Discaimer: As you all already know, I just own my OC, Hitomi. Hunter X Hunter, on the other hand, belongs to Yoshihiro Togashi.
Chapter 17: I'm Home x I'm Hitomi x I'm Killua
Hitomi closed her book and released a long sigh. She sighed and took once again her cell phone to call to Kurapika.
"The number you have dialed is currently unavailable."
She gritted her teeth, before hanging up. She stared to her phone once again, sighing in worry. She had predicted this a long time ago... but...
"That idiot..." she murmured in her head.
Hitomi looked at her right and saw Killua, who was meditating, trembling slightly. She furrowed her eyebrows as she saw him clenching his fists.
She then sat at his side and put a hand over his, which stopped clenching, and his trembling disappeared. He looked at her, with wide eyes, before softening his blue gaze.
"What's wrong?" she asked, taking away her hand.
"Nothing," he mumbled. "I was... just... remembering things."
"Like Illumi?" she added. He nodded before she waved her hand around. "Just forget it. He can't get you now because Gon and I have kidnapped you."
"Maybe..." he murmured.
They looked at each other and grinned. Killua seemed to forget about Illumi and Hitomi stopped worrying about her brother. It was nice to be between friends.
"Hey, kids!" the navigator called them. "It's your stop!"
Both of them stood and went upstairs.
"We're here?" Killua asked.
"Yeah! Why don't you two take a look?"
They did as they were told and looked outside the window. Far away, in the middle of the sea, there was a huge island with the form of a whale.
"So that's it..." Killua commented.
"Now I can see why it's called Whale Island..." Hitomi murmured, before turning around to see the captain. "Where's Gon?"
"Where he always is," he replied.
"I see," she replied. "Thanks!"
Hitomi and Killua looked at Gon, who was sitting in the mast. They smiled a little bit before climbing up and sitting down next to him.
"That's Whale Island," he grinned.
"I can tell," Hitomi smirked. "Looks pretty nice."
"Well, It's probably about half the size of my family's state," Killua commented.
"Yeah, but your place is way too big anyway!" Gon replied.
"You are a rich bastard after all," the girl said, a little annoyed.
"I guess so..."
The three grinned once again, before looking to the island where was Gon's home. Once they arrived, Hitomi and Killua looked at the place in amazement.
"Wow, it's been such a long time since I stood on my own land," Gon commented. "Oh, the smell of the air..."
The boys inhaled air soundly and Hitomi just stared. She raised an eyebrow, looking at the puffed cheeks of her friends.
The three started to laugh because their silly and childish action.
"Hey, kids!" the navigator said, throwing at them three apples. "Parting gifts!"
"Thank you for everything!" Hitomi waved.
"Yeah, thanks!" Killua shouted.
"Thanks for the ride!" Gon exclaimed.
And after that, the boat got away. Killua looked at Gon.
"Where do we catch a ride around here?" he asked. "You know, the bus to your house."
"Oh, there's no bus," Gon replied.
"Then exactly how are we supposed to get there?"
Gon pointed at his feet making Killua stare at him like he was nuts.
"Not every house is a tourist spot like your place," Hitomi told him.
"Yeah, also we'll have to walk all way home along the river," Gon pointed at the road ahead.
"Walk... from here?" he asked, puzzled. "And we're going now?"
"Yeah! If we start now, we should get there around noon tomorrow."
"But what're we gonna eat until then?"
"Oh my god, you're annoying asking that much!" Hitomi sighed, before raising the apple the man had given them. "We can eat this."
"This?" Killua stared at his apple. "Just this..."
Hitomi's eyebrow twitched, before gently pushing Gon to the road. The earlier they parted, the earlier they arrived to Gon's home after all.
"Ah, Gon!" he shouted, running to catch them up. "Don't leave your guest behind!"
"Mito-san!" Gon shouted. "I'm back!"
Hitomi and Killua stared in amazement at Gon's house as the boy ran ahead. It was a huge tree in the middle of its roof, like it was growing out of it.
"What a weird place to live..." Killua murmured.
"Yeah, because having a mountain as a garden is far more normal..." Hitomi rolled her eyes, before smiling a little. "Well, let's go then."
