A/N: Harlo! In here there's going to be a fighting scene, and hopefully I do good at it. While it has a fighting scene, of course, even while the fighting scene is going on, humor ensues! And cheating ensues! And cringe-worthy shameless humorous-cheating kicks ensues!
You'll understand.
Also, this is a bit of a filler chapter, except for the battle and final part, but oh well! ;P
Oh and, since some of you probably like badass moments, I also put one for Yumi at the near end. HUEHUE!
And as always, reviews at the bottom!
-You lunge, I dodge, I got bored, got paranoid.-
-Yumi's POV-
I looked at the man with disbelief.
"How come he's still alive even after four hundred years or so? That's impossible… And he doesn't look old!" I exclaimed/commented loudly as I stared at the man.
"That's true." Leorio commented as he looked at me in amusement because I said it within earshot of the man. I looked at the man and furrowed my eyebrows. He's… Oh.
"Oh, since he makes poison and that stuff, he probably made potions to be able to live longer…" I said as I looked at the man in curiosity.
Sure he's scary, and he might use those poisons on me to kill me, but really, that's smart!
"That's right little girl!" The man exclaimed as he smirked at me. My eyebrow twitched.
Ahem. I do not like to be called '-chan', nor do I like to be called 'little girl' in an insulting/underestimating way.
But…
That still doesn't mean I'm not a teeny tiny bit scared of what he'll do to me.
What? He makes potions, mostly poisons, he reached the 150th floor of The Celestial tower, and he's a drug dealer.
Not to mention he's such an expert at making potions that he can even make potions that can make you live longer and look younger.
After a few seconds of tense silence and me looking at the man in a semi-blank way, a path slid out from the middle platform and it connected with our platform.
"Be careful, Yumi." Kurapika suddenly said as Leorio nodded. How nice of them. Wait- this is actually the first time they've shown concern for me… I think.
"You can do it Yumi!" Gon said with a bright smile as I started walking. I felt my cheeks warm up.
NO! DON'T MAKE ME BLUSH! It's a good thing my back is turned to them, or else they would've-
Oh right, and my face is turned to the prisoners.
And Lip-san can still see my face.
I HATE BEING SEEN LIKE THIS IN PUBLIC! NO!
I forcefully pushed the blush down. Killua didn't say anything though… Not that I care, no, I absolutely do not care. Though Tompa just snorted.
And that, I care about that.
Don't he dare snort at me. I'll rip off his stupid box-shaped-nose out of his face if he directs a snort to me ever again.
Slowly but surely, I stepped onto the middle platform and the path slid back into the opening it came from. I made sure not to look down. I walked nearer to the center, and now the prisoner and I were face to face.
I gulped.
Wait, what? No. I don't wanna gulp. Idiot, idiot Yumi.
"I'd like a death match." The man said. I stared at him. Nooope, I don't like. Me no likey. Me no gusta. I. DON'T. LIKE.
The ma- you know what? I'll just call him by his name-Masaru, since 'The man' is too long.
Wait, now that I think about it…
"Oi, your name is ironic, you know?" I suddenly said to Masaru.
Crap. I didn't mean to. I JUST WANTED TO THINK IT!
All of the people in the three platforms' gazes turned to me. Um.
"Hm? Why is that?" The man asked me with a raised eyebrow. I gulped.
"Well… 'Masaru' means victorious… and, um, you're in prison… so, you're um, not victorious…?" I answered- no, more like asked him with a nervous smile. But it's true though, Masaru means victorious.
A vein popped on Masaru's head.
Help me. He's angry.
"Let's just start thi-" He started talking to start the death match, but I interrupted him.
"Wait! Um, is there an option to surrender?" I asked him as he took on a face that suggested he was thinking.
'Pleasesayyespleasesayyespleasesayyespleasesayyespleasesayyespleasesayyespleasesa-'
"Fine. But I doubt I'll surrender." Masaru said smugly as he looked at me, trying to intimidate me. "Oh and, no weapons are allowed. We're prisoners so we don't have weapons, and I don't have my potions anymore."
Good. Because if you had your weapons, that'd be an unfair advantage because I have no weapons at all.
What? It just didn't come to my mind to steal a weapon for the hunter exam… Besides, if I stole a weapon from someone, they'd definitely have combat skills since they own a weapon. And If I stole one from a shop, most of the people there would probably have combat experience would have a chance to chase after me.
Not to mention the owner might have combat skills too.
But meh, I don't know, I had training that time anyway. I just, simply didn't think of weapons.
Anyways, back to the present.
"So… Does the examiner say three, two, one, go, or what…?" I asked as I tilted my head.
I've practiced this a lot of times. The 'tilt my head and act carefree even though you're actually a bit scared'.
Yes, I've mastered it. Definitely.
Masaru suddenly lunged at me without warning, and I jumped to the left to dodge it.
Welp, there's my answer.
He lunged at me again, and I dodged again. I need to think of a way to be able to put him in a position that'll have him surrender.
I dodged again.
