Palm lets her Ren flow freely through her coffee, increasing the amount in the mug "To think those vulgar, barbaric unmannered brats will be allowed inside NGL before me... I cannot allow that."

Gon waves his hands, trying to calm down Palm "Palm-San, turn off your Hatsu!"

Palm stops using her Hatsu as Gon wipes up the spilt the over coffee.

I speak up "Who's Knuckle and Shoot?"

Killua interjects "And what's about not us?"

Palm sighs "That's right. After all, I'm not the one who's supposed to defeat Knuckle and Shoot. You three are... well technically Gon and Killua. You weren't mentioned in the memo..."

I frown as Gon and Killua tense up.

Palm continues on "Knuckle and Shoot are Morel-San's students. They, too, received a condition. I don't know what that condition was... But whether it's us or them, only one group will be allowed into NGL. The deadline is one month."

We split up as Killua an I head to town, seeing if we can find out who they are.

While we walking, we hear a guy yelling into a mega phone "A man never turns his back on an enemy. I'll follow you to the ends of the earth... You won't get away!"

Killua looks dead ahead, keeping his cool as we pass the guy.

As soon as we get out of hearing distance, I speak to Killua "Well that was a fail on his part... he did let us get away. Hell, we even walked straight past him."

Killua points out "He even failed to point out where the fight is going to be..."

Time Skip

Back at the meeting point, Killua explains our findings "He's just a decoy. His partner's probably hidden somewhere, watching. They are watching to see if anyone reacts suspiciously. According to Palm, they don't even know our names."

I smile "Which for some reason, makes it easier for us to hide... which is weird."

Killua nods "Which means... their goal must be to smoke us out. No one's stupid enough to do all that for real."

I nod as Gon interjects "Did he look strong?"

I smile "Well, we can never judge a book by their cover. We could lift abnormal amounts of weight..."

Killua objects "He's pretty strong."

Gon nods "What will it take to defeat him?"

Killua sighs "I have no idea! One of the Hunters with the chairman said that In a Nen battle, nothing is certain."

I respond "That would have been Morel..."

Killua nods at me, before looking back at Gon "So, according to him, it's wrong for me to judge if a fight can be won. I disagree."

Killua forks a mouthful of pasta into his mouth "If you want to survive, you must increase your odds of victory. Gauging the strength differential between you and an opponent is crucial."

Killua chews his on food, continues to talk with his mouth full "If you're up against someone you can only beat once or twice out of a hundred times, don't bother. You need at least a fifty-percent chance. If possible, greater than seventy percent is preferable."

I interject "Explain Yan and Sephestia. How did I beat them?"

Killua waves his fork "Purely luck!"

I drop a head in shame, having my ego just crushed by Killua "I beat Yan on a physiological level while Sephestia was purely luck."

Killua sighs "Anyways, to reach that, we must do two things... Work on our fundamentals, and learn more about our opponents' abilities."

Gon nods "Right."

Killua continues "If we know our opponents' abilities, it'll be easier to plan ahead. Like we did against Genthru."

Gon sighs "I'm half agree, and half opposed."

I nod at Gon "I'm the same as Gon..."

Killua glares at me "I can understand Gon but why you? What do you both mean?"

Gon frowns as Killua looks at me. As Killua looks back at Gon, Gon suddenly starts to smile.

I speak up as Killua looks back in my direction "While knowing someone's abilities can give you an advantage to winning a fight-"

Gon interrupts me as I glare at him.

While Killua focuses on Gon, Gon speaks up "I think we should work on our fundamentals, but I don't think we need to know their abilities."

Killua retorts "Huh? Why not? That just increases our risk of defeat. Nothing good can come from that!"

I smile in response "Because a single piece of information could change the war."

Gon nods "But that's what we'll be facing in NGL."

This piece of information shocks Killua as Gon continues "Our goal isn't to defeat Knuckle and shoot... It's to become stronger, and return to NGL and save Kite. In other words, we must be strong enough to defeat enemies we know nothing about. Winning here with advance preparation is pointless."

We finish eating, returning to our place of residence.

Killua sighs "That's true, but we have to defeat these opponents first. After all, we only have a month."

"That's too long. One week." Gon objects as Killua freaks out.

Gon continues "In one week, we'll be stronger, and heading back to NGL!"

We stop at our door as Killua and I object "Gon!"

Gon gets punched in the face as we freak out, hearing Biscuit's voice "ARE YOU AN IDIOT?"

Biscuit steps out of the door way. We stand there stunned, looking at Biscuit while yelling together "Bisky!"

Biscuit nods at us as we retort together "Why are you here?"

Palm responds as we peak over the doorway, looking at her "I asked her to come."

We freak out at this new piece of information "Huh? You know each other?"

Palm shakes her head "No, I looked into your backgrounds."

Gon scratches his chin in confusion "How? We only know Bisky because..."

Palm smiles emitting as gruesome aura as we freak "Once I used my power, it was quite simple. Now, there's no time to spare. Let's begin... The plan is to slaughter Morel's disciples."

Killua and Gon frown "Um... no!"

I hold out my hand, grabbing Killua shoulder "Is it ok if we do a runner...?"

Biscuit grabs my hand "You will do no such thing... Daniel-Chan!"

I frown as Palm nods "There's nowhere you can run from me..."

