~~~Chapter Nineteen~~~

Once we arrived, we looked for a library with computers. I have not really travelled much.

"Oi, Shizuka, pay attention!" Killua yelled as Gon was looking for information on Greed Island. I stared at the screen, hypnotized by such technology.

"Honestly..." he muttered. Then they started talking about buying things, and wasting our money. How do the other people not hear this!?

Killua is such an idiot.

At least we had money to buy some drinks. I was quite parched by then.

The water in the fountain was glistening, and it was a lovely sight. The sunset was beautiful.

"Idiots..." I mumbled as Killua and Gon started arguing.

"I said to only look at the trustworthy, public sites!"

I snorted, and tossed the can in the trash. Of course Killua would not have listened.

"We should find a hotel. I am not sleeping in a tree. Not again," I said, rolling my eyes.

"Honestly. What idiots."

"Shut up!"

"Never tell a lady to shut up," I hissed, looking into Killua's eyes. He froze, and Gon just chuckled. This... This was going to be a long journey.

Once we had found a hotel room, I plopped down on one of the beds. Killua and Gon joined me.

"What is our plan?" I inquired, staring at the small clock hanging on the wall.

"Beats me," Killua sighed, laying back.

"Oh, what a wonderful plan."

"The auction doesn't start for another week. We can just hang here and look around," Killua suggested, rubbing his eye. I turned to Gon, and he nodded.

"I can't wait to meet up with Kurapika and Leorio!" he chirped.

"Kurapika..."

Killua inevitably sat up.

"What about him?"

"I wonder what he has been doing."

"Probably up to his nose in books. Sounds like him," Killua quickly said. I gave him a suspicious look, and Gon moved to the other bed.

"He was learning Nen," I retorted, "I know he was."

Killua just kind of looked at me for a second. I did not flinch a bit.

"Who cares what Kurapika was doing?" he snapped.

"I do?" I shrugged. The clock kept ticking.

He narrowed his eyes and asked, "Why?"

"I happen to respect Kurapika, unlike someone..."

"I never said I didn't respect him! What do you mean by respect?"

"I admire Kurapika."

"Why?"

"Quit nagging me," I sighed. Killua left the bed and retreated to the other, with Gon.

"Tch... He's not even that great..." Killua mumbled, almost inaudibly. I rolled my eyes.

The past week was utterly annoying. Killua was, I mean. It was quite fun to see the city swell with new people, but I could barely enjoy it. He was in my face all the time.

"You never really answered my question about Kurapika," he kept repeating.

"Who even cares? There is not even anything else to say!"

And Gon just silently followed us, knowing he definitely did not want to interfere.

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Today was the day of the auction, and the day we meet up with Kurapika and Leorio. We were walking through the market, which was flooded with people.

I was getting extremely claustrophobic.

"Keep up, Shizuka!" Killua kept calling, looking behind him. I was trying, but people kept pushing me and I could not find a path.

"Seriously?"

He treaded over, grabbed my hand, and pulled me along. People shouted at him as he practically shoved them out of the way. We rejoined Gon.

"As I was saying, they might try to contact us. You should probably get a phone, Gon," Killua explained, still having a tight grip on my hand.

"You're probably right," Gon said, "It seems like there's an electronics stand over there! Let's check it out!"

I looked over the array of colorful phones as the seller blabbed on. My eyes focused on a particular purple one, until I heard a familiar snarky voice.

"That GPS doesn't even work in most countries."

The three of us turned to face Leorio.

"Leorio!" Gon exclaimed. And then Leorio started blabbing about some phone and beetles.

"Oi, Shizuka! How've ya been?" Leorio asked, grinning like a maniac. I just stared at him.

"That's good..." he muttered, and continued talking to Gon and Killua. I moved away from the stand and watched the people walk by.

Where was Kurapika? I do not know why part of me expected him to come with Leorio. I felt like they would have met up and then found us. So why was he not there? Where was he?

Why do I care so much?

"Come on, Shizuka! We're getting lunch!" Gon called.

I seem to be very distracted lately.

Wahhhhhh! An actual update! It may not be long, but it's an update!

Sorry for my absence. Totally not cool, I know.

School is dumb. The only class I look forward to is English.

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