Killua smiled as well. They started to walk in silence, looking with curiosity the natural surrounding, remaining Hitomi a little of her old Kuruta Clan. The forest where she used to live was as quiet and relaxing as Whale Island.
Both children rounded the corner to see Gon, being hugged by a woman, who they supposed was Mito, his aunt. An old woman was smiling at him as well.
"How could you forget to write us a letter? Come on," she scolded him.
Both women noticed the presence of Gon's two friends and looked at them. Killua immediately pulled his hands away from his pockets and straightened up, blushing at the sudden attention they were getting. Hitomi on the other hand blinked a few times, before smiling politely.
"Gon, who are they?" Mito asked.
"Oh, we met during the Hunter Exam," Gon exclaimed. "He is Killua and she is Hitomi."
"Hi," Hitomi said, politely.
"Hello," Killua said, way too politely.
Hitomi raised an eyebrow at him and chuckled at his unusual uneasiness.
"Oh right, these are the kids you wrote about in your letter," she smiled kindly.
"Hello there," the grandmother said. "It's so nice of you two to travel all this way."
"Gon, this is the first time you've ever brought friends home," Mito commented.
The girl, feeling a little more relaxed, nodded her head. Gon's aunt stepped closer to them. She bend over slightly and stared at their faces with a smile.
"Killua-kun and Hitomi-chan, right?" she said. "I'm Gon's aunt, Mito. I hope you'll feel right at home here."
"Thank you, Mito-san," Hitomi replied in a well-mannered way. Killua smiled shyly.
"Come in, guys!" Gon said happily.
Gon and the other two women entered first on the house. Just before doing it as well, Hitomi tapped Killua's shoulder and grinned.
"I have never thought you could be that shy around strangers," she teased, poking his cheek with her finger. "How cute~"
"Shut up," he replied, annoyed and blushing in embarrassment.
Once inside, they were taken to the kitchen. Mito started to pace everywhere, looking for something to cook for them.
"I really wish you would've let me know beforehand that you were coming home, Gon!" she grumbled. "I could've prepared something. You know, it's not every day we have guests in the house."
"R-Really, it's fine," Killua sluttered.
"Now that you mention it, we are kinda hungry," Gon grinned. "We've been walking since last night."
"That explains why you're so dirty," she nodded. "Why don't you boys go and take a bath while I make you something to eat? After you are done, Hitomi-chan can take one."
"Huh?" Gon exclaimed. "Right now?"
"Of course!" she exclaimed. "Just leave me your clothes. I'll wash them later. You'd better get going."
They looked at each other for a second, before she started to count. Gon seemed to panic, and pushed Killua to make him move quicklier.
"You have too much power over Gon, don't you?" Hitomi laughed nervously.
"You can say that," Mito replied. "Meanwhile, Hitomi-chan, make yourself home."
"Want me to help you?" she asked. "I mean... maybe not cooking, because it could bring some deaths to this house, but... I can... I don't know."
"You are so cute," Mito smiled, making the girl look away in embarrassment. "Don't worry, you are my guest. I won't let you touch anything in this kitchen."
She smiled, in thanks, before looking at the window. From where she was, she could see the wide sea and couldn't deny it was beautiful.
It was like she was back home.
"What happens?" the grandmother asked when Hitomi spaced out.
"Oh, nothing," she replied. "It just that... it's a beautiful view."
"Then you should see it from Gon's room," she smiled, before pointing at the stairs. "It's upstairs, if you please."
Hitomi nodded energetically.
"Thank you!"
After that, she entered to Gon's room and looked to the window. It was just lovely. The blue skies, the green forest and even the sound of the birds chirping happily. It was somehow relaxing.
Taking advantage of that quietness, Hitomi sat on her friend's bed and started meditating to train his Nen. She smiled softly, remembering Wing's classes about Nen and everything back at the Heavens Arena.
"Learn Ten, know Zetsu and through Ren attain Hatsu!" Zushi said, bowing a bit."
Hitomi opened her eyes, remembering that time, but now questioning herself. Ten had it's use, so did Ren and Zetsu... but what about Hatsu?
"It isn't just meant to move around a leaf, is it?" she thought. "I'm a Manipulator... manipulate... control..."
