Welcome to the fourth chapter of Words and Watercolors! Yay! There will be some action in this one, however I'm not too good at describing fights and stuff. Bear with me, haha. Please enjoy!

~~~Chapter Four~~~

One on one fights. Only one victory is needed to pass. I will win.

The loser of the first fight is who I am up against... Either Hanzo or Gon. I pray that it is not Gon, for he is very nice and a warm person.

Three hours pass and I am still waiting. Gon has pretty much been beaten to a pulp, with his arm broken, but he is still not giving up. Leorio and Kurapika are at their breaking points, but Killua is not showing any signs of concern. Why is that?

As Gon is being carried away unconscious, but the winner, I suddenly get a pang of energy in my chest. Anxiety, maybe? I am up against Hanzo.

"Another little kid... I'll just have to give you the same treatment as Gon," Hanzo snickers. However, there is no possible way he can win.

I cannot even say that I give up. Why would I, though? He is not that tough of an opponent. It all comes down to tactics.

The fight has begun. We have not moved an inch. He is watching me, but as I stare at him, I see he is uncomfortable.

Hanzo walks closer, but I am not intimidated.

Then, he darts around the room, attacking me, but I dodge them. This goes on for a few hours.

"Come on, already!" Leorio shouts. I glare at him, and he shuts up.

"You're more nimble and swift than Gon, I'll give you that," Hanzo says, "But you won't win."

I roll my eyes. He does talk a lot.

I do have quite a few weapons on my person. Perhaps I should use them.

Hanzo pauses for a moment, finally realizing that this fight will go on forever if nothing else is done.

Even though I did not know Gon long, I still like him. I am not rewarding Hanzo an easy victory.

This time, I walked up to Hanzo. I stared into his eyes, into his soul.

He cannot look away, even if he tried.

I reach into my sleeve and pull out a blade of my own.

One small cut at a time, still not breaking eye contact. His face is disgruntled, but he cannot move.

Once I am satisfied with the amount of blood on the floor, I stop. He falls to his knees, wiping his cuts.

"Dammit!" he curses, "How did you do that?"

I kick him in the stomach, and his back.

"Fine," Hanzo croaks, "I give up, seeing that we're pretty evenly matched. This would continue forever."

We are not evenly matched. You are on the ground and I am not.

I leave and find my position in line, next to Killua. He looks at me, not shocked, not anything. I look back at him, studying his face. He looks... unhappy. He used to smile when he looked at me, but now, he was not doing anything.

Leorio walks over and raises his hand.

"C'mon, don't leave me hanging!" he grins. I believe he is praising me, but I am confused. He sighs and goes back to his spot.

The fights continue. I am not really paying attention to them at all, until Killua's.

Gitarrackur, now Illumi, is saying all these things, and Killua is showing weird behavior. I recognize it. He gives up, but when he comes back, he has a different vibe. I know it. There is no way to stop it now.

Not until the process is done.

I am disappointed and maybe sad when I see Killua leave. Most of the time it was my back he was seeing, but the tables have turned. I cannot stop him.

Gon will be very angry when he hears the news.

We are moved to a room where we all find seats. I sit alone, with Leorio and Kurapika behind me. I do not understand why I am so sad as I listen to Chairman Netero and that little bean man talk.

Gon suddenly bursts in, heading straight for Gitarrackur. So he was told what happened.

I sort of tune out everything, already anticipating what will happen. I know what happened. Killua was disqualified, and that is that.

After orientation, I walk out alone. I find a bench and sit down. I do not know if I should go home or not. I do not want to, but I do not know what else to do. Gon comes running up to me, along with Kurapika and Leorio.

"Shizuka-chan!" he chirps. I nod at them all.

"Do you happen to know anything about Kukuroo Mountain?" Kurapika asks, getting to the point.

I shake my head.

"That's where Killua lives. We want to go there and take him back!" Gon explains. So that is what he was yelling about.

"Do you want to come?" Gon asks.

I do not know what to say. I have nothing to do, but I do not really know any of the people. I only knew Killua, but barely. I disagree.

Instead, I find a stick and write in the dirt.

I will not join you in your quest, but I do not mind meeting up afterwards.

"Okay!" Gon grins. We will meet at the airport when they are done, in one week.

For the mean time, I suppose I will go back home. I do not want to see my parents or siblings, but that is what I will have to do.

I am face to face with Ichiro, my oldest brother.

"So you're home," he says, "But not for long, I presume?"

I give a slight nod. He then walks past me.

I hurry and take a bath. It is nice to sink into fresh water. After I am done, I put on clean clothes. It would be a terrible idea to waste another dress, so I choose plain shorts and a shirt, and my jacket that has most of my weapons.

As I lace up my boots, Rika enters my room.

"Papa wants to see you," she tells me in her usual monotone voice. I stand up and stroll down the many halls to his office.

I approach the door. He tells me to come in, knowing that I am there.

I stifle a laugh. The paper and pen is already there.

He gestures for me to sit, and I do.

"How was the exam?" Papa asks.

It was easy.

"Meet anybody?"

I did, at around the end of it.

"What are they like?"

Do I have to describe them all?

He chuckles a little, "I suppose not. Anything else interesting?"

Well... I was named by one of them.

Papa stops talking. Instead, he stares at me. I cannot tell if it is anger in his eyes or what. He stands.

"Get out."

So there's chapter four. I apologize if the little fight scene was kind of eh. It was a little tough thinking of how Shizuka would defeat Hanzo in the easiest way to describe... And plus, I didn't want to reveal her abilities completely. For the next chapter, I'll be talking about her past. Then, she shall be reunited with Killua... Even I'm excited! Thank you for reading, reviewing, favoriting and following! It means a lot!