Discaimer: As you all already know, I just own my OC, Hitomi. Hunter X Hunter, on the other hand, belongs to Yoshihiro Togashi.

Chapter 16: Last Battles x Chocolate x Bye, Heavens Arena!

Killua disappeared from Dorado's sight and tried to attack by his back, but he avoided his attack with his spear and hit the boy instead. Killua backed away, avoiding more blows.

His shirt got ripped, as he tried to dodge the attack. He looked at him, sitting on the floor. Dorado infused Nen in his spear and attacked once again, Killua jumped and successfully avoided it.

Then a huge wave of wind hit him, making him step back a little bit. Dorado took a swing to attack him and Killua glared at him.

"Oh, man," Hitomi thought. "It's over."

Like he did back in the Trick Tower, Killua took a couple of steps and stood behind him. Seconds later, Dorado fell in the ground spitting blood.

"Killua-san is amazing!" Zushi exclaimed. "He is a genius! The three of you are so strong!"

"As much as I hate saying it, just Killua," Hitomi admitted.

"Yeah," Gon nodded. "He was strong to begin with, now that he knows Nen, he probably is as strong as any Floor Master."

"You're a genius, Killua-san!" Zushi exclaimed. "You were so great!"

"No, it wasn't. I did win, but the match itself was disappointing," he replied. "It was nothing compared to the fight between Gon and Hisoka and the one between Hitomi and Kastro."

"True... Gon-kun and Hitomi-chan's match were significantly good," Wing commented.

"That was a month ago," Hitomi waved her hand. "It's not interesting at all."

"Well, in my case, fighting against Hisoka made me realize that his incredible Nen abilities are only a small part of what makes him such a threat," Gon said. "A lot of it has to do with his unique fighting style and how he uses it. Unless I can figure out how to use Nen my way, I'm no use in real battles. If Hisoka had fought as hard as he could, then I would've been..."

"The fact that you learned something means it was a worthwhile experience," Wing put a hand over his student's shoulder. "Sometimes you learn more by losing than you do by winning. Now Gon-kun, I want you to forget about fighting and concentrate on resting and recuperating for at least the next month."

"Osu!"

Hitomi on the other hand, stretched her hands.

"It has been a while since I had a battle..." she said. "I think I'll-"

"No way," he cut her off. "You too will forget about fighting for the next month."

"Huh?!" her face fell. "But my last match was a month ago!"

"That's right," he nodded. "But I still don't forget when you broke the promise right then."

Hitomi sweatdropped... he still remembered it...

"It happened also a month ago!" she shouted. "Man, are you still angry? You sure are rancorous..."

"Yes I am. You won't fight," he said, a little annoyed, and her cheeks puffed. "Do I make myself clear?"

"Yeah... Whatever."

They were on their way to Killua's room for training, when all of them sensed something off. The doors opened, and they saw the three weird people from the other time.

"Man! Will you ever give up?" Hitomi asked, sighing.

"Aw, don't be like that," Gido said. "Just tell us when you wanna fight. We wanna fight you."

Zushi was puzzled, didn't knowing who these guys were.

"They're all fighters from the 200th floor, just like Killua, Hitomi and me," Gon explained briefly.

"They're like hyenas," Killua added. "They go after rookies to get easy wins. That's why they want to fight us."

Zushi nodded slowly.

"We really can't wait any longer, you know," Sadaso said. "Our application deadline is coming up soon. Come on, let's fight."

"Wing-san told Hitomi and me that we should rest for a while, so-" Gon said.

"Who cares?" he cut him off. "My application is June 15th, why don't we fight then?"

Hitomi raised a finger in the air, they looked at her in confusion. "I'll fight you if you give me just one good reason to care about your deadline," she said. "You don't have any? Good then."

"Idiot," Killua said to him. "Let's go."

And the four of them started to walk away. Sadaso turned around.

"Hitomi-chan, I really want to fight you," he told her.

"It's a pity," she said, still walking. "That is not a good reason. Try again sometime!"

After that, they trained in Killua's room for a couple of hours, before going back to theirs.

Drowsy, Hitomi opened her eyes and rubbed one of them with her hand. She was feeling a little irritated... Who the hell could be calling at that late?

She picked up, still a little sleepy.

"Hi, Hitomi-chan," the voice said. All the tiredness she had vanished into thin air when she recognized his voice.

"Guido?" she asked. "What the hell do you want?"

"Take a look outside your door," he instructed her. "You'll see what's going on."