She then eyed the bird who was still chirping and an idea crossed her mind. Before making sure that no one was looking at her, she stretched her hand to the bird and performed Ren.
Hitomi moved her hand a little at her right and opened her eyes in surprise, doing that once again. It was awesome... It was like the bird's chirp was moving, but it wasn't like this.
"Oh my god!" she thought. "For goodness sake, I'm controlling the sound! That's great! I mean, I'm great! I have-"
BANG!
She had got distraught and it was like the sound wave collided with the wall. She paled, looking at the huge hole she had made in Gon's wall.
"Maybe I need a little more training..." she concluded, turning already blue.
"What was that?!" Mito asked from downstairs, in worry. "Are you okay, Hitomi-chan?!"
"It's nothing at all!" she replied in a rush, sweatdropping.
Hitomi then moved the curtain a little to cover it and turned around. It looked like it was time to see if Gon and Killua were already over with the bath...
After Hitomi took her bath, she sat down next to Killua and Gon, the food was ready. Hitomi did her best to not drool over it. It looked really good.
Then when she tasted it, realized that it wasn't only the looks. It tasted really good.
"It tastes great!" Killua exclaimed.
"Mito-san's cooking is the best in the whole world." Gon commented.
"I can see that," Hitomi murmured, before eating again.
Mito just smiled, before putting two more plates in front of Killua and Hitomi and they nodded in thanks. The boy then paled at the sight of red peppers.
"Okay..." he murmured, putting them in another plate. "That's... a no..."
"Killua-kun?" Mito said. "You shouldn't pick at your food like that. Don't you know that red peppers are good for you? You should at least try them."
"Actually, I'm not a big fan..."
"Oh, good! At least you're not allergic to them!" Mito cried happily, Killua flinched. "They are delicious. Go ahead and take a bite."
"She's right," Gon supported his aunt. "Just give it a try!"
Killua stared at his fork, reminding Hitomi of when she tried chocolate for the first time. After a long breath, he took a bite...
Before spitting it out in disgust, drooling.
"Mom, quick!" Mito cried. "Get a towel!"
Hitomi's eyebrow twitched, disgusted at it.
SMACK!
"Why was that for?!" Killua shouted, rubbing his sore head.
"That's gross..." she muttered under her breath.
After all Killua's saliva fiasco and eating, Mito asked them about the Exam, curiously. Gon showed her his license, and she flexed it. Gon quickly stole it from her hands.
"I was only joking! As if I would ever do something like that!" she laughed.
"She wasn't joking..." the three of them thought in union.
The three were on the roof, trying to make the internet accessible in Gon's house. Hitomi and Gon, more likely, were the ones doing the hard work. Killua was leaning in a wall, with his arms behind his back.
"Gon!" Mito called him. "I'm going out for a little while. Could you watch the place?"
"Yeah, okay!" he replied. "Take care!"
He grinned mischievously at both of his friends. Hitomi hold her hands up in defense.
"No way!" she said. "Ask Killua, he isn't doing anything!"
Killua blinked... But ended up going to the bar to take care of it.
After finishing their job, the other two grinned and stared at the sky for a long time.
"By the way, Gon," she said. "Do you even know anything about your father?"
"Just the name and physical appearance," he admitted. "Mito-san doesn't tell me anything about him."
"I see..." she murmured. "Then, how does it look?"
"I have a photo if you want," Gon suggested. "It's in the bar, if you wanna take a look."
Hitomi nodded, she was curious after all. She got downstairs and got to the bar, where Killua was resting his head in his hands.
"Hey, Killu-!"
She stopped in mid sentence when she looked at him properly. He was peacefully slumbering with his head resting on the table.
"Wait... Is he really...?"
Hitomi could not believe it and stepped closer to him, to stare once again. She used her finger to poke his cheek but he didn't respond to her touch.
Killua was sound asleep.
She had never seen Killua sleeping before, maybe because he was always on guard... Assassins' stuff.
She kneeled down and looked at him in amazement. She folded her arms and rested her chin over them, without taking her violet eyes off his relaxed form.
"He looks peaceful and even a little innocent..." she thought, softening her gaze. "He's kinda cute like this."