One thing I know right now, is he likes to lunge. And I should take that quite literally. I formed a quick plan in my head, though it was a bit dangerous… Meh.
He lunged at me again, and this time, I wasn't planning to dodge. I could hear the screams of alarm from my friends, and I stood in a stance that gives one opening: The left side of my stomach.
As he got nearer, he pulled back his left fist in a way that suggested he was going to punch my face instead, but I saw that his eyes were pointed to my left side.
I watched in seemingly slow motion(Though it's happening in seconds) as he suddenly pulled back his right fist too. He then retracted his left fist and used his right fist to aim at my side.
I took one step to the right and slightly moved my left arm away from my waist, and his right fist ended up between my left side and left arm.
And since he was still moving, I used his speed and momentum to my advantage and pulled on his right arm to increase his speed. As I did so I also moved to the right as to not get hit by him.
He passed by me, and while he was still in my reach, I kicked his back with all my strength to destroy his balance and again, add more speed.
It all appeared in slow motion to me, though in real time, it happened in just a few seconds. Masaru sped past me as I started seeing things real time, and to my joy, he almost fell off the platform.
Almost, at least.
At the last second, he pushed his feet to the ground which left cracks, and he stopped abruptly right before he fell. He almost didn't get to push his feet to the ground though, because the slight pain of the kick slightly distracted him. Yes. Slight.
He turned around once again as he rubbed his back and looked at me. He narrowed his eyes at me as I stood straight.
I looked to my friends' reactions and saw that their faces were of awe and surprise. Killua's, just surprise.
What? How dare he not be amazed by my show of skill?!
I suddenly heard a crack from Masaru, which turned my attention to him. I snapped my head back to him (That actually hurt…) and saw that he had cracked his knuckles while smirking.
"Not bad little girl." He commented and lunged at me once again.
You know what? I'm tired. I'll just make up things on the way.
He then jumped up which I honestly wasn't expecting, (What? He keeps on doing straightforward attacks, don't blame me!) and aimed a kick to my cheek. I also wasn't ready for the kick since he cracked his fists, which suggests he was going to send a punch, but oh well.
I raised my arms and caught his foot before it made contact with my cheek, and once again, pulled him back. He sped past me above me and hit the ground behind me. I then sent a Capoeira kick to his back with all my strength since honestly, I don't have that much and all my strength barely hurts him.
He grunted in pain at the kick, but didn't show any other reaction.
What the hell? What is he, a steel pole? At least he didn't hurt my leg like that steel pole did.
The man quickly stood up and I jumped back as the man growled. He looked at me and glared at me. He lunged at me again, though this was awfully faster than the other lunges. Oh, he's getting serious.
I'm dead.
I dodged to the right and kicked his back once again, since I'm seriously out of ideas, though it didn't do anything. He sharply turned to me and quickly sent a punch to my face, though I moved my head, barely dodging it.
Though sadly, his arm caught some of my hair.
He pulled me up using my hair, and sent a punch to my face that I couldn't dodge.
Smack.
My face bruised.
Smack.
My nose bled. Wow, he's angry.
Smack.
I have a black eye. He's really angry.
Smack.
A vein popped on my head.
Smack.
I kicked my leg up.
Smack. Thud.
I fell down on the floor in a sitting position as he instinctually covered his lower part with his hands. Oh and, that smack before the thud was actually my kick hitting his lower part. He groaned in pain as he grit his teeth.
What?! Don't look like that! You punched me several times in the face, ruined my face, and I have a poker face!
I kicked his hand along with his crotch again. He let out a slight, quick squeak.
"HOORAY FOR CHEATING!" I exclaimed with a smirk and devastatingly dangerous eyes that just screamed 'I'm gonna do that again and again till you die!'
He fell down to the floor holding his lower part. His expression kept on changing; Pain, shock, anger, dread(when he saw my eyes) and acceptance.
Not really, the acceptance- it was just him closing his eyes. He probably thinks I'm gonna kick it again. Maybe, maybe not.
I pushed him down to the floor using my leg and glared at him. "You ruined my face. My oh so beautiful face…" All the people in the room sweat dropped. Yes, including the prisoners. And excluding this man below me.
"Now, do you want me to do the same to you? Only… the one that'll get ruined is a certain part of a man's body that one cherishes. Blink if you do, and say 'I give up' if you don't." I said with a crazed grin.
I'm a sadist? No! I'm just acting to be like one in order to scare this man who is currently cowering in fear, trembling. Dayum, I must be scary right now. And yes, I said 'blink if you do' so that if he blinks I'll kick him one more time in the lower part.
HE HAS NO CHOICE! Either stop blinking and hurt his eyes, or surrender.
Or, if he really wants to do it, blink and experience real pain.
He whimpered and his eyes threatened to close. After a few seconds he recovered a bit, but I kicked his lower part again.
"Don't move."
I am a real cheater. A real cheater I say! The males in the room winced at the sight before them. Any male would do so. No male wants their comrade to experience this.
I think. What? I'm not a male.
Struggling for a few seconds, he finally gave in. "I-I surrender…" Masaru whimpered out reluctantly as I released him and two paths slid out, one to my friends' platform and one to the prisoners platform.
