THIS STORY IS NOW 2 YEARS OLDDD! Kyaa~ THANK YOU FOR THE SUPPORT EVERYONE and I hope to see you in the end!
And oh, if you like fem! Gon stories, I would love to see you in my other stories 'Entwined' and 'The Hunter Club' both AUs. I would appreciate feedback!
Anyway, watch out for certain hints in this chap~! A lot of basis for the TIMESKIP are mentioned here. *wink*
Disclaimer: I wish I own Hunter X Hunter
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CHAPTER 32: Hatching x Bomb x Cliff
The group headed to that NPC who told them she knew where the card was. She would probably be the one who would give them the card. Anyway, Killua was still pale from the wordless threat. Just how many guardians of Gon's were after his life? He mused, and sighed in the end.
He looked at Gon. She was chatting animatedly with Goreinu, who was telling her more about cards. Killua smiled. They were back to normal, it seemed, and he wouldn't have had it any other way.
So, yeah, no matter how many guardians she had against him—It didn't matter. He'll prove them his worth. He will be worthy of Gon someday.
He swore to it.
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It was dusk, and there was a beautiful ray of light. They had the perfect view from the lighthouse—a place the girl wanted to see, and to go to once more. She claimed she and her father used to go there all the time, before Razor entered the picture. She looked deeply at the area highlighted by the crepuscular rays.
"At the end of the beam of light, lies an underwater cave." She said, almost rhetorically, in a daze, before turning her head to them, returning from it. "But there is no treasure.
"I'm sorry for deceiving you."
"It was simply…, a sacred place for fishermen." She paused. "The rumor began from there." "Everyone who knew refused to tell—as everyone believed no one unworthy can taint the area."
Killua looked at Gon as she stared deeply, her eyes literally twinkling with interest and (if one looked closely) some line of tears. Killua flinched. "This is just a game, okay?" He said, and she nodded slowly, although not quite taking her eyes away from the NPC.
"This view, to me, is the most valuable treasure."
Killua heard a small sniff then and he, knowing his weakness over someone crying, had to stop himself from looking. He only shook his head in disapproval.
And with a poof, catching his attention—the woman turned into a card, herself.
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It was a pretty card. It wasn't a portrait, like most of the cards, but it showed something much more than that—a story, and they just watched it unfold.
They made copies with Clone with the original going to the kids. It was then that Hisoka bid his goodbye, "It was fun~" he said, and pretty much didn't ask for anything else. They did him a favour. They killed his time.
Besides, Hisoka knew he learned a lot of interesting kids. He stared at the two kids. These fruits got riper and riper. He couldn't wait… he'd get to find them soon. In any case, Hisoka spotted the almost invisible line of tears from before, and he patted Gon's head.
"Aww~ Don't cry over something like that, Gon." He paused and ignored Killua's glare. "You should cry when you're in pain."
He winked, and everyone shivered.
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The party soon went outside. Tzesguerra and Goreinu paused before taking out a spell card. Apparently, they decided to join forces, and invited them in. Bomber was a powerful enemy, taking into his arms the hard work and lives of too many people.
The three looked at each other, and they were about to make a silent agreement of continuing their alliance with the other team. However—
A player is contacting you
It was then that someone called Tzesguerra, and they looked at him not thinking that much of it. But then a voice was heard, and it was oozing of arrogance. "It's been a long time hasn't it?" Mr. T flinched immediately. "Guess who…"
"Gensuru!"
And the rest flinched right after. The Bomber. He was contacting them. They knew he would soon—but not this soon!
And apparently, he was monitoring them. "I see you have Tsubo of the Coast." He said. "I'd like to have…a trade." Everyone knew what he was planning was nothing resembling a trade. And he proved them right a second later.
"I will guarantee your lives in exchange for the card." A pause, and that darkness and pure sadism reeked even from the other side of the line. "Good deal, don't you think so?"
"Cut the crap!" Tzesguerra yelled from the top of his lungs, but Gensuru noted the hoarseness in his voice—even noting the fact that he must've been injured pretty badly. They flinched, and he only continued to set up the terms. "Meet me at the entrance of Masadora in an hour. If you don't show up. I'll consider it a declaration of war." They could feel him smirking, and it was really making them mad. "Either way… I'll still get the card. There's no use running away, Tzesguerra."
