Disclaimer: Hunter x Hunter belongs to Yoshihiro Togashi. I just own my OC, Hitomi.

Chapter 6: Good boy? x Bad boy? x Killua's confession

After a while, Menchi came back with an egg in her hand.

"You are to make a boiled egg with this," she said. "You have to be careful. The river current below is very swift. If you fall, you'll be washed out straight to the sea kilometers away."

Most of them froze. They were afraid to jump.

"I'm glad," Killua said.

"I was waiting for something like this," Gon said.

"But this is not fun at all," Hitomi pouted. "Oh, well."

"It's so much simpler than running or cooking a strange ethnic dish," Leorio grinned.

"I agree," Kurapika smiled.

Leorio jumped down first, followed by Killua, Gon, Hitomi and Kurapika. The girl reached a string and grabbed it, holding herself on it.

She moved and hold her weight with the back of her knees, in order to grab an egg under her. Once she got it, she pushed herself in a sitting position to look at the others.

Hitomi smiled to herself once she saw that they weren't having any problems. Once she made sure of that, she climbed up again.

Once there, they boiled their eggs. If it wasn't for Buhara, they would be burnt now. As Menchi instructed, they tasted and compared them with a normal one.

"It's very rich and creamy, and melts in my mouth," Kurapika said. "It tastes as though the life force of the Spider Eagle is still there."

"Beautiful way to describe it," she grinned playfully, "But, still, it's just a egg."

He smiled and ruffled her hair in a playful way.

"Phase Two has forty-two who passed!" Menchi declared, "Menchi's menu is over!"

Menchi declared that they had some free time. The girl smiled to herself, as she leaned in a wall, plugging an earphone in her right ear.

She saw her brother slid down the wall, exhausted, sitting down at her side. Next to him, Leorio did the same thing.

"You two are tired?" the girl asked, in disbelief. "We haven't done anything interesting yet."

"You sure have too much energy," Kurapika sighed, still tired.

Then, Gon approached him and grinned widely at Kurapika.

"Kurapika, you're coming with Killua and me to explore the airship, aren't you?" he said.

"I'll pass," he said.

"I see..." he looked at Leorio, "How about you?"

"I'll pass, too. I don't have any energy left for that."

Hitomi felt being observed all of sudden. She then realized that both Killua and Gon were looking at her. She smiled, nervously.

But they grabbed both of her arms, dragging her along.

"What the hell are you doing?!" she yelled.

"You're coming with us!" Gon declared.

"Yeah, I can see that!" she said, annoyed. "But how come you let Leorio and Kurapika choose and me not?"

"You have not authority in this issue," Killua told her, "You're coming you like it or not!"

She glared at them.

"It'll be fun!" Gon said.

"Yeah, it's fun to be kidnapped..." she murmured.

They let go of her and she kept running, before putting her earphone in her pocket.

"Where should we start first?" Gon asked.

"It should be the cockpit, of course," Killua replied.

Then, both Gon and Hitomi realized that Killua stopped in his tracks. He glanced at something over his shoulder.

"What's wrong?" Hitomi asked.

"It's nothing!" he replied, grinning, and started to run again.

They reached the cockpit and looked at the door. It had a huge sign in front of it.

"Do not enter."

But Killua either didn't know how to read or care about it. He opened the door and the three of them looked inside it.

"See?" he said. "Isn't cool?"

"But the sign-" Gon complained.

"That's why it's called exploring. Let's go."

"You're impossible..." the girl shook her head.

They got into the place, where the pilot was. Since he didn't see them, he started to talk.

"The winds are calm and the visibility is good. The thing I fear the most on a night like this is getting sleepy," he said. "If you're not busy, will you get me some tea?"

"Why don't you make it yourself?" Killua placed his hands behind his head. "It's only tea. Don't be lazy."

The man turned around abruptly. Killua grinned.

"But, if you'll let us pilot the ship, I'll make some tea for you."

Little after that, they got kicked out of there and close the door behind. Angry, Killua got up.

"Meany! You should lock the door if you don't want anyone to come in!" he yelled.

"It was predictable," Hitomi sighed.

"... We got scolded..."

They turned around, just to see a grimacing Gon. Killua and Hitomi looked at each other and sighed.

"Come on, Gon," the girl said. "I've been scolded - specially by my brother - several times in my life and I'm still here. You'll live."