I walked crossed the path to the platform my friends were in with a smug grin as Masaru limped across the path to his platform.
When I stepped foot onto the platform, they all stared at me and backed away.
"What? It's not like I'm a sadist nor am I gonna do that to you guys!" I said as I pouted. And glared at them.
"I think you clearly you clearly showed you're a sadist." Killua commented as he narrowed his eyes at me. I sweat dropped.
"What? No. That was just an act, you idiot." I retorted. I know he's teasing me, but really? Don't rub it in my face that I acted as a sadist.
"I know. I'm just rubbing it in your face that you acted as a sadist."
…Why does he keep on jinxing me? First the part where I answered his question with a question, and now this…
"Urusai.(Shut up.)" I snapped at him as he slightly snickered.
"Yumi, are you sure we're safe near you?" Leorio asked me as he looked at me cautiously.
I facepalmed. No, really, I slammed my palm to my face. Wait, it hurt. I looked at Leorio.
I had eyes that said; 'Do you really want me to answer that?'
Leorio just shook his head. Wow! Apparently, he understood.
A few minutes later, the boys got over it (Though Gon wasn't really that affected, he was just forced to back away from me) and we were in the room we had to spend the fifty hours in.
Because of a certain perverted old-looking teenager.
And right now, I'm smacking him across the head again and again.
"A-ah, Yumi, don't you think that's enough…?" Gon said with a nervous smile that clearly said 'I know I'm threading on thin ice…'
"No." I retorted without missing a beat. In front of me, Leorio grunted again and again in synch with my smacks.
"Yu-mi-will-you-have-mer-cy-on-me-and-stop-sma-cking-me-a-cross-the-head?!" He said in between his grunts and my smacks.
"No, and don't call me by my name you perverted old man. You. You money grubbing perverted old man." I said the last part with venom laced on every word.
Leorio just whimpered.
Killua snorted behind me as he watched me smack Leorio, while Gon just sweatdropped.
I eventually stopped smacking him across the head since my arm got tired.
"Thee hath escaped death from my hand of doom. Thee shalt not get a second chance when thou repeats thy actions." I said in old English.
They just sweatdropped. And wow, even Tompa and Kurapika sweatdropped. Now that's an achievement.
After that, since now was the perfect time to do so, we tested Killua's skateboard.
I stepped on the skateboard and skated around the small room.
"Oi, be careful, you might hit stuff. You're going too fast." Killua commented as I put in more speed. I snickered which didn't go unnoticed by Killua and Gon.
"What's funny, Yumi?" Gon asked innocently as he tilted his head. Killua raised his eyebrow at me too.
"Oh nothing~ It's just… this!" I exclaimed the last part right as I jumped and crouched while holding my skateboard to my feet. I then quickly slammed Leorio's hand while he was sleeping which woke him abruptly and quickly put my skateboard back on my feet as I fell down again.
I landed successfully, and my plan also went successfully.
Killua snickered, while Gon smiled nervously because of Leorio's upcoming reaction. Kurapika slightly smiled at my antics, though it was just a ghost of a smile.
"Oi! What the hell Yumi?! That hurt!" Leorio exclaimed as he glared at me.
"La la la, la la la la~" I sing-songed as I hopped off the skateboard and skipped to the two boys.
"Make sure you didn't make a dent on my skateboard." Killua commented after his snickering subsided.
"Don't worry, Leorio's hands are too weak to break your skateboard." I retorted as I handed Gon the skateboard.
Gon sweatdropped at me as he accepted the skateboard. We then watched him as he attempted to do the trick Killua did at the first exam.
Keyword: Attempted.
The skateboard flew off and hit the wall right beside Leorio's head, barely missing his head by inches.
"Oi! Don't skateboard in such a small room!" Leorio snapped as a vein popped on his head. "You almost killed me! Tsch! You two…"
"Ehe, Gomen(Sorry) Leorio-san!" Gon apologized as he rubbed the back of his head. Oh, that reminds me, my face is back to its beautiful normality now!
In the end we just settled on sitting at the couch, talking about random things.
"Ne, Killua, you said you'll be my trainer. How will you train me? You haven't trained me so far." I asked him as I pouted. Killua just blinked.
"Eh? What do you mean Yumi?" Gon asked as he stared at us curiously.
"Well, you see, he wanted another egg in the second phase since it was oh so tasty and he was oh so hungry, and because I was feeling generous at the moment, I gave him an egg and offered that he'll even get the honor to train me. He accepted, feeling grateful and praised me and then called me 'Yumi-sama'!"
…Wow, what a speech.
"Eh? Really?" Gon asked as he looked between me and Killua.
And he's gullible. Oh and, did I mention they were all staring at us now?
"What?! That wasn't what happened! You said you'll give it to me only with a trade so I suggested training you because you're oh so weak!" He retorted, copying some of my lines. And have I said his face was red?
"Killua, your face is red. Why, are you blushing because I have revealed the truth that you oh so like me?" I retorted back as I held back snickers.
