A/N: So! In this chapter, since some of you are probably thinking Yumi seems so weak, she shows her strengths! At least, I think. Hopefully, you think. And hopefully everyone thinks!
Because if no one thinks then the world would be in chaos!
Ahem. I hope you enjoy! And as always, review replies at the bottom! :D
-INSANITY'S GOT NUTHIN ON ME!-
-Yumi's POV-
We looked down from the edge of the tower we were standing upon. Wow… that's pretty tall…
Anyway, since I haven't informed you yet on what happened, we basically arrived at the third exam site. And it was a very tall tower.
VERY TALL.
Those two words were so important I just had to repeat them. And we also had to get to the bottom of this tower in 72 HOURS! How is that possible? I looked to my left to look at the others' expressions at how far up we were and accidentally made eye contact with Killua.
Ohgodno.
My face heated up as the memories from yesterday night forcefully pushed their way to my mind. STUPID. MEMORIES.
I looked away and instead went back to peeking over the edge of the tower.
Why were we peeking over the edge of the tower for so many minutes anyway? They're all literally doing nothing as if time was frozen.
Ahem, anyway, I had accidentally said 'We're friends, right?' to Killua yesterday night, no? Yes, and that brings us to the current topic.
Killua was slightly surprised at my words, I was embarrassed, since that was totally so out of character, and I bet Killua thought so too. AND I said those without thinking.
The idea of us being friends never even came to mind, but I guess I accepted that I was friends with these people.
Barely, though.
But I guess I can't really choose who my friends are… But even though they are my friends, I don't need to reveal secrets or anything…
Heehee.
But technically that's not being friends with them. Since you don't trust them.
…My brain went against my decision. What? No. I refuse to accept such a ridiculous thought. It is impossible for my brain to not cooperate with me. And besides, I trust them.
But that doesn't mean I'm gonna go all 'Killua shall be there for me. Gon shall support me. Kurapika shall help me. Leorio shall always treat my wounds. I know they'll always be my side, since we're goody goody friends!'
Nope. Definitely not.
You idiot. That wasn't what I meant. I meant that you're still not planning on opening up to them.
So? Wait, stop talking. YOU'RE MY BRAIN. YOU ARE GOING AGAINST MY WILL. I shall stop talking now since I'm talking to myself and making my brain go against my will.
Well, technically, I was thinking to myself. But that's beside the point.
I looked to them since they started talking. Finally.
"Do we have to climb down?" Gon asked. I blinked. My stomach lurched at the thought of climbing down this stupid tower… No, I'm not afraid of heights. I'm afraid of falling down and meeting my death.
Mhmm. Definitely not afraid of heights.
"That's suicide." Killua answered him as they stared down.
"For you, that is. But for a top class rock climber like me, this is nothing!" An applicant near us suddenly said to us, bragging. He started climbing his way down right after.
"He's going down pretty fast." Killua stated as he watched the applicant climb down. Well, he might be, but even if he is going down pretty fast, the tower was really tall, so he'd need an awful lot of stamina.
And he might as well slip out of exhaustion. And fall down to his death. So I came to the conclusion that he would.
"Bye-bye! I hope your death will be instant and painless right when you hit the ground!" I said as I waved to the man with a smile. The other four looked at me with a disturbed look on their faces.
We suddenly heard the sound of flapping wings from the left and voila, there were gigantic red birds coming his way.
Oooh, he won't die because of slipping, he'll be eaten! Now, that's not an instant painless death. Too bad.
The man saw the birds or rather, the monsters coming his way and he immediately started climbing down faster. One went under him purposely and got him in his mouth. The man screamed in agony before it faded, basically meaning that he was dead and was chewed to pieces.
Or rather chewed to a bloody pulp.
Excess blood dripped off the bird's mouth as it passed by us and we stared at it in shock. Well, Leorio and Gon did anyway. Kurapika's face was indifferent (And I wondered how many years he practiced his poker face), and Killua's face was just looking at the bird while blinking in a sort of trance.
Well, I just stared at it.
"Yumi, how did you know he was going to die?" Kurapika asked me. I blinked.
"I came to the conclusion that he would need an awful lot of stamina to climb the whole way down, and since I don't think he doesn't have that much stamina, I predicted that his stamina will be the death of him for he will slip and fall to his death because he is tired. The End. I didn't think something would come out of nowhere and chomp him down."