"Let's move on to the next place," Killua suggested.

They continued exploring for a long time, before they got tired. After that, Hitomi sit down in a bench, next to Killua, and Gon sat on the other side of him.

"There weren't many interesting places," Killua sighed.

"Yeah, I thought it was pretty fun," Gon smiled.

Gon seemed to notice something. Excited, he turned around and looked through the window.

"Killua, Hitomi!" he exclaimed. "Look, look!"

Both of them turned around and looked at the sight that Gon was that excited about. Hitomi smiled slightly.

"It's pretty, in a way," she admitted.

"Haven't you guys ever seen a night view before?" Killua asked.

"How about you?" Gon asked.

"My family owns private jets," he explained. "So I've seen this countless times."

Hitomi's eyebrow twitched, annoyed a little.

"We need them, since a whole mountain is our family property," both of them looked at him in surprise, "And there are about 200 servants."

"So..." she said, feeling a little irritated, "You are a rich bastard."

Killua just smirked at her.

"What do your parents do for a living?" Gon asked.

"They are assassins," he replied, in a deadpan expression.

"Both of them?"

"What kind of question is that?" Hitomi sighed, "The plural in 'assassins' answers the question itself, don't you think?"

Killua started to laugh loudly at their reactions. Both of them looked at him, questionly.

"You two are funny!" he said. "You are the first ones to take it seriously!"

Gon looked over her female friend.

"So, is he lying?" he asked her.

"No at all," she replied, before looking at Killua, "Am I wrong?"

"How do you know?" he asked, seriously.

She shrugged, not having reply at that question. He stared at her for a little, before gluing his blue gaze again in the window.

"That's strange. Most people can't tell when I'm being serious. And that was supposed to be my charming point."

"Charming?" Hitomi chuckled. "Yeah, right!"

He glared at her.

"Just an observation, my bad," she grinned. "Continue, don't mind me."

Killua glared at Hitomi for another couple of seconds, before sighing.

"Everyone is a professional assassin in my family. They'll kill anyone they're paid to kill," he told them. "It seems like they see a great potential in me, so I've undergone special training to kill since I was a little kid."

She nodded. That explained quite a lot.

"But I don't want to live my life the way someone else has laid out of me," he pointed at himself. "When I told them 'I'll decide what to do with my life myself,' my parents and brothers freaked out! My mother even tearfully lectured about how much potential I have as an assassin."

Both Gon and Hitomi sweatdropped.

"Aren't they awful? Most kids would try to run away," he sighed.

"And that was what you did, didn't you?" Hitomi asked.

"Well, yeah," he admitted. "We wound up fighting. I nearly killed my mother and my brother, and ran away. I bet they're frantically searching for me now."

She stared at him. "He nearly killed his mother, a full trained assassin," she thought. "Creepy."

"Well, if they show up, I'll just beat them up," he grinned, "When I become a Hunter, I'll catch everyone in my family. I bet I can trade them for a good price!"

Hitomi sweatdropped once again.

"Killua, you're amazing," Gon suddenly said.

"What?" he said confused. Hitomi just looked at Gon in wonder.

"I never thought about surpassing my dad."

"I see... I guess capturing my dad would mean surpassing him..." he replied.

"I know you can do it!"

Killua's eyebrow twitched.

"You don't sound very convincing!" Killua said. "You don't even know my dad."

"Well, maybe in fifty years then," Hitomi joked. The boy sighed.

"Whatever," he said. "Let's go have some tea."

All of sudden, the boy jumped from his seat and started to run. He stood in front a corridor and stared at the air.

Gon and Hitomi ran up to him.

"Killua! What's the matter?" Gon asked.

"It's nothing," he replied, before smiling. "Well, let's go have some lava tea."

Gon nodded, walking beside him. The girl glanced at the empty corridor before staring at Killua's back. A deep frown draw itself in her features.

Both of them turned around.

"Hitomi, we're gonna leave you!" Killua said, annoyed.

She snapped out of it and started to walk beside them.

However, she was still worried. Killua...

His smile was fake.

"Killua," Gon called over to him. "You've been acting funny."

"Not really..." Killua took another sip from his tea.

Neither of them got convinced with that answer, but didn't press further. After a period of silence, Gon spoke once again.

"Hey, I wonder how many more test we have to take."

