killua exclaimed. "He's trying to erase his voice!"

Gon frantically pushed buttons. "I can't stop it! I even unplugged it!" He held said plug in his hands.

"Sorry, Gon!" Killua icked the player up in his hands. "I'm gonna break it!" He smashed the machine with his fist, but it remained in tact.

"Damn!" the boy cursed. "It's guarded with Nen!"

The noise of the player stopped. Killua ran back to it, and pressed play. Nothing. "Even the copy tape is erased."

"Why did he have to go this far?" Stasy asked.

"He didn't want to leae any trace of himself. You can find out a lot of things from just one voice. Height, weight, sex, age, facial features, possible diseases, and a person's emotional status can be known. From background noise, we can determine possible whereabouts of the person. But I think he was being cautious about something else."

"Huh?"

"Nen ability. It's possible that there is a Nen-specialist who can find out eerything about a person just by listening to his voice. He is formidable."

"There's two more," Gon looked at the open box.

"Let's leave the ring for later," Killua decided.

"This ROM card," Gon picked it up. "It's smaller than a normal one. Do I need special hardware for it?"

Killua and Stasy looked at him as if he was stupid, and they might not be far off. "Haven't you ever heard of a J.S.?"

"J.S.?" Gon cocked his head to the side.

Stasy took the card from Gon. "This is for the game console, Joy Station."

Killua sat in the chair, his hands working magic with Gon's computer. The other two huddled around the screen and observed in wonder. "From the Toyland website, we can search for stores, just by entering our address and product information. Like 'We want the lowest price possible,' and stuff like that."

"Cool!" Stasy and Gon exclaimed together.

"Stasy," Killua spoke over his shoulder. "I would expect Gon to be oblivious of these kinds of things, since he has th excuse of living on an island in the middle of no where, but why are you so surprised? You knew about the Joy Station."

"That was only because I heard the kids in Granny's neighborhood talking about them. I've never used it or a computer before. I never really had time, nor cared for machines."

Killua shrugged and went back to work. "Joy Station and ROM card...same day delivery...got it!"

"But, we can't play a game with the software, right?" Gon stared at the ROM card in his hand. "How do we know what game this is for?"

"You haven't played games at all, have you?" Killua gave him a funny look.

Gon looked up at him, clueless. Really, Apathy sighed in Stasy's head. What would this kid be without Killua.

When the package arrived, they quickly set up the game. Killua, of course, worked the mechanisms as the two ignorant children watched. "Wow, it takes up a full memory card," Killua exclaimed.

Gon read the heading on the screen. "Greed Island?"

"I've never heard of it before," Killua cocked his head to the side. "I'm sure we could find information on it at the Hunter's Website."

"Ok, then, let's get on," Gon got up to get to the computer before Killua pulled him back down by the collar.

"No, you doofus!" he yelled. "We need to use a public computer! Some hacker could easily find out your address!"

The children walked out of the door of an internet cafe, taking in all they had just learned from logging into the Hunter website. From what they had learned, the only way for them to obtain Greed Island was at the Auction in York Shin with at least 8.9 billion Jeni. Well, they were in York Shin, but...

"How much do we have left between us?" Gon asked.

"10.84 million," Killua answered after counting.

"That old hag tricked us!" Gon fumed. "The vase be bought first sold for double."

"Come to think of it," Stasy interjected. "That was the trap."

"He got our trust by earning us small money," Killua sighed, "and then took the whole chunk later. It's a basic technique in scams."

"I told you to use the public site!" Killua suddenly turned on Gon. "We did it for 8 hours only made 985 Jeni! We'll never get to 8.9 billion!"

"It's better than going down in money!" Gon snapped back.

"You were cheering too when the vase sold!"

"Umm..guys?" Stasy tried to calm down the rowdy boys, but they only ignored her.

"It's a competition," Gon growled, pressing his forehead against Killua's.

"All right!" Killua growled back.

"The one who makes more money during the next week wins!"

"Ok!"

"We both start with 5.42 million and we decide the winner at 9pm on August 31!"

"Interesting, and if you lose?"

"The winner can ask th loser to do anything!" Gon put his finger up.

"All right. I'll leave you in the dust."

"On your mark...get set...GO!"

The two boys shot in opposite directions, leaving Stasy standing there, bewildered and alone.