After walking for a fair bit, Monta speaks up "Anyway, you kids are already pros at your age?"

Stick responds "We weren't born with the talent... Talent, talent... Guess I have a Talent for saying Talent, huh?"

Stick laughs as Gon joins in.

Why is everything so funny for this guy?

I turn to Killua, seeing him smile. I smile at him, grabbing his hand.

Killua looks at me,blushing to look away, still smiling. I see Gon peak over before looking back to the group to speak to them.

Thoughts ring in my mind "Gon sure loves to look at us a lot... I hope he doesn't envy us. I'm sure he find his one eventually..."

days pass by as we travelling the roads while we get to know each other.

Kite sighs "It's been days... No, it's been months since it last rained here. The weather is unusual this year. It's possible that this is affecting the wild life in somewhat."

We sitting in the truck, squashed together as I sigh "Fuck it!"

I pick Killua up, placing him on my lap and moving over a bit.

Killua freaks out "Oi, what you doing?"

"I feel like I'm wedged in tight here. Can you just deal with sitting on my lap for the rest of the trip?"

Killua sighs "Fine..."

Stick speaks up "I've been meaning to ask are you together?"

I lift an eyebrow at her "What makes you say that?"

Stick responds "I don't know...? Sorry if I offended you in some way..."

Stick laughs for no reason as Spinner speaks up "Yeah I've noticed that too... are you dating?"

My eyes go wide, staring into Killua's back.

Killua speaks up, saying no chantly "Yeah sure. We're dating... Why you want to know?"

Spinner chuckles "No reason it's just surprising that's all..."

Banana interjects "Aren't you scared of dating a Zoldyck? No offense Killua..." Killua respond "None taken."

I speak up "Surprisingly, NO. I'm not scared. I know I should be... but I don't know. Being around Killua is quite, calming. If I was scared of anyone. It has to be Killua's older brother! He brings the pedobear stare, to a whole new level..."

Killua frowns "Please don't remind me..."

I hold Killua tight, snuggling into him "I'm sorry..." Killua frowns slightly "It's ok."

I peck Killua cheek as Banana screams suddenly "Kyaaa!"

Stick freaks out as the car swerves back and fourth, slowly going back onto a straight path.

Stick turns around "What happened?"

Banana apologises "Sorry... my inner girl activated... I thought it was just extremely cute..."

I breath roughly, after almost having a heart attack "Stick can you turn around? I think I just lost my heart back there..."

Stick objects "Well... please stick to no PDA. I'm pretty sure we all want to live through this road trip..."

I nod "I promise it won't happen again."

Killua sighs "I think I've lost my hearing..."

Gon stays silent as well as the rest of us.

Eventually, Spinner speaks up "I just remembered. So about the insect with the large leg could have been a mutation influenced by those conditions."

Banana objects "But why would it have grown larger?"

Monta responds "In order to survive, right? If it's bigger, it'd have a better chance of securing food." Banana speaks up "But that would mean it'd need more , as well. Being larger doesn't always aid survival. I believe that this is related to the Chimera Ant's unique nature, not to the environment."

We turn around as Spinner nods "I agree. Because they reproduce in a way not found in any other organism."

Gon respond "What do you mean?"

Kite responds "They produce through a special process known as Phagogenesis."

We turn to face Kite as I ask confused " Phagogenesis?"

Killua continues off me "What's that?"

Kite explains "When a Chimera Ant queen eats other organisms, she is able to pass traits on from those organisms to the next generation. And she can also eat multiple species to pass on a mix of genes to her offspring. With each feeding, she lays one to five eggs. The first generation of births has no reproductive capability, so they become worker or soldier ants. They work in service to the queen and her eventual successors. Those successors are the King and Queen of the next generation. The queen is thus always looking to consume the genes of strong organisms, so she can pass them off to her offspring. And she may consume any species she likes to extinction."

Gon freaks "To extinction?!"

Spinner nods as we face her "Yes, her voracious appetite can drive her own weight many times over, in a single day. That's why Chimera Ants are under a class-1 quarantine."

Killua responds "So if she sets her eyes on you, you're finished?"

I interject "She'll have to go through me first Killua!"

Killua blushes as he responds "Anyways! Judging from the size of that claw, her length is at least two meters. That thing could devour a human in no time."

The group freaks out as Kite responds "Yes, you are correct."

We continue to our destination to greet the final two members of the group. When we get out of the car, we head to the piers, meeting up with the other two.

Kite speaks up, introducing us to them "They're the ones I mentioned on the phone, Gon, Killua and Daniel."

The small man with the rat teeth introduces himself "Oh, I'm Lin Koshi. N-Nice to meet you."

The girl standing next to him introduces herself "My name's Podungo Lapoy. Glad to have you on board."

Gon smiles "Glad to be here, Lin-San, Podungo-San."

Kite smile "Alright. Let's get down to business. Where was the leg discovered?"

Podungo points over to the beach "On the beach over there."

Lin continues "A-According to the locals, it washed up on sh-shore."

