Chapter 5
No One's PoV
After Killua and Viiri's fight, there was an awkward silence between the four of them. Gon and Elin tried searching for a solution for the other two, which were still silently sending death glares to each other. Note the 'tried'.
"Viiri, can I tell Killua about—"
"No!" She immediately said, not giving the poor girl a chance to finish her sentence.
And the silence continues…
Elin's PoV
"Gon, let's stay away from them…for a while…" I whispered to Gon and he gave me a slight nod. The story shouldn't be like this…I mean, all the events in the tunnel part of the anime already happened, but…it's like the tunnel stretched or something.
After running a little farther...
"The atmosphere here is much better…" I said, and then sighed.
"Ne, Elin, why is Viiri upset when she's with Killua?" Gon asked. I looked at him; he looked really confused and clueless.
"Well, it's probably because Killua keeps teasing her about her height." I explained, but noticed that Gon only became more confused. "Viiri hates her height; she has always been the shortest ever since we were in kindergarten…"
"Ne, ne, how did you two meet?" Gon asked with such a dreamy grin.
"About that, actually…"
-Flashback- (by Elin/Elin's PoV)
Six years ago,
A new kid moved to a kindergarten near the hospital. She had unique features, like her left eye; that was always covered by bandage and then her hair covered most of the bandage.
She was always silent, never talked to anyone, and also…she was very strong.
She can beat 3 adults in one minute without even breaking a sweat, but that made everyone afraid of her. Whenever she passes, not a teacher or a student, even tried talking to her. Everyone would just glare at her, but she still kept her cool—no, more like, an emotionless face.
Every day, I'd watch her by the hospital's window.
One day, while I was watching her, she suddenly looked at me. I was really surprised when she climbed up the apple tree; which was very near my hospital room's window.
"What's your problem?" She asked me, a slightly annoyed look on her face.
"Eh?"
"You watch me every day by this window, right?" She said, and continued. "And please don't ask again, I need an answer not a question!" She sounded like she was ordering me, but her voice still sounded kind of monotone-ish.
"I-I just…" I stuttered slightly, wondering what to say.
"What?" Her empty gaze is really frightening me...
"I was just wondering why you're always alone, becau—"
"I don't need any friends, being alone is for the best." I felt a little shocked when she said that. I can't believe those words came from a kindergarten student.
I looked at her from head to toe, and realized that she was very short.
"I'm short, I know, even though I'm already five years old, many people think I'm younger..." She still had an empty look, which made me a little curious.
"You don't get pissed or something?"
"No, what is the benefit if I did so?" ...She has a point.
"Nothing..." Now I was really curious. "...Have you ever smiled before?"
"No, and never will." She answered bluntly. My eyes widened slightly.
"Eeh!? Why?" I was really surprised, she's looks like a doll, but she doesn't smile?
"Stop, now it's my turn," She said, raising her hand which meant 'stop'. I nodded and waited for her to continue. "...Why are you in the hospital?"
"I have a… sickness…"
"What kind of sickness?" It's so weird how she can sound so demanding, but still sound monotone-ish.
"Tuberculosis…" I answered, and unintentionally sounding a little sad. Even though I said that, I smiled. "It's impossible to heal so…I'll just wait for the day I die to come!"
"Don't say that." She sounded really serious, and for some reason, she looked a little mad.
"Eh?"
"You are a good person. Life is important; a good person doesn't deserve to suffer at all." Her monotone voice changed into some kind of motivating voice. I stared at her, not knowing what to say.
"B-But…the doctor said—"
"The doctor isn't a God! Doctors don't have the power to choose whether you live or die! Don't give up!" Why does she...keep supporting me?
"Why? Suddenly, you're different…"
"I can't stand it when I see someone give up on life! like you, your life is important!" She said, looking really irritated. "It's your important thing, keep it!"
She jumped down from the window. (Seriously, I still can't believe that that's a 5 year old…)
"Your words are too fancy, you know..." I felt tears dripping from my face.
"Oi, blue, here's an apple!" For some reason, she came back with an apple...actually, a basket of apples.
"Eh?" I wiped my tears.
"It's for you, so don't cry, ja ne!" She jumped down from the window again.
'She's so fast…'
Ever since that day, until the day I healed perfectly—which was after 5 years—she always came to chat with me.
-End of Flashback-
"—and that's how we met, but the rest…I kinda forgot." I laughed nervously, scratching the back of my head.
"Sokka, then Viiri is actually a really kind person then!" Gon exclaimed, smiling happily.
