I'm beginning to delve into nen, so please let me know if anything doesn't work according to the HunterxHunter universe or something (plot event, character's actions etc.) doesn't make sense.

Finally, on day five, we found Hisoka sitting under a tree.

"There", whispered Gon as he pointed at Hisoka.

The butterflies were swarming around him.

"What the fuck! He's swamped by them!" I half-shouted.

Gon shushed me and I gave him an apologetic look.

Then, I smiled. "Guess it's time for me to distract Hisoka", I said.

I shifted to move out of the tree line when Gon grabbed my arm. "Wait", Gon hissed.

I grabbed my switchblade from my backpack, rose out of the bushes, and walked towards Hisoka.

"Hisoka", I called after I was close enough.

Hisoka shifted his head to look at me and raised his wrist. I knew what was coming next.

With a flick of his wrist, Hisoka threw the card towards me, but that's when I noticed something…the card was flaming with Hisoka's aura.

I narrowed my eyes…what if…I focused on his card and threw a hand out in front of me. I pushed my hand to the right and the card swerved right as it gently scraped my face.

Hisoka stood. "Good", he said, "You're proving your worth."

I dropped my backpack to the ground, grinned, gripped my switchblade, and launched myself at Hisoka.

Gon wanted a distraction, so I'll give him the best distraction possible.

Hisoka seemed to flash out of the way and appear behind me to my left.

I flinched, expecting him to backhand me, which he did.

"Ohff", I grunted as I hit the ground, hard.

Suddenly, I heard the tell-tale whizz of Gon's fishing rod.

Hisoka heard it too but paid it no mind. I smiled.

"Avi!" shouted Gon as Hisoka leapt at me.

Next thing I knew, I was thrown into a tree. Then another. Sometimes I swore Hisoka wasn't even physically touching me.

"Leave her alone!" shouted Gon as he joined the fight.

I rolled my eyes, the only part of me that didn't hurt.

Gon always had to play hero…didn't he? It was going to get him killed one day.

"Gon you idiot", I groaned.

Suddenly, Hisoka stopped fighting the both of us and reach for the area where his tag once was.

"Surprise bitch", I happily informed Hisoka.

Hisoka paid me no mind and turned to Gon. He licked his lips.

"What accuracy", Hisoka purred, "What agility, quickness. How impressive." Hisoka turned to me and frowned.

"What cleverness", he said thoughtfully, "Yes. Yes, you are definitely a Manipulator". He turned to Gon. "And…most likely an Enhancer."

Gon looked at me and I shrugged. "Sometimes I think he's taking drugs", I joked.

Hisoka turned on me and smiled cruelly. Then, he pointedly looked at Gon. I stiffened. Hisoka knew and he was going to tell Gon! Gon would disapprove of me using drugs to physically keep up with the rest of the applicants. I opened my mouth to begin defending myself but shut it. No matter what I would say to Gon, Hisoka would twist my words and ruin Gon's respect for me.

Hisoka was now smiling cruelly. "Do you know the symptoms of snorting tshuaj, Gon?" Hisoka innocently asked. Gon was staring at me. "Avi…what is he saying?"

Hisoka rolled his eyes and gestured towards me. "She-"Hisoka!" another voice interrupted," I challenge you to a duel!"

A man with a spear stumbled into the clearing, a rabble of butterflies attached to his lower back. He would die soon.

He stopped and stared at me, who was lying on the ground and at Gon, who was defiantly staring down Hisoka.

I shakily stood up. "Gon", I said, "Run!"

"But", Gon protested

"Remember Hisoka and I have a deal, I'll be fine!" With that, I took off into the tree line, knowing that I was going to return to Hisoka to train.

But I had to get Gon to leave that clearing. Otherwise, Hisoka might try to kill him like he did to me. I stopped in shock. Since when did I legitimately distract a super dangerous lunatic for a person who was not a part of my family? Since when did I consider Gon a friend?