As quickly as she could, the girl opened the door. Her eyes opened in surprise when she found a shoe lying on the floor.

She took it and narrowed her eyes, recognizing it.

"Zushi..."

She gritted her teeth.

"What do you want?" Hitomi spoke, anger building deep inside her.

"Not a word of this to anyone," Guido said. "Just do as I say and by tomorrow the four of you will be training together again."

"You bastard..."

And like that she was forced to break her promise.

Killua entered on Wing's room and Zushi greeted him energetically.

"Hey, I heard that you helped Zushi out last night," the teacher said.

"It was nothing," he replied, taking his cap off. "How are you doing?"

"I'm feeling just fine, thanks!" Zushi said. "I guess I was even more tired than I thought."

"You were the one who found him, right, Killua?" Gon asked.

"Yeah, just after you guys left my room yesterday, I got a weird phone call," Killua said. "Someone told me that my friend was asleep in the arena, so I went out to see if it was true. That's when I found you and brought you back here."

Hitomi narrowed her eyes in suspicion. Killua was telling them a lie, she was sure about it.

At the same time, the boy found the girl quieter than usual. The toughness she held was evident in his eyes.

She knew too about it too.

"Anyway, Wing-san..." Killua called his attention.

"Your next match, right?" he asked. "Hitomi-chan was asking me for permission to do the same."

Killua narrowed his eyes. "I knew it," he thought, looking at her.

"What date is yours?" Wing asked.

"June 15th," he smirked. "My birthday."

"It's okay. But I want you to rest up and heal as much as possible until then so you'll be in peak physical condition for the match."

"Killua," Hitomi said, confronting the guy. "They blackmailed you too, right? So did Gon."

"Yeah," Killua admitted.

She got closer to him, resting her hands on the handrail he was leaning on.

"And Wing knows all about this..." Hitomi admitted.

Killua nodded and she looked at the sky in silence. After a while, she released a long sigh.

"I just don't wanna lose on purpose... with those guys in particular..." she complained. "But then they will go after Zushi... This is irritating!"

"Don't worry," he told her, smiling. "Don't worry about a thing."

Hitomi gave him a long look, raising an eyebrow.

"I'm getting worried now..." she murmured. "Well, I'm off."

He smiled at her and she raised her thumb. After that, she got away from Wing's place. She started to slowly make her way to her room.

Absent-mindedly - and maybe because she was bored - she took of her cell phone, dialed her brother's number and pressed it in her right ear.

It ringed, and ringed, and ringed... Hitomi was getting irritated... and the phone ringed.

After a long sigh, she clicked the off button.

"What the hell is that idiot doing?" she thought, annoyed.

She passed in front of a candy store and stared for a bit. Hitomi shook her head and took a few steps ahead...

Before turning around and entering there.

"I think I'll slap myself after this..."

Zushi, Gon and Hitomi stared at Killua among the public. His opponent wasn't there, even if he was supposed to. There had passed a lot of time, but Sadaso had never shown up... That was just weird.

"Uh, I've just received a note here," the commentator said. "Apparently, Sadaso isn't in his dressing room. Also it appears as though his private residence has been cleared out and his luggage and personal belongings are all gone. So I guess that means..."

"Time violation!" the judge declared. "According to the regulations, Sadaso has forfeited the match. The winner is Killua!"

The three of his friends looked at the scene, in huge surprise.

"A forfeit?" Gon murmured.

"Yeah, but it's still a victory!" Zushi exclaimed. "It's a different strategy: winning without fighting! Way to go, Killua-san!"

"Does that count as a strategy?" Hitomi raised an eyebrow.

And then Killua took off his cap and tossed it high into the air, like he was celebrating his non-fighting victory. Hitomi's eyebrow twitched.

"Trying to look cool... arrogant prat," she murmured.

After the match, they waited for Killua to reach them in the corridor. Once he saw them, a smile drawn itself in his features. Then he started to run towards them, happily.

"Let's go celebrate my second win! You treat!" he declared.

"Okay, let's go for ramen then!" Gon exclaimed.

"Are you kidding me?!"

Zushi and Gon started to run, trying to get away from him. Killua and Hitomi looked at each other and grinned widely.

"Let's go then!" she declared, walking past him but throwing a plastic bag over her shoulder, which the boy caught. "I'm sorry, it slipped from my hand. Oh well, you can have it as a birthday present."

Killua looked at the bag in surprise and opened it. He just chuckled at the sight of a chocolate box inside it.

