I would like to say a big thank you to SpadePirate4Eva, turquoise and pink!
SpadePirate4Eva – Thank you so much! I was actually quite scared that it'd be terrible. Thank you for that tip; grammar is not my strong point
Turquoise – Don't worry about being late I was thinking about her skipping, but seeing as she's only still a kid the idea of a game is much more appealing than sleep.
Pink – Yeah I would have kicked myself if I made her take the same route as her brother, it's over-used and a little cliché. Kai's not meant to be likeable…you're going to really hate him later.

I would like to apologise for grammar errors and unexplained things! My brain works a lot faster than my hands, so I'm thinking of getting a beta reader. Until then I'lll be re-reading the chapters several times before posting. ALSO! I did a slight muck up in my math (I will rectify when Fanfiction has stabilised itself). It's not 27 applicants, it's 26; I spent an hour trying to work out where the extra one came from.

Let's get the legal stuff out of the way first. I do not own Hunter x Hunter or Hunter x Hunter 2011. All rights and ownership go to the following: Yoshihiro Togashi, Shueisha, Shonen, Kazuhiro Furuhashi, Nobuaki Kishima, Nippon Animation, Viz Media, Fuji TV, Funimation Channel, Satoshi Saga, Yukihiro Matsushite, Makoto Sato, Hiroshi Kojina, Atsushi Maekawa, Tsutomu Kamishiro, Madhouse, NTV, Yuzo Sato, Shoji Yonemura and last but not least Keiichiro Kawaguchi. Whew.

I…I think I made a new enemy. I fell through a hole on top of Trick tower and ended up with a guy called Kai. He was frightening, told me I was pathetic, useless and only good for bait. I want to prove him wrong, I really want to prove him wrong! But I don't think I can…I have to get stronger, I have to show everybody that I'm not a little girl who's scarred of everything! I have to!

The sunlight hurt my eyes as we stepped out of the bottom of Trick Tower. Kai didn't allow us to sleep because he wanted to get to the bottom quickly. Even after finishing I couldn't sleep; I was too worried that my brother and my friends wouldn't have made it. Hisoka was also there and Kai sat next to him. If I'm honest; I don't think Kai knows him. I think Kai is just being gutsy sitting next to the crazy magic man. I could be wrong though and this time I really didn't want to be.

I felt my head nodding off and tilting forward every so often as we stood waiting for our eyes to adjust to the light. There was a sharp pinching pain in my cheek which made me snap my eyes open. I slapped my cheek and winced slightly having hit my skin. Rubbing my cheek I turned my head and saw Killua looking away innocently as if he hadn't done anything. Glaring my best at him I pinched his cheek hard, making his eyes water. He turned his head and glared when I let go, only to have me glare back at him. Gon stood in the middle of us both and pointed to the guy in front of everyone. He wore a black long sleeved shirt with a white strip down the middle, grey trousers and black shoes. He had a purple fluffy looking Mohawk and wore huge glasses.
"Ladies and gentleman, congratulations on having escaped Trick Tower. Only the Fourth Phase and the Final Phase remain." He said. The voice sounded familiar. I clicked my fingers slightly after coming to the name making Gon and Killua look at me oddly.
"It's Lippo." I said feeling proud of myself for knowing who it was. I heard Killua laugh to himself and Gon smile at me widely furrowing his brows. I looked at the both of them and sighed, of course they would have known who it was. They always seemed to know what's happening.