They knew he was saying the truth. He had a lot of accompany cards—they wouldn't be able to outrun his group. He even revealed to them that their previous teammates of 15 were no longer in that world.
In other words, he killed them.
This infuriated them—and Gon was not able to hold it. She, too, yelled. "GENSURU!"
There was a moment of silence then, and everyone turned to Gon. "Who are you?"
"I'm Gon Freecs!" She exclaimed, unthinking, from the top of her lungs.
"AND I'M TAKING YOU ON!"
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BAM!
Meanwhile, another bomb was heard outside the game—and on another side of the world, in Kakin to be precise, within a relatively isolated area in the Azian Continent.
It was early morning in that part of the world, and the animals were all out, but now they were frantic because of the explosion caused by a Hunter and his assistants, to make a grave for a poisonous creature they were forced to kill during his and his team's biological surveys. The said Hunter however, seemed to be in a daze.
"Oi, Kaito." Spin called and chewed her gum, as she combed a part of her strawberry-colored hair with a hand. "What were you thinking about?"
"He probably feels remorse about the boar-stritch." Another one of his member, Podungo, smiled, while Banana also made her own hypotheses.
"I bet it's this egg."
The female members of his research team sure did like to think of these things. But whatever, he mused, and his head slowly went to the back of their cart. It was covered with a variety of blankets, with Mon looking after it. Mon, unsurprisingly with his gentle giant demeanor, had a fondness with luggage and babies. This one was both, so it was extra special.
"He said take care of it and teach it on how to be a human." Kaito said absent-mindedly.
"HA?" That was Spin. "It's a freaking egg. Who gave you this?" And then he recalled an encounter a few weeks back.
"Ging."
The two people who were familiar with Ging reacted. Lin, always the radical one, only shook his head in disapproval, and Stick laughed. "I should have known!"
In any case, Kaito put on his gloves and threw the carcass to the hole. His team surrounded it and they made a short prayer to the gods. As they did so, his mind wandered. He recalled that fateful day that he also took a creature's life. A mother to a cub. He wondered how that cub was doing. He wondered if Gon raised it well. And he wondered how far Gon had grown.
Gon.
In their encounter, Ging never did mention his daughter. Ging said that he, being the awesome mentor that he was, just saved his life so he owed him a bottle of Sake. And that they need not investigate the insect limb down in NGL. Kaito didn't really believe him (saved from what, anyway) but he bought his mentor some sake anyway. And what did he get in return?
A blasted egg to babysit.
It was then that Banana's phone rang.
"Hello?" "No, our leader dropped the case upon advice." "What?" "I see. Then be careful, then."
"Who was that?"
"I think his name was Pokkle. He lead another team with the same assignment as we did. You know, before we got the egg." She paused. "Ging's advice was pretty reliable after all."
"Hmn?" Pokkle eh? He remembered that boy. He was always with a girl. He recalled how their first and final (so far) encounter happened, for some reason.
"I managed to pass the exams because I happen to take it along amazing people." Pokkle smiled. "I'll make sure to make the most of this and strive to be a hunter that could stand proudly alongside them."
And then there was a conversation about Hunters, and the girl he then recalled was named 'Ponzu' blushed and shook her hands in embarrassment. "Oh no, I'm not a hunter yet." She said. "I failed this year's exam as well without realizing it—but next year!"
Kaito recalled how optimistic those two were, the latest additions to his section of the Hunter world. He looked forward to meeting them again. He then turned back to the short-haired girl as she spoke.
"They just found a cave covered with blood dried." Banana said. "They found out they were all chimaera ants—and huge ones."
"Huge?" They all knew they get the characteristics of the creatures they eat, and Kaito flinched immediately. 'Raise him like a human.' In retrospect, he always wondered why would Ging say that over an egg? Ging was always weird but there was always reason behind his actions.
Especially, he didn't even believe it was an ant egg, as Ging said. And now he knew Ging might not be so drunk after all. Hmn. No, Ging definitely was drunk, but at least he wasn't hallucinating.