What a speech.
The other four just stared at me incredulously. Half for my conclusion and half for me explaining it so detailed-ly.
I just had an amused expression on my face. "I'm gonna look for a way down." I said as I started walking away without a glance back.
Looking for a way down? Walking around aimlessly is a better word for it. I looked around and counted the number of applicants in a bored fashion.
I suddenly realized there were less applicants from before.
Of course, I know that there should be one less applicant in total, but... yeah, the number of missing applicants are more than one. I closed my eyes and sighed in an exhausted way.
I suddenly felt like I was floating- or rather, falling is a better word for it.
I opened my eyes and before I could even let out a sound of surprise or position myself to land properly or on my feet, my face hit the ground.
I literally face planted.
I stayed down on the floor, still as a statue, body straight. I seemed to be in a position where I was lying down in bed on my stomach, with my face in my pillow.
Or rather in the bed sheet in this case, I guess. Since my head wasn't uplifted.
I sat up and looked around to see where I had fallen to. I was in a room and the wall in front of me had a sign. Below the sign was a counter of some sort with a watch.
I read the sign. It said 'Path of Insanity'. Really? I guess what I stepped on was a secret door… to a secret room. That has a secret way to the bottom of the tower.
Secrets~.
Anyway, I stood up and the speaker at the corner of the room buzzed to life. A voice spoke up from the speaker. That reminds me, I wonder what the others would think about me suddenly disappearing… Meh.
"I am Lippo. The prison warden and Third Phase examiner. You have gotten the Path of Insanity. In this path, you will face rooms that will show you things that can make you lose your sanity, or you will be faced with almost-impossible objectives that will again, test your sanity."
Wow, thanks for the instructions Lip-san! I'm gonna call you lip san since you move your lips a lot- or rather, you speak a lot. I won't even ask about the prison part and WHY THE HELL A PRISON HAS A ROOM LIKE THIS! Or rather, ROOMS like this.
"There are risks here that if you're starting to get insane, your life will be in danger. Please wear the watch in front of you."
I looked at the watch dubiously. This was the insanity path so…
"Tell me, Lip-san, are you sure you're not trying to make me grab the watch so that I could die? Or are you trying to test me to see if I would fall for a trap that will make me lose my sanity?" I asked as I stared at the watch.
For all I know, that watch could be a time bomb that would explode right when I touch it therefore destroying my hand and making me die of blood loss by the hand's wound.
"…No. So unless you want to fail the exam, please follow what I say. I just said I'm the examiner."
I could almost see his sweat drop with those words.
I walked over to the watch and grabbed it. I put it on my right hand and looked at it more closely. It had two buttons. One of the buttons was an X while the other was an O. There was a timer above the two buttons. I guess that's the timer to see how much hours we have left.
The left wall suddenly uplifted to reveal another wall only this time there were two doors. I raised my eyebrow at that. I turned to the wall and looked at the two doors. They had no doorknob and there was a sign at the top of each door.
The right door's sign said 'Happiness', and the left door's said 'Sorrow'.
Only, the 'Happiness' was written upside down. The hell?
"Please pick one of the two doors using the buttons on your watch. X for 'Happiness', and O for 'Sorrow'."
…I stared at the two signs. I felt like something was off. Why the hell was the 'Happiness' upside down?
WHY THE HELL WAS THE WORD 'HAPPINESS' EVEN ASSOSCIATED WITH THE HUNTER EXAM?!
I know for sure that there was no Happiness in the Hunter exam. Mhm! Sorrow, maybe, but Happiness? Oh no no no.
But I don't think that's what the upside down sign is trying to say here. So um… UGH! I DON'T GET IT!
Why the hell was the sign not put in the right way?! WHY DID THEY PUT THE SIGN UPSIDE DOWN I WONDER~
Okay, let me get some words to describe the sign. They might give a hint.
It's upside down?
No, that won't help.
It's happy! And happy has nothing to do with The Hunter Exam.
No, that won't help either. You useless brain.
The sign's not put in the right way…? And don't call me useless, I'm the one that's doing all the thinking here.
That won't help either! Stop spouting random things about the sig-… Oh.