"...Gon, do you like Viiri?" I suddenly asked him. For some reason, I feel a little sad whenever I think that Gon likes Viiri.
"Yeah, she's a really nice friend!" A friend? I felt...relieved, for some reason.
"Sokka!" I don't know why, but I feel kinda happy. Probably 'cause it's means that Viiri will never need to punch him in this world. (She always punches unfriendly guy…)
...I think?
Viiri's PoV
"Achoo!" I sneezed, and heard a 'Pfft.' from a jerk beside me.
"It's not funny!" I shouted while rubbing my nose.
"VIIRI, I'M BACK~!" Elin and Gon suddenly popped out of nowhere, and appeared beside me.
'Oh God. A hug from hell again…'
After that, we ran for a while, with Gon and Killua talking about something that I didn't fully understand, while Elin and I were discussing.
"So, you want them to act as bait?" Elin asked in disbelief, looking at me.
"Yes, but they'll be alright if we act fast." I answered. "By the way, where's Quela?" I asked her, which changed the subject drastically.
"Sleeping!" She answered happily, completely forgetting about what we were talking about.
"Wow, Quela's really a sleepy head, eh?" I commented, looking at Elin's backpack, and peeked inside.
"Yep, and… AH! MINNA, I FORGOT TO GIVE YOU SOMETHING!" Elin suddenly shouted, and then ran to the crew, leaving me in my frozen state.
Note to self: Never get too close to Elin, or your eardrums will burst.
"Ittai…" I rubbed my poor ears, finally recovering.
I have a bad feeling, so I also went to Gon and the others (*ahem* glaring at Killua*ahem*), and what I found? Hmm... Not so pleasant.
They were holding some kind of paper, which was complete with my data. Repeat that. My data.
"Where did you print those things?" I asked feeling very, very irritated.
"Quela was the one who did it!" Elin answered immediately, looking a bit scared.
"You're hyperactive, I just found out…" Kurapika said almost inaudibly, staring at me with slight surprise.
"I am not hyperactive! My blood type is not B, it's O!" I shouted, feeling a bit pissed off.
"EH!? ISN'T YOURS B?" Elin looked pleasantly surprised. I shot her a glare. How could she not know my blood type?! I've been with her for five years! FIVE WHOLE YEARS!
"Yep, she's totally a B, the hot-blooded type." The 'jerk' said. What a surprise! How could someone as nice as him say something like that?
... Note the sarcasm.
"Who else thought that I was a hyperactive child and has a blood type of B?!" I asked with a slightly annoyed tone, and Leorio nodded.
"What's hyperactive? And why did you guys think that Viiri's blood type is B?" My, of course Gon wouldn't know, he's from a small island! (Elin told me)
Where people don't know what hyperactive is.
...
Yeah.
"Elin, explain this!" I demanded, pointing at her.
"I'll explain later," She answered, and looked at the other three. (Gon, Kurapika, and *ahem* Killua) "So, did Leorio say his actual age?"
"Yeah, and totally unbelievable…" The 'jerk' answered.
"Isn't it obvious already? He's clearly forty-five years old!" I said in a matter-of-fact tone.
"I'M STILL NINETEEN!" Leorio shouted, which made me almost trip. Almost.
"USSO!"
"You said the exact same thing as Killua…" Elin whispered to me, which made my face pale.
"Impossible…" I mumbled in shock and disbelief. "My pride as a person…"
Elin's PoV
'Viiri sure has a weird theory about pride…' I thought, looking at her weirdly.
"She acts like I'm not even human!" Killua shouted, sounding annoyed.
"Killua, she also acted very rude to Kurapika at first, right Kurapika?"
"Yes, and she has a weird allergy too…" Kurapika said with a sweat-dropped. SO CUTE!
Suddenly, I felt a punch on my head.
"Owwie…" This one was veeeeery hard. I turned to look at Viiri, 'cause I knew it was her. "WHY DID YOU DO THAT?!"
"No no no, the question is: Why were you squealing?" She looked at me with an ultra irritated look.
"Heh?" I asked, surprised, and she kept glaring at me.
"Baka!" Viiri and Killua shouted in unison. And they looked at each other with an annoyed look.
"OI! DON'T COPY ME!" Now, shouting in unison.
"You…" And now groaning and glaring at each other in unison.
"Wow…" The four of us stared in awe at the 'new' couple.
"STOP STARING! AND YOU TOO GON!" They shouted at us in unison. Again. Aww~ I should have brought a camera with me...
Quela's PoV
"So dark~~ NYA!" I got out of Viiri's bag, and saw someone I haven't met before with us. He had white hair, and turquoise/blue eyes.