"Do you think they were all taken care of?" Spin and Banana asked. "Those were very scary creatures."
"Probably, by Ging." He said and looked at the egg. He willed himself to appear as stoic as possible, realizing why the egg's pattern and color seemed so familiar. It was several times larger than a usual egg, and creature inside would grow much larger.
It was then that started to hatch. His eyes widened. "Everyone keep your distance!" He yelled. This was a Chimeara ant's egg! Something that could pass on characteristics of what it eats to its offspring. It was what made it dangerous. And the fact that the egg was so big… and he was asked to 'raise it like a human'—
However, as much as he wanted to kill it before it did any damage, he recalled his mentor's precise instructions.
"Don't kill it when it hatches." Ging said firmly, as if knowing he was going to. Now Kite understood why he said that. It wasn't like Kaito murdered creatures for no reason, after all. "Instead, raise it as your own."
The carefully watched the cracks on the glossy shell reach over many parts of the egg. And what came out was the oddly most disturbingly cute creature he had ever seen. It had a green body resembling that of a bird's. It even had wings. But the rest of it…? Now, Kaito was certain what its mother ate. And it wasn't just a bird.
She also ate a human.
He watched it try to open its eyes, only to close them again due to the sun's glare. Soon enough, his eyes adjusted and it stood up. Kaito didn't know what to feel, really, he was feeling an odd sense of fear, anxiety, terror, and heck: parental love.
In any case, it'll be a challenge to teach it a good diet. But, when he thought about it, it was once a human. (Or at least it had the human genome). And, as Ging wanted, it shall be treated as such.
He watched as his team carefully approached it, upon his instruction. He told them what he knew to keep it—him— from getting agitated on-the-spot. And too soon, they were already playing with him.
"It is like raising a kid!" Mon said lifting him up. But then it flapped its wings, making Mon blink. He let the creature go in understanding, and it flew around them. Mon, and the girls clapped their hands in glee. "Cute!"
Lin smiled, and he rarely did so, which told him Lin also found the ant cute. The narrow eyed boy looked at him in amusement, genuinely not knowing the truth, but joking nevertheless. "Whoever gave you this probably left children with other people."
Kaito only laughed.
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A few hours had passed since that talk with Gensuru, and the trio were now in the place they trained in a while back. Coming back there, even if it wasn't too long ago, felt nostalgic.
Reviewing the plan, Mr. T would do what he could to avoid Gensuru for 3 weeks—time for them to figure out a plan to defeat him, and taking advantage of his ignorance of their strengths, and also as time to recover.
The first priority was training against his Little Flower. She was asked to focus her aura on her hands to lift herself up. Unlike Bisuke, she wasn't wearing a petticoat, so she just wore the clothes she used as a boy, because Bisuke said if she wore her skirt—Killua would lose so much blood that it will probably kill him.
In any case, it was much harder than she anticipated. After a couple of dozen tries, she still hadn't been lifted up at all. She tried her best, and the other two formulated a plan.
She tried and tried again, and it became a routine. It was too soon that her mind started to wander.
"You're an idiot…I'm starting to hate it." First it was Killua. And then Tzesuguerra. "What you did earlier was selfish and foolish." The older man said. It was true. If Gensuru decided to attack after her snapping at him, they would've been in trouble. Killua would've been in trouble. She risked his life.
Selfish, foolish, and an idiot. That was Gon. She wondered when she'd stop messing up so often…
She shook her head. This wasn't the time for her to be brooding, she had to train against the bomber. They had to win. And she was not about to ruin everyone's plans because she couldn't figure out how to stop being an idiot.
She tried again, and put it her all.
She was lifted. Only by a millimetre. Now she had to go up a thousand more times.
"Gon!"
She paused and looked at the two. They were standing behind her so she maneuvered her hand so she could face them. They looked weird upside down so she stood up feet first and wiped her sweat. "What is it?"
"We finally formulated a plan. But you'd need to do something." Bisuke smiled and held out a card, which, well, transformed into a stopwatch. She handed it to her, and Gon stared at it from all sides, wondering what she'd do with it.