"I don't know..." he replied.

Silence again. Both Gon and Hitomi looked at each other.

Little after, Hitomi's eyebrow began to twitch in annoyment. She stood up, hitting the table with her own hands.

"What is your problem?!" she asked. "Why are you that angry? Who is it?"

He looked up to her, before directing his gaze to another direction.

"It has nothing to do with you," he replied.

The girl bit her lip at his lame explanation, before sitting down again. She stared fiercely at the boy, but he didn't say anything else.

"May I sit there?" a girl asked.

They looked at the girl. She had two black pony-tails and blue eyes, which were glaring at the Killua's ones.

"So, she is Killua's problem..." she thought.

Gon nodded, allowing the young woman to join them.

"I'm Anita," she introduced herself.

"I'm Gon, she is Hitomi and he is Killua," Gon introduced, while pointing at them.

She smiled and politely nodded, despite she was not happy at all of her presence here. Killua, however, didn't change his expression.

Silence, once again. Hitomi was getting tired of it.

"I'm aiming to become a Blacklist Hunter," Anita shared out of cold.

"Do you have anyone in particular you want to capture?" Gon asked, innocently.

Hitomi didn't like the way that things were developing.

"I want revenge. I want to avenge my father who was murdered. My father was a trader who managed a spice mine. He organized a fleet and exported spice rocks from the spice mine to the world. At the best times, he was making a profit big enough to buy a small country. However, there was someone who envied his success and hired an assassin," she said, before glaring at Killua. "I didn't even have to investigate. The name of the assassin was from the Zoldyck family."

That was the moment when Gon understood. Killua, however, smirked in a really scary way.

The tense atmosphere vanished into the thin air when a hand was put in Anita's shoulder.

"I see, I see... How difficult and sad it must be!"

Hitomi sweatdropped at the sight of Leorio, flirting with the girl.

"I understand how you feel. Let's become Hunters together and make sure your dream come true," he told her. "By the way, I'm Leorio. What's your name?"

"She's Anita-san!" Gon said, grinning.

"Anita... It's a nice name," he said in a soft voice. "How about it? Instead of talking to these kids, why don't we move over there, so that we grown-ups can talk about our dreams?"

"We can't do that!" she hissed. "Leave me alone!"

"I can't," another voice joined.

Hitomi rolled her eyes, seeing that her brother was there too.

"My name is Kurapika," he introduced himself, "I'm also aiming to become a Blacklist Hunter. So I can relate to your situation."

"I wouldn't get too deeply involved if I were you," Killua jumped in the conversation. "She has some business with me."

Anita abruptly stood up.

"I heard a rumor that a family member of the Zoldyck family was going to be taking the Hunter Exam this year," she glared at the boy.

"Then Killua is..." Kurapika furrowed his eyebrows.

"Bingo. No doubt about it, I am member of the Zoldyck family!" Killua said.

As soon as Anita put her hand on her knife, the boy glared at her, making her flinch.

"You'd better remember this," he said. "Having an assassin sent means that the person was really hated by others."

"I can never forgive you!" she yelled.

She threw the table that Hitomi and Gon were sitting on, and launched to Killua. Kurapika tried to hold her back, but she got free seconds before it.

Anita tried to stab Killua. He somehow vanished from her sight and appeared behind her. She tried to attack again, but a pair of fingers stopped her from doing so.

Netero was there.

"Don't stop her, noisy old geezer," Killua said.

"Certainly a dispute between candidates is not a matter of concern for proctors," the chairman said. "However, Applicant Number 111 failed the test that was readministered in Phase Two."

Anita's hand fell limply next to her.

"No matter what the circumstance, you have no chance of winning against one who has qualified," Netero told her.

And she was taken by Netero and a couple of guards. Leorio crossed his arms, still looking at her back.

"She should've known that she would be caught right away even if she snuck in," he said.

"If I had flunked the test, I might have done the same thing," Kurapika stated, sadly. "It's not logic, something like this..."

She looked at her brother's sorrow and looked away, clenching her fists. It wasn't only understanding... also she just couldn't endure seeing her brother like this.

Hitomi playfully hit his arm, smiling sadly at him. Once she saw the one of his own, she walked away along with Gon.

They reached Killua, who was busy looking through the window. She stuffed her hands on her pockets and released a long sigh.