"Did that cat just talk?" The white haired boy asked, staring at me.
"Just your imagination!" Viiri replied, looking panicked.
"Yo, Killua~~NYA!"
"Surely, it's not my imagination!" And he pulled Viiri's cheeks. Aww~ such a cute couple~
"ITTAI! WHAT WAS THAT WAS FOR?!" Viiri shouted, glaring at Killua.
"For checking whether I was dreaming or not." He replied bluntly. "And revenge."
"Forget it, I'll just get crazy if I keep talking to you." Viiri said, shaking her head. "By the way...weren't you sleeping in Elin's bag?" Viiri asked and I jump on her shoulder.
"My magic!" I exclaimed and smiled.
"Act like a real cat, this is not Alice in Wonderland!" She looked at me with a scary look on her face.
"Understood~~NYA!" I whimpered, trying to make her feel guilty.
"What a weird pet you have…" Killua too.
"She's a Neko-Musume, for your information!" Looks like they're going to fight...
Viiri's PoV
"Elin, please let me handle Gon, I'm going to explode if I stay near him any longer!" I practically begged Elin.
"O-Okay, you're really scary whenever you explode…" And then Elin and I switched places.
Elin's PoV
I stared at Killua. (While he and Gon were talking)
"Oi, what's wrong with you?" Killua asked, looking a little awkward with me staring at him.
"...I was just wondering why Viiri dislikes you…" I kept staring at him.
"You two are sooo weird!" Killua said bluntly.
"WE ARE NOT WEIRD! WE ARE UNIQUE!" I shouted, and suddenly felt a chill down my spine.
Viiri was looking at me with the devil's eyes again.
"Let's stop talking!" I told Killua hurriedly.
"Weird…" Killua wore his famous bored look.
I tried not to squeal.
Tried.
Viiri's PoV
"What happened to Elin?" Gon asked me when he saw Elin's reaction when Killua wore his bored look.
"She just ran out of insane-otaku-fangirl-crazy-disease antidote." I remained calm, but still face-palmed.
"What kind of medicine is that?" Gon asked in his oh-so-innocent self.
"An antidote for crazy-insane-otaku-fangirls like Elin." I replied, but then realized my feet were starting to go numb.
'Bad timing…' I thought. Suddenly, someone started to piggyback me.
"KURAPIKA!" I shouted, my face heating up.
"The way you run looks abnormal, it must have been because of that ape." Oh my God! Ugh! That's his reason?!
"But I'm O-K-A-Y!" Kurapika can really annoy me sometimes, and DOESN'T HE ALREADY KNOW ABOUT MY ALLERGY!?
Elin's PoV
"What's wrong with that chibi…" Killua mumbled, looking at the scene questioningly.
"Boy aller-" And I covered my mouth immediately. I almost said Viiri's weakness...But to my horror, I already said it.
A smirk appears on Killua's face, and it looked like he was thinking: 'This is going to be fun.*smirks*'.
...Viiri will kill me for sure.
"Elin, I'm bored!" Viiri suddenly appeared beside me, making me jump.
"W-Wasn't Kurapika carrying you just now?" I asked in a panicked way, making Viiri raise her eyebrow.
"I ran away." She answered simply; I could still see a faint blush on her cheeks.
"Boys allergy, eh?" Killua suddenly said, making me shocked.
"WHA—!? ELIN!" ...I'm gonna be toasted. I was preparing for my death, that is, until she suddenly sighed. Sighed. Not kill me.
"When is this 'jogging' going to end?" Oops, she must still be sick. (She's not going to KILL me!)
"Are you tired, Viiri?" Gon asked, and I looked at him in surprise.
'I forgot that Gon was here…' I sweat-dropped.
"No," She answered. "I'm totally boooooored!" Gon smiled at that, relieved that she was okay.
"AH! THE EXIT!" The boys suddenly yelled.
'Wow, in the anime, it was so short, but here, it's actually veeeeeeeeery loooooong!' I thought.
"OI ELIN! WE'RE LEAVING YOU!" I just realized that I was the last one.
"MEANIES!"
Viiri's PoV
'The light is so bright… and now it's foggy, I wonder what's next in line?' I thought with a sigh and gritted my teeth.
"Tired?" The jerk asked with a mocking tone in his voice.
"Daijoubu," I answered, and I gave him a fake sweet smile. "What about you, ojii-chan?"
"I'm still young, so I'm okay." He also gave an annoyed-sweet smile.
