Hey everyone, I hope you had a great Memorial Day weekend! I posted this chapter! I hope you enjoy this chapter. I almost forgot to mention that I do not own Hunter x Hunter. R&R!
It was Gon's turn to face against the next prisoner. This one is Sedokan. They suffered a loss against the five prisoners they are facing. Now it's the up to the rest to play catch up. What will become of them… if you guys don't know already?
Sedokan has a 149 years of prison for serial bombings, so this might be a challenge for Gon. "Now then…" he started, "as you can see, I'm not very strong. I don't enjoy fistfights or other physical activities such as running or jumping."
Of course Gon do. But Grace already knows the outcome of this match. 'Gon will win. Hands down. But if what I said to him makes him think too much, then we'll have a big problem with this match. Gon says he isn't that good with his head, but he's much smarter than he thinks, so this will be a piece of cake for him. Do your best Gon.'
"I figured, so I came up with a simple game we can both play." The prisoner said.
"A game?" The fisher-boy repeated.
"Yes," he said, "It doesn't rely on either mental or physical activity."
"What kind of game?" Gon asked.
That's when Sedokan pulled out two candles from his back pocket. Two more remained behind him, Grace noted. He kept his smirk on his face. "We each light a candle at the same time. The one whose candle goes out first is the loser. Do you understand?"
The twelve year old nodded and put his thumb up. "Let's go with that." But soon, Sedokan revealed that they're a different lengths. He made the group decide what candle he should use.
"Guys!" Grace shouted. "Have Gon use the Long candle."
The Kuruta looked at 'Sennosuke' for a moment. Her idea was dull. 'He's insane!' He thought. 'What if he tampered with one of them?! Sennosuke, think this a bit more carefully! If not… then it will be our downfall.'
The vampire continued. "Sennosuke!" Leorio screeched. "Are you insane? That one could be-"
"Trapped?" She finished. "Of course I would think that… I mean, how else will Gon will win?"
He giggled at the only girl's suggestion. "Did you actually hear me right? I said that the only way he can win is to make sure that the candle he has stay lit." Soon, Gon's and Killua's eyes widen. The two realized what she's trying to say, but the others think that the 'male' is an idiot. The prisoner laughed. "Ok, suit yourself. If he gets the contaminated one, it is on you." He sat down, waiting for the decision with the two (out of four) candles behind him.
Tompa smirked. "You got a real dilemma here."
"Keep your mouth shut!" Leorio yelled at the Crusher.
"Oh come on!" Grace shouted, smacking her hand onto her face. "Are you guys really that dull of people here or are you just overthinking this?! I hope that you're overthinking it!"
"Sennosuke," Kurapika said, trying to calm 'him' down in shock of his outburst. "Calm down, we need to think this through."
"Give me a break." She sighed. "What if he has four, not two?"
Everyone's eyes widen, except for Gon's and Killua, who already got the picture. "Yeah," he agreed. Kurapika was the most surprised. He thought of the situation before anyone else would. 'His' ability to think so quickly is really impressive. And now that you think of the situation at hand, you know the whole puzzle in just a snap. The only question in the Kuruta's mind is how Sennosuke can think that fast. Killua continued. "What Sennosuke's getting at is that since he has the candles behind him, that prisoner can switch one of them with a contaminated one."
"So either way, Gon will get the tampered one." Grace explained. "And our best chance is to get the longer one."
"Wow." Sedokan hummed, "You figured that out when you just saw their length. But maybe I only have three… what will you do then?"
"… well that be stupid of you." Grace said. The prisoner glared at her. "I mean. It would be obvious that you'll give us tampered candles," she shrugged, "So to make it pretty simple, you'll have four, not three. That what I will do if I was in your position right now. I know that you were trying to stall time for us to second guess ourselves, but that didn't work out for you. It was a nice set up, but if any of us would be in that situation that you're in right now, that means your percentage of winning will be about… 45%."
"SO NOW WHAT?!" Again, the oldest teen shouted, "WE'LL LOSE EITHER WAY?"
"So just go with the longer one." The red eyes said. "I have this idea that Gon will do what I think he'll do to win."
Like that, everyone pressed O. In the background, Lippo was very impressed with the girl. He looked at her with interest while the two on the arena lit their candles. "She's an impressive one, isn't she?"
The breeze picked up. "Woah… that was close." Gon said to himself, keeping the candlelit in check.
Kurapika and Leorio looked down with caution. "A strong wind is coming from below. That means we should watch our step…" His eyes to the two on the arena, "No time to relax, huh… And what is your plan Sennosuke?" She shrugged.
A few minutes later of that intense moment, Gon's candle sparked a bit… then it burst! A flamethrower can from the fisher-boy's candle, but Grace and Killua remained calm. The other three were worried about the situation at hand, and Tompa just smiled at the guys' predicament. 'Gon… I think you know what to do… a strong flame vs a weak one… there was no chance for him.'
"Hey! Look at Gon's candle! The flame suddenly became stronger!"
"He must have hidden gunpowder or some highly flammable substance inside," the blonde realize, "To make the candle burn faster."