Lippo pointed with his thumb behind him to an island. I stood on my toes to try and get a better look; it was full of trees and looked like it had some sort of beach. I raised an eyebrow slightly, wondering what the island had to do with the Hunter exam.
"The Fourth Phase will take place over there, on Zevil Island. Let us proceed." He said. Once Lippo finished his sentence he raised his hand into the air and instead of the smile on his face, it was replaced with a frown. He snapped his fingers in the air. I turned my head at the sound of wheeling and saw a guy wheeling out a little box on a portable like table thing. The man wore Yellow trousers and a long sleeved yellow shirt. The box was blue in colour. Lippo placed his hands behind his back again and his smile returned.
"I will need you to draw lots." He said simply, making everybody "um" in shock and surprise.
"For what?" The guy with the beanie said, looking at Lippo. I wondered the same and continued to stare between the box and Lippo. Lippo smirked and moved his head down a bit, the glare on his glasses vanishing to reveal fox like eyes.
"To determine who will hunt and who will be hunted." He said to us, amused at the fact. His right hand left his back and instead pointing with an open palm at the box.
"In here are twenty-six numbered cards. In other words, your ID numbers are on the cards. Now, I need you each to draw a card, in the order by which you exited the tower. Will the first person come forward?" Lippo said, continuing to look at us all with that fox like grin.

Everyone looked around for the first person. It turned out it was Hisoka. I felt a chill run up my spin, he was a scary man, and yet Kai scarred me more. I could hear Gon gasp at me, surprised by the fact Hisoka was first as well. I saw a couple of cuts, one on his shoulder and another on his side. He had been injured; I didn't even think that was possible. He walked up to the box and placed his hand calmly in. He flicked the card slightly and turned around walking back to the group. Next was a guy who wore nothing but green. He had a small purple Mohawk and lots of pins sticking out everywhere, including his head. His head bobbled every time he walked and made clicking noising. He dove his hand into the box, withdrawing a card.
"Guess I'm next." The ninja guy said and he to walked up to the box himself. The guy with the giant stick with the beehive like thing on the top walked up next.
"I'm next." The guy with the beanie said and walked up himself too. I felt nervous, my stomach was doing flips; I was next soon. I fiddled with my white shirt sleeve between my covered fingers out of nervousness and fidgeted on the spot. I couldn't keep still.

It was Kai's turn. I watched beside Gon and Killua as he walked up to the box and felt my body stiffen in fear. He walked calmly and even took the card out calmly. When he took it out he did nothing but scoff and walked away, grasping the card in his hand. It came to my turn. I took a deep breath and walked up to the box, grasping my shirt in the palm of my hand. I placed my hand in the box and took out a card. The box flicked four red lights when I removed the card. I looked at it, it was just blank with this little bit of a tab on the side; as if it had film over it. I looked at it in confusion and walked past my brother, just staring at the card. I could feel him quickly flicker his eyes over to me in concern as he walked past. I reached Gon and Killua and placed dropped my arm, keeping a tight hold of my card in my hand. Killua had his fingers interlocked behind his back. Gon turned to Killua.
"Hey, Killua, Mishka. He said something about hunting and being hunted. Doesn't that mean we'll be fighting each other?" Gon asked making me furrow my brows.
"I really hope not. I wouldn't be able to do it." I said to him, smiling a little with my brows furrowed. Killua closed his eyes and looked forward with a smile on his face.
"Yeah, probably." He said calmly and walked away, whistling to himself. Killua walked back towards us with the card balanced on his finger. Gon walked past him with a determined look on his face. Killua pushed the card up and caught it in mid-air with a smile on his face. I watched Gon with a concerned look before turning my attention back to Killua.
"Do you really think we'll be fighting each other?" I asked him with a questioning voice, but also one that was concern. Killua dropped the smile and shrugged his shoulders slightly making me nod my head and look back at my card. Gon grabbed his card and walked back over to us.

"Everyone's taken a card? Then, remove the seal from your card." Lippo said to us after Tonpa took out his card. I couldn't help but swallow the lump in my throat as I took off the seal to my card. I felt my stomach get instantly lighter looking at the number I had gotten. It wasn't Kai's, I was so glad. I could feel myself smile widely to myself, proud it wasn't Kai. Instead, I had received number eighty.
"The card indicates your target." Lippo said making everybody gasp. I placed my hand quickly over my tag on my clothing. My breathing got heavy; I'd been wearing this all this time who was after me? I instantly looked over at Kai who looked bored at his card the entire time, not taking his eyes off it. He hadn't even removed his tag. I fiddled with my tag and took it off, not wanting anyone else to see it. I could feel my face having paled, I felt sick. I saw Gon covered his tag as well through the corner of my eyes. My grip on my card tightened as I continued to watch Lippo.
"This box has recorded which card each of you drew. This means that you're free to dispose of the cards if you wish." Lippo said to us as he placed a hand onto the blue box. So that's what that red light was for.
"The objective is to steal your target's ID tag." Lippo said to us all.