"What do you want?" he asked them, "Now you two know. I'm the kind of person who makes enemies."

"But you didn't kill him, did you?" Gon asked while Hitomi nodded beside him.

"What makes you think so?"

"She said that she heard about a member of the Zoldyck taking the Exam, not the one who killed her father particularly," Hitomi said. "Also... I don't know. Let's just said that we can feel it."

They stayed in silence for a while or so.

"Mito-san told me 'if you want to know someone, know what makes them angry'," Gon recalled her aunt's quote. "We want to know more about you, Killua."

"Leave me alone."

Gon and Hitomi looked at each other. The girl sighed, taking a step closer to him.

"We won't," she declared.

"Just leave me alone..." he repeated, no one spoke. "Go away!"

"You won't get rid of us that easily," she replied.

"I told you to get away!" he yelled.

Then he extended his hand and moved it quickly, like he was about to kill her. It stopped a few inches before her skin.

And she smirked.

He lowered his hand and stepped back, staring at both of them before colliding with the wall. After a while, he turned around again.

"Suit yourselves!" he said, giving up.

Gon and Hitomi exchanged smiles of victory. However, their smiles vanished when they heard someone behind them.

The President was there again.

"I heard it from Anita," he said. "That you're a member of an assassin family."

"So what?" he blurted.

"Don't get so irritated," Netero grinned.

"You're the one picking a fight with me!"

"Hey, hey, calm down whitey-boy!" Hitomi said, hands still inside her pockets. "He isn't doing anything like that."

"Whitey-boy..." he murmured, irritated.

She grinned, and he looked away.

"Hey, what'll happen to Anita-san?" Gon asked out of cold.

"It's none of your business, is it?"Netero said.

"Don't say that. Tell me," he pleaded.

"Well, I'm sure she'll be punished severely," the president told him, "It's possible she may never be eligible to apply for a Hunter Exam again," they all flinched. "Do you care?"

"Can you don't do that?" Gon asked him.

"You say it too casually, but..." he seemed to think about it. "Well, alright."

His response took all of them for surprise.

"But on the condition that you win a bet against me."

"Well, it's really a simple game," Netero exclaimed, holding a ball in his hand. "Before we reach the next destination, if you can get this ball from me, you win. Then I will drop the charge against that girl."

"No thanks!" Killua said, uninterested. "Why would I do that for her?"

"Fine with me!" Anita yelled. "I don't want pity from a member of killers either!"

"Geez! This is a game," the chairman sighed. "Can't you take it more casually? Or could it be that you don't have the confidence to beat me?"

Killua furrowed his eyebrows at that.

"All right, I'll offer you an extra reward," he suggested. "If you win, I will give you a Hunter License."

They gaped in disbelief.

"I-Is that okay?" Gon asked.

"I am the president. If I say so, that's it."

The three of them looked at each other. They returned their gaze to the president, still shocked at his proposition.

"That's so irresponsible," they said in unison.

"You can attack me anyway you want. I won't fight back," he promised.

Hitomi narrowed her eyes at his sentence.

"He is confident. Is that he knows we aren't able to get the ball, even if he doesn't attack?"

"I'll start."

He launched at him, attacking in all ways as possible. Netero avoided him several times, making Killua every time more irritated.

"Is he really as old as he looks? What speed!" Killua thought, before jumping to attack him."Well then, first I'll stop his movement!"

With all his strength, Killua kicked Netero's leg and smirked, making both Gon and Hitomi flinch.

As soon as the president grinned, Killua's smirk were replaced by an expression of grimace. He grabbed his own leg and started to jump in pain.

"Ouch!" he cried, "That hurts!"

Hitomi facepalmed. She sighed and sat down into the floor.

It would take a while.

"That was an awfully good kick with nothing held back. If it were the leg of an ordinary person, it would have been shattered," Netero said, still playing with the ball.

"This old geezer's legs are like steel," he commented, standing up.

"What's the matter? Are you giving up already?"

Killua gritted his teeth.

"Damn... He's making a fool of me!" he thought, before smirking. "Watch this."

He started to quietly walk around Netero, and Hitomi found every second more difficult to heard his footsteps. After a while, the boy disappeared in darkness.

"H-He disappeared..." Gon said, stunned.

"He erased his existence, like vanishing into darkness," Hitomi murmured under her breath, still amazed. "An ability used by assassins," she looked at Gon. "This is Killua's true ability."