This was Kurapika all over again.

I looked over my shoulder to see that Gon had vanished. Good, the only ones left were Hisoka and the man with the spear.

I blinked and the next thing I saw was the man crumpling to the ground as…darts, spikes? Whatever they were instantaneously killed the man. I flinched as the robot man popped out of the bushes.

Hisoka turned around. "Avi", he loudly, but calmly, stated," I don't have time to spare. Come back here".

I slowly walked into the clearing as I stared at the robot man.

Hisoka had turned back to him. "Sorry about that. I carelessly let him escape", robot man told Hisoka.

"You're not clicking", I slowly said.

Neither Robot man not Hisoka bothered to acknowledge my presence.

Hisoka was still staring at robot man. "Liar. He probably begged you to grant him one final wish, yes?"

"Well I felt sorry for the guy. Given that he was dead either way". Robot man defended himself as I stood in shock. How was robot man even talking?

I took a small step forward and stared at spear man's body. I glanced up at robot man and Hisoka.

"I need to train", I stated," I have no clue why either of you are helping me, but I'm going to guess it has something to do with my family, customers, some illegal market, whatever. But whatever it is, I don't care. I accept".

Hisoka glanced at me then at robot man in amusement.

A card appeared in his wrist and I gripped the switchblade tighter. "Are you always so rude?" robot man asked.

Next thing I knew, darts and cards were flying at me. Somehow, I managed to dodge all of them.

Robot man began pulling pins out of his face and I stepped back in shock.

"Those are…those are pins my family sells", I carelessly said, "We're the only ones who sell those…you're a customer".

Robot man's face became contorted and I could only watch in horror.

"This is always so fascinating to watch", Hisoka commented.

"It disgusts me", I said. I then clamped my mouth shut. That damn drug had been affecting me, making me careless, less detail orientated. I had to stop taking so much of it.

"It's pretty hard on me", robot man stated. His face had finished its contortions. In front of me stood a young man with Killua-level pale skin, dark hair, and dark eyes.

I gaped and pointed at him. "You ARE a customer!" I practically shouted, "You're one of our best!"

The man smiled coldly. "Illumi", he said. "The only reason why I'm training you is because I owe your parents. I'm sure they do not want their eldest to die because she doesn't know how to use nen".

I blinked. "Nen?"

I glared at Hisoka. "You ass! First you release this nen stuff and then offer to train me but won't teach me how to use it!?"

The next thing I knew, Hisoka slammed me into the ground, pinning me there.

His card was at my neck. "Do not mistake my silence as my complacence with your blatant disrespect", Hisoka calmly said. I watched his yellow eyes light up as my blood stained his card.

After rolling off of me, he and Illumi stared down at me.

Illumi calmly looked me up and down like the customers did when they were evaluating a product.

"You are too bulky", Illumi told me in his emotionless voice, "Not agile. Weak. You have some muscle but need more. Do you even know how to make a fist?"

I stared at him. I had taken basic self-defense courses and I knew I was an average weight.

"I meant no disrespect, Hisoka", I coolly stated, "It won't happen again".

Hisoka cruelly smiled. "Good. Illumi, would you like to fight her first?"

I flinched and took a half step backwards. Illumi raised a hand. I watched as his nen flare black. It was dull compared to Kurspika's bright, light red.

"I am a Manipulator like yourself", he began," We control living or non-living things in a certain way-whatever is most convenient."

And suddenly I understood. I looked at Hisoka-he hardened the cards so much that they had become aerodynamic…and so they could cut flesh.

I shuddered recalling the time in Swindler's Swamp when Hisoka had thrown a card at my back.

Illumi's nen glowed. "The fastest way for you to learn is through experience. Defend yourself and attack me. Now!"

With that, Illumi launched himself at me.

I dodged and attempted to kick his unprotected back, but Illumi had immediately vanished.

This was going to be a long four days.