I couldn't help but sigh in relief, my stomach returning to normal weight. That meant we didn't have to kill each other, which was good; I don't think I would have been able to kill someone for their tag. Yet, I was trying to become a Black List Hunter. Maybe Kai was right, I was pathetic.
"Oh, so we don't need to kill each other." The guy in blue said. He was one of the brothers. He sounded revealed and had voiced my question. Lippo raised his head slightly, looking at all of us.
"Naturally, you're free to use any method you choose to steal the ID tags. Including killing your target and taking the tag off the corpse." Lippo said, making my stomach drop again. I swallowed the lump in my throat once more; I couldn't do it. I just couldn't kill someone; I would have to take their tag off them in the night when they're asleep. That's exactly what I'd have to do. I fiddled with my shirt sleeve once more with my other hand.
"That sounds like the fastest way." The brother is red said, a smirk crawling onto his face.
"S-So that's what this is about?" The blue brother asked, speaking once more. What could be the oldest brother, the one in yellow, elbowed the brother in blue in the chest.
"Fool, there's nothing to be scared of." He told him, his face also covered with a smirk.

Lippo raised his hand into the air, his fingers outstretched.
"Listen carefully! Your target's ID tag is worth three points. Your own ID is also worth three points. All other tags are worth one point. You need six points to advance to the Final Phase. So while on Zevil Island, you must gather enough ID tags to total six points. That is the condition for clearing the Hunter Exam's Fourth Phase." Lippo said to us, holding up six fingers to make sure we got the message. I got the message, get six points. But how was I going to do that? I couldn't kill number eighty; I didn't even know who number eighty was. Everybody had removed their own ID tags, well the less confident ones I guess. Hisoka, the pin guy, Gon, Killua and Kai still had theirs on. I could hear Gon's breathing; I was surprised he never took off his ID.

We all got onto a boat. It looked like a steam boat. I chose to sit next to my brother, sitting very close to him. I had my knees tucked close to my chest and my arms around them. My brows were furrowed and I couldn't hide my worry at all. What if it was my brother coming after me? Would he do it? This was one question I didn't know if I could answer correctly or not; I know he wants to be a Black List Hunter badly; but would he be able to do it? I shook my head and rest my chin on my knees.
"I'd like to commend everyone on board for their excellent work during the Hunters Exam's Third Phase! I will serve as your guide. My name is Khara!" A girl said into a microphone. She held her hand up and looked very cheerful. Her eyes were yellow and her hair was orange. She reminded me of a cat. She wore a yellow sweater vest with the Hunter Symbol on it, a long sleeved white shirt, red skirt that fell to her calves and big pink shoes. It looked really bad.
"It will take two hours for this boat to reach Zevil Island. All twenty-six applicants remaining here are automatically qualified to take next year's exam! So if you fail this year, don't feel bad. Please try again next year…" Khara said before drifting off into silence. I think she got annoyed that no one was paying any attention to her, or so very little attention is wasn't worth it anymore. Still; if I failed this year, I could take the exam automatically next year…did I want to do that?