Netero stopped playing around with his ball and looked for him everywhere

"I got it!" he yelled.

But Netero just ducked and avoided the attack.

The blonde shook her head.

"It obvious he would avoid you if you yell behind him," she said. "He's old but not deaf!"

"Shut up!"

After that, he took off his shirt, leaving only the one he wore beneath. He left it on the floor, before smiling confidently.

"It's a pretty fun game," he admitted. "I'm getting eager to do it."

Killua ran over to him, but Netero moved his hand, preventing him from grabbing the ball. The same happened a few times, until the boy managed to hold his wrist that was holding the ball.

He stretched his hand. The tips of his fingers were about to touch it.

But Netero threw it right into Killua's face.

"It was a pass," the man excused himself. "Your face just happened to be in the way."

Killua growled, with his hand still in his hurted nose.

"You lose the ball when it is right under your nose," the girl chuckled. "Literally."

"Damn, you're annoying!" he glared at her.

Gon took a step ahead.

"Killua! Let's switch!" he suggested.

Killua nodded, before leaving the place with his shirt over his shoulder. Gon, however, sprinted and jumped high.

Too high. His head collided with the roof. He winced in pain, with his hands on his head.

"I get it that you can jump really high, but you'd better control it, Gon," Killua said, feeling a little annoyed.

"I think he did that on purpose," she told him in a soft voice.

He raised an eyebrow at her. Netero looked at Gon and sighed.

"I couldn't tell from his face, but he is using his brain," he said.

"Oops, I failed," Gon grinned, getting up.

Hitomi looked at him with an 'I-told-you' expression. He just shrugged, before sitting down right next to her.

"Why are you doing this?" Anita asked Killua out of cold. "If you are doing it to atone for your crime, stop it. Doing this won't make me-"

"It's nothing like that," Killua interrupted her. "I'm just testing my ability. What I'm after is neither the ball not that old man, it's my father's back."

Hitomi looked back to Gon, just to see him kneeling down, gasping for air. She sighed, before standing up.

"Gon, let's switch!" she said. "Take a break."

He sighed, before walking away. He passed next to her.

"It's no good," he said, high-fiving the girl's hand. "I can't even touch the ball."

"Don't worry," she assured him. "This has just started."

She started to run towards him, trying to grab the ball. He showed her off, making her jump back. She pushed herself once again with the wall, but he avoided her again.

"I have to grab myself on him..." she thought.

Once again, she ran towards him and jumped. Netero ducked in order to avoid her. However, she reached his shoulders and clinged on him.

Netero's eyes opened in surprise at her actions. He moved around, but she didn't let go.

She stretched her arm and touched the ball with the tips of her fingers.

"She has it!" Gon yelled, in excitement.

Netero threw the ball and, before she could even do something, jumped high. The girl's head hit the roof, making her let him go by pure reflex. The president caught the ball once again.

Once in the floor, the girl put a hand on her sore head, wincing in pain.

"You attacked m-!" she was about to said.

"I didn't. I just jumped, but you were on the way."

Her eyebrow twitched in annoyment.

"This isn't getting us anywhere," the President said. "Why don't you three attack together to save some time?"

She looked at both boys.

"Gon, Killua! Come!" she called them.

They nodded and, along with her, started to run towards the ball.

"Don't be tricked by the ball's movement," she told them. "If you concentrate too much on it, he'll figure out your next move."

They both nodded again, before going for the ball once again. Netero got surprised, given the improved movement they had in just a few seconds.

"Let's go around him more!" Killua exclaimed.

"Yeah," Gon said while Hitomi nodded.

Both boys taclked him by his sides and Hitomi jumped to attack from above. However, he stopped Gon with his knee, Killua with his hand and Hitomi was stopped by his head.

Hours passed by, but their were still trying to get the ball. Netero stared at them three. They were gasping for air and soaking in sweat, but they still had a fierce look in their eyes.

"The three of you have good expressions," the chairman commented, "You have the look of a Hunter chasing its prey."

Gon tried to kick him and Netero dodged the hit. However, the boy used his shoe to increase his range. Killua grabbed his feet, making him lose his balance and the ball. Hitomi, once again, jumped high.

She was so close.

"Not yet!" Netero shouted.