"What?! No! My face is red of anger you baka!" Killua snapped at me as he blushed more furiously and grit his teeth.
"Or, oh, maybe you're oh so embarrassed that your face is reddening?!" I kept up my barrage of teasing lines as my snickering evolved to full blown laughter.
"Ne, which one of you are actually saying the truth?" Gon asked as he tilted his head. I abruptly stopped laughing and Killua abruptly stopped blushing.
"Me!" Killua and I shouted at the same time. Because of this, we glared at each other and literal sparks can be seen between our eyes.
"Ne, do you like each other?"
…
What the hell?
Who said that?
Who asked that?
What kind of question is that?
WHO CAME TO THE CONCLUSION?!
I turned to where I heard the sound from and so did everyone in the room. Including Kurapika.
It was Gon. He dun be goofed.
"Eh? What? It's just that you keep on arguing and someone said that the more you argue and tease and act like you're mean to someone, the more you like that someone!" Gon said with a smile. I stuttered and Killua blushed as he grit his teeth.
He keeps on gritting his teeth.
"NO!" Killua and I shouted at the same time as we both went to the floor as we attempted to get away from eachother.
Oops.
I sat on the couch again first and blocked Killua from coming back with my leg.
"You. Floor. Me, couch." I said as an evil aura radiated from me. Killua glared at me and sat back down on the floor reluctantly.
I sat on the couch in a more comfortable way and contentedly sighed. Now, time for sleep~
And time to ignore that random, out of the blue- or rather, green question. Yes. I know. That was a horrible pun.
-o-
I watched as Gon handed Killua the fishing rod. Today, there was still twenty six hours left. Sigh, that's oh so long.
I seem to be developing a habit of saying 'oh so'.
Killua swung the fishing rod and the hook ended up past Leorio's pants.
"Ha! You missed!" I exclaimed as I watch Killua raise his eyebrow at me.
"Just watch." Was all his reply and he pulled back the fishing rod. The hook caught Leorio's pants as Leorio shouted in surprise. My face took on an expression of amusement.
"What?! I'm not a fish!" Leorio shouted at us in rage as Gon giggled(I'm surprised he'd giggle at someone's suffering!) cutely and I snickered. Killua was snickering too.
I eventually took it from Killua and got the hook back since I wanted to try it too.
"Oi! You still haven't let Gon use your camera!" Killua exclaimed at me as he pouted. "I already let him use my skateboard."
"Ah… I can try it after Yumi tries my fishing rod!" Gon sided with me as I took on a smug face. Killua just huffed.
"Fine."
I swung the fishing rod around to get used to the feeling of my hand holding it, and started looking around to aim on something.
My eyes settled on the book Kurapika was reading.
Killua and Gon looked to where I was looking and their eyes widened.
"Yumi. You don't wanna disturb Kurapika's reading." Killua whispered to me, warning me. Wow, seeing he reacted to It Kurapika probably rages about his books huh? I saw Gon nod in agreement with Killua.
"I wasn't planning to do that anyway. The moment I came up with the idea I discarded it." I retorted as I scanned the room for any more possible victims.
"Does that mean your ideas are so horrible you keep on discarding them on the spot?" Killua asked me in a tone that just said; 'I'm provoking you and you're gonna take the bait.'
Sadly, I wasn't going to comply.
"Mhm."
Killua stared at me. Gon also stared at me. They stared more. What?
"Is there something on my face?" I asked the two of them with glares. Gon shook his head rapidly and Killua raised his eyebrow.
"No, it's just that we weren't expecting you to accept it like that." Gon answered me. Well, that was exactly what I was aiming for.
Oh, wait, no. No pun intended. Since, you know, I'm holding a fishing rod and…
You get the point.
My gaze finally settled on Tompa. I wonder… What can I do to irate this lying round-stomached box-nosed rookie crusher that conveniently went on the same path as us?
Hm…
Rip his nose off?
No. That'll kill him of blood loss. And as much as I'd like the act of killing him, I'm not a murderer.
Okay… Take his sock of-
NO! WHY DID YOU EVEN THINK OF THAT?! Stupid brain! If we do that, I'd get the hook of Gon's fishing rod stinky and then his stinky foot will have no more cover and therefore the room will stink more because his foot is exposed! Not to mention we'll bring the sock to us and we'll smell the sock more!
You're right. I actually agree with you that I'm stupid now. I also question my sanity on why I thought of that.
Yes, yes, we can finally agree on something.
Nod, nod. Next suggestion: do something like what Killua did, only on his sleeve. And actually drag him around the room.
…Good idea.
I swung the fishing rod in Tompa's direction who was in a half-asleep state, therefore he didn't notice. It landed just a few inches past the sleeve.
"Heh? You're copying me?" Killua asked me as he snorted. Gon just tilted his head.
"No."
Killua just raised his eyebrow at my response. I motioned my head to Tompa as I caught on to his sleeve. He was abruptly waken from his slumber, and I dragged him across the floor. Tompa's eyes widened at what I was doing.