It was all quiet, Killua's soft intakes of air was the only thing to broke the silence. Hitomi found herself liking the atmosphere. Also, she felt herself relaxing as well just by hearing Killua's calm breathing.
Absent-mindedly, she brushed his white bangs at one side, before her eyes opened on slight surprise. Unable to hold back, she ran her fingers through his hair.
"It's too soft!" she cried in her head.
Hitomi was about to draw her hand out of the boy's head, when a voice ran through her ears.
"What are you doing?"
She jumped, stepping back but making a cup spill some juice in her shirt. Hitomi didn't care about that, though. She looked at Gon's grandmother and flushed in embarrassment.
"I-I wasn't doing anything!" she stuttered.
The woman laughed, making Hitomi look away. She stepped closer and looked at Killua as well, smiling kindly.
"Would you be so kind to take him to Gon's bedroom?" she asked. "I'll take care of the place."
"O-Okay," she murmured.
Hitomi took him in her back and started to walk away. His breath in her shoulder and this soft hair tickling her neck make her cheeks even redder.
"Damn, I'm becoming Leorio..." she wanted to slap herself at it. "I'm such a pervert!"
She entered in Gon's bedroom and placed Killua's limp body in a bed, before covering him with blankets. She sighed, before walking away and closing the door behind her.
"Did something happen?" Gon asked her, who was with Mito talking.
"Oh, yeah," Hitomi said. "The idiot fell asleep in his job."
"Wait, Hitomi-chan," Mito said, looking at her shirt. "You should change your clothes."
"Right, I forgot..." she said, before grabbing her bag and searching for comfortable clothes.
"Let me see..." the woman said, looking inside it, before retiring the only Kuruta-like dress she had. "Look, isn't it lovely?"
Hitomi blinked.
"But-"
"Come, come..." she dragged her to a room. "You have to sometimes wear pretty things, especially if you are that pretty yourself."
She had no more option than obey her.
Killua opened his eyes slowly and looked around in confusion. He just didn't remember falling asleep in a place like that.
"Oh, you're up now, huh?" Gon asked. "You fell asleep on the job."
He looked through the window, just to see Gon's hair being cutted by Mito. Hitomi appeared and sit on it.
"Man, you're heavy!" she exclaimed. "I had to drag you all the way here!"
Killua stared at her and blinked a few times. She was wearing a traditional orange dress and her blonde hair had been prettily braided by Mito a minutes ago. He had to admit it, she looked nice.
"Doesn't she look cute?" Gon asked, grinning.
The boy stared at her.
"You look..." he trailed off.
Hitomi raised an eyebrow, waiting for his answer.
"You look like a girl," he finished, sticking his tongue to her.
SMACK!
"Shut up, Cat-head!" she murmured, withdrawing her hand from his head.
They glared for a long, long time. Gon and his aunt sweatdropped, smiling nervously.
"Oh my god. I wonder how did I manage to think about him like that?" Hitomi facepalmed.
Together once again, the three friends law down in the ground, looking at the twinkling stars in the dark sky above them.
"Hey, guys," Killua asked. "What do you plan on doing next?"
"I was thinking of staying here until the end of August to gather some information," Gon told him. "And then in September 1st, I'll go to Yorkshin City and start looking for my dad."
"I think I'll be sticking around you guys until I find a couple of Scarlet Eyes," Hitomi shrugged. "Then, maybe, I'll be sticking around my brother instead... and avoiding to get him killed by himself... I don't really know."
"I see..." he murmured. "I wonder what I should do."
"Why don't you stay here and go to Yorkshin City with us?" Gon suggested.
Killua pushed himself into a sitting position and looked at them.
"That's not what I was talking about," he said. "It's great that you two know what you want to do. There's nothing I really want to do. There are lots of things I don't want to do, like living at home and taking over the family business. But when it comes to what I want to do... I kinda envy you."
"Killua, I like hanging out with you," Gon said.
"Well, even though you are pretty insufferable sometimes, I kind of enjoy the company," Hitomi admitted.
"Hey, you two," he blushed slightly. "Cut it out!"
Hitomi sighed, pushing herself and sitting like the boys.