Somehow, the president managed to kick Killua and used his feet to kick the ball too, far away from her.

The three kids ran towards it. Netero pushed himself with the wall and, again, caught it first than anyone.

"That was close," he said, "I must say you three deserve a 'nice try' award."

Gon and Hitomi looked at the footprint in the wall in amazement.

"Wow... That was amazing," Gon murmured. "Wasn't it? Hitomi, Killu-"

He stopped in mid sentence.

Killua stood there, more pale than usual and covered in cold sweat. His blue eyes seemed to be clouded by the fright he was feeling towards something that his two friends didn't know what it was.

He hugged himself, like he was shielding from something inside him.

"Damn..." he murmured.

"Killua?" Hitomi asked, her eyebrows frowning a little in worry.

"I-I give up," he sentenced.

"Oh, that's no fun," Netero complained.

And Killua stormed off the room. Hitomi stared at the door long after he was gone.

"What do you two want to do?" Netero asked them, "Your partner is gone. Do you want to give up now?"

"Who cares about Killua?" the girl smirked. "I refuse to surrender to an old geezer like you."

"I want to continue too!" Gon said, excited, "We were very close just now, and we still have time. More importantly, I'll feel guilty for Anita-san if I give up right now."

"You have no chance," Anita said, "President Netero barely used his right hand and his left leg. The way it's going, you don't have a chance even if you go after the ball for a year."

Gon stared at Netero in huge surprise. Hitomi shook her head.

"I didn't think it was important, and I also thought you noticed it," the girl said.

"Oh, you noticed?" he said. "I thought I was hiding it pretty well."

Hitomi scratched the back of her head, irritated.

"Now, do you get it?" Anita asked, "Forget about me and just give up."

"No way!" he shouted. "You may be right, but it's too early to give up. In the remaining time, I'll make Netero-san use his right hand."

"Suit yourself," she gave up. "I'm going back to my cell. Is that okay?

And Anita went out the room.

"Oh, my. With the two main people gone, it's like putting the cart in front of the horses," Netero complained.

"Whatever," the girl said. "I'm glad that Drama-san is gone now. Damn, she is annoying..."

Netero chuckled at her.

"Hey, Netero-san," Gon said. "Killua disappeared earlier. How did he do that?"

"That's a specialty of those in the underground business," he replied. "You don't need to know that."

"However," Hitomi spoke. "I read about it, it's called the Shadow Step. He conceals his presence by making as little sound as possible."

"Well, that's it," Netero admitted.

"It's a great skill, isn't it?" Gon said. "Killua is awesome!"

Gon stretched his hands to grab the ball, but Netero raised his finger and avoided him from doing so.

"Nice try."

Gon and Hitomi were having troubles by breathing. They were no close to the ball yet, but it was nearly morning.

Then the girl had an idea. She whispered something and only Gon heard it.

"What tough kids you are," Netero said, amazed.

The blonde growled, before jumping in the air.

"From the above, again-?" he said.

He was cut in mid sentence when he was hit by Gon's pole, dropping the ball. She tried to get it, but Netero grabbed it first.

"Now, Gon!" she shouted.

He swinged his fishing rod, making it tangle with the man's foot. Hitomi jumped again and kicked him in his belly.

Netero stepped back while she rubbed her sore feet.

"Man, Killua was right," she murmured. "That hurts!"

"Are you alright?" Gon asked her.

She stared at him and then to the man. He was at the corner wall at his left and with his hands pressed against his back.

Hitomi thought of an idea, but it was troublesome. She knew that now she couldn't get herself to hit him with all impulse, even if she wanted too.

She looked at Gon. The reckless boy.

She bit her lip.

"Do you have any idea?" Gon asked.

"Well, I have..." she murmured. "But it's a dangerous one. We have to trust a lot in this man's actions."

Gon blinked. She told him about it.

"Hey, did you two give up yet?"

"Not at all!" Gon shouted.

He launched at him, head first. Netero, knowing that his head would spit, moved to his right. However, there was Hitomi and collided with him, making he lose the ball once again.

Gon prevented himself from falling using his rod. He pushed himself with it and, along with the girl, ran to the ball.

However, Netero pushed himself with his left leg and grabbed the ball with both hands.

Hitomi snapped her fingers.

"Damn, it was close," she said.

"You just used your right hand and your left leg, didn't you?" Gon grinned.