"Ne Yumi, that's a bit mean…" Gon commented as he looked at the ugly-faced man. Killua looked at us in amusement.
"Mean? No. He's meaner." I retorted in a tone that basically said; 'I'm getting revenge, don't stop me or else I'll pout.'
Yes. That's the meaning of my tone. Though I don't think Gon understood…
I swung my rod to the left which only dragged Tompa to the left because of his weight, then to the right.
Then up, then down, then back, then forward, then right again, then left, and I finally threw him back one last time.
He grunted in pain as he rubbed his back.
Ha! Good for you, you… you lying, box-nosed, round stomached, rookie crusher!
I swung the fishing rod up so that I can detach the hook from him, and it went successfully. I swung the fis- okay, you know what? Fishing rod is long so I'll just call it rod.
I swung the rod back to get the hook back. I handed the fishing rod to Gon as he smiled at me cheerfully.
Now, I'm bored, what should I do?
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I let my back fall to the couch's backrest with a 'plomp' as I sighed with eyes that said;
'I'm bored. I'm irritated. Entertain me.'
I've been speaking using eyes a lot today.
-o-
I looked at the cup of milk as Gon drank it. We were sent some food by the examiners three times a day so that we don't die of hunger.
This time Gon had a cup of milk.
I stared at the cup of milk as it brought bad memories.
Bad memories that made me who I am… now.
Someone, who has tasted soap.
Oh and, did I mention there was a bathroom somewhere here? That's completely unrelated? Okay then.
But, you know, Gon just came from a bath.
I stared intently as Gon put back the cup on the table. He licked his lips and soon no more milk showed. He saw something white on his hands, so he reached up his hands to lick it, thinking it was milk.
I stopped his hands.
"No. Gon. It might be soap."
Kurapika, Leorio, Killua, Gon, and even Tompa stared at me weirdly.
"Eh? Why do you think so?" Gon asked me as he tilted his head. Before I could answer however, Killua interrupted.
"That's a low chance."
"Low chance or not, it still has a chance! Gon recently came from a bath, and this might be some soap." I retorted as I glared at Killua.
I touched the white spot only to see that it was milk.
"Alright. It's milk. You may lick it." I said as I let go of his arm and wiped my finger on my leggings. I went back to eating as if nothing weird had just happened.
"Ah… You know I can't really lick it anymore since you touched it… ehe…" Gon said with a nervous smile.
I facepalmed. Of course. How can I be so stupid?
Killua snorted as he looked at us. "How come you're so paranoid about milk and soap?" He asked, but before I could answer, "Is this another experience of yours?" Killua added as he snickered.
"Yep."
They all stared at me.
"Did you tell Leorio and Kurapika or Gon of the steel pole accident?" I asked him as I tilted my head. Since they all stared at me, I thought that maybe they knew of the steel bar accident and are looking at me weirdly because I seem to experience lots of weird accidents.
"I only told Gon, but then he told it to Leorio and Kurapika." Killua answered as he glanced at Gon with a raised eyebrow.
"You will not say to anyone else about any word of it. Nothing. Nada. Zilch." I said in a venomous tone as I narrowed my eyes at the two. Kurapika nodded indifferently(which I was slightly sad about since he didn't react) and Leorio nodded while gulping(yay!).
"So what happened this time?" Killua asked while smirking.
He was obviously trying to make me say an embarrassing moment of my life in front of everyone here.
Including Tompa.
I stared at Tompa. He raised his eyebrow. My stare deepened. His eyebrows furrowed.
I growled.
He scrambled away and covered his head with pillows.
I sighed and motioned the group to come closer. Why was I even agreeing to tell it?
Because you wanna see their reactions.
Maybe. Especially Kurapika.
Anyway, I should start talking. They moved closer and I started telling why I become paranoid about soap and milk. Wow, that actually sounded like a ridiculous sentence.
Ahem, anyway, again,
"I once licked something white on my hand thinking it was milk, and then… I tasted soap." I said quietly with my head down, a shadow covering my head.
They all sweatdropped.
"Well, that was not dramatic." Killua commented as he snorted.
"What? You want it to be dramatic? I made it not dramatic so that you won't get excited or anything. Deal with it." I retorted as I glared at him.
"But it's a reasonable reason to taste soap, I guess…" Kurapika commented with an amused face. I froze.
"This is the first time I ever heard you say such a ridiculous line." I commented on his comment(I did that on purpose!) as I snickered. Kurapika, saying something nonsense? That's…
That's just priceless.
Kurapika sighed as he started reading once again.
-o-
I looked at the digital clock above the door.
One minute.
This is one awfully long minute.
"This is the longest minute I've ever experienced in my life!" Leorio exclaimed as he sighed. Are you a mind reader, Leorio? Kurapika sighed in acknowledgement.
'00:00:01'
The door opened, and immediately, Gon ran out, exclaiming in joy while he did so.
Cute.
The others ran after him, and seriously? I just woke up right now and I can't run… Why do you have to force me to run?
I ran after them, and we kept on making choices again. After making ten choices or so, we realized we kept on going on circles.