"Why is this for?" he smirked mischievously.

"Don't ask," she asked, blushing a little bit. "Take it or leave it, I don't care."

The boy grinned like a cat would do a put his right arm around her shoulders, using his left index finger to poke her cheek.

"Aww... you care about me~" he mocked.

"At least you are going to die as a thirteen-year old boy..." she muttered, as a vein popped up in her head.

Before the match against the other two guys, Wing made them show him how far they've advanced with their Hatsu.

"I'll go first," Gon declared.

As soon as he put his hands on the glass, the water started to gush out, soaking the table and even spilling in the floor.

"Now it's your turn, Killua," Wing said.

Killua used his Nen and when it was ready, the three put a finger on the water and tasted it. It was so sweet that could be easily mistaken with honey.

"Well, I guess it's my time," Hitomi smirked.

The girl put her hands around the glass and the leaf started to shake violently. It spined a few times before shooting out the water and sticking in the wall.

Wing smiled at them, in a approvingly way.

"Gon-kun, Killua-kun and Hitomi-chan, it looks like you three are in good physical condition," he said. "After your matches are over, I'd like to discuss them with you, so please meet me back here, okay?" the three nodded at him. "All right, the best of luck."

Hitomi had to wait for Killua and Gon's fight to end, so she decided to get something to eat while she watched Killua's fight by TV. She could be watching Gon's, but she already knew Gido's way of fighting.

"Electrocution doesn't work on Killua..." she thought, uninterested, as she took another bite of her food. "What is he made of anyway?"

And after the match was over, the two boys walked over to her.

"Eating already?" Killua teased. "Now I understand why are you that fat."

"Well, I prefer that than having that geezer-like face of yours," Hitomi replied.

"What, you-!"

However, Gon grabbed his arm and dragged him before Killua could ever touch her, as Hitomi waved after them. A little time passed by, and they came back with hamburgers in their hands.

"You two are gonna fight him later," Killua, now calmed down, commented. "You're not gonna be able to beat Riehlvelt the same way I just did, because if you grab onto of those electrified whips, you'd be knocked out of cold. What are you guys gonna do?"

"It's okay, I've got a plan," Gon said.

"Me too," Hitomi said.

Killua smirked at the two.

"How are you gonna fight Gido?" Gon asked them.

"I'm gonna think on something," Killua placed his hands behind his head.

"I have already thought in something about that too," Hitomi smirked, taking off the dagger she used in the Hunter Exam and showing it to them. "I have my ways."

Hitomi stood in there, watching Gido spinning with a raised eyebrow. How come he never got dizzy doing that?

He fired a lot of tops and she chuckled. Without moving an inch, she used Ren, blocking all possible attacks.

"So, it's my turn?" she asked, playfully.

Hitomi took a knife of her pocket and held it like a dart. She narrowed her eyes, to gain precision in her shot.

Gido didn't stop, thinking that she would aim at his face. Hitomi shot her knife, but didn't hit where he expected. It hit the thing he was spinning in, breaking it. She then walked and stood in front of him.

"I won," she grinned.

Before stepping hard in his belly.

"The winner of this match is Hitomi!" the judge exclaimed.

She got off the ring and found the other two boys. It looked like Gon had won the match too. Killua, on the other hand, got closer to her with an irritated expression in his face.

WHACK!

"Why did you do that for, idiot?!" she yelled, rubbing her sore head.

"You broke the thing he was spinning on! He won't be able to fight!"

Hitomi just blinked at him.

"Attention please," the voice in the speakers said. "The match, Killua versus Gido, has been canceled. Killua wins by forfeit."

Killua glared at her.

"Oh, sorry," she replied, irritating Killua even more. "Well, goodbye."

The last battle she had to fight was between her and Riehlvelt. He was furious, maybe because of losing two matches in a row, both in the most pathetic way he could have thought of.

He had already his whips drawn and ready. The girl, on the other hand, just stood there with her hands on her pockets.

He tried to attack her, but she grabbed the whip with her hands.

"How-?!" he was about to ask, when he saw the gloves in her hands.

"Rubber gloves, idiot," she smirked.

And as Gon did, she entangled him with his own whip and switched the power. Hitomi smirked at the sight.

"You have been defeated three times in a row by you own whip..." she murmured. "You should consider changing your weapon."

As they had been told, the three of them visited Wing and Zushi once they have won their matches.