"Huh?" Netero said, and Hitomi just looked at him, "Err.. yes."

"We did it!" he shouted, "We won!"

He let himself fall into the ground. Hitomi stared at him, clueless.

"We won?" she managed to ask, before looking to the president. "It wasn't the purpose of the game, was it?"

"It wasn't," he replied, before grinning, "Oh, well, it doesn't matter."

She stared at him for a few seconds, before releasing a long sigh and letting herself fall into the ground like him.

"Guys!" she heard.

She pushed herself into a sitting position, just to see Killua walking towards them.

"At least he is okay now," she thought with a smile while looking at the boy.

Hitomi had to admit it, she was a little worried because of his actions back then.

"Killua, did you see that?" Gon said happily. "We made Netero-san use both his hands and legs!"

Right after that, he started to snore. The girl shook his head and Killua smiled a little bit.

Kurapika and Leorio arrived not long after. Hitomi smiled at them briefly.

"So, you two did it after that, didn't you?" Killua asked her.

"Well, not really..." she admitted. "But, yeah."

"President Netero said he wouldn't press the charge against me," Anita told them when they landed in a tower. "Thank you, it's all thanks to you."

"It's nothing!" Gon grinned.

"I didn't meant to help you," Hitomi said embarrassed, while looking away.

Anita tensed, seeing that Killua was walking towards them. He gave her back an earing she had lost.

"It was a gift from my father!" she said.

"That's a crystal of the spice rock, isn't it?" Killua asked.

Hitomi's eyes snapped open, remembering that she had read about it.

"The refined spice rock can be addictive," he explained.

"Once you taste it, you become addicted to it," Kurapika added.

"I heard many people lost everything in order to buy the spice," Leorio commented.

"That's not true. That's a lie!" she shouted.

"It's true," Netero told her.

But still, Anita refused to believe.

"You didn't know?" Killua asked.

"My father was very kind..." the young woman's eyes filled with tears. "And there were always smiling faces around him!"

"Your happiness was built upon the misfortune of others," Killua said and walked away.

"Still, my father was precious to me," she cried.

And Hitomi was starting to feel even more irritated with Drama-san.

"And? Killua is important to us, and he wasn't even the killer," she said, with a serious expression in her face. "Why don't you just kill the right one? The one who hired the assassin? Or..."

She paused for a little, sighing. They all looked in surprise, waiting her to continue.

"Do whatever you want, but you would live better without revenge," she said. "The avenger path is the most difficult one."

Hitomi and Kurapika glared at each other. The boy knew, though, that the sentence was directed to him as well. They had talked a lot about it, but he wouldn't change his mind.

He was determined to kill the Genei Ryodan.

"Hey," Gon spoke to Anita. "Why don't you try taking the Hunter Exam next year? So you can become a real Blacklist Hunter."

Hitomi smiled, waving goodbye to the tearful girl together with the others. Gon looked at her and she nodded, starting to walk away.

"As soon as you tell Killua about this, you are dead," she threatened.

He nodded, smiling nervously.

They finally found Killua, he was standing on the middle of the nothing. Killua acknowledged them, but didn't turn around.

"You didn't tell her that you weren't the one who killed her father," Gon said.

"It was probably done by one of my brothers or my mom," he said. "Either way, it was done by a member of the Zoldyck family."

"But it wasn't you," Hitomi replied.

He smirked, turning around.

"That's the family business," he said. "I'm used to people holding grudges against me."

She didn't say anything but... His situation was a little sad.

"Attention, everyone!"

They all turned around, to see Netero's secretary.

"This Trick Tower is going to be the test site for Phase Three," he told them. "Anyway, the task in this test is very simple: Reach the bottom of this tower alive. The time limit is seventy-two hours!"

Hitomi gaped in disbelief.

"Three days?! That long?"

That was going to be tough.

That's it for today.

To Arrow-chan3: Yeah, that's basically it. Maybe people should keep her away from the kitchen XD. Thank you for reviewing and I hope you liked this chapter!

To SoulXHunter: Thank you for reviewing! I hope you liked this chapter too. I'm sorry if you felt Hitomi as a suporting character, like you said. I'm doing my best for not making her a Mary Sue, but I don't want her to turn into an Anti-Sue either. However, I'll work harder to put her a little above :)

Well, see you soon!