Elin's PoV
'Wow, Viiri and Killua aren't getting along well... even right now, I can see some kind of lighting around them… which is clearly because they're arguing about something that's not important. But what can I do? Tell them? Impossible, it's the same as digging my own grave, moreover… Viiri has a 'weapon' there… NEVER!' I thought while listening to Gon and Killua's conversation about their goal, but I kept silent.
Viiri's PoV
'THIS JERK IS SERIOUSLY DAMN ANNOYING!' I screamed inside my head. After I left them for a while, I found Gon, him, and Elin arguing… for something stupid.
"Then I'll buy dinner for all of us! But later, you guys also have to buy dinner for us!" Gon said, trying to make a solution for their dilemma, I just heard it, so don't know if the other two agree or not, but I agree.
After a while, many applicants also arrived out the tunnel, I watched as one of applicants almost got out of the door, but it closed right before he reached it.
'Bad luck for you.' I thought while I was watching the scene. (His face doesn't show any signs that he was a good person). Before I even got achance to relax, a bad actor said he was the real examiner and THAT PSYCHO KILLED HIM WITHOUT A SECOND THOUGHT! OH GOD! WHEN WILL THIS END!? I tried to keep myself from screaming.
I whispered to Elin, "Seriously, is that trick really famous here?"
"Probably, but I hate him for trying to trick Gon and the others… I should have killed him sooner than Hisoka." I practically felt yandere aura flow out of Elin.
"Oi, stop that yandere thingy!"
"You know what yandere is? I didn't know you were also an otaku like me!" Elin exclaimed, grinning at me. Lucky, she didn't give her infamous'Otaku Speech'.
For now.
Hearing that, my vein popped and I kicked her leg.
"IT—"
"Don't you dare shout." I glared at her and she just nodded quickly. (AKA The Look)
"Viiri, your eyes are scary enough to scare an Ace~NYA!" Quela whispered suddenly, making me look at her.
"Is it really that scary?"
"Totally, but how do you know what yandere is?" Elin asked curiously.
"Your long otaku speeches stick in my mind." I answered lazily, tapping the side of my head.
"Viiri, what's an 'Otaku'?" A pine suddenly—I mean, Gon popped out of nowhere.
"HWA!" I looked at him in surprise. I want to be mad at him, but… his eyes will forever make me feel guilty if I ever did that.
"Gon, I told you that she's going to explode if you ask her for an explanation!" Elin warned, and I glared at her.
"Humans can explode!?" GON, WHY ARE YOU SO SIMPLEMINDED! (A.N. If this was in Japanese, Elin would use 'bakahatsu' which means an explosion, a real one)
"Gon, it has another meaning..." And the jerk starts explaining.
Then we just run, run, and run. SOOOOOO BORING!
"Killua," Elin suddenly called. "Why do you and Viiri keep fighting?"
"Because she's an annoying brat!" Killua answered with a mocking tone.
"Like you aren't!" I shouted at him after he said that.
"STOP FIGHTING! Mito-san said it's not good to fight!" Gon scolded, and I looked at him in shock and gawked at him. Gon is... scolding me? I quickly regained my composure and looked at him curiously.
"Mito-san?"
"Don't tell me…" The jerk started, looking at me in disbelief. "All this time you were with us… you never listened at all?"
"Why should I care?" I answered, sounding a little smug.
"I'm starting to run out of patience…" That dark aura I saw last time surrounded him again.
"Killua! She's just stressed, please forgive her!" Elin quickly said to Killua, strangely, she sounded a little panicked.
I wonder how Killua got that aura.
Elin's PoV
"Viiri, carry me… I'm tired…" This is the 50th time I asked her already!
"NO!" And she always gives me that same cruel answer.
"But I'm tired!" I complained.
"Then just stop!" And another cruel answer.
"But I don't wanna!"
"Stop complaining!" Viiri gave me the 'The Look', I just nodded. Viiri has become really short-tempered ever since those 'girls' appeared…
-Flashback- (No one's POV)
When we were chasing the ape, we lost sight of it. "DAMN! That ape is fast!" Viiri cursed.
"Where is it now?" Elin asked with a worried face.
"Mattaku… Quela betted her life on these hopeless girls?" A short blonde-haired girl with red eyes suddenly said, appearing from the darkness. She was wearing a scarf and black hooded jacket on her top, she was also wearing a black singlet under the jacket, wearing a mini skirt and black stocking with black sneakers, and her face bore some similar features with Kurapika's face. If you didn't look at her properly, you would have assumed that this girl was Kurapika.
"KURAPIKA!?" Elin exclaimed in shock, looking at the blonde girl.