Time Skip

Killua looks over to the forest behind us "There's a forest right behind us..."

Banana stands up "It'll be difficult to find the Chimera Ant if it ran in there."

I hold out my hand "There's too much wildlife to track anything in there... I count at least 86 large beasts in their..."

Killua sighs "That's a shame..."

Spinner looks up "We can't be certain that it's still alive."

Stick points out "We don't even know if it ended up on the same island it's leg drifted to."

Banana responds "Let's find out, then."

Banana's dog jumps out, landing on the sand.

She bends down to the dogs level "Here, remember this scent."

The dog sniffs as Gon puts up his hand "I'll help, too!"

Banana looks confused as Gon sniffs the vial.

I laugh at Gon as Killua points out "His nose is as sharp as a dog's."

Gon and the dog sniff around as I try to stop laughing.

Killua looks at me with my mouth covered as I shake my head.

After I finally take a deep breath to calm myself from the muffled laughter, Gon and the dog both return to us.

Gon shakes his head as Banana sighs "He can't find anything..."

Spinner speaks up "The scent may have disappeared. It was raining."

Gon sighs "I couldn't find anything, either."

Monta points out "That means the Chimera Ant isn't here."

I think out loud "Actually there may be another method..."

I turn to Banana "Can I borrow that vial for a second?"

Banana nods as I take the vial, holding the claw in my hand "It looks like it's a possibility... one sec..."

I focus on my surroundings, trying to find the exact match of Nen within my field.

I sigh "Your right it's nowhere near here well... as least not here within a 150 meter reach..."

I hand back the vial to Banana as Kite looks at me weird "You learnt En?"

I look at him funny "Never heard of it..."

Kite strokes his chin "Interesting..."

Kite looks over to the sea "It may have washed ashore elsewhere. In which direction do the currents flow here?"

Lin responds "It's complicated... The direction is reversed between day and night."

Podungo continues "And it also changes with the seasons. I've even heard it's different on certain days."

Spinner chews on her gum as it pops "So it'll be tough to pinpoint a location..."

Gon speaks up "It's too early to give up. Let's split up and search."

Spinner smiles at Gon "You're right."

All of us split up into small groups, searching the forest for any clues.

Time Skip

We meet back at our original location as Gon sighs "No luck..."

Kite responds slightly peeved "Continuing to search blindly is pointless. Let's return to Yorknew City. We may be able to find a new lead."

We leave to head back to Yorknew in the truck, reaching it eventual at night.

Killua and Gon fall asleep as they both use me like a pillow case.

I sigh "I'm not going to sleep tonight..."

Gon rolls over as Killua moves closer to me, griping my shirt.

I look down at Killua, watching him moves his head again, further into my chest and snoring away without a single care in the world.

I smile at him as Kite turns to me,speaking up "You can't sleep?"

I yawn "Before I couldn't. They were both gripping me hard. Gon finally moved over. But not before rubbing me over like he was searching for something in his dreams... Whatever he was looking for, he finally gave up his search. After pinching and stretching my cheeks a few times..."

Kite nods "So when did you learn En?"

I sigh "I didn't it's the first time I've heard of En..."

Kite responds without turning around "En is an advanced application of Ren and Ten. Having a radius that is able to search for a specific person of 150 meters is quiet... impressive."

Killua moves closer as snuggles even closer to me "What is En exactly?"

Kite respond "Well you show three kinds of use for your En... first there was your natural field... which scares me. To be able to search that far with that radius without showing signs of fatigue... that was impressive. Then there was that moment you searched using the smaller field."

Kite coughs lightly "Then there is that field... around Killua... which brings me to think... why?"

I shake my head "Well I didn't know about that one until my first teacher pointed it out. My second one just made fun of it... always calling me lover boy."

Kite scratches his chin "I see..."

Kite thinks in silence, turning back to me "Well regardless you should go to sleep. You wouldn't want to exert yourself and worry Killua..."

I nod, yawning into my hand "Well now that Gon has let go, I can sleep. They both were crushing me."

I weave my hand through Killua's hair, sighing over the next thought "Hey Kite...?"

Kite turns "Hmm?" I respond "Do you think with what Killua said if the queen starts to devour humans... do you think we would have a chance of beating her?"

Kite respond "Yes... I believe we do. However you won't if you keep exerting your strength."

I frown at Kite "You think it's that bad?"

Kite nods "Most of your strength is always on the outside rather the inside."

Kite turns around "If you keep going like this you'll burn up all your strength..."

I sigh, cupping Killua's cheek "That's where this guy comes in."

Kite responds firmly "What you going to do if the strength you need to protect him is gone?"

I frown as Kite turns back to focus on the road "You can't depend on Killua all the time... but that doesn't mean you shouldn't! It just means that you have to have the strength first to protect yourself before you can protect others..."

I look at Kite as he speaks on final time "Sleep is one of those ways. Now go to sleep."

I frown at Kite, snaking an arm around Killua's back. I lay my head on his, falling asleep along side him.