My brother sat quietly in between me and Leorio, who had his arms folded behind his head.
"The battle has already begun." My brother said as I nodded my head slightly.
"Yeah, everyone's removed their ID tags, and hid them." Leorio said, never opening his eyes. He was right, I hid mine down my shorts and pinned it to the inside that was the only place I could think of that no one would think of looking. I sighed slightly to myself, making my brother look at me. I didn't feel well, but rather that was because of lack of sleep, worried about who was hunting me or the combination of the two was something I couldn't decide.
"You're not my target if that's what you think." I heard my brother say making me look up at him with wide eyes. I couldn't help but smile widely at him, glad to hear that. My stomach felt lighter, but I still felt sick. I knew it wasn't sea sick because I was fine on the boat to Dole.
"You're not mine either." I said to him happily and turned my head away, smiling sadly down at the ground.
"Actually I was worried that I was your target. I didn't know what you would have done. I know being a Black List Hunter is important to you so I…" I said to him, furrowing my brows. I rubbed one foot on top of the other nervous whilst fiddling with my shirt sleeve hem.
"Thought I would take your ID?" He questioned making me nod my head a little. I hunched my shoulders other, wondering if it was even silly to think about it.
"You've gotten far; I wouldn't have been able to." He said putting a hand on top of my head and rubbing my head. I looked at him again with wide eyes once again. I couldn't help but smile widely and turned my head back, placing my chin on my knees and smiling widely to myself. I was glad to hear that.
"Well, you're free to do as you like, for the next two hours. Please enjoy the boat ride." Khara said, waving us off as she walked away from her uninterested audience.

Silence fell onto us again, making it comfortable somewhat. To me anyway. I heard Leorio make a noise and felt my brother shift as he crossed his arms over his chest.
"Speaking hypothetically… If you happened to be my target, I wouldn't show you any mercy. That includes you, Mishka." I heard Leorio said, making me look up to him.
"Naturally. If you happened to be my target, I would say the same." My brother said to him, never opening his eyes. Leorio looked at my brother shocked at what he said. I nodded my head, smiling widely as I wanted to get my own back at him for dragging me into his little explanation thing back in Dole when we were trying to get into Zarbon City.
"Neither would I, it's only fair." I said to him cheerfully with a wide smile on my face. Leorio looked even more shocked at what I said, agreeing with my brother.
"Am I your target? Am I your target?" Leorio questioned us, pointing to my brother and then me whilst asking the same question twice. He bent down, furrowing his brows and placed a hand on his chest. Kurapika smiled to himself and opened his eyes to look at Leorio whilst clicking his tongue in laughter.
"I was speaking hypothetically." Kurapika said to him making Leorio stutter.
"Oh, right…" He said looking away before looking back at my brother and me.
"Don't worry. You are not my target." Kurapika said as he uncrossed his arms and began standing up.
"I-I see…And you aren't my target!" Leorio shouted over to my brother who began walking away. I heard him laugh in response to Leorio's little outburst and possibly to his teasing as Leorio was being so serious.

I stood up myself and patted down the back of my dress and began walking away.
"H-hey am I your target?" Leorio asked again making me stop and turn around to face him. I placed my hands behind my back and looked up thinking to myself. I moved my eyes down to see him look worried and smiled widely shaking my head.
"Nu-huh, I was speaking hypothetically too." I said to him smiling widely and turned around again to go find Gon and Killua.
"You're not mine either!" I heard Leorio yell over making me turn around again laugh slightly to myself. I seemed to have picked up my brothers habit of teasing people for trying to be serious, or trying to intimidate; then again I have spent the last four years living and travelling with just him so I was bound to pick up something.

