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"Make it to the bottom alive." Netero had instructed. I could feel irritation well up in me. I had wasted minutes as I realized that there were trap doors on the floor, and they couldn't be used more than once.

Get to the bottom! I mocked the chairman in my mind. I'll get to the bottom with time to spare. I stepped on a tile and fell through. "Yeep!" I squeaked. I fell into the arms of Gittarackur. I stared into his questioning eyes and felt warmth from the bond. "Uh... Thanks for that I guess." I slid out of his arms and motioned toward the watches. "Those for us?"

"It appears so." He answered. I shrugged and grabbed one and put it on my wrist and Gittarackur followed my example.

"Thank you. Your rule is 'yin and yang'." A voice from the speakers announced. The bracelets suddenly reacted, and suddenly my right wrist was attached to his left wrist. I stared at my right arm in absolute horror. "You will be stuck together while facing your obstacles. Good luck."

"We should get going." Gittarackur tugged on my wrist. I followed along as we continued through the twists and turns. It wasn't long until we happened upon an arena.

"And here's the kicker." I muttered.

"Both contestants must fight together in order to pass through this challenge." The voice announced, causing me to grumble.

"How good are you at adaption, perchance?" I asked.

"Well enough." Gittarackur responded as we made our way to the center of the ring.

"Then this ought to be fun. I hope you aren't left handed." I muttered. Cloaked and cuffed figures surrounded us.

"These inmates will serve as examiners. But be warned, for every hour you waste with them, a year gets shaved off of their sentences. This is an all out brawl, but they will try to waste time, or kill you." The voice informed over the speakers. "You may use whatever means at your disposal."

And just like that, it was over. The half surrounding him had needles sticking in their corpses, While my half of the arena was scattered with hard candies and corpses. "That was easy." I snorted. Gittarackur clacked in agreement.

"Please proceed." The proctor commanded through the speakers. A door opened for us to exit the arena room. Gittarackur and I made our way through the door and on to the next few challenges. When I saw the huge gap that was designed to halt me in my tracks, my eye twitched.

"This is a poor attempt at a joke." I glared at the gap. I didn't expect to be lifted into strong arms and carried across. I was pleased that the gap was the last obstacle, because I was sure that meant we would be released from each other. The door opened and Gittarackur walked through while still holding me.

"You can put me down now." I muttered. He clacked in responce instead of actually answering me.

"I figured you would already be here." He muttered to the waiting participant. Hisoka sat there, playing with his cards.

"You brought along a little mouse with you, I see~." Hisoka chuckled.

"Down!" I hissed at Gittarackur. He finally allowed me down, and I became aware that our wrists were no longer attached to one another. "Thank heavens." I pulled out a packaged melon bread and began to nibble on my treat. "It was starting to get monotonous, being literally stuck to someone." This caused Hisoka to chuckle.

"So very blunt. It becomes you~!" Hisoka complimented creepily. My eyes slid from my melon bread to the magician and I frowned.

"Why do you say that?" I tilted my head in confusion.

"It makes you less like a doll. But even more adorable~!" I felt a chill down my spine at his tone.

"That doesn't make any sense." I grumbled in consternation. I turned to Gittarackur. "Does that make sense?"

"You are kind of cute." He admitted through his clacking. My face went slack in complete shock.

"You... agree with him." I clarified. He gave a clattering shrug. "I... I am NOT cute!" They both smirked. "I'M NOT!"

"Whatever you say." Hisoka smirked cockily.

"You!... You-you... ughhhh, why me?" I lamented. I chomped down on my melon bread and sat to sulk. Gittarackur sat beside me and crossed his arms with a weird grin.

I ignored the both of them until a new participant entered the room. It was The bald ninja guy. "Ah! I'm not first!" He looked like he was about to start crying.

"At least you're here at all, right?" I smiled in a chilling manner. My irritation with these two nen users was wearing my patience thin. "Sit down and shut up."

Luckily, the others that made it through stayed quiet, and I was able to get some sleep.

Gittarackur POV

"She's so trusting. And she survived this long?" Gittarackur turned his eyes toward the three brothers that had arrived a few hours back. "Surprised she wasn't robbed blind or killed before she even got here."

"Yeah, what was she thinking, signing up for this? It's suicide for someone as defenseless as her." One of the others agreed.

Hisoka threw a card at their feet. "Careful now. She isn't as harmless as she appears." He warned with a disturbed smile. The three brothers startled back in fear.

Everyone lapsed back into silence. I feel warmer with her nearby. Why is that? Gittarackur stared down at the small woman. It wasn't like she tried to seduce him. And women have, when he looked like himself. But so far, all that she had done was be polite when she wasn't aggravated at him. She hadn't tried to kill or sabotage him. The only glare she had sent at him was when he had called her cute, and it had been more annoyed and less hostile. ...Perhaps it is time to settle down? I will have to inform the family about this.

Normal POV

We were outside again, and I lifted my face to soak up the rays.

"Now, if you will come draw your lot in the order you finished, we can begin. Don't take the cover off of your lot until everyone has drawn." The proctor with a purple mohawk spoke loudly enough for us few who made it. Hisoka was the first to draw. And thanks to technicality, I was the second. It went on like that until everyone of the exam takers had their own lot. "Alright, you may reveal your lot."

I tugged off my sticker to see 1 staring back at me. I looked up to see a young man with the badge labeled 1. I figured it out before the proctor said anything. I tugged my tag off quickly, and tagged it onto the inside of my cloak.

"The number you have is your target. This phase is based on a point system. Your target's tag is worth three points. Your own tag is worth three points. Everyone else's tag is worth one point. You need six points to pass. You may use any means necessary to get your target's tag, but be careful, because there is someone after your tag, too."

I noticed that everyone else had hidden their tags except for Hisoka and Gittarackur. I looked up at the human pincushion to see his eyes on me. I raised my eyebrow at him, which he responded with a shake of his head.

I eyed my target, indicating that he wasn't my target either, and he gave a miniscule nod. It wasn't a very long ride to the island, but as I expected, it was filled with a tense atmosphere. I barely paid any mind to the talkative woman giving us the rundown, but I understood the gist of what was going to happen. I was going to get off the boat and be given two minutes before the next person followed. But only after Hisoka left the boat.

Fucking perfect.