"You three did very well today. You have demonstrated a thorough knowledge of the four basic elements of Nen," he told them. "I have nothing more to teach you."

That took Hitomi by surprise. It was all over?

"Continue to refine the basics through hard work and creativity and you will discover more about your Nen abilities. Everyone is unique, so develop these abilities in ways that can express your own individuality," he continued. "Know what you believe in. Know what makes you mad. Know what you love, what you want, where you'll go and who you'll meet. All these experiences will shape your future and will also direct you to the Nen type that's best suited to your personal nature. If you can manage that, you'll be heading in the right direction. Now, Gon-kun, Hitomi-chan, you have passed the secret Hunter Exam."

Hitomi blinked, as confused as Gon.

"Secret?" Killua asked.

"The Hunter Exam that the general public knows about is just the beginning," he explained. "Learning to master Nen is considered the secret Exam."

"Wow... I've passed an exam I didn't know I was taking..." Hitomi murmured in disbelief.

"Mastering Nen is a fundamental requirement as a Hunter, because a Professional Hunter needs to be strong," he continued. "Nen is a great power, but if it's used for evil, it can become a destructive force. Publicly making it a requirement of the main Exam is too dangerous so it's not on it. Only those who passed that part of the Exam are permitted to take the secret test."

Hitomi blinked once again. She became a Hunter... once again? That was confusing.

"So, Wing-san, does this mean you were gonna reach us Nen right from the beginning?" Gon asked.

"And you acted like it was a big deal," Killua sighed. "What a joke."

"Wait a minute, how did you know that we would be here in first place?" Hitomi said, with disgust. "You are a stalker after all!"

"There's no predetermined path for the secret Exam. Anyone with a Hunter License will be exposed to the existence of Nen whether they're looking for it or not," he said. "It just happens that you three met me by coming here."

The three of them nodded in understandment.

"By the way, I've been teaching you in the ways of Shingen-ryu and the Grand Master of that school is President Netero. He told me about you," he said, before directing to Killua, "Killua, please retake the Hunter Exam. I am certain that you can pass it."

"Yeah... Maybe someday."

"Hey, Wing-san, do you know how the others are doing right now?" Gon asked.

"Yeah. Hanzo and Kurapika have already learned Nen while studying under different masters. Leorio is planning to start his training after he takes the entrance exam for the medical school. And Pokkle seems to be having a difficult time mastering Ren."

The three smiled.

"I see. I thought my idiotic brother would be dead already," Hitomi joked.

"You know, there's something really curious about that. When Kurapika met his master he already knew about the existence of Nen," he said, making Hitomi flinch slightly.

Hitomi laughed nervously while both boys stared at her in surprise.

"We have a loose-tongued one among us, don't we?" Killua mocked.

"Shut up, I just told him the name!" Hitomi said, embarrassed. "We knew that Nen existed before because of Zushi, remember? It's the same!"

They laughed a little bit. Before then, Wing's expression became serious again.

"Remember this, you three. There's still more for you to do," he said. "You don't even know what you're made of yet. Figure that out and try to expand your potential as much as you can. That's why you train. Train hard, but remember to play hard too. Enjoy your lives to the fullest. That's all I have to say. So congratulations, the three of you have graduated as of today."

The kids didn't say anything. They stared at their teacher, surprise written all over their faces.

"Over the past four months, you were able to uphold the teachings and were able to face your inner selves. Nen training is, above all else, a struggle within ourselves. All I've really done is guide you," Wing added, smiling kindly. "You're some of the best students I've ever had, and I never saw either of you brag about the natural talent you have. It has been an honor teaching you. Take care of yourselves."

"Osu!" the reply of the three kids echoed in all the place, as the last rays of the sun painted the sky in beautiful colors.

It was night now and the three of them were waving at Wing and Zushi, hoping fervently to see them once again, someday.

"Well, we've learned the basics of Nen, you paid back Hisoka and we've earned all the money we need," Killua said after a while. "There's no point on sticking around."

"We've got about a month and a half before September 1st," Hitomi added. "What are we gonna do until then?"

"Guys?" he called them, a little unsure of how to say whatever he wanted to say. "I thought.. maybe... You two wanna come home with me?"

"On Whale Island?" Hitomi asked, a little excited. Gon nodded shyly.

"It isn't as big as Killua's, and we are kinda poor, but-" he trailed off.

"Sounds great!" Killua exclaimed. "I wanna see your house!"

"I also wanna meet Mito-san," Hitomi grinned widely. "Let's go then!"

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