"Baka!(Idiot!) This was why we should've gone the other way!" Leorio exclaimed.
"You're the one who suggested we go this way, Leorio." Kurapika commented in an indifferent tone. Nod nod.
"Tsch!"
We encountered more and more rooms like this, and at a path we had to walk through a floor with tiles that glow and fall whenever you stepped on them, and I actually reached the other side in a matter of seconds because I'm crazy awesome!
You were just scared to fall.
Shut up. And in another room, we had to run away from a rolling boulder.
Which I… really despised. Since, you know, not much stamina. And the faster I go the faster my stamina fades…
And in the end, since I was about to die courtesy of the rolling boulder, I begged someone(And I keep on cringing even to this hour…) to carry me. But since Killua was the nearest that time, he smirked smugly and carried me.
And he kept on teasing me dammit.
But anyway, in the end, we ended up in a room with brick walls. Beside the door we came from were weapons, ranging from axes, spears, swords, etc.
Then beside those weapons were three soft… I don't know, three soft tall rugs plastered to the wall with a seat belt?
What the hell are those?
Oh and the only door in the room was the one we came from, which was locked.
"This will be your second to last choice that has to be made. Press X to proceed, and press O to stay."
The speaker buzzed, snapping me out of my thoughts. I pressed the X on my watch. How do I have a watch you ask? This is the watch that I got in my path, but Lip-san says it's useable here too. Good good. No one likes to waste watches.
Oh and, did he intentionally make that slight rhyme? (I definitely didn't intentionally make that rhyme lol. I just noticed. xD: Made, stay.)
I looked up at the results to see if Tompa had pressed O again to piss us off. He'd been doing that for a while.
X: 5 O: 1
Yep. He did. Tompa dun be goofed. By who? By the great Leorio-san of course!
I watched the two as Leorio marched off to Tompa.
"That's the last line!" Leorio exclaimed as he grabbed Tompa by his shirt's collar and lifted him up. Tompa grit his teeth and furrowed his eyebrows.
"It wasn't me!" Tompa shouted back at Leorio. Liar.
Leorio was about to retort but Gon's voice interrupted him.
"Ano…(Um…) Leorio-san?" Gon asked in a low voice as to not provoke Leorio any further.
"Yeah?!"
NO! Don't you dare shout at Gon!
"It was me…"
…
What?
No.
I refuse to believe such a ridiculous accusation.
This is impossible. Why Gon? Why? I trusted you. You're the person I most trusted in this group. No offense to the other three.
And by 'this group' I meant Leorio, Kurapika, Gon and Killua. Tompa not included. That lying round-stomached box-nosed rookie crusher has negative 100% of my trust.
Note the negative.
"What?!"
Oi! Leorio, I said don't shout at Gon… wait. I didn't say it. I mean, I thought don't shout at Gon you perverted old man.
We all stared at Gon. I'm sure there's a reason he did it. Nod, nod.
"Ehe, I accidentally pressed the O button because my finger slip. Gome.(Sorry.)" Gon explained as he rubbed the back of his head. See? I definitely knew he had a reason.
"Ah, is that so?" Leorio said in an indifferent tone as he dropped Tompa and started to walk back to us.
"Hey! You have to apologize first!" Tompa exclaimed as he glared at Leorio. For what, pray tell, does he exactly have to apologize for?
"For what?!" Exactly.
"You accused me without a second thought!" Tompa shouted back as he growled. Wait, a pig growling? Let me imagine that.
Wait, no, nevermind. I'm never gonna think of that again. It just made me imagine one of those huge pigs at the second phase, growling.
And a gigantic carnivorous pig that I can't carry at all, growling at me, is not a pleasant sight.
"Well it's your fault that I don't trust you anymore!" Leorio retorted. Man, these two people's voices were loud.
I looked around the room to see if there was a door that I missed, but I instead saw the wall opposite the wall the door was lifting. It made a quiet noise, but it was barely audible because of the two people's shouting.
After the wall fully lifted, the two quieted down as we looked at two doors. Between them was some sort of woman… with wings? I don't know.
"Press O to proceed to the long path. It can take all six of you, but it takes forty-five hours to get down. Press X to proceed to the short path. It takes a minute to get down, but can only take three of you. This will be the last choice you will all make. If you choose the short path, three people need to be secured to the wall beside the weapons before the door opens. Those three people will stay there until this phase ends."
Lip-san said again. Seriously? Ugh. I'm fine with taking the short path with any of the three, but that's kinda lonely. And being locked in here for forty five minutes doesn't sound pleasant… for any of us.
Except Tompa. I'd love to lock him up here for forty five minutes.
"I'm going to choose the short path. But I'm going to make sure I'm gonna be one of the three people going down." Leorio broke the silence with eyes full of determination. Well isn't he energetic.
"Isn't that quite shameful? You're the reason we can't take the long path you know. So shouldn't you be one of the other three that should be left behind?" Tompa provoked/taunted as he glared at Leorio. Leorio growled, and he was about to retort but he was interrupted by Gon.