"Whale Island is an outpost for fishermen far from their mainland homes, so there aren't many kids here," Gon confessed. "And I've always been home schooled, so you're the first friends I've had who are around my age."
"I can understand that. Back in my clan, there were a handful number of people from my age and, considering that I have never been a social person, I've never managed to get along with them," Hitomi told them. "So, you are my very first friends too."
"It's kinda the same for me," Killua said, kind of surprised. "I did get to leave my estate lots of times, but it was always because I was being sent off to get more training on how to become a better assassin. It was always a life or death situation. You two are my first friends, ever."
Hitomi smirked. She had never realized that the three of them were that similar.
"So, do you like hanging out with us, Killua?" she asked.
"Yeah, sure," he replied. "I guess."
"Then let's just stay together!" Gon cried, happily. "We could go to different places and see things. I'll search for my dad, Hitomi for the Scarlet Eyes, and you, Killua, can look for what you want to do!"
"Sounds fun," Hitomi nodded, smiling.
"It doesn't sound bad..." Killua agreed, before raising his fist. "Alright, I'll go with you guys while you search for those things until I figure out what I want to do!" But then, curiosity hit his mind. "Hey, you never told us about your mother, Gon."
"She died, I was told she was always sickly. Mito-san has raised me like her own, so I didn't really talk about my mom. It's the same with my dad," Gon replied. "If I hadn't met Kite, I wouldn't have tried to find out about him. I know Mito-san hid the truth about my dad because she wanted avoid talking about him... Also, Mito-san is the only mother I'll ever know. Because whenever I try to think of my mom, I can't imagine anybody except her."
"I wish I had a mom like Mito-san," Killua commented.
"Yeah, she is kinda nice…" Hitomi smiled, still remembering the times in her home. "She kinda reminds me mine."
They were trying to search for Gon's father in the internet, when Mito called them for eating. Once finished, Hitomi and Killua stood up.
"Well then… I'm gonna go pick up where we left off," Killua said.
"Me too," Hitomi nodded.
"Okay, I'll do the dishes," Gon declared.
"That won't do, you three. You better call it a night and continue tomorrow," Mito said. "Working in the morning is much better than making yourself work through the night. It's not like the internet's going to run off anywhere, right?"
Killua placed his hands behind his head and sighed.
"Well, I'll cooperate so Mito-san won't get more wrinkles," he teased, making the woman's face fell. "Women past their prime age really need to be careful, right Hitomi? I bet you know better."
Hitomi's eyebrow twitched, before the boy started to run upstairs.
"What does it was supposed to mean?!" she yelled, chasing him. "You hoary-haired, old geezer!"
When they arrived at Gon's room, they made their beds. Hitomi shook her head, when she saw that Killua feel asleep as soon as his head hit the pillow.
She, however, wasn't having as luck as him. She couldn't get any sleep, because two things. Point one, a cricket's chirping was annoying the hell out of her. Point two, she was worried - yeah, again - about Kurapika.
She sighed, taking her cell phone to try to call her brother once again. Once again too, he had turned his phone off.
Hitomi stared at it before an idea crossed her mind. She started dialing another different number. He, unlike Kurapika, picked up after a few rings.
"Hi, Wing!" she greeted. "What's up?"
"Hitomi-chan, may I know why did you call me?" he replied.
"I just wanted to say hi… is that bad?"
Wing stayed silent for a minute, causing her imagine him raising an eyebrow at the other side of the phone.
"Well, right, I'm calling you for Nen stuff," she admitted. "Actually, I wanted to make you a question. Do you remember I'm a Manipulator?"
"You're trying to master Hatsu, don't you?" he asked.
"Yeah," she replied. "Just asking, is convenient for me to... I don't know... control sound?"
That took the man by surprise, and he asked in a confused voice.
"Sound?"
"Yeah, sound. Sound waves, you know. That stuff," Hitomi explained, nervously. "But it's that lame I can search for something else, just-"
"No, no, it's okay. As long as it's comfortable for you, you can try," he said. "But the only thing is that it could be difficult. Sound needs a lot of concentration to manipulate and if you lose your focus even for an instant, you can blow up something. You need to train it a lot to properly manipulate it."
"That's all?" she said. "Alright, I think I'll train then. This Hatsu thing sounds interesting. See ya!"
