So the chapter has come! This chapter will have more Gon, Kurapika, and Leorio in it, more in the second half. R&R people. I hope you like this chapter.
Chapter 6 Kurapika X And X Leorio
Tsuma got seconds thoughts. The thought of fighting when he had enough time was a good thing, but getting done sooner was probably better.
'I should just turn back. There's no point in fighting him when I have better things to do.' He stared at the man thinking to himself. "Just kidding. I don't want to fight you. Leave me be so I can do what I was doing in the first place."
His foot moved back behind him, then his whole body turned away, annoying the other man who wanted what he wanted.
"Come back her brat!" The blonde haired man with the green jacket and black shorts, commanded angrily.
"No, and I thought I was Mr. Reddy, or am I wrong? Is it spelled R-e-a-d-y or R-e-d-d-y? Ah never mind. Like I care anyway with your stupid nicknames."
He grunted, clenching his fists hard. He twitched an eye, giving an alternate annoyed look. But that didn't stop him from fighting until his foot moved forward at Tsuma.
His head turned slightly, and he smiled, starting to jog away.
"Get back here stupid kid!" He swung a rope in the air.
Tsuma looked back sticking his tongue out. "Like I ever would. And when did you get that rope?"
"Shut up. Stop running coward."
"Coward? Are you sure you're using the right word? I'm no running away from you because I'm scared. I have other things I need to do. This is the last thing I would do to get in the way," he comfirmed. 'Man! What's up with these people during the exam? Rina's probably the least wierd and she is still kinda weird in a way.'
He threw the rope, and it jumped at his back, but with his sharp eye, a glimpse was all he needed. As the rope was an a few inches away, he turned quickly around and grabbed the rope in one hand, leaving the other in his pocket holding the badge.
His feet slid on the ground, stopping himself from the large amount of speed he went and because of how fast the other guy went, he landed on Tsuma's knee, and was kneed in the stomach, sending him far back, loosening his grip of the rope, with his light brown shorts waving around. But he got up anyway and rubbed his mouth from the cut on his lip.
"You are the first kid I've fought that was able to catch my rope. No one has turned quick enough to grab it. Its impressive, but I still won't let you go. I would like that back you know." His hand went for him, but Tsuma wasn't paying attention, and instead examined the rope.
"So is this the right way to do it?" He swung the rope, sending it in the direction of his face. It left a red mark, and he fell back. "Its strong. I didn't even use much force. I guess I'll keep it."
"You should have something too."
"Hmm. I guess this'll do for now. Its not like I'll use it for anything." Then he rolled it up and walked away before the man stood up to continue following. 'When will I ever get to the good parts? I haven't gotten a single point in days. And there is only three days left. Well minus half a day because of the running around to find this and having to run from that guy. But that doesn't even help me. I really should focus on where that Hanzo guy would go.'
Then someone out of the oblivous came along.
"I still need one more. And there's no one else left. Where did everyone go anyway?"
'So he must not see me then?' He twitched an eyebrow. 'Gosh. It's just getting worse and worse each minute. This is probably the worst Phase though. Hopefully five will be better.' He approached the person, sneaking behind trees. 'Now how to get his attention...' He looked at the person, who happened to be Hanzo out of coincidence.
"I still can't believe I grabbed the wrong one," Hanzo sighed out of disbelief.
"Hey! Stupid!" He yelled from far behind. He turned his gaze at Tsuma who had been yelling some pretty mean things at him. "Yeah you baldy! I need you to come here. Do it or else I will come to you!"
He frowned, twitching and eye, already more annoyed from the yelling and all the bad things he had just been called.
"What do you want with me? I'm trying to look for something."
'Dumb person. Can't you see that I can be a target. I'm all free with three points, and I have one for my badge.' He crossed his arms and nervously watched him walk towards him.
"You better have something good. Or else..."
"Three points here. I want to make an offer. If I give you this, then you give me your number. That still gives you five points and me with six," he rudely interrupted.
"Why would I trade you? All I would end up with is the same amount of points, and you would get more than enough. But if you give me a one point badge, I will accept this." And he crossed his arms.
"One point...One point...One poi..."
"Finally I found you." The man from before caught his breath. "Give it back and then fight me."
"Your wish is not my command. I told you I have other things that I need to do." He grunted, running at Tsuma, but easily he kicked him, in the stomach, again. The badge flew off his green jacket and it was caught in Tsuma's hand. "Ah! One point." Then he handed them to him. "Now give it to me." And the three points were given, raising his points to six, in which he now passed. 'And now to go back.' He ran off, heading to the boat's spot, where he met up with Rina and Hano, who had passed somehow before Tsuma.