"1 minute. Hold your nen for one minute flat—no nanosecond more, no nanosecond less." Killua said. "And get used to that feeling."
"Eh?"
"Just do it!"
"Okay, okay!" And she did.
However, one's mind tended to wonder often when one was just standing there and doing the same thing for several minutes straight… again. Regardless, she was managing to hold it well. More or less, 1 or 2 seconds difference.
'Concentrate.'
She said, but then she recalled a certain friend's frantic state when he tried to concentrate, for some reason. But then, she remembered. "Aaaahhhhh!"
"What is it Gon!"
"L-Leorio! Isn't the results up? I mean earlier this week?"
"Why do you still remember that?"
"Of course I remember it! How can you not?!"
"…"
"Mou—" She looked at the new girl behind them. She looked around she's in her 20s and she was wearing a nurse uniform. Upon realization, however, she realized the girl wasn't human.
Killua saw this and pointed his thumb at the woman. "She's Bisuke's ability." He said mockingly. "It was useless."
And Killua was once again, flying to the skies.
Gon sweat dropped and decided to tell her plans anyway. "I'll call him!"
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This time, it was Gon that took her Leave. She always marvelled the ability to transfer people, but shrugged in the end. She quickly picked up her beetle phone and clicked on his number. She beamed the moment she heard his voice.
"Leorio! Congrats!"
"Thanks!" He chuckled. "How'd you know I passed?"
"I just do. He-he."
"Aw shux." He said. "And… Gon. I have something good to say."
"What is it?"
Leorio then whispered something to her and chuckled. Gon's eyes widened for a bit, before doing the same thing herself. Gon was indeed very hyped-up. "That's awesome!"
She couldn't wait to see them again.
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Blue orbs looked deeply down the valley—the main view from that mansion's balcony. Kurapika was wearing a black and fitted texudo, and a red long-sleeved shirt underneath. Something formal became his normal attire now, as he needed to look his part during the business meetings he started to attend.
He massaged his temple, it wasn't easy—having to deal with people he didn't like. But at least he collected more than a dozen of his clan members' eyes since he started working like this.
His phone rang. He was not in the mood for another mafia boss begging for his help, nor was he in the mood to deal with a Zoldyck-related problem either. Speaking of which, the family had been especially active lately… and it was becoming more and more probable someone sent for him. And considering he could only use the chains against the spiders, having to deal with Zoldycks would be quite a problem.
He looked down at his phone. His eyes widened when he saw the caller ID. He started hearing his chest again.
"Gon?"
"Kurapika!" She yelled with her chime-like voice. "Long time no talk."
"Ah." Indeed. And funny how her voice could still relieve all of his stress. And was it just him? She started sounding more… feminine.
"How are you?" She said, as lively as always. And frankly her energy passed through the phone. "Are you doing well? What about Senritsu-san? Neon-san?"
"We're all doing well." He smiled. "I heard you entered a game created by your father. How is it there?"
"We met a lot of people. I wish you were here."
Me too.
There was a knock.
"Are you busy?"
He looked behind him and saw Senristu, who quickly realized who he was talking to—probably by his heartbeat, much to his chagrin—and smiled before waving. She even sent him a thumbs-up before walking away.
"No." He continued. "Can you tell me more about that… game?" He found himself needing this type of trivial conversation. Especially as it was with Gon. No, because it was Gon.
"Sure!" She chuckled and she told him everything. She told him about a 57-year old girl that looked 12. She told him about various cards and how interesting they were to catch. She told them their training. And then it ended with going against this one final opponent.
The last part perturbed him. Someone who could create bombs with just his nen was someone to be avoided.
"Don't worry, Kurapika!" She said, and he hadn't even uttered a word yet. "I'm strong now! Besides I have Killua and Bisuke."
"Ah…"
"Nenenene~ Did you hear about Leorio? He passed the medical exam!"
He blinked. He forgot. "Oh?"
"And—" She paused and he waited. "Never mind." Before chuckling suspiciously. "Anyway, Killua and Bisuke are waiting for me back in the game."
"Hmn…"
"Shall the four of us meet when we get out of this game?" She paused before he opened his mouth. "Leorio already ok-ed." There was a pause. "PLEAASEE?"