She was about to turn off the phone, when her teacher cried her to stop.
"Wait a minute, Hitomi-chan, I need you to make you a request," he said. "Please, avoid telling Killua-kun and Gon-kun about all of this."
"Huh?" she said, confused. "Why?"
"They have to discover the truth of Hatsu's power from themselves," Wing replied. "You can use your technique as long as you want, but don't tell them how you actually do that."
"Okay..." she replied, unsure. "I think I can..."
After that, the call ended. She sat down and realized that Killua was still asleep. She smirked, he couldn't see her, could he?
Hitomi found where the cricket was and kneeled down next to it. She cupped her hands around it and performed Ren, before moving her hands around.
She smiled in joy, hearing the chirp moving around as well, even though the insect was standing still on its place.
Then, Hitomi heard Gon shout something in excitement from the kitchen, and she lost her concentration once again.
BANG!
She looked at the huge crater, next to the one she had made before. She panicked when she heard Killua shifting behind her.
Hitomi turned around, resting her back to the hole in the wall to hide it. Killua tiredly opened his eyes and stared at her, rubbing them.
"What the hell was that?" he groaned drowsily.
"What?" Hitomi pretended to be confused.
"The sound," he replied. "Like an explosion."
She flinched slightly, smiling nervously.
"What sound?" she replied. "Maybe you were dreaming?"
"And then what were you doing standing there?"
"Looking at the window?" her voice sounded like a suggestion and she wanted to slap herself for it.
Killua narrowed his eyes, not believing a word she had said. However, he was too tired to discuss about it.
"Whatever..." he mumbled, turning around. His eyelids dropped and fell silent, falling asleep once again.
Hitomi let out a relieved sigh escape from her lips and proceed to turn around to the hole. She put the hand on the curtain and drew it to hide this one as well.
"I think is enough for today," she sweatdropped. "Killua won't let go that easily next time..."
Killua, Hitomi and Gon stared at Ging's box, which had been given to his son by Mito. Even Killua tried to open it by force, but it didn't even budge.
"It's yours once you become a Hunter..." Hitomi's eyes opened in surprise along Killua's. "That's it! There's something we haven't tried yet!"
"Huh?" Gon tilted his head.
"What do you have now that you didn't have before you became a Hunter?" Killua said.
"Ah, I know! A Hunter License!" he shouted happily, trying to put it on it. "But there's no slot..."
Hitomi tried to suppress her laugh but failed. Gon looked at her, puzzled.
"It's not that," a vein popped up in Killua's head. "It's Nen."
The box broke right when Gon used his Nen revelling... another box. Hitomi looked at the pieces of the broken one, and recognized the same markings that Wing's thread had.
Gon looked at the smaller box and put his License in the slot and it opened. Inside, there were three things: a memory card, a ring and a cassette tape.
"Hey, look! There's the same pattern inside the band," Killua noticed, looking at the ring. "I think it would be risky putting it on just yet."
"Then, why don't we listen to the tape first?" Hitomi suggested. "It can tell us what to do with these things."
"Sure," Gon said.
"Let's make a copy while we're at it," Killua said. "Just in case."
The two agreed, before playing the tape. After a while, Ging's recorded voice started to sound.
"Hey, Gon. So you've become a Hunter too. There's one question I want to ask. Do you want to see me? If you do, keep listening. If you don't, just press the stop button. You should stop the tape here if you just think it would be nice to see me," Gon didn't move, determined to see him. "So you want to see me that much? Well, I don't want to see you."
Gon's face fell and Hitomi sweatdropped.
"Nice father..." she thought.
"Honestly, I don't know how I could face you. After all, I neglected you for selfish reasons, I'm no good," he said. "At least ten years will have passed since I recorded this tape before you listen to it. During that time, there's one thing that hasn't changed, I will always be the guy I am. Like I said, I don't want to see you. So if I hear you getting close, I'm gonna take off. Try and catch me. You're a Hunter now, aren't you?"
Killua was about to turn the cassette off, but Gon stopped him. Little after, Ging started to talk once again.