It's not put in the right way. Which means that door, the right door, is not the right way. Which means I have to take the left door. And the left door is 'Sorrow'!
I praise you brain. You're the best. I love you. You're the living entity of geniusness. Of positivity. You're awesome, brain.
YOU ARE THE BRAIN OF BRAINS!
Your praise is delayed…
So? Better than never.
I pressed O for 'Sorrow' and the left door opened up. I walked in the door to see it was a small tunnel. What?
I suddenly felt like my brain was touched.
I think I was touched.
No, duh.
But seriously though, did they like, gather information from my brain or something? Or wha-
Suddenly, Gon dropped through the roof. What? OMG, WHAT? He grunted as he dropped on the floor and stared at me with wide eyes and a smile that was slowly widening. (Don't worry, I'm not ruining the plot. You'll understand. ;D)
"Yumi-san!" Gon said as he stood up. I blinked at him.
"Gon? How did you get here?" I asked him as I tilted my head. Gon rubbed the back of his neck.
"Ah, I accidentally stepped on a trap on the path I was in, I think! So I fell down here!" Gon said with a sheepish smile. I nodded. At least I won't be lonely. We walked for a few minutes until my stomach grumbled.
What? I wasn't hungry at all… What the hell was happening?
"Ah! Yumi-san? You're hungy? I have some bread here!" Gon said as he handed me a piece of plain, bread. I won't even question it. The fact that my stomach grumbled without me feeling hungry must mean I was incredibly hungry.
I took the bread, and I looked at Gon for confirmation.
"Don't worry Yumi-san! You can have it! Make sure to eat every inch of it so that you don't get Hungry Yumi-san! Aunt Mito said that we should always finish our fo-" Gon suddenly dropped down from the floor again.
I looked to where he was previously. I then looked at the shaking tile.
Another trap? WHAT?! Looks like my only companion is gone… Though I think Gon was acting a bit strange. Well, that was a rather fast exchange.
Anyway, I better eat this… This is probably his only food and he gave it to me. Even though I'm not really hungry, I need to at least take a bite. Actually, I'm gonna finish it.
I was about to take a bite but a sound to my right distracted me. I turned to it and saw a dog.
Wait, no. A wolf.
My eyes widened and I shrieked. I think my hair literally stood up straight…
The wolf suddenly lunged at me and I closed my eyes only to see that the wolf was gone. Or rather it went through another hidden entrance to the left wall. The opposite of where it came from.
And the bread was gone.
I growled. What the hell? It only came out to steal the stupid BREAD?
Wait, no. The bread's not stupid. I mean, it was from Gon. IT'S NOT STUPID I SAY!
And that's the point. Gon told me to eat it, he gave it to me, it's probably his only food that time, and now it was stolen. By a wolf.
He basically gave it to me, but I let it be stolen without doing anything.
Dangit, I'm such a good friend.
I stared at the wall.
Stupid, wolf. If I see it, I'll kill it. No, I won't kill it. I'll slice off its mouth so it'll never be able to eat again. If Gon finds out what happened, he'll be angry at me…
But then, I can just say I ate it right?
But then I'll be lying. I don't wanna lie to Gon…
But then he's really kind right? So won't he forgive me?
No, stupid Yumi, everyone can get angered. And right now I'm pretty sure this will anger Gon…
Baaaakaaaaaa! You idiotic, idiot, dumb, person-trash, childish, yumi.
Shut up, shut up.
WAIT, Yumi's not even an insult! I HATE YOU! YOU MADE MY NAME AN INSULT!
So? Yumi means 'idiot' because you're an idiot, therefore, I declare it: a new insult.
That's… Ugh. My companion is a brain that doesn't know how to do anything other than insult me. Useless.
What? You praised me earlier. See? You're clearly a liar, and a forgetful baka. And no, before you say it or think it, I'm not forgetful like you just because I'm a part of you/your brain. I can remember the exact words you said:
My eye twitched for the incoming onslaught of brain insults. And the brain-praising-itself.
I praise you brain. You're the best. I love you. You're the living entity of geniusness. Of positivity. You're awesome, brain. YOU ARE THE BRAIN OF BRAINS! That was exactly what you said. I even mimicked your voice!
Yeah, yeah, shut up. Can you do something useful and instead look for my 'care'? I can't seem to find it.