Biscuit sighs, as she leads us to a room "Let's get started, then."

Killua and Gon taunt together "Osu!"

Biscuit turns to me "For now on you'll be doing the same!"

I frown "Fine... Osu!"

Biscuit turns to us, punching Gon on the head while he groans "WHAT WAS THAT FOR?"

Biscuit responds "I'm picking up where I left off. Are you stupid?"

Biscuit looks at Gon sternly "That old man's famous for his nasty nature. His even more nastier than Vastorie's bad habit of hitting on ladies!"

I frown as Biscuit continues "If he tells you to do something in a month, it probably should take an entire year. You won't defeat them after a week!"

Gon objects "But we have to hurry back and save Kite."

Biscuit looks confused at us "What are you talking about?"

Gon explains how we met Kite and everything that has happened since our departure.

Biscuit sighs "I see..." Biscuit lectures Gon sternly as she waves her finger in fury "All the more reason you shouldn't return without proper training! WHAT IF YOU MAKE THE SAME MISTAKE AGAIN? Got it?"

Killua frowns with big puffed cheeks as I poke them, hoping they would deflate and turn down his cuteness level.

He turns to me, slightly pissed from all the poking.

Gon sighs in defeat "Osu.."

Biscuit turns to us to as I stand back up straight, pretending nothing happened.

Biscuit walks up to me poking me "I want none of this over caring attitude towards Killua! I'm here to train you, until you can't stand for another second and I'm going to keep training you after that! Got it?"

I nod "OSU..."

Biscuit smiles "Let's start training, then." Biscuit pulls out a magazine, featuring the latest monthly hot guys as I frown "Begin with Ren!"

Biscuit holds up three fingers "Maintain that for three hours."

We looked shocked as Gon turns to us "Killua, how long can you last?"

I respond "If we talking bedroom about-"

Killua punches me, turning back to Gon "He wasn't asking that! In top condition, I can manage around fifty-five minutes max."

I rub my head, pouting "2-hours... never done any better... but because of my abilities I say maybe an hour and 10 minutes if lucky..."

Biscuit sighs "Until you complete this, we can't move to the next step. Train like your lives are on the line."

Biscuit chuckles as she continues to read her magazine.

Gon passes out first as Killua is the next to go.

As I'm struggling to hold on, Biscuit turns a piece of paper "If you keep holding on, your face is going to turn blue. And then you won't be up for a month... if lucky."

I frown, letting go.

Biscuit puts down her magazine "Come on. you didn't even last an hour. Okay, keep working."

Killua and Gon get up as we go for round two.

Biscuit flips through another magazine "They say it takes a month to add ten minutes to your Ren endurance. You won't have time to sleep."

Later that night

Biscuit puts down her magazine "Okay, you can rest for today!"

Gon and Killua pass out automatically on the floor.

I lay my back against the wall, breathing heavily as Biscuit waves her finger "Tomorrow begins in thirty minutes."

Biscuit smiles "Looks like it's time for me to use my power."

I frown "What power would that be?"

Biscuit turns to me "Just sit there and watch!"

Biscuit waves her hand as a human sized figure gets conjured up.

Biscuit turns to the entity "Take it away, Cookie-Chan."

Cookie weaves her hands along Gon's back as Biscuit explains "Magical Esthetician: Piano Massage. This will revitalise your body at a faster place meaning 30 mins sleep with this girl is like being asleep for 8 hours."

I nod as Palm walks in with her gloomy aura "Excuse me... I hope this won't offend you, but I'll let you decide how to train them. Since my power told me that would be the answer. However, if they cannot defeat Morel's disciples after one month, I doubt I'll be able to restrain myself. I absolutely must go to NGL. Honestly, I want to depart this moment. So after I've waited and waited and waited and waited and waited, if this fails now, I'll probably kill all of you..."

Biscuit responds calmly "Was that a threat?"

Palm shakes her head "No, it's a warning. I'm worried about you all. so if you think they have no chance I recommend that you leave... Speaking from experience, I'm less likely to lose my temper that way."

Biscuit waves her hand "I'm not the one you should tell. Once they're awake, tell the boys."

I glare at Palm, emitting my own gloomy aura as I smile "And if you place on hand on Killua you'll be dead in a second."

I look at Palm "And that is a thr-"

I fall asleep instantly, knocked out from unknown forces as I snore my head off.

I wake up to Gon's loud voice exclaiming "Don't worry! We've got this!"

I groan "Got what? A headache!"

Gon turns to me "Sorry for waking you... I was just saying Palm can count on us to get her to NGL."

Gon turns to Palm "So let us know if you notice anything. We'll do our best."

Gon turns around, continuing practice Ren.

I shake my head at Gon, smiling amused from Gon's enthusiasm as I join in practicing.

Palm suddenly breaks down exclaiming "Oh dear... this won't do at all..."

I look confused at Palm for a second, returning back to practicing Ren.

We eventually pass out again as Biscuit groans "Come on, what are you doing? You'll never defeat Knuckle and Shoot, much less the chimera Ants, like this. Are you giving up on going to NGL?" Gon retorts as he gets up "We never give up."

Killua gets up as Gon continues "We must return to NGL, no matter what we have to do to get there!"

Gon and Killua continue to practice Ren as Gon yells "To save Kite..."