I eventually found Gon and Killua. They were sitting on the boat floor looking up at the sky, listening to the birds. I walked over to them. They heard my footsteps as they both turned their head to look at me. I was actually nervous, what if one of them was targeting me? Would they be able to do it? I was even more unsure of that than I was with my brother.
"Hi." I said simply to them, making them nod as I took a seat next to Killua and went back to my normal sitting position of knees close to my chest and my arms around my legs. We continued to stare at the sky and watch the birds fly above us. Gon sat with his legs up and knees apart, his arms lazily over his thighs as Killua sat with one leg up and the other crossed.
"What number did you guys draw?" Killua asked us, staring ahead of him the entire time.
"How about you?" Gon asked him, turning his head slightly. I nodded my head and turned my head to look at him as well.
"Secret." He said, looking up at the sky. We all looked away from each other sighed slightly before turning to each other and smiling wide smiles with small laughs.
"Don't worry. You two aren't my target." Killua said smiling at the both of us as he lazily dropped an arm over his thigh. I couldn't help but smile a gentle smile, knowing he wasn't targeting us.
"And my target isn't you two." Gon said smiling at the boy of us. I shook my head, smiling at the two of them myself.
"You two aren't mine either." I said to them. Killua placed his head chin into his palm and looked away, then looked at the both of us again.
"Show each other our numbers at the same time?" He proposed.
"Okay!" Gon said happily.
"Yeah." I said to him, nodding my head.

"Ready and…" The three of us said at the same time, showing each other our cards. Gon had number forty four, we all knew who that was, it was silly to forget. Killua looked at the card in shock.
"Forty four is…" Killua began saying before stopping. I felt a shiver run up my spin.
"Seriously?" Killua said as we all stared at Gon's card for a little while longer. Gon put the card down making me and Killua look at him.
"You have really bad luck…" Killua said to him.
"I don't envy you." I said to him honestly, furrowing my brows and giving an apologetic smile. Hisoka was scary, really scary; but to me no one was scarier than Kai. He was frightening to me; even though I saw Hisoka do what he did; Kai still terrified me. Gon smiled widely at the both of you, looking at his card once more.
"You think so?" He said, putting down his card once more. We looked at Killua's which said one hundred and ninety nine. I raised an eyebrow slightly, looking at the card; I didn't recognise the number at all.
"Who's one hundred and ninety nine?" Gon and I questioned at the same time, staring between the card and Killua. Killua pulled the card closer to him, looking at it with wide eyes.
"You two don't know, either?" He asked making Gon and I nod our heads. Killua lazily dropped his arm onto his thigh and started scratching the back of his head and closed his eyes.
"I didn't bother to memorize everyone's numbers. After the initial explanation, I started checking tags, but everyone had already removed them. That's so lame…" Killua said sounding hacked off at the fact everybody did so. I shook my head slightly, smiling a little at him.
"Can you blame them? I did the same." I said to him making Killua look at me from the corner of his eyes. He shrugged his shoulders slightly, and closed his eyes.
"I guess." He said simply.

We both looked at Gon. It looked like he was shaking, but he was smiling as well. I could hear his breathing, he sounded scared, but his grin said otherwise. I began to think it was a cover up to hide how scarred he was.
"Gon…" Killua said making Gon come out of his shaky trance and look at us. I furrowed my brows while looking at him concerned.
"Huh? What?" He asked Killua looking at him confused.
"Are you Okay? You were shaking…" I said to him, looking at him with concern. Hisoka was something, so I didn't blame him if he was scared.
"Are you happy? Or scared?" Gon looked away from us and instead looked up to the sky before looking back down to the ground again, his eyes never changing from the look of conflict between happy and scared.
"I'm okay. Both, I guess… In a straight-up fight, I wouldn't stand a chance. But if I only need to steal his ID tag, then I have a real shot." Gon said, looking at the wooded flooring of the boat.
"I guess…" I said to him, taking in his words.
"Yeah." Killua said after me as we continued to listen to Gon.
"Right now, I might actually have a chance. That scares me a little… But I think it's worth it." Gon said, clasping his hands together as he thought to himself. I looked at Gon in amazement; he was brave, very brave. I was scared of an opponent I didn't even know.
"I see." Killua said and turned his head to me with Gon doing the same.

