Killua manages to wake some time later while I'm carrying him on our journey.

Killua groans "What... happened...?"

I smile before responding "You were gambling non-stop, Biscuit knocked you out and I've been carrying you..."

I whisper the next bit "While you drool all over my shoulder, hugging and thinking that I'm some kind of pillow..."

Killua pushes back suddenly, making me almost drop him "Why aren't you carrying me over your shoulders like a normal person?"

I pull Killua back in before replying "Two reasons! One, I have a 150 centimetre sword slung over my back. Two, my mask is in my hoody and it would've dug into my back..."

I whisper the next part to Killua "Three, I just wanted to carry you like this because I got to hug you. And unconsciously, you wanted to do the same seeing as you wrapped your arms around me at some point."

Killua goes bright red as I put him down "Can you move?"

Killua nods, getting up to walk "Of course! Biscuit didn't paralysed me!"

I nod "I know... it's just that chop really knocked you out."

Biscuit comes in smiling "Oh, sleeping beauty is up?"

I nod "Yeah, Killua is finally up after you knocked him out cold..."

Biscuit respond "He was gambling his life way... literary!"

I retort "Well... I can't argue with that."

Killua retorts "You could have went easy on that chop!"

Biscuit responds "Oh come on, I didn't even hit you that hard..."

I interject "Hold on! Knocking out Killua for more than 1 hour wasn't nice."

Killua nods furiously as Biscuit retorts slyly "Didn't think a hit like that would knock him out for so long..."

I respond smugly "It just goes to show how weak you are..."

Biscuit lifts a fist "Weak...?"

I nod "Knocking him out for 10 minutes would have been enough..."

Biscuit nods "10 minutes would indeed be enough."

Killua looks between us "Are you tag teaming me?"

I retort "Wouldn't dream of it! I just saying Biscuit's chop was weak, seeing as it knocked you out for so long."

Biscuit lifts her fist again as I continue "Anyway, I'm glad to see your awake."

Killua nods slightly as I turn to Biscuit "We should rest up for the night."

Biscuit nods "Gon is already out cold, I thought I might check up on Killua to see if his awake." I smile "Well Killua's up."

Biscuit nods "I can see that, I'll leave you love birds alone..."

Biscuit walks away laughing, as I turn to Killua "Are you fine?"

Killua nods "I'm ok... But first!"

I shoot a questionable look "Shoot!" Killua glares "Did anyone see you holding me?"

I sit down, resting my back against a rock "Half of Doria... why?"

Killua whines as he sits beside me "You-"

I put my finger over Killua's mouth "I don't want to hear how embarrassed you were!... Besides, I was carrying a large sword, they wouldn't dream of bagging you or think questionable of it."

Killua blushes as I smile at him "I enjoyed carrying you. Especially when you wrapped your arms around me... it was nice."

Killua blushes as he rests his head on my shoulder "I'm going to die of embarrassment..."

I wrap an arm around Killua, pulling him in for a kiss. As he hugs me, we kiss for a bit.

I pull back, looking at Killua blushing madly.

Killua snuggles his head into my chest "It's been a while since we've done this..."

"Almost a week..." I hug Killua tightly as we fall asleep togther for the night.

The next day

We bolt through the game collecting all types of cards.

Gon smiles, announcing to the whole group "Yes! Halfway there!"

Killua responds with a massive grin "That makes fifty types!"

I grin "We doing it in less time than what the others planned for. I say... Progress..."

Killua nods, walking off as we join him.

Gon speaks up "Hey, Killua... Something's been bugging me."

Killua responds confused "Huh?"

Gon speaks up "Aren't there hundreds of players? Isn't it weird that we've been able to turn all our items into cards?"

Biscuit responds confused "What you mean?"

Gon turns to Biscuit, speaking to her "Even B-rank restricted slot types have a thirty-card limit. The players here before us should have already collected them."

Killua responds "That's true. But you can also see it this way. Fewer than thirty teams in this game are capable of making real progress."

Gon responds "Oh, I see."

I nod "Also the fact that if you are in teams, not everyone needs to have the same card. Although, you can hoard them to stop others from being able to collect them."

Killua nods "Also most players aren't worried about getting restricted slot cards. They're just struggling to find a way out of the game."

I smile "Even though there's the port you can leave from... Also the Leave cards..."

Gon nods 'It would suck if you got to Masadora, and there weren't any Leave cards."

I nod "That would..."

I turn around suddenly "SUCK! That's a brilliant plan Gon!"

Gon freaks out "Eh? What?"

Killua blinks in confusion for a moment, realising what I'm talking about soon after "I get it!..."

Gon and Biscuit looks confused between us "Huh?"

As I smile evilly, Killua speaks for the both of us "If you guys got to Masadora, but there weren't any Leave cards, What would you do?"

Biscuit responds "I'd save money until a Leave showed up."

Gon nods "Yeah."

I respond "Think of it this way, what if one never showed up?"

Killua nods "What if you acquired a super rare spell card while waiting?"

Gon replies "Sell it and buy more spell cards until a Leave came in."