"No need to worry." She said. "I think Gon knows what to do."
The assassin explained to the group. "And maybe that's the real reason I smelled something funny in the candle. Somewhat familiar to oil or something."
Everyone looked at the girl in shocked while Gon examine the flames on his candle… he suddenly smiled like an idiot. That shocked the prisoner. 'He got it.' Killua and 'Sennosuke' thought. "If the fire is strong," he replied when he placed his candle on the floor, "then a little breeze won't extinguish it."
With that, he ran up to Sedokan. "He's fast!" He whispered. And then, Gon blew on his weaker fire and looked back at his. "I win!" With that, they even up the score.
"I knew it." Grace whispered.
"Hey Grace," Killua whispered to the girl, making sure no one is hearing him. She turned to the assassin. "If he chose the shorter one, then he wouldn't have much time to blow the candle, right?" She nodded.
The group is one step ahead of becoming Hunters. Tompa was pretty shocked on what happened. Back in the office of the Third examiner, Lippo was impressed with Gon as well as Grace. He looks simple minded and naïve, but there's something to him that meets the eyes. And the female of the group looks really promising as well.
Soon, the next prisoner stepped up. Kurapika stepped up and saw the next one is coming up. "Ok. I'll go next."
Kurapika and another prisoner walked up to the field. On the arena, the prisoner showed himself. And boy he has an ugly face. He roared in the air, getting ready to 'fight'. Majitani, has 108 years of prison for multiple crimes like fraud and blackmail. 'Way less than Sedokan and he doesn't even look like a fighter. If it was a prisoner against prisoner, then Sedokan will win.'
He kept laughing like a lunatic. He introduce himself. He boasted about wanting to shed blood, make people scream in agony, torture, anything to make people in pain. He even said that he killed 19 people and he wants an even amount of kills. A yawn pierced the air. Majitani, angered, looked at the wise-guy who yawned and saw that it was 'Sennosuke'. "You think I'm not a challenge. Lucky for you that you're not the one here or else I will tear you a-"
"Stop your nagging and tell him what match you want." She yawned again.
Kurapika was a bit annoyed with her attitude, he said, "You know, if you want to have a nap, then nap in the corner. That'd completely up to you."
She yawned again. "I plan to… but not until the end of your match."
He looked at the girl with an annoyed visage. He sighed at her stubbornness and faced forward to his opponent. "Your logic doesn't make any sense at all."
She soon said, "That's because I want to see you beat up that so call excuse of a prisoner. It won't be fun if I don't see it in action."
"It was pretty obvious to me and I want to see that. Gon," Killua replied, facing the other 12 year old, "Is he really that oblivious to everything or is it Sennosuke and me?"
He looked at the two for a minute and sweat dropped. A few moments later, Grace felt an infuriated aura around Kurapika. She saw a small tick mark on his head, but then sighed. She's getting bored really fast and want it to be her turn ASAP. It's probable a lot more entertaining watching paint dry instead of this senseless bickering. "Hurry up or else I might go to sleep!"
"Hehe." He giggled. "I don't think you understand the circumstances. I insist that we put our lives on the line. I won't accept some half-assed contest. Blood! Entailed! Agony!" And from the top of his lungs, he laughed whole heartening.
With a calm voice, he responded, "Very well." The prisoner gave a 'huh?' in shock of the Kuruta's relaxed voice. "You can decide how we settle this contest. I'll agree with your choice."
The blue and ugly prisoner clutched is fist tightly so he can intimidate the blonde 'more'. "O-oh… you got some balls." He's thinking that Kurapika is just trying to hide his fear. 'Isn't obvious that he's weak? You can tell just by looking at him.' Killua and Grace asked in their minds at the same time.
Gon, Kurapika, Killua and Grace saw him hesitate for a moment. Though Kurapika is playing by his rules, he's just trying to intimidate the prisoner as well. It's not really his style, but it would just be plain wrong to fight a weaker opponent.
"In that case, I also propose a death match where we fight until one of us gives up or dies." He explained. The vampire wondered why he said surrendered first instead of death. It would've been a lot creepy if he said death first and then surrender. He's all talk and no bite. "However, don't expect me to stop when you surrender and beg for your life."
Grace made a thought about him giving up… Just… the thought… A few moments later she just burst into laughter. It confused Majitani. He got furious and growled, "Hey! You think it's funny to have one of your companion suffer in my hands?!"
She shook her head, falling to the ground like a nincompoop. "It's… Ha!... not… thahahahahahat! Him... *wheeze* begging to you?!" 'Senosuke' continued at the thought of him being a wimp just made her laugh more and more. "Oh God!" She laughed, "I… can't breathe!" As soon as she's done laughing, the vampire soon explained, "That Pretty-Boy over there is so stubborn to just give up now. Why would he risk his pride over some weakling like you?"
That angered the prisoner a lot. He is sure to make sure that 'Sennosuke' is going to regret saying all those things to him. Little did she know that the vampire doesn't get scared that easily. And she already know that Majitani is going down super quick.
"S-Sennosuke…" Leorio asked in a worry tone. "Are you sure that Kurapika is going to be ok?"