"Who's number eighty?" Killua asked looking at me card. I gave a small shrug and a small lost smile as I stared at the card.
"I don't know and that's what scares me so much…It's like looking for a black rat in the night." I said to them, staring hard at the card, hoping it would tell me something. Of course it didn't, so I wasn't even sure why I was trying. I was scared though, how do you hunt something you have no knowledge of, not even a little hint? Killua stood up and grabbed his board. He began walking away from me and Gon with his board under his arm.
"Well, let's do our best. Make you stay alive, Gon, Mishka." Killua said, stopping so he could turn his head a little to look at us both from behind his back.
"Uh-huh." I said to him nodding my head a little with a small smile as Gon gave him a thumb up with a wide smile.
"You too." Gon said to him happily as Killua began walking away from us once more. I couldn't help but sigh slightly and looked back up at the sky; I had come this far, the Fourth Phase. I didn't know if I wanted to cry tears of joy or yell with happiness, but I knew I couldn't let people down now not when I came this far.

The boat stopped at the island edge. Khara placed the ramp down for people to get off easily. I stood up with Gon, if I was honest I hoped the boat ride would be a little longer; I wanted to prolong the journey as I didn't want to hunt this unknown person. Who knew what or how good they were; I doubt that'd take pity on me if they were hunting me too. The Island looked a lot greener when up close, there were trees everywhere and even the grass was a nice green colour. I don't think people visit it very often which probably made it an excellent choice for the Fourth Phase.
"Thanks for your patience, everyone. We've finally arrived at Zevil Island! Now, please disembark in the order by which you cleared the Third Phase." Khara said. I fiddled with my sleeves some more, having placed my target card into my bag. I was going to go before my brother and after Kai; I didn't know which was worse. If I had gotten up before Kai went through the door then I could have gone first and hide whilst he ran into the forest. But, I guess it couldn't be helped now; not anymore.
"After each person disembarks, we'll wait two minutes before the next person's turn." Khara said holding up a stop watch. Killua had joined me and Gon once more and stood next to me, making me being in the middle of the two boys.
"That means we'll be waiting here a while." Killua said, disappointed with having to wait. I embraced it and couldn't help but smile to myself.
"I think that's great!" I said to them happily, smiling a wide smile to myself. I couldn't have asked for more. Killua looked at my with bored eyes as he looked back to the front again.

Khara began talking once more, explaining how long we'd be on this island.
"You will stay on this Island for exactly one week. During that time, you must amass your six points of ID tags and return here." She said making me shiver. Seven days, we were here for Seven days. I furrowed my brows and fidgeted on the spot, gripping the fabric of my sleeves tightly. I didn't know if I could survive for that long; I was going to have to, but it seemed like an eternity.
"All right then, the first person may start!" Khara said raising her hand into the air with a wide, happy smile on her face. Hisoka was the first to leave; he walked calmly into the forest, taking his time. Of course, no one would dare to fight him in a head to head fight, which would be suicide! In a way, he had every right to take his time so freely; Hisoka had no one to worry about. Khara watched her stop watch and pressed the button as soon as two minutes were up.
"Two minutes have passed. The second person may start!" She said, making the guy with all the pins walk past her. Even Khara flinched, that rattling sound as he walked was like a rattle snake, warning you he was coming. It was terrifying; he seemed like another person I would want to avoid. I could hear my breathing and even had to swallow the lumps in my throat as the time went on forward.

Khara kept watch of the stop clock, looking at it and then at us whenever two minutes were up.
"The third person may start!" She said.
"Yeah!" The ninja guy said with determination in his voice. He began walking forward and off the boat going towards the forest. The forest suddenly became a dangerous place with all these people who wanted to be Hunters hiding in there.

Time went on quickly as she called out numbers. Soon it was the seventh persons turn. A guy wearing blue robes and blue flat shoes with a large pointed nose and grey hair walked off the boat and ran towards the forest.

Soon it was the eleventh person. He had chin length blue hair and wore ragged clothing. It probably didn't look like that when he began the exam, I'm sure of it. I could feel my stomach getting heavier, my legs refused to stop shaking and my feet glued themselves to the floor, refusing to let me move. It was going to be my turn soon.