And folks, that was the failure of the year! This yumi decided to try and say a clever-smart-ass comeback and failed epically! Let's applaud her for this achievement! She should have a trophy!
SHUT UP! That wasn't a failure. We should just start walking anyway. And for the second time, 'Yumi' is not an insult.
Fine, fine… It's useless to talk to you anyway.
My brain then made a sound that sent a picture to my mind. A picture that shows my brain sticking out its tongue.
Why does my brain have its own consciousness anyway? Or am I going insane just like how this path suggests? I just shrugged with a sigh.
Soon I reached another room. A wall suddenly dropped down to the opening that connected to this room to the tunnel. Not that I wanted to return.
I looked to the two doors in front of me again. One said 'Memories' and one said 'Wishes'
…What? The last doors were opposites, so why weren't these doors opposites too? …Meh, that's probably a trick to test our sanity too.
The speaker buzzed to life again. "X for 'Memories', and O for 'Wishes'." Lip-san said as I looked at the two doors. There was nothing wrong about the signs. So I have absolutely no clue which door I should take.
Brain, help me!
Why should I help you? You said I was useless right?
No! Truce! Help me, then I'll be more kinder to you!
Hmm…
Please?
Hmm…
I don't even care anymore…OI! YOU'RE MY FRIGGIN BRAIN SO WHY THE HELL AREN'T YOU COOPERATING! GET YOUR BUTT MOVING!
Okay. But the lesson here is: I'm a part of you, so don't friggin start arguments with me. Just get to it and know I'll be there to help you.
…You sound like a mom
Shut up.
Anyway, I looked at the doors. Now… which one? Hm… We shall now cooperate brain! First thing here: Which would be a bad choice and which would be a good choice? Memories, well, I mostly have bad memories, so it might make me remember those bad memories.
Wishes, I don't know, they might make me hallucinate that my wishes came true. But wait, how would they even know my memories and wishes?
Ah right, that feeling of my brain getting touched or something… It was awfully weird… so they probably gathered info-
My eyebrow twitched. That basically means they know everything of my past… At least, of what I remember…
CHEATERS! CHEATERS I SAY!
Ahem, back to the task at hand, if I took the Wish path, I can actually fall for the illusion if it's a hallucination path. But, it's a low chance. And I would be happy at my wishes coming true but in the end I'd discover that it's a hallucination and be sad, I guess.
If I took the Memories path, I would probably be going through my past again, at least, in some way. And I would feel lots of negative emotions… But I would know that it was an illusion.
So either take the risk of not knowing you're seeing an illusion and be happy but then be sad at the end, or know that it's an illusion but you'll have to go through many negative emotions like sorrow, sadness, guilt, doubt, and anger.
Dang, this is a very hard choice.
Brain, help me. Can you go back to being a separate being and helping me with my problems on your own?
No.
Fine then, I'll take a reckless decision.
I shall take 'Wishes'!
I pressed the O on my watch and the right door opened, which was the door I chose. I looked at the other side.
It was just a plain, small, room. What?
I walked inside the room cautiously and observed the walls carefully for any traps. After some poking (Literally and figuratively) on the walls, I sighed in relief.
Though that doesn't explain what I'm supposed to do here. Brain, help?
…Um… stand here and wait for something to magically appear?
You're useless.
Shut up. You're the one who asked me for help.
Yes, and I asked for help, not a question.
That wasn't a question. It was help.
It was a question.
No.
Yes.
Shut up.
Okay.
…
I looked around again to make sure and slumped down. What the hell was I supposed to do now?
Suddenly, I felt like the room was moving.
…Could it be an elevator?
Maybe? Or do you think it'll go in a horizontal path?
Actually, I feel like it's going in to the sides, not up and down. And I don't know if you used sarcasm.
I didn't. I was actually asking what you think.
Why, how considerate.
It's not considerate, it's 'asking for someone else's conclusion to discover a solution'.
And no, I didn't mean for that to rhyme.
Of course you didn't. You're too dense to make rhymes.
Says the brain that can't help me that much so far.
At least be thankful for a companion.
You're not a companion. You've been with me since birth, you just decided to have your own thoughts.
…Sadly, I don't have any retort to that other than; 'Well then, how about be thankful you have at least something to talk to?