"Oh, its Tsuma." He grinned in a cheerful way. "It's good that you passed. I was wondering when you would come back."
"And about that, how did you get your three points?" he pointed out.
"Well, I guess you could say it was given to me." He laughed nervously.
(Flashback)
Two minutes passed after Tsuma left, and now Hano went, running into the forest. He didn't know how long It would take, first of all, finding Bodoro, and second of all, how to get it. It was a lucky chance that he would need, no matter what he did.
'Where would he be anyway?' His finger landed on his lip. 'Never mind that a bit. If it takes me a few days to finally find him, where am I suppose to get water. I can't survive out here without any.'
Then he heard footsteps by him. His ears reacted, and then he hid behind one of the trees nearby. Then he moved his head, only showing about half of it, waiting for the person to appear. And there, right in front if his eyes, was Bodoro, walking along.
He shook, feeling scared to approach him. At first he thought it should be easy, but because of how experienced he could have been, Hano could die possibly, or get severely injured. Anything was possible in this case, that inloved injuries for the most part.
His legs shook and he took a few steps out, closing his eyes. But what good would that do? He couldn't walk around without keeping his eyes open. And the way his face was, to have him see his face would probably be embarrassing.
Slowly, he opened up his eyes, and calmed himself down to stop the shaking of his legs. Then he went closer, deeper inside the darkness.
Bodoro noticed him by listening to the sounds nearby; it was pretty easy to hear Hano's footsteps. He turned to see Hano standing there.
"Do you need something from me?" he quietly asked in a calm tone.
"I want...I want." He couldn't spit it out. It wasn't hard to finish the sentence, but because of how scared he was inside, he almost couldn't ask once. His hand raised, holding up the small black gun he had. "Give me you badge." His eyes closed once again.
He shrugged, and responded, "Okay." Then he gasped quietly, opening the fearness of his eyes.
He didn't accept it and instead, "Why won't you fight me for it?"
"I don't like fighting young children. Its something I promised myself I would never do." Again, the badge was offered. He just accepted it because there was no reason to say no and reject the offer. If he was willing, then that was luck.
The gun went down, lowering to he knees. 'Why can't I learn to not be this afraid. It's like a habit or something that I've gained over the passed few days or possibly weeks.'
"You shouldn't be using that anyway. I noticed how you weren't able to pull the trigger. It's out of fear that goes inside you. Now I suggest that you don't use that if you can't learn how to control it. It can be dangerous either way, but it can be more dangerous the less experienced you are." And then he gritted his teeth and it went back into his pocket where it had been before.
He turned away, and headed back to the boat.
In that time, when he reached the destination, there was some one else who came along that very same time.
He looked at her. It wasn't anyone he had seen before. Her hair was white, straight down, and she wore a grey jacket with a long sleeve white shirt, the sleeves being seen by the shortness of the jacket sleeves. She noticed Hano, who was staring at her, trying to figure out who she was in the first place.
"Is there a problem?" she asked out of obvious.
"Um, no. Its just, I haven't seen you before. Everyone else on the boat were sitting out in the open so I memorized everyone."
She smirked, and her hands went to her sides. "That's because I wasn't there."
"Wait. Do you mean that you weren't on the boat? Like you came from here or you stayed here before everyone else arrived?"
"Maybe...I never said where I was. I just said I wasn't outside on the boat." Then he became suspicious. "Call me Rina, by the way." Her hand went out, as if she wanted to shake his hand.
"It's Hano," he blushed, shaking her hand as she smiled.
"So what you are saying, is that he gave it to you, and now you two know each other?"
"Pretty much." Hano rubbed his head. "But now since you are here, and also Killua is here, I've been wondering when the others will return."
"Okay, but why do you always worry about these things? I don't know or care that much if they come back. You can still survive without passing, so that's out of the way, if it happens."
Hano frowned after becoming more worried. "I don't like it when you say stuff like that."
Tsuma sighed unhappily at his friends face. "Well whatever. But I have been wondering what they've been doing..."
Earlier that week...
The rod flew towards Hisoka, grasping onto his badge. Gon threw his hand back, behind himself and the badge flew at him, and he caught it, with Hisoka staring at him. Gon watched for a brief moment before he hid under the bushes and ran away.
He ran far, trying to get away, but it was no use. He only slowed himself down. His leg became numb, and he limped forward a few steps just before he fell to the ground face first.
The badge was dropped, sitting right in front of his face. Then a hand reached down, grabbing the peice of plastic.