"Oh, yeah, one more thing..." he said. "On this tape I've recorded the voice of your mother, the only thing we have left of her. If you want to hear her, keep the tape running. If you don't-"
Gon turned off the tape, saying that Mito was his only mother. He smiled, before turning around to go to eat.
But something happened before then. The tape started rewinding on its own, so they used Gyo to see that the stereo had an aura. It was Nen.
Killua tried to smash it, it was useless. They also tried to use their own Nen against it, but it was fruitless as well.
Ging's voice ended up erasing itself, leaving them with only two things left, the ring and the memory card.
"It's a lot smaller than the standard model," Gon said, as he looked at the memory card. "You think there's a special machine just for this?"
"You don't know about the JoyStation?" Killua asked, speechless.
"I think I read about it..." Hitomi said, in thought. "Somewhere..."
Killua's face fell.
"This is a memory card for a game console called the JoyStation," Killua said, annoyed at both of his friends.
They turned the computer on and searched in Toy Land for JoyStation. After a while, they found one.
"But unless we have the actual game we can't play it with just the JoyStation and a memory card, right?" Gon asked. "Besides, there's no title or anything written on it either. Can we tell what kind of game is it?"
"You can tell once you put it on the console, even though you can't play it..." Hitomi put a finger under her chin. "I think..."
Killua released a long sigh, before letting himself fall in the floor.
"You two are pretty weird," he said. "Haven't you ever played games before?"
"Oh, excuse me, rich boy," the girl said, annoyed. "I lived hiding from the outside world and travelling around practically all my life. What do you expect?"
"But I have!" Gon replied Killua's question. "Remember the Trick Tower?"
"That's like a fossil!" Killua shouted.
Once they got the JoyStation, they found out that the game was called Greed Island, a game exclusively for Hunters. They tried to search of it, but it was all sold out at the price of 5.8 billions a copy.
After a long and fruitless research, Killua stared at his phone with a frown in his face.
"He might have a copy of Greed Island," he muttered.
"What?" Gon asked excited. "Who?"
"I really don't wanna ask him for a favor, but I guess we don't have a choice..."
Hitomi raised an eyebrow. Killua sighed and dialed a number.
"Hey! Gotoh, it's Killua. Listen, could you get Piggy for me?... You're lying. There's no way he'd leave the house. Tell him if he doesn't get on the phone in ten seconds, I'll smash all of his figurines," he said and waited for a while before grinning in his cat-mode. "I was only kidding, Brother. Don't get so mad, you're scaring me."
"So, that's Killua's brother..." she sweatdropped. "And he called him Piggy..."
They discussed for a while, before Killua cut down the line. He smiled, in a apologizing way to Gon.
"Sorry. I promised him the memory card, but I couldn't think of another way to get to him to talk."
"Don't worry, it's okay," Gon reassured.
"Did you get something in exchange?" Hitomi asked.
"Yeah. We've got two solid leads to follow," he replied. "The first one is a website that's exclusively for Hunters."
Gon grinned, turning to the computer and raising his License.
"Oh, yeah! We can use my License!" he exclaimed.
"Don't you dare, idiot!" Hitomi stopped him. "If you use your home computer, your IP address gets out there. What do you imagine that thieves looking for a Hunter License will do?"
"For stuff like this, you should always use public computers like at a cafe or hotel," Killua added. "Either way, we won't be able to go onto the website until we get the URL."
They both looked at Killua, questionably.
"And what's the other lead?" Gon asked.
"The auction at Yorkshin City," Killua replied. "My brother said it might be a rumor, but apparently several Greed Island discs are gonna be auctioned off. He said that a single collector had been hoarding a lot of copies."
"I wonder if that collector is Ging," the boy said.
"Maybe yes, maybe not," Hitomi replied. "In any case, if we want to acquire Greed Island, we have to get a tremendous amount of money. We have to get going..."
They looked at each other, with huge smirks in their faces.
"To Yorkshin City!" the three of them exclaimed.
That's the end of the chapter! Sorry if the Whale Island Arc was a little too short. I apologize in advance if I disappointed someone with it... Next time, I'll start with the Yorkshin Arc :)
Also, what you saw in this chapter is just a small part of Hitomi's Nen ability. I will expand more about it as the story goes by, but it won't happen until a lot time more.
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