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Chapter 14

Water Technique

Both Killua and Gon had fought and won their matches... Well, two of Killua's opponents withdrew. Nevertheless, now the three were on their way to Wing's apartment.

Usually it would only be the two boys who went to Wing's apartment for training while Nozomi stayed at the Heavens arena, training by herself or just watching the day go by around her. She would only train with the others only if she had a match coming up, but this time was different.

"From now on, you're going to learn about Hatsu." Wing announced. "If you manage to master it you'll have the necessary basis to control Nen. After that, you can add your own originality and you'll have your own Nen."

The three and Zushi nodded, signaling Wing to continue.

"Hatsu is the technique consisting in releasing Nen. In other words, you will finalize your Nen skills. It is divided into six categories: emission, transformation, reinforcement, manipulation,materialization and specialization." Wing explained, "What's important for you is to find which one fits you."

"Which one fits us?" Nozomi quietly reiterated

"Nen's abilities are linked to the character of each person." The man continued.

He explained that the first aptitude is what they get at birth. For example, Gon's supple and agile muscular structure. The second is what they acquire during their life, which he used Gon's acute senses that he gained during his childhood spent in nature as an example. Like the first aptitude, each person's Nen category were chosen at birth.

"If you want to learn these six abilities, you have to find which one fits you best. Otherwise, you will have a lot of difficulties." He stated as he drew a diagram of the six categories.

Reinforcement gives a person more physical strength or increases their efficiency with an object. Emission allows the person to project their aura. Manipulation allows the person to manipulate inert materials or living materials. Specialization have a particular aura that has attributes that the others don't. Transformation lets the person have the ability to change the properties of their aura. Lastly, Materialization lets the user to materialize their aura.

For another example, Wing stated that Hisoka has a transformation aura while Kastro, Hisoka's dead opponent, had multiple Nen types.

"In short, he made bad choices but... Is there a way to know which category we belong to?" Killua asked

"Yes, there is." Wing answered and pulled out a wine glass.

He pour water into to glass and placed a single leaf in the middle. He called that the 'water technique' a technique only taught in the Shingen dojo which is also used to practice Hatsu. He then demonstrated what the four kids had to do by releasing his Ren on each side of the glass, causing the water level to increase until it overflowed.

"Fine now you try it. We will chose the order by rock-paper-scissors"

Gon won the rock-paper-scissors match, Zushi came in second, Killua third, and Nozomi fourth.

The green clad boy placed his hands on the sides of the glass as the other three leaned in close, anxiously waiting for any change to the water and leaf. Slowly the water began to rise and a drop slid down the side of the cup.

"Oh! Gon has reinforcement too." Killua stated.

Next was Zushi. His Ren caused the leaf to move slightly, signaling that his category was manipulation. Killua's Ren showed no effect on the leaf or the water but once he tasted the water which became slightly sweet; his was transformation. Last was Nozomi. She set her hands by the sides of the glass, starting to release her Ren while the others kept their eyes on the glass.

At first, there was no physical reactions to the water or leaf. Nozomi narrowed her eyes on the water, wondering if her category is the same as Killua. Just as she was thinking about to stop releasing her Ren, an alarmed shout broke her thoughts.

"The leaf is on fire!" Zushi exclaimed in panic while Gon, Killua, and Wing continued to watch in interest.

Soon enough the water beneath the burning leaf wrapped around the fire, enclosing the flame in a water-made sphere, which slowly froze into ice. When the freezing process was done, the ball of ice sat in the wine glass with the small fire still burning in the center.

"... So, what category am I?" Nozomi asked Wing, looking at him with curiosity.

"You're a specialist!" He exlaimed, his eyes gleaming with amazement, "I've never seen the affects of the water technique for a specialist before."

Pink dusted the girl's cheeks to the compliment, while Wing told them that during the next four weeks the four kids will practice using their Hatsu. After that announcement, the three boys ran off to work on their Hatsu with the water technique. Nozomi took her time to find her spot to start practicing. As she practiced, she couldn't help but wonder if her 'curse' was actually her Hatsu.

"Hey Killua," Gon began as he and the other two walked back to the heavens arena. "Where were you in the morning of our first match?"

Night had already taken over and only the light of the dim light of the moon lit the children's path. Also, revealed my the dim light were the crimson faces of Killua and Nozomi as they remembered waking up together in each other's arms. Together they swore not to tell a single soul, not even the good friend Gon.

"I had to go check on the time of our matches." Killua smoothly fabricated.

"Oh okay..." Gon trailed off when he noticed Nozomi's flushed face, "Are you feeling alright?"

"Huh? Yes, I'm fine."

Before anything else was passed between the three kids a soft sound of a phone recieving a text filled the air. In one swift movement, Nozomi withdrew her phone from her pocket and read the message, not noticing the uplifted hands of Gon and Killua who were about to check her temperature.

We need to talk about our upcoming match.

Isolate yourself first before you call me.

From, Hisoka

Nozomi narrowed her eyes and quickly turned off the device before anyone else could see. Murmuring an apology, she ran the rest of the way back to her room, leaving the two boys dumbfounded by her actions. Once entering her room the girl locked the door behind her and slid against it until she was sitting on the carpeted ground with her hand still hold ing onto her phone, she dialed Hisoka's number.

"Hello? It's me and I'm by myself." She stated when she heard that the ringing had stopped.

"You're as fast as usual." Hisoka stated, "I have a message for you."

"...What is it?"

"All of us are required to meet up on August 30th. So... I have a bet for our match." he answered, "If I win our match, you have to revive whoever I want and you must keep Killua and Gon alive. And if you win..."

"You will have to tell my Master that I will not be attending or returning ever again?" Nozomi suggested.

"Hm... Agreed. Do we have ourselves a deal?"

Nozomi nodded to herself, even though she knew that her chance of winning was slim but it was the best chance for her to get away from her Master.

"Yes, we do. We'll register for our match tomorrow?" Nozomi listened to his response before hanging up.

After a moment of contemplating, Nozomi finally got up from the floor and gazed out her window to examine the tree leaves scattered all over the pavement.

"Well, I better practice some more before the match."

Early the next morning, Nozomi was awoken by the sound of knocking on her door. Still half-asleep, she raised her head up from the table, gazing at the empty glass cup and frozen spheres scattered across the room as she listened for the knocking sound again.

The knocking returned again, but louder and seemingly impatient. Not wanting the visitor to break down the door, she rushed over and opened it. To her surprise she found Killua and Gon looking at her. A grin was adorn on Gon's face while Killua had a grim expression.

"Hey guys, what's going on?" She asked.

Without uttering a single response, Killua handed her a note that had a piece of tape on the top, showing that it was stuck on her door.

If you want to know who your mother is, meet me at the diner near the heavens arena on the 8th of July, 1P.M.

-Ike

"Are you excited to finally learn about your mother?" Gon happily asked and Nozomi weakly nodded.

"He could be lying." Killua stated, "Are you still going to go?"

Nozomi fell silent, thinking. "I would go but... My match with Hisoka is during that time and day. Should I bail the match and let Hisoka win by default, so I can learn about my mother or fight Hisoka and possibly lose my only chance to learn something about her."

That's it for this chapter. Hope you all like it and please review!