"The twentieth person may start!" Khara said happily. Kai walked forward and came off the boat calmly. This was it, after these two long minutes it would be me next. No one spoke; it was as if speaking was forbidden. I fiddled more and more with my sleeves and tried to make my legs start wanting to move. The two minutes were long, very long. It felt like two hours.
"The twenty-first person may start!" Khara said happily after the two minutes. I felt my breath catch up in my throat and somehow willed myself forward. I turned my head towards Gon and Killua and tried my best to smile at them
"I'll see you guys later." I said to them as they nodded in response.
"Yeah." Gon said to me. I looked forward again and tried my best to walk calmly off the ramp and onto the island. It was so nerve whacking it was unreal. Once I felt stable ground on my feet I moved faster into the forest, the same way everybody else walked in. I had to find somewhere to hide, I just had to.

I ended up running. I thought I could walk in calmly like everybody else, but instead I ended up running, hoping to find somewhere I could hide. I don't know how long I had been running for, but my legs were tired. I stopped and placed my hands onto my knees breathing heavily to catch my breath.
"I guess… I'm still… not in top shape…" I breathed. I took one big breath and stood up straight before exhaling and lowering myself to the ground. The ground was a lot softer than the ground I had been running on. It felt moveable under my hands as well. I picked up a lump of the ground and brought it close to my face.
"Sand?" I questioned myself with an eyebrow raised. I looked around and saw that I was at the beached area of the Island. I couldn't help but smile to myself slightly, I guess that was fine. I laid back with my arms spread out either side of me, looking at the sky.
"It won't stay sunny forever. I guess I should try and find somewhere to stay for the night before it gets too dark." I muttered to myself. I continued to stay at the sky and dug through my bag. I found the tag and brought it up over my face looking at the number. I couldn't help but sigh to myself and closed my eyes, dropping my arm again.
"I wonder where Kurapika, Gon, Killua and Leorio are. They must be having better luck then I am." I said to myself as I continued to stare at the sky.

Staring at the sky wasn't getting me anywhere. I sat up leaning on my arms behind my back. I could feel my stomach growl making me sigh to myself and drop my head.
"I haven't eaten in three days, soon to be four." I said to myself. I thought to myself, we were surrounded by water. I could try and catch a fish, I watched my brother do it a few times without a fishing pole, and it was amazing! But rather or not I could do the same thing was another thing.
"I guess I could try." I said quietly to myself and with that I stood up and brushed off my bottom whilst straightening out my tabard dress as a force of habit. I opened up my bag and took out the Sai's. They sat right on top of everything else. Walking over to the sea I quickly took off my shoes as I didn't want them to rub my feet raw whilst in the water. I left them a bit away from the water's edge and walked into the sea water myself. It was cold, very cold. I immediately ran out and shook myself off whilst burying my feet into the sand.
"That was a lot colder than I thought it would be." I said to myself. After I had feeling back into my feet I took them out of the sand and began walking back towards the water once more. Taking a deep breath I walked into the water about knee deep. It was freezing.

I bent my knees and watched the water carefully, keeping a Sai in each hand. I looked determined to catch something. I just needed the right moment and for that right moment I had to stay completely still. I spotted something moving and held my breath waiting for it to get a bit closer. Once it was close enough I threw a Sai at it, but it missed and instead I just got splashed with water. I could taste salt, and a lot of it. Pulling a face I shook my head and walked over slowly to grab my Sai. Furrowing my brows I stood up straight once more looking at my weapon.
"It's not like I was going to catch it first try anyway. I just got to keep trying." I said quietly to myself as I walked back to the spot I originally stood at. I went back to my waiting game, keeping a firm grip on my weapons. I could do this. If my big brother could, then I could do! After all I watched him and he is the best at this sort of thing…at everything. So if I watched from the best then I should have learnt something. I nodded to myself at my own thoughts, knowing this was correct and waited once more, concentrating hard to get it right this time.