"About 7,000 times," a mysterious voice cane after the hand was reached for the badge. "Do you know what that number represents?" he questioned, giving a small grin at Gon, still on the ground, with his legs numb. "It's the number of times I could have gotten you...And it's also the number of times you've trained with that pole." His other hand went up, holding a small needle like thing that was in Gon's neck. "You weren't careful enough while training. But your concetration and technique are remarkable...Particularly during the last try." The badge flew in the air, and then he caught it, starting walk away. Geretta was it? "Next time you'll be more careful and watch your back." He waved with Gon's head turned at him, grimacing. "Bye." Then he was gone, away, no where to be seen.
He struggled to get up, but it was no use. Two reasons though; One, he couldn't even move all the way up, and if he did, then he would fall right back down from the numbness. And then two, well...
"Ah, darn." Gon tried to drag himself, but someone showed up. Hisoka came, holding Geretta by his hair, dragging him to Gon. He threw him down, and smiled creepily.
"You surprised me," Hisoka went, a mysterious grin running up his face. "You erased any trace of your presence and waited for the right time to strike. You were waiting for me to attack?" A concern came to him, after wondering the question. He didn't answer, so Hisoka continued with his questions. "That technique you used, was it your own? It's impressive. A true wild animal." Gon a wild animal? It was more like Hisoka was the wild animal. "Your time was perfect, to the energy I had developed. You blended your own. Nice job," he congratulated, throwing the badge back down. Why would he even do that? "He told me the poison on the projectile attacks the muscles." And that's why his legs were numb. "You need ten days to recover. You only have four days left though. But I'm certain that you'll be able to move in time." He laughed silently, only moving a few steps until Gon interrupted.
"Wait...The badge...You didn't come back to give it to me?"
"No," he replied in a meaningless tone. "I came to congratulate you." Then he pointed at Geretta. "He was my target. Meaning I don't need it anymore."
"I don't want it either!" He threw it like a baby like tantrum.
"Don't say that. I'll lend it to you. You'll return it when you can." Then he started walking off. "See you later." But he stopped again after his aura increased, and felt and noticed Gon standing up.
"I don't want any debt. I'm returning it now."
Hisoka was a bit surprised, but then he smiled. "I refuse...I'll let you live." Then his fist went to Gon, sending him back onto the ground. "I will let you repay your debt when you land a punch like that on me." Then he was gone, like how Geretta was when he first left.
Gon cringed at the pain, trying to drag himself to a tree to sit underneath. Soon he would have to find a way back. At least get back without Hisoka's presence.
Later, a few days later, after Kurapika and Leorio had that inccident with Tonpa, Hisoka came by, noticing the two walk along.
He walked over, in which Kurapika looked over, seeing him.
"Hisoka!" Leorio yelled surprisingly. "What do you want?"
"Hmm? I need some more points. Two to be precise. Could you give me yours?" He fingers moved like he was trying to call them over.
"Why would we give you any?"
"Leorio, stop," Kurapika stopped him. "We have four badges. One is mine, another is Leorio's, and the two others are both one points for you. Out of the two, one is worth three points to me, and the other is worth one point to all of us. No matter which one you chose, it will only be one point."
"I'll take it then." Then Kurapika walked over to a tree, and placed one of the badges facing back side, stuck in the tree. They walked away glaring, and then Hisoka went to grab it. "Awe. I was hoping for a different one." Then he walked away, only having one point left needed.
Later, again, the day before the last day, Kurapika and Leorio walked over to a cave, where they tried looking since it was the only place left. After a few minutes, Gon appeared, seeing them, and running over.
Leorio happened to be the one to decide. "I will go in. It's my point anyway if she's in there."
"No. It shouldn't only be you," Kurapika confirmed. "I'm coming too."
"Listen to me! What if there is a trap and all of us get stuck? Then none of us will pass."
"This still doesn't mean that we shouldn't come with you."
Leorio grunted in the meantime.
"How about after thirty minutes, and you don't come back out, then we will go in?" Gon suggested, getting both of their attention.
"I still would rather none of you come in."
"I will agree with Gon."
"Good." Gon grinned widely.
"Fine."
Soon Leorio went up to the entrance, using a stick to check for traps. Then he threw it inside to see if something was ahead. And because there was nothing, he walked right in and the thirty minutes started.
And after thirty minutes, they were about to go inside.
"It's been thirty minutes. We should-"
"Kurapika! Gon!" Leorio called. "Don't come in!" he warned them, but both ignored the warning.
They ran all the way to the end where light appeared, and Leorio was on the ground, Ponzu, the girl Leorio was trying to find, was sitting, and Bourbon, sat inside with his eyes opened as if he was doing some staring contest with the floor.