Why did you put an emphasis on the someth-
The elevator suddenly rattled. Or rather, I think it's an elevator.
What The Hell?
Why did you say that the same time as me?
I should be asking you that.
Shut up. What just happened? Do you think something hit the elevator?
Maybe. Or someone.
Oi, oi. I really wouldn't want to encounter someone right now. Don't go assuming that it was a someone that hit the elevator.
I was not assuming. I was saying a possibility.
Yeah yeah, shut up.
The elevator shook again, only this time, it stopped heading to the side(as we felt it), and instead started going up(again, as we felt it).
It's going up this time, I think.
What the hell? Isn't this supposed to be the path of wishes? What? MY WISH ISN'T TO WAIT FOREVER IN A FREAKING ELEVATOR ROOM THAT GOES UPWARDS INSTEAD OF DOWNWARDS!
Or maybe it's trick to test your sanity. It says 'Wishes' but it actually just makes you wait forever.
…That actually makes sense. For once brain, you're helpful.
I helped you in the first obstacle.
Shut up. But… even though we know what's happening, what the hell will we do? Will we just wait?
I don't know. Why don't you do the thinking yourself?
…I hate you.
I bask in your hate.
…Shut up.
Okay.
I sighed. I looked around. Well… I know I'm not physically good at combat, and I mostly outwit my opponent to make up for it.
But, what does someone who, some people might call 'smart' (I HAVE NO REGRET IN CALLING MYSELF SMART!) do in a situation where you're in a completely empty room with four walls and no windows or openings that's moving?
I have no idea.
Stop that, it's disturbing and creepy.
Stop what?
Being able to predict what I would say and saying it with me.
I'm not doing that. I am your mind, which means we have the same thoughts and reactions.
Then why exactly are you arguing with me?
…Because you're going crazy in this path and you just want to talk to someone?
Then why the hell have you been there since the start of the phase, before I entered this path?
…*cough cough* You're just talking to yourself.
Okay… how?
You're arguing with yourself.
…You know what? I just, I won't question you. I hate this…
Yes. Good idea. I hate this too.
Nod nod…
Oh look! I have an idea. How about I break one of the walls and see what's outside?
…That's insane.
…Pray tell, what do exactly do you mean by 'insane'? We are in the path of insanity. Who knows? Since we're in the path of insanity maybe we have to do something insane.
Considering you spoke the word 'insane' so many times in what you just said –Or thought- to me, I'm surprised what you said made sense.
It's called 'The power of Yumi'.
Shut up. Just do this so called 'idea' of yours.
Oka-
I suddenly faintly heard voices, I think, coming from below the room we're in.
What the hell?
They're kind of familiar… I really want to break one of the walls now.
Hurry. They're familiar, and faint, but we probably just can't recognize them because of the low volume. If you don't break the wall now, since the room is moving, the room we're in might move to a different room!
Right, right! I looked to one of the walls and slightly bent my right leg. I then released the kick to it.
It just cracked.
You need to improve your strength.
Shut up! I never would've thought I'd have to break a stupid wall out of a freaking empty room!
I sent a kick at it again, and the crack just got larger. I kept on kicking it for a few seconds with the crack slowly widening. I kicked it one last time, this time growling a bit in frustration.
It broke. YAY!
I looked out from the wall and saw five familiar faces. Four she was happy to see, (well slightly in Killua's case since she was still embarrassed) and one she definitely wasn't happy to see.
And a very deep abyss.
Oh god no. The other three were also on a platform so…
"Yumi?!" They all exclaimed in shock. Except for the circle-stomached, box-nosed, rookie-crushing liar which was the fifth member of their party.
"She was in that box thingy?" Gon asked as he tilted his head with wide eyes.
Cute. Damnit, too cute.
THANK THE HEAVENS! I NEED TO JUMP OFF THIS BOX AND GET TO GON ALREADEH!
Though I'm pretty sure they saw the cracks that was slowly widening earlier. Considering Killua said he'll be my unofficial trainer, I'm pretty sure I'll be getting an earful…
And I'm pretty sure that he, as an assassin, wasn't used to being called a friend.
I DUN BE GOOFED.
Despite knowing this, I jumped off the room with a blank face that just said; 'I'm a failure.'
Why, you ask? Because I definitely did not calculate how much distance the platform they're on was.