I had been trying to catch fish for several hours. I got wet, soaked. That's the only thing I managed to accomplish whilst trying to catch something to eat. The sun was beginning to set. I had managed to find a closed off part of the Island. It was surrounded by trees and bushes, making it hard to see if anything was hiding in there, luckily a small lack was nearby as well, which was convenient for me. I hadn't been attacked, so I could only assume it was safe. I sighed to myself slightly and tuck my head into my knees. I had managed to find some sticks and some flint to make a fire, I was lucky in that sense. I also nearly set myself on fire whilst trying to light the sticks.
"I really am pathetic without my brother." I mumbled into my knees. I heard my stomach growl again breaking the silence of the flames flickering and the waters waves. I had laid my dress tabard in front of the fire to get it to dry. I was lucky it wasn't cold; otherwise sitting in just my white training clothes would have been miserable, and cold, and frustrating to no end. I still hadn't managed to figure out who number eighty was and I didn't think I was going to. Digging through my back once more I took out the number card one last time and stared at it hard before flicking it into the fire, destroying the card.
"I just hope I find you before you find me." I mumbled to myself, watching the fire dance in the light of the setting sun.

I laid down onto my side, propped my arm up and laid my cheek into my open palm. I began to think to myself, thinking of the many different people I saw and who was last in the actual exam. There wasn't really anyone that struck me as odd. I closed my eyes and let my arm drop with my head before opening them slowly and staring at the fire again. With my other hand I reached out to my dress tabard and grasped it. It felt dry, which was good. I sat up and began turning it over to let the other side dry.
"Kurapika, Leorio, Gon, Killua, Kai and Hisoka are not my targets. So that's six people. That leaves twenty more on who it could be; one of them being that really creepy pin guy." I said quietly to myself as I laid my dress tabard down and shivered to myself at the thought of the pin guy being my target.
"If I assume and prepare myself for the worse, that being the pin guy, then I can be very prepared to face my target. But… how do I prepare myself for the unknown?" I questioned myself, lying back down and propping my elbow up before dropping my head lazily into my open palm once more. This was going to require a lot more thought on my end, so much more thought.

It had eventually gotten dark, the fire I made having gone out long ago. I dragged my dress tabard over to top of me and laid my head onto my bag to use it as a pillow. I just watched the night sky, I felt too anxious and sick from worry, hunger and maybe some excitement to sleep.
"Tomorrow, I have to try hard to find my target. I have to do it." I said quietly to myself and turned over while closing my eyes. I would need to sleep lightly tonight; I didn't want to be attacked in the middle of the night.

The birds woke me up with their chirping. I had curled myself into a ball and clung to my dress tabard tightly to keep myself warm. I forgot how cold it got sleeping outside, it had been a long time since me and my big brother had to do so. I sat up groggily and rubbed my eyes with the palm of my hands and yawned loudly, making a very small squeaking noise making me cover my mouth up instantly. I looked around quickly. Once I was sure no one was around I dropped my hands and stood up, patting down my dress tabard. I rolled up my sleeves as I walked towards the lake part that was cut off. Once reached I dropped to my knees and gripped onto the lake edge tightly with my fingers. I took a deep breath and dunked my head under the water, instantly waking myself out. As quickly as I dunked my head I brought it back up again, wide eyed and letting out the air I had breathed in.
"Yeah, that works…" I said quietly to myself while walking back over to my belongings. Nobody had taken them so I was lucky. I quickly threw on my dress tabard and my back over my shoulder. My back didn't hurt so much, nor did my chest; it made me smile widely to myself. I lifted up the bottom of my dress tabard and shirt to look at my stomach, it was still heavily bruised. That didn't matter I was just grateful that I wasn't as sore anymore.

I dropped both the dress tabard and my white training shirt and kicked some dirt over the fire I had made last night. With a determined look I nodded to myself, a small smile on my face.
"Today, I will get my target!" I said to myself with determination. I was going to, I just had to; there was no room for error today would be the day I did this all by myself and be one of the first people to have collected their targets tags. Or so I assumed I would be.