"But we all got here together, I also want us to get out of here together! I'm willing to take the risk of the long path!" Gon exclaimed with gusto. Cute. Cute, cute, cute!
"But Gon, we don't have enough time. You can't even call that a risk anymore." Kurapika informed as if Gon didn't know we didn't have enough time. But what he said was true, though… Kurapika, I mean.
"Well, you, Leorio, and Tompa already decided what their choices are. What about you Killua, Yumi?" Gon asked as he turned to Killua then to me. Um…
I want to go for the reasonable path- the short path, but… I don't wanna disagree with cute lil' Gon… it's just… I can't…
"I'm taking the short path. But I'm gonna make sure Me, Gon, and Yumi are the ones to pass." Killua said as he sharpened his claws-
Wait, what?
Why me too?
I blinked. Gon then turned to me. I tried to answer but only stuttered out a non-understandable response as I was still quite surprised that I was included.
Well, now that I think about it, we three are the ones who spend time the most anyway, so it's only reasonable, right?
"Eto…(Er…)"
By now the whole group was looking at me. Plus Tompa. Why? Why do you have to direct all the attention to me, Gon?!
"Um."
I said again. By now I'm probably irritating them.
"What's your choice, Yumi?!" Leorio said as he growled. I flinched.
"Um. Either? Both?" I said with a nervous smile. They all facepalmed. What? I choose both because I want to choose the reasonable path, and I want to agree with Gon. I'm so smart, no?
No.
I hate you. I'm asking myself, not you.
Why are you asking yourself if you already know the answer?
No reason.
Sigh.
I ignored my stupid brain(when is it gonna disappear?! Ugh!) and focused on the other's reactions more. I then realized Tompa had thrown an axe that cut off a string of my hair, a few inches from cutting my face. It buried into the brick wall beside me as it passed me.
What. The. Hell.
I turned to Tompa with a glare. He was holding another weapon.
"Oi! That's cheating! We haven't decided what path to take yet!" Leorio exclaimed as he growled and glared at Tompa.
"I don't want to fight, but if it's the only way, then I shall." Kurapika said as he drew out his wooden sword thingies. Aw, you too?
I saw Killua from the corner of my eyes stand in front of Gon with his claws extended. Gon was just sitting down with his pointing and thumb finger on his chin. What was he thinking about?
And dayum, I realized I was near the middle of the room- practically the middle of the battle ground. I yelped and jumped to wall Gon and Killua was in as Tompa threw another weapon. What the hell?
I watched as the room turned into a war room. Sigh.
I sat down beside Gon where he was magically protected (see: Not getting hit by any weapons) as I observed the room. Tompa throwing axes… Kurapika… Killua, who wasn't really fighting, only protectively standing in front of Gon… Leorio… Weapons breaking the walls…
One.
Two.
Three.
"Wait, what?" I whispered under my breath, barely audible. I looked at the weapon embedded into the wall with wide eyes. But since it was still a bit audible, Killua and Gon(I swear they're superhuman) heard me.
Killua looked at me curiously as Gon turned to me and tilted his head.
"The walls are getting broken by the weapons, doesn't that mean…?" I said to the two.
Continuation: we can choose the long path but break the wall separating us from the short path, and take the short path instead?
…Highly likely.
I'M A GENIUS!
"Ah, Yumi, were you thinking what I'm thinking?" Gon asked me with a wide grin. I turned to him with a grin of my own.
Yay! We can get out with every-
Oh no. I'm getting infected by Gon's cuteness. I'm starting to say yay too…
"What're you two talking about?" Killua said as he looked at us with calculating eyes.
I nodded to Gon to answer his question and motioned to Gon to explain it to Killua
"Yumi, can you somehow get them to stop? Then I'll say what we thought of to everyone." Gon said as he grinned at me then to Killua.
I nodded in response and stood up. Gon also stood up and stood next to Killua (dangit, stood is getting repetitive) to watch how I distract them.
"I'll do this in five seconds flat." I said to the two as Killua nodded curiously and Gon nodded cheerfully.
Okay, here goes…
One.
I walked to the weapons.
Two.
I took two weapons.
Three.
I turned around to the three people that were battling in the room and aimed the weapons.
Four.
I threw them..
Five.
Each weapon whizzed past the three's heads, inches away from hitting their faces and taking off their faces for good. The weapons hit the wall and embedded into it, and they all stopped in their tracks.
They looked at me with bewildered faces as I had almost killed them purposely. I smirked.
Plan successful~
"Chop chop, listen up. Gon and I have a plan to get out of this place in five minutes, with all of us, so put your weapons away or else I'll do it again, only this time I won't miss." I said to them and made sure that my tone was that of a sadist's.
Leorio and Tompa dropped their weapons and raised their hands in the air. They gulped. Kurapika just put his swords on his back again, and also raised his hands. Without gulping though.
I'm really good at acting like a sadist nowadays.
I looked at Killua next. He raised his eyebrow.
I glared.
He retracted his nails with a grin.
I sighed and motioned Gon to start talking.