He chuckled. "Of course."
"YAY! Bye~" She said, chuckling. "See you soon."
"Ah."
And the line died.
After a while, Senritsu knocked again. "Done?"
"Thank you." Was all he said, before finally looking at her. "So what was the issue about?"
"The new doctor for the master had arrived." Senritsu said with a suspicious smile that made him remember what Gon almost said before. And the moment the door opened and he realized that yet another, perhaps pleasant, surprise met him the second time in less than an hour.
The so-called doctor grinned at his surprise and nonchalantly raised his hand—like he always did—as a greeting.
"Yo."
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END OF CHAPTER 32
Coming Soon:
CHAPTER 33: Bomber x Alteration x Celebrations
REPLIES TO ANGELS
Chamcha- Yay! Razor is sooo underexposed, ne? XD And uh-huh~ PEdo Hisoka shall know he's a pedo lol. And yeah, everyone's protective of Gon. Hihihi, and thank for the review~!
Dusk Illusionist- Here it is~! And since I killed off most of the CA a few chapters prior, I'll make my own arcs after this~ Hope that's fine and thx for the comment!
Yuki Candy Heart- Thank you for the review~! Glad you thought Razor's cute and that I made you laugh. *cackles* And here's the update! Hope it's fine! ;)
Chani- Glad that you thought the chapter was amazing!:D And yes~! Btw I will continue even after the GI arc, so don't worry! xD I hope it'll be a fine arc tho. And oh, thank you for your review! :D
Slytherin Studios- hahah. Thank you for the review~! So glad I made you laugh and yay! The ending is important and glad you liked it. ;)
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Anon-Ey- Indeed! That's one of my dilemmas atm. I love the pair, but I disliked the arc. I'll try my hardest to come up with something lol. Thx for the comment~
Zylia16- hahaha. Yes, Killua, run! Run into our arms. LOL. Thanks for the comment, btw~
Sweetangel- Lololol. Yeah she does~! It's all cuz' Ging's missing. Hahahah. And here it is~! Hope I updated fast enough. ;)
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AkaeriShakka-chan- (ch18) Oh there will~! Although only for a little while. xD I hope you got all the way to this chap and thx for the review. ;)
Mitsuki- Oh yes a game please! It is definitely RPG-type of material. Kyaaa. And haha—glad you thought it was nice and thanks for the review~
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Guest [12/8/13]- (c27) First off I hope you're reading this. xD And *cackles* Yes! Puberty. Hahaha. Anyway, so glad to hear from you and I hope you won't get blackouts again. xD Thanks for the review~
Phoenix-Thunder – Oh yeess! *high-five* That's so Gon, right? xD Kissing his hand and all. *squeaks* And I'm glad you thought the chap was great and thx for the review~! :D
BW- (ch1) Indeed~! Glad you saw my dedication from the get-go. xD (ch2) She's less OOC? Cool. Perhaps it's because she's still a kid in ch1? (ch3) Glad you thought I did an overall good job in that chap! And yes!Kurapika's adorable. I really missed him. (ch4) Yep~! It's just that I was careful to put in too much canon, since it tends to bore most readers. I was still looking for a way to balance at the time. xD (ch5) Yay! Happy I'm managing to keep it interesting. xD Not sure what you mean by Hxh Pinky promise yet tho. (ch8) Kyaaa~ I'm so happy to know that! I hope you still read, and thank you for the reviews~
XxJigoku-no-HanaxX- Hai~ Gon has an extreme personality. Albeit, depending on what defines a mary-sue, she does have fatal flaws so I disagree. I do get why you say that though. And indeed~ I don't really mind sues, and I find some interesting. Thank you for the review btw~
Jeah- Thank you for the review and so glad you thought it was cute~! xD I shall try to keep at it! :D
Just a stranger – (ch5) Ehhh? Oh my~ I'm so glad I made you react that way! xD You're happy aren't you, aren't ya?! Cuz' I am. Hahahha (ch18) C'mon stop Killua! Protect Gon from Killua's raging hormoooness. Lololololol. And oh! Thank you for the reviews. xD
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