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I'm enjoying myself quite a lot when I write new chapters. It's just great.
This chapter is pretty dang short. But there's good news at the ending A/N!
Enjoy!
~~~Chapter Eighteen~~~
It has been a few days since Gon and Killua had arrived.
I was out, tending to some of the flowers, when Gon came running out.
"Shizuka-chan, come inside! We have some to show you," he said. So I followed him all the way up to his room, where Killua was sitting and examining a box.
It was still a little awkward between us, but he looked pretty serious. So did Gon, too, actually.
"What is that?" I asked, pointing to it.
"Mito-san gave it to me. She said it was from Ging," Gon explained as I sat down.
"Ging? Your father, right?"
"Yeah. We're trying to figure out how to open it."
"Ugh, I give up! This is impossible," Killua exclaimed, tossing the box down. I picked it up and examined it closely.
"Ah, look..."
"There's a little pattern on it!"
"It means you have to use Nen..." I mumbled, setting it down.
"Nen?"
I nodded. They did just barely learn it, I suppose.
"It does look like the pattern on that string Wing-san tied to my finger..."
As soon as Gon tried, the box burst open and the bars went flying everywhere.
"Woah..."
Another box was inside. We stared at it, blankly.
"Great, another box..." Killua muttered, sitting back against the front of the bed.
"There's a little opening here!" Gon said.
"Maybe you insert something there?" I suggested, looking at the slit in the box, "I do not have a clue..."
"Wait."
Gon took out his Hunter License and inserted it into the slit. The box opened.
"Wow."
There were three items in the box. A tape, a ring, and a memory card.
"Shizuka-chan!"
Mito-san was calling me. That was unusual.
"Ah, I will be right back," I said, getting up and treading downstairs. Mito-san was waiting for me, sitting at the table with tea ready.
I sat down slowly, and put the cup to my mouth.
"Listen, Shizuka-chan," she began, "This is very important."
I became a little nervous. Was she going to scold me?
I placed the cup down.
" I need you to answer truthfully."
"O-Okay..."
She leaned in, and said, "Do you have a crush on Killua-kun?"
My face immediately flushed. There was that familiar lump in my throat and my stomach was twisting in knots. I tried to suppress a smile, but it was not happening.
"So you do?"
"N-No! I do not..."
"Honey, it's obvious. He likes you too!"
"S-Stop! I never said I liked him...!"
"So you don't?" she asked, sipping her tea. This is too much! I cannot even describe it!
"Um... Well... Er..."
"It's okay if you like him! He's a cutie," she said with a wink.
"D-D-D-Do not say that!" I stuttered, gripping the cup tightly. She just chuckled some more.
"You're just too adorable!"
I gave her the pouty look. This is so embarrassing.
"Alright, alright. Go back up there and see your man!" she shouted, so they could hear. I shot her a panicky look, and she just laughed more. Gosh, Mito-san!
I hurried back up there to see if any progress had been made with the items in the box. Thankfully they did not say anything.
"Anything yet?" I asked, sitting back down.
"Yeah. The cassette was a message from Ging. This memory card is for a game called Greed Island. We don't know about the ring yet," Gon explained.
"Greed... Island?"
"It's a game for Hunters. The price is ridiculous, though! We could never afford it!" Killua sighed.
"How much is it?"
Gon and Killua looked at each other.
"5,800,000,000 jenny..."
I almost choked on the air.
"Sorry, Gon. There is no way that we would be able to attain that game," I said.
"I asked my brother if he could decipher the memory card. If that doesn't work, we have one other option."
"What?"
"The York New auction."
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We're transitioning into the next arc, yay! I'm so excited.
Alright, so I'm going to be making the chapters longer from now on. Updates might be every two days instead of every day.
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