"Ok, I agree." With that, Kurapika took off his turban, revealing his Chinese-like training suite. Majitani gave a confused 'huh', wondering why he isn't shaking in fear. "Let us begin."
Grace just smirked at the very confused prisoner. Even when she first watched this episode, she just knows that this is all talk but no bite. If Kurapika didn't go so easy on him, then Kurapika's opponent would've been dead in a split second. 'Huh?' She thought. 'I never harbor these thoughts in my life. Yeah, I knew he was weak and stuff, but I never like the thought of someone's death. What has gotten into me? Am I changing into another person… or… Is this body changing me?' Just thinking about it made 'Sennosuke' shiver. She just continued to watch the match and not say a thing until it's over. 'Yeah… if I just act like I'm just watching this episode all over again… Like nothing happened…. I think I forgot what I was so worried about… swell.'
"Hold on." The blue prisoner said, putting his hand up. "I forgot to mention something. No weapons allowed. We'll beat each other with our fists. After all, while I may be hired as an examiner, I'm still a prisoner. I'm not allowed to carry weapons."
Gon, Killua, and Grace saw he's becoming so nervous. The vampire just shrugged it off like it was a bug on her shoulder. "I see." The Kuruta replied, reaching out to remove his blades… from wherever it was hidden… "I understand." He soon threw it to the side and asked, "Anything else? If not, I like to get started."
The prisoner is still trying to think this over carefully. He believes that Kurapika is actually scared and he doesn't want to show it because of his friends. And especially what 'Sennosuke' laughed how Kurapika can easily beat him. Or that he's just really stupid or something, that he couldn't imagine what Majitani is capable of something. Finally having those thoughts in mind, he grunted like he is about to unleash his true strength like how Goku does when he's doing his Kai Ken.
Leorio is becoming more concerned about his blonde friend. "Hey, now. Is Kurapika going to be okay? This guy looks dangerous."
It was obvious what Killua is thinking right now. This guy is all talk, but no will to fight. The assassin thought he never even killed anyone in his life. This blue guy is probably doing an act to try to scare Kurapika in any means necessary. Majitani doesn't even have the guts to hit a fly.
"You don't need to worry." Killua was confused by the fisher-boy's words. Everyone looked at him, wondering why. "Because when I look at him, I don't get chills." The eyes with sapphire like gleam smiled at Gon. He's getting curious on how capable this one is.
The prisoner jumped up into the air. "I'll see you dead!" And right at that moment, he plunged his fist to the ground. The impact made a hole in the floor and rocks flying over everywhere.
Grace whistled silently at the sight of Kurapika's stomach. From that sight, she somehow automatically knew what this blondie can do. Yeah, it was only for a split second, but it was long enough for her to know. Bet some Kurapika Fangirls are going to rage at her for seeing the real thing.
The blue prisoner smirked for a moment. He was getting really excited for what he's going to do next. He lifted his hand off the ground and turn around to reveal a twelve legged spider tattoo on his back. Kurapika gasped at the sight. 'Uh oh.' The vampire thought. 'This will not end real pretty for this blue dude.' She decided to zone out everything else until it ended. 'Maybe if I think of something else, then the match will be over sooner than I expected.'
And for the next few minutes, she tried to think about other stuff like The Land of Chocolate that her and her friends made up when they were kids, going on an adventure and other random things that would be a kid's dream. When she heard 'I'll kill you', she knows when to look at the stage. The bridge where he is going to come back. She gave a concerning look at him.
"You okay, Kurapika?" Leorio asked first.
"Yeah. I'm not injured."
"No you idiot!" 'Sennosuke' snapped. "He meant if you're ok mentally, not physically. When you acted on your rage, Gon, Leorio and I were really concerned about you, numbskull."
The silver eyed male glared at the shorter 'male'. He closed his eyes in annoyance and let out a sigh. "Yeah, but there was no need to worry about me. You probably knew that he was weak too, right?"
"That's not the point," she shouted. "You act like people shouldn't care about you, and you shrug their concern off like it's nothing but a bug! How could you do that when others are worried about you, ESPECIALLY YOUR FRIENDS!? When you looked at that fake Phantom Troupe's tattoo, I knew this would happen to you! Stop acting like a rat and act more like an adult."
"Who are you calling a kid?! I'm at least three years older than you, so why are you saying that I'm no adult when I'm at least 7 inches taller than you?" Kurapika shouted louder.
She was getting really angry at the blonde. How dare him for calling her short. And how dare that he thinks that age is connected to how mature you are, but she shrugged it off. "You will be alone forever if you keep ignoring your friends. And no one will come for you if you keep shutting your real family away from you. I'm going to take a nap."
And without another word, 'Sennosuke' went into the corner and lie down to shut her eyes, leaving very confused people in the dark. Kurapika felt like he was about to explode with anger any minute now. 'That guy is about to pay for what he said…' But without him noticing, a single tear drop escaped from the corner of his eyes.
Why in the world is Kurapika crying? And why did Grace said that he will be alone forever? And what does his family has to do with it? Find out in Demonic Love! R&R!