"It's not him! Look once more!" Viiri said, looking hard at the mysterious girl.
"What an idiot." Another girl appeared from the forest's darkness, she had long silver hair and sapphire blue eyes, she wore short pants, a navy blue sweater, and a grey beret.
"Name and identity, NOW!" Viiri demanded with a glare, but their reactions were unexpected: The blonde girl smiled like a psychotic person, while the silver-haired girl kept an emotionless face.
"What an impolite way to ask…" The silver-haired girl mumbled.
"She will be fun to mess with!" The blonde girl exclaimed.
"Our mission is to get Quela and kill the trio, not to have pointless fights with them." The other girl pointed out, still having an emotionless face.
"OI ANSWER ME!" Viiri shouted impatiently.
"Wait, their aura seems…" Elin started, but couldn't finish because Viiri interrupted.
"I know that! Now answer me!" Viiri was already running out of patience; and fast.
"Yare yare (My…my…), the main attacker can just shoot arrows? What a weakling!" The blonde said, smiling wickedly.
"Stop talking about useless things, go ape." The silver-haired girl said with a monotone voice, and just like that, the ape that Viiri and Elin chased after appeared from behind a tree.
"SINCE WHEN-!?" The red and blue haired girls shouted in shock.
"They didn't even notice it? Sooooo weak! I don't have time for someone like them, bye-bye trashes!" The blonde said and then disappeared like a ghost, Elin's and Viiri's eyes widened.
"It would be better if you guys don't interrupt with anything while my doll kills your beloved friends." The silver-haired girl said before also disappearing.
After that unexpected encounter, Viiri and Elin tried their best to catch the ape, and they ended up catching it. (A.N. read the 3rd chapter).
-Present-
"I will make those girls pay for sure..." I hear Viiri mutter .
'She must be pissed…' I thought.
Viiri's PoV
I fell so deep in thought that I didn't notice any of my surroundings, and my group. Until we got eaten by a big frog that is, it was so damn SLIMY in there!
Inside it, I felt these slimy things. It felt like...Ugh, I think I'm getting sick.
"So this is a frog's stomach!" Elin exclaimed, sounding very calm, probably we were gonna be safe, BUT THIS IS STILL WET! I started examining the dark 'place' with my eyes.
'Meh, nothing here… wait, what's that purple shine over there?' My interest suddenly grew, and I approached the purple spark in the darkness, I tried reaching for it and was finally able to grab it. And then suddenly, we were out.
"So this is how a frog's vomit smells like!" Elin exclaimed, looking at the vomit.
"I guess it didn't like how we tasted like...?" Gon said with a little laugh.
"No, actually it's because of this juice." The jerk said, pulling out a can of juice, the one that Tompa gave us.
"It's Tompa-san's juice!" Gon exclaimed brightly, looking at the can in Killua's hand. "I guess it save us!"
"But I still could have gotten out without it though." The jerk said, throwing the empty can aside.
"You guys… aren't bothered at all?" I asked, looking at them in disbelief.
"About what?" The jerk asked.
"Don't mind her, she hates being wet!" Elin said, just casually saying one of my weaknesses when there are hundreds of examinees that are nearby and might be listening right now. Yeah, totally normal.
"Viiri hates being wet? But why? It's really fun!" Seriously, Gon is really weird, even weirder than what Elin tells me.
"Umm… when I asked her, she said that 'It's damn annoying, and it feels disgusting on your skin!', or something like that." Elin explained, and copied my voice. I felt a vein pop in my head.
"Mou, hayyaku!" I ran ahead, leaving the three of them.
Elin's PoV
'My, my, Viiri's gonna miss the good part' I thought. And then Gon and Killua started running again, but Gon stopped halfway, and then turned his gaze to the back, and started running back to Kurapika and Leorio.
Should I follow him?
... No, maybe I shouldn't, because first, I don't want to change the story or meet that crazy clown, and…
"WHY ARE YOU STILL HERE?!"
"I'M JUST SEARCHING FOR THE EXAMINER!" I sweat-dropped, watching both of them. If I leave them (Killua and Viiri) alone, this might just turn to a bloody fist fight, also Quela is already in Gon's bag, so there's no reason for me to follow him...
'But should I?'
YOSH! At least!
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To Ada(Guest): Yep, I made many mistakes when I check it at morning. I really sleepy when I type it, I think it was 11.30 p.m. or later than that...
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And...I have a plan to make a Sad Ending for this story. Should I change it? Or make the sequel? Also I make a new fic. should I post it online?
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BY:Rin-chan