"Well, you see…"
-o-
I groaned in frustration. Why was I sitting here doing nothing again while the guys are breaking the wall?
Oh, right.
Leorio said… 'Ah, you're the only girl here, so you should stay and rest for a bit.'
But they were obviously afraid that I might chop them to death using the axes because of my earlier show. I really need to stop acting like a sadist.
Wait.
I can use the sadist acting to my advantage…
Hm. But that'll make them more scare-
Oh! I shall use my puppy eyes. It worked on that chef at the airship right? Let's just hope that it'll work on Leorio now.
I walked up to them as they were swinging their axes. Then I walked to Leorio.
"Leorio-san~?" I singsonged. Leorio froze in mid swing and turned to look at me with a nervous smile.
"Can you please let me help?" I asked with a pout and puppy eyes. Leorio stuttered and scratched the back of his neck.
"O-okay, fine." Leorio said as he sighed. "Get an axe for yourself…" Leorio murmured as he returned to swinging his axe at the wall.
Wow. My puppy eyes were actually that effective? I should've used it more in the past… Then I probably wouldn't have had to steal back then since they'll give me stuff on their own will.
Well, technically. But it'd be more like me mind controlling them.
But anyway, my puppy eyes weren't this good in the past, so meh. I grabbed and axe and walked back to the group. I stood behind them as I eyed the wall.
Crack.
I watched the wall to make sure that when I hit it, it'll break instantly because it's weak. So that It'll make me look really strong…
Crack.
Still not yet.
Crack.
Still not yet! Ugh!
Crack.
Nooo. NO. I hate this.
Crack.
"What the hell? You know what? Nevermind. I don't care." I said loudly and they all turned to look at me. I raised my axe and swung it at the wall.
Crack. Crack, crack, crack crack. Crash.
Wow. I made it to the last hit. My calculations were wrong? That's rare.
Or maybe I'm just really strong when I'm angry. Heehee~
"Wow Yumi! You're strong!" Gon praised as he grinned at me. I smiled sheepishly at him.
I stepped into the room and ended up sliding on my face.
Oh. My. God.
I shrieked, and I heard the boys step into the slide too. I heard a series of yelps and shouts. But mine was the loudest.
After a few minutes of agonizing pain on my face, I heard a door open and I slid face first on the floor.
"Yumi, applicant #406 is the twentieth to pass."
I heard a speaker say. Wow. I passed in the most embarrassing way possible.
"Kurapika, applicant #404 is the twenty-first to pass. Killua, applicant #406 is the twenty-second to pass. Gon, applicant #405 is the twenty-third to pass. Total time: seventy one hours and fifty nine minutes."
I then heard a bunch of grunting.
"Leorio, applicant #403 is the twenty-fourth to pass. Tompa, applicant #16 is the twenty-fifth to pass. Total time: seventy one hours and fifty nine minutes."
I sat up as I looked around. All the people were staring at us. Me, to be specific.
"This is the second time my face was ruined today. And I don't like it." I said in monotone with a monotonous face.
Apparently, it was heard by everyone in the room.
I saw them all look at me weirdly, and I heard Killua snicker behind me. I stood up, brushed my clothes, and rid my face of any dust and dirt that still clung to it. I turned around and glared at Killua my signature glare;
'Venom words mixed with killing glares.'
"I dare you to produce another sound from your lungs right now and I will turn your lungs inside out and rip out your mouth and make your beautiful face the most ugliest one in the world." I threatened as he freezed.
He then blushed. Leorio snickered, Gon grinned the not so usual Gon way, he grinned SLIGHTLY EVILLY! What?! And Kurapika smiled slightly too.
I tilted my head.
"What's so funny? And why are you blushing?" I asked the three before I asked Killua the last question. Killua stuttered, crossed his arms and looked away. What?
"Yumi, you just called Killua's face beautiful. Is there something going on between you two?" Leorio said in a teasing tone.
…
"His face is not beautiful. No, there's nothing going on between us."
"So what? My face really is beautiful. And no, it's impossible for me to get together with someone as ugly and as flat-chested as her."
…What? Did he just… The others' eyes widened. I swear I could almost see everyone else in the room's eyes widen too.
"Did you just…" I started as I put on an annoyed poker face.
"Yes. I just did."
"I hate you."
"I bask in your hate."
I grunted in frustration. Copy-cat.
A/N: HUEHUEHUEHUHEE! Yus. I just did. And yes, she is lol. XDDD. It amazes me Killua can be so casual about that lol. Though I technically made him do it LAWL! And wow, fast update you say? Well, that was because I was really motivated from the reviews and follows and faves and everything :'D And because of the comments about the cliffies xD Anyways, Yay! Tomorrow the fourth phase is gunna start~ . I ish excited. And what's this? Gon is becoming evil?! Nah, he's just interested lawl.
And wow, the milk soap incident, it actually happened to me lol. I actually did once lick something white on my hand thinking it was milk and ended up tasting soap xD But nah, I never kicked a steel pole LOL. I'd never be stupid enough to do that xD
Oh and…
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