So, as an act of desperation, I desperately tried to kick at the air to get me to move forward a bit. And fortunately, this was more effective than I thought for some reason.
And unfortunately, I crashed into Killua.
We tumbled around in the platform as I grunted in pain and I'm pretty sure I heard Killua whimper like a dog.
But nah, Gon's more likely to be a dog, and Killua's more likely to be a cat. They're like Yin and Yang! Killua has pale skin, Gon has tan skin. Killua is wearing mostly white, Gon is wearing a colorful shirt. Not really, but it has more color than Killua's shirt. Killua's hair is white, and Gon's hair is black!
Dayum, they're complete opposites, but for some reason best friends. And I need to snap out of my thoughts now.
I did as what I thought and as I did so, our tumbling stopped as we bumped into Leorio's legs. Leorio furrowed his eyebrows at us.
"Yumi, you need to pay more attention to accuracy." Kurapika commented. I retorted a quick 'Shut up.'
Then I realized me and Killua's position.
…Why the hell do we keep on getting into awkward situations? If it isn't for bumping noses, we're in a position that suggests Killua straddled me to the floor and is about to kiss me.
…I just realized how ridiculous that sentence sounded.
But, of course, I knew that that wasn't what was happening.
I pushed him up with a furious blush on my face –And I had to wonder how the hell he's only blushing faintly- as I stood up. I looked at the two oldest teens in our group and saw they had amused expressions.
"What's so funny?" I asked with a demanding tone.
Oh, wait, rather, threatened with a demanding tone.
Kurapika just shook his head while Leorio quickly said 'Nothing'.
I looked around to where they were. There was a platform on the other side, with some people I didn't know. And between the platform here and on the other side was a larger platform. There was also a man at the middle platform. A large, bulky man.
I asked for what was happening and they informed me of what was happening.
And it seems like Killua would have to fight this man.
"Killua, you don't have to fight him! You'll die! We can take the Hunter Exam next year." Leorio said frantically to Killua who shrugged off his warning. Apparently this was 'Something-Ness The Dissector' or something.
A narrow path suddenly slid out from an opening from the middle platform and it connected to our platform. Killua started walking.
"You can still back away, Killua!" Leorio yelled at him once again as Kurapika nodded with him. Gon just looked on with slightly furrowed eyebrows.
They say that this man was a serial killer, right?
Well… aren't serial killers weaker than assassins?
Of course they are. But sadly, these two don't know that Killua was an assassin.
Killua finally stepped on the platform at the middle and he looked at something-ness with a bored face.
"So, how will we settle this competition?" Killua asked. Leorio was gritting his teeth and Kurapika had a concerned look on his face.
"Competition? I believe you are mistaken. This will be a one sided massacre. I will tear you from limb to limb." The serial killer threatened.
"Killua! We're telling you! Just give up!" Leorio exclaimed. Oh and, have I said that I'd have to participate in another battle too? Or rather, I'd have to win a point too? Dangit… Oh and, have I mentioned they also mentioned to me about their battles/competitions?
Yes, even Leorio's gamble.
Ba-ka, Baaaaka, BAKAAAA- Le-orio.
Yes! I put a different kind of emphasis for each word. I'm so smart, amirite?
"So it's a death match then? Alright." Killua said without missing a beat. Leorio stuttered with wide eyes at how calm Killua was being. Kurapika, once again, just stared with furrowed eyebrows/a look of concern on his face.
Right after Killua said that, Killua suddenly disappeared, and appeared on the other side of the serial killer.
And an empty hole was in the serial killer's chest, right where his heart would be. The two oldest of us' eyes widened. Gon was just staring at the events in awe.
Me? Um… I don't know…
Uh, conflicted? Like um, wondering why the hell is there an empty, hollow, hole in his chest and why it isn't BLEEDING?
Like, this is totally breaking the laws of physics.
Killua looked over his shoulder and revealed a brown cloth that was beating as if the heart was inside it. Which it probably was. Killua had a smirk on his face and his eyes just said;
'Assassin mode.'
Uh, ahem. You're asking why I can't take this seriously you say?
Well, I can't really take things that break the laws of physics seriously… unless it has something to do with harming me or someone I care about.
And right now, Killua just broke the laws of physics. And he isn't harming me or anyone I care about.