Biscuit retorts "REALLY?! I would save it!... Wouldn't it suck if all the cards you brought ended up being worthless?"

Killua and I grin at each other, smiling as Biscuits gets on the same page as us "If you save it, you might be able to trade for a Leave-"

As Biscuit and Gon realise, I clap my hands together "Bingo!"

Killua smiles "See?"

I smile "I say we buy up all the leave cards, and trade them!"

We bolt to Masadora before anyone could realise our plans.

We see a line out of the spell shop as we get our first potential trader.

The man sighs outside the store as Gon calls him over "Need a Leave?"

The man looks over to us, as Gon continues "Want to go back to the real world?"

We hit up as many players as possible trading with as many as we can.

Gon speaks up "We've gotten four restricted slot cards for three Leaves."

I smile "Okay, that sets us up at fifty-four types." Everyone exclaims "Score!"

We sit outside Masadorak, lying down as Biscuit sighs "So the cards that wouldn't fit in our binders reverted to items."

Killua sighs "We're running out of free pockets."

I shrug "Well we're going to need to make some room."

Killua nods "Then we should organise them now. We have a total of 180 free pockets between the four of us. We should each leave around 5 pockets free."

I muse "That gives us 160 pockets to work with." Gon nods at the group "You keep the spell cards, Killua."

Killua nods "Bisky should also have a few defensive ones."

Biscuit retorts "Wait! I have to use spell cards? No way! I don't know how they work."

Killua retorts "The hell? Then learn how they work!"

I interject "Killua, you can't teach a dumbass new tricks! I'll look after the defensive cards then."

Biscuit holds up her fist at me as I grin "I have a faster learning capacity then you, Biscuit. Especially when it comes to games!"

Killua nods "Then it's settled, let's move the cards around and organise our books."

Time Skip

I hold out my finger, looking over my cards "Book!"

I un-summon it, waiting for the others to check their cards out.

Killua is the last of the group to check his cards "Book. We're been deliberately avoiding other players, but we'll have to take risks to obtain the rarer cards."

As Gon and I nod, I continue to speak "Yeah. Unfortunately it can't be avoided."

Biscuit interjects "Well, let's get what we can ourselves, then negotiate aggressively with any players we come across. Sounds good?"

I smile, pointing at myself "Leave the aggressive negotiation to me."

The group nods "Yeah!"

We find a gullible person to trade with, as Gon acts trader for this time round. As the man walks away slowly, Gon Objects "Hold on."

The man freaks out as I hold up my hand, just in case he decides to run.

Gon continues "This is worthless. It's a transformed Fake."

The man walks up to Gon, apologising "Sorry about that. I gave you the wrong one. Here's the real one."

I sigh, putting down my hand.

Killua frowns as he looks at the man "Man, you can't lower your guard around any of these guys."

Biscuit nods "No kidding..."

I retort "If he tried to run, I could have easily stopped him."

Biscuit responds "No kidding. Still, that necklace is quite useful."

I nod as we continue on our path while Gon gets an idea "Hey, this necklace can remove curses, right?"

Killua replies "Only from spell cards."

Gon frowns "Oh, so it won't work."

I look at Gon questionably "It depends on what you're thinking..."

Killua continues "Did you have an idea?"

Gon nods "I was wondering if a curse was behind the disease that all those villagers were suffering from."

Killua responds "Villagers?"

I interject "You know Killua, the ones that stripped you of your clothing."

Biscuit remembers "Oh, those people... The ones who also took all your money. But it won't work since they aren't cards."

I cut Biscuit off "That's not entirely true. If they are anything like those guards, it's actually possible."

Killua nods "It's worth a shot."

We make our way back to the village,

Time Skip

Gon speaks up to them "Will you trust us with your lives?"

They cough like crazy as the Village elder speaks up "You freely gave us everything you had. We will trust you!" They turn into cards.

As Gon picks them up, one by one, the card changes while Gon smiles "It worked!"

Gon goes through every card, curing them all.

Time Skip

The Elder hands us a ring "Thank you very much! This treasure has been passed down for generations. Please accept this token of our gratitude."

Gon smiles "Awesome! Lucky Alexandrite! Score!"

I respond "Oh a once in a life time experience..."

I nudge Killua as he retorts "For better or worse!"

I smile "I'm leaning on better!"

Biscuit yells at us "Gosh, you two! Get a room!"

I chuckle as Killua blushes, slapping me across the back of my head.

We leave the village, continuing on our card collection.

Time Skip

Gon's book makes an announcement "Another player has used Contact to reach you."

We instantly recognise the voice belonging to Kazsule "Yo, this is Kazsule. I'd like to talk to you. Could we meet in person?"

I lift an eyebrow at the book "It depends on what?"

Kazsule responds "Some people are close to clearing the game."

We freak lightly "Huh?"

Kazsule continues "It's a team of three, led by someone named Genthru."

Gon growls in response "Genthru!"

I clench my teeth "The Bomber!"

We look at each other as I respond "Sooner or later we are going to have to deal with them."

Gon and Killua nods "Yeah!"

Gon responds "Where are you?" Kazsule gives us his location as we make our way over.