Like, what the hell? HOW IS THE HOLE NOT BLEEDING?!
And why the hell is the heart still beating? And why is something-ness still alive? Without his HEART?
Like, seriously. The heart lost all connection to the body, so why the hell is he still ali-
While I was in my thoughts, something-ness covered the whole on his chest with wide eyes. He then turned around and looked at Killua who was smirking at him slyly with narrowed eyes. Something-ness reached out his free hand to what Killua was holding.
"That's… Mi-mine…"
The heart beat became slower, and eventually, it stopped.
Something-ness fell down to the ground with a thump, dead.
The sound brought me out of my trance and I stared at the spectacle before me. Okay, even though it broke the laws of physics, I admit…
I really don't like holes. With blood. And having one of your organs be… um… ripped out of your body. Is there a phobia for being scared of something being succumbed deep into your body? And ripping through your flesh?
Because if there was, I'd definitely have that phobia. Maybe. Slightly.
I watched as Killua knelt down to the man and placed the heart on top of the man. He walked back to us with hands in his pockets.
"H-how did you-" Leorio started but I cut him off.
"Killua is an assassin." I informed him as I saw Gon pout at me. …He was about to talk? Aw, I wish I didn't interrupt Leorio so that Gon could've interrupted him instead… Gon's been silent so far. Kurapika and Leorio stared at Killua with wide eyes while Tompa was sweating bullets as he backed away a bit.
Leorio also backed away a few steps.
"H-hey, are we safe around you?" Leorio asked as he looked at Killua cautiously. I snorted at his fear to Killua. Earlier he was fearing for Killua, and now he's fearing Killua.
That certainly did escalate quickly.
"Wow Killua! You're amazing." Gon commented with a bright smile. I face palmed.
Wow… Gon, you saw someone rip out someone's heart, and you compliment them and call them 'Amazing'?
…Crazy.
But cute!
"Heh, my dad can do better than that. You wouldn't see a single drop of blood." Killua boasted. I raised my eyebrow. I thought he hated his family? Why was he boasting now?
"Ne, Killua, that reminds me, since you're an assassin, from which family are you?" I asked him curiously as I tilted my head. The others looked at him curiously too.
Only, without the tilted head. …I really act more like a dog in body language, but Gon has more traits of a dog than me.
Hm.
"Ah, well… would you believe me if I said I'm from the Zoldyck family?"
…
Um.
"No."
Who said that? Oh, right, me. I blurted it out as I stared at Killua blankly. He just snorted.
"Well, I am."
"Okay." I just said. I kept on staring at him that it made him uncomfortable. Gosh, I must look like a creepy stalker right now.
Leorio gaped at him as he sweated bullets while Kurapika's eyes widened to the point that I wondered how his eyes weren't falling out of their eye sockets. Tompa backed away even more.
Coward Tompa! Coward Leorio! Coward Ku- Oh wait, he didn't back away or sweat bullets. How about Gon's reaction…?
Gon was just smiling.
"I believe you Killua!" Gon said with a bright smile. Killua just snorted and nodded. (Oh and, I've never seen in the anime how it was revealed that Killua was a Zoldyck, or I just don't remember, so I put this scene here btw!)
"Ne, Yumi, what path did you get?" Gon asked me suddenly. I blinked.
"The path of insanity."
Killua snorted. What? What was so funny? They think I've gone insane?!
"Well, what obstacles did you encounter?" Killua asked me with an amused look on his face.
"Well, first I had to choose between Sorrow or Happiness." I then explained what happened and how I discovered I shouldn't take Sorrow.
"Heh, at least you put your brain to use." Killua commented. I twitched at the slight, unintentional, insult to my brain who has for some reason it's own consciousness. Or maybe I really had gone insane. "What happened next?"
"Well, I had to walk in a tunnel for long hour- THAT'S RIGHT! Omg Gon, Gome(Sorry)! You fell into this room when you fell for that trap didn't you? And the bread you gave me was snatched by a wolf that came out of nowhere!" I exclaimed as I sobbed anime style and kneeled comically to Gon.
Gon just sweatdropped.
"Eh… Yumi, what are you talking about?" Gon asked me. I froze.
"Yeah, Gon was with us from the start."
I froze even more.
"That means… it was an illusion. So making me feel sorry… that was part of the path… I HATE YOU LIP-SAN!" I exclaimed as I looked up. I could almost see him doubling over in laughter.
"And the next obstacle… Well, it made me choose between Memories or Wishes, and for some reason, the Wishes led me to an empty room that kept on circling around and kept me waiting. I suspect that it actually wasn't a path of illusions that would make me hallucinate about me getting my wishes, rather a path that makes me wait for very long until I figure out what to do. Eventually I heard faint somewhat familiar voices and broke the wall, and here I am!" I took a large intake of breath after the long explanation.
"Heh, I probably really would've gone insane if I went through all that." Leorio commented. I snorted. 'That's because you're impatient. And you're indecisive. I think.'
"Yeah! Me too! I wouldn't have been able to see the clue at the first part!" Gon said with a grin. I blinked. Really?
"Well… I'm pretty sure I would've been able to do it, but I probably would've spent the whole time in the waiting room part trying to think of what to do and trying to think of other solutions other than breaking the wall. And that would've taken me forever, I think." Killua added.
"Well, I probably would've gone indecisive at the Wishes and Memories part. I do not like illusions, but I also wouldn't want to relive my memories." Kurapika then said. Tompa just stayed silent.
"You know, you're all paying me compliments indirectly!" I said with a proud grin.
The four had amused looks on their faces. Tompa was just eyeing me weirdly. Before I could ask 'What?!', I suddenly heard the familiar sound of a pathway sliding out of the middle platform. The pathway connected to the other side's platform and a slim but fit guy walked to the middle platform.
…Do I have to fight too?
"Because of this new arrival, we have scheduled another prisoner to compete with Yumi for another point. And since this is the last battle, the one who wins will have an instant win. This is Masaru, a Drug dealer, and he has also made many poisonous potions and has killed many people with them. Before he became a drug dealer he has reached floor One hundred fifty in the Celestial Tower, therefore he is also pretty good in combat. He will be staying in jail for one hundred thirty years."
"Huh, his time here is shorter than the others." Leorio commented. "Must be weaker." He added smugly as he looked at me and patted my head. "Good luck." All the amusement from earlier was suddenly gone from everyone. But at least they were slightly confident I'll be able to beat this…
I think. Maybe they're not confident in me after all but, meh.
"One hundred thirty years is how many years more until he gets released. But when he was captured, his penalty was five hundred twenty years."
Leorio flinched. Killua looked at me as if trying to see my reaction. Kurapika had a concerned look. Gon also had a concerned look.
Um, it looks like he has killed a lot of people then…
Dayum, help me.
A/N: Hopefully, that was a good cliffy xD And sorry for the SLOOOOW UPDATE! I'M LITERALLY TYPING THIS AT 1:30 AM D: I had a bit of problem with what to do in her phase :P Oh and, really, when I said that her advantages were going to be shown this chapter, I clearly showed it :D Oh and, yus, those situations are actually really hard if you think about it irl. But for Yumi it was very easy. At least, it was easy for her compared to how hard It really should've been. Hue! And you're wondering about the brain thingy? While yes she has high endurance to mental attacks, that doesn't mean she has high endurance to boredom!
And yes, therefore, she got so bored she started talking to herself and giving her brain a personality! XDD But we can't blame her, we'd do anything to get rid of the awful feeling of boredom, wouldn't we? :3
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JustAnimeFanfics: xD YUS! I laughed so much while writing that part! I'm such a sadist towards Yumi :'D And yus, she was so concentrated on freaking being scared and thinking about how she could escape and such possibilities, that it led to her making so many scary scenarios! xD Fortunately, Song-making saves the day! Yesh, in here I showed how much defense Yumi has when it comes to mind attacks :'D And next chapter… I'll show how good she is when using her wits to her advantage ;D Hopefully I'll be able to do that xD
Yinyang555: Ooh o,o It would've been so entertaining to watch neighbors get angry…-I'm such a sadist ;O;- Ehe! Thanks! And yeah, though Yumi isn't treating them much like 'best friends' or 'close friends' yet, simply just… friends. As in, just that friend who you aren't so close to but aren't so distant to either. But that'll improve! :D And yus, we don't want you waking up your neighbors again xD And THANKIES SO MUCH! I'm so happy the story is successful so far ;n; especially for a first story!
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