"Leorio, what happened?"
They both ran to Leorio, who had a bunch of snake bites all around.
"I told you guys...to not come in."
"We couldn't leave you," Gon worried, trying to get rid of the poison.
"Its no use. You can't get them all out, and you will end up poisoning yourself."
"But we can't just leave him like this." Gon continued to get rid of the poison, spitting out the poison in his mouth.
"There must be something in his case." Kurapika tried to scramble through Leorio's bag.
"I don't have...any."
"Then we have to get you out."
"You can't..." Ponzu interrupted. "Your trapped."
"What do you mean trapped?" Kurapika wondered.
"He set a trap so if you enter, and try to escape, then the snakes will attack you."
"Then we have to tell him to stop." Gon ran up to Bourbon, trying to wake him up from his slumber, having eyes opened.
"He won't stop the trap...He's dead."
"What?" Kurapika gasped a bit.
"I killed him...with these." She tapped on her yellow hat, and bees came out like her hat was a hive. "I control these bees. If I command then to do soemthing they will. And if I scream, they'll attack the closest being nearby."
(Flashback)
Ponzu fell, while screaming, after the snakes tried attacking her. The bees reacted to the sound of her scream, and left their hive like hat. Because Bourbon was nearby, they attacked him, and the amount of poison gave him a shock and he died.
(Back to present time)
"He's the only one who can stop it. But because he died, the trap will be set forever." The snakes jumped on Bourbon when Gon tried to shake him more. He quickly pulled his hand back in reaction. "And if the trap is set, if someone tries to touch him, then the snakes protect him and bite any one that touches him lightly."
"But we need to get out, and we need to help him before he dies from the poison."
"Wait...If he controls snakes, he must have an antidote just in case he's attacked." Kurapika continued.
Gon turned back, and reached over. The snakes went around, and he pulled his hand back again. Then he tried reaching and went to grab stuff inside. The snakes crowded around, biting him.
"What are you doing?" Ponzu call, worried.
Gon junped out, with several bites all around. "This..." He held up the antidote, and a badge. "I have the antidote and another badge."
He gave the antidote to Kurapika, who used it on Leorio.
"That was stupid of you to do." Then he put it in Gon's arm, since he was poisoned too.
"At least I got this. Ouch," he yelped in pain from both the poison and the needle that entered in arm.
"But this still doesn't solve how we're suppose to get out. We have more time since he's healed, but we need to figure it out before time's up." It was dark outside, the middle of the night.
"I do have some sleeping gas," Ponzu suggested. "But it will take five minutes for the whole cave to fill with sleeping gas and to have the snakes unconsious. And no one can hold their breathe for that long."
"9 minutes and 44 seconds. That's my personal record," Gon added. "I'll trade you this for the sleeping gas." He held up the badge, in which was a three point badge for Ponzu. "This will give you six points."
"It's not just that I don't want to, but how will I know that you will carry me out? And how are you suppose to get all of us out in time, especially if you have to carry all of us?"
"I can carry all of you at once. And I promise I will take you to. Carrying all of you with the amount of weight, will decrease my time of holding my breathe, but I will still have more than enough time to get out." Ponzu just shrugged, getting her last container full of gas, out.
"I hope you're telling the truth."
"Okay. I'll give you a sign once I'm ready." Then he breathed in, and gave a thumbs up. Ponzu then open up the container, releasing the gas, sending all the snakes to the ground. Soon after awhile, he carried all of them at once, leaving and making it out before his time of holding his breathe was out.
The sun was starting to rise, meaning the very last day was almost there. He opened his mouth and caught his breathe as he left the cave, and set all three of them down.
Soon after a few hours, Kurapika and Leorio woke up.
Leorio sighed, rubbing his neck. "I better pass now. I was lucky enough that we all got out. I didn't want you both to come in, but I guess now, it would have been better."
"And you will pass." Gon held up Ponzu's badge, giving it Leorio. "Now you have six points."
"And that means we should go back to the boat before times up." Kurapika crossed his arms, standing up straight. Leorio got up and got ready to leave. But before they left, Gon did one last thing.
"Thanks," he told Ponzu, who wouldn't have heard either way. "I promised you this, so you can have it." He set the badge on her lap, and walked away.
And soon they arrived at the boat.
"And applicant 407, has passed with six points. Is that everyone?"
"Wait!" Gon called. "We all have six points."
"And you made it in time. Well...applicant 403 has passed with six points, applicant 404 has passed with six points, and finally applicant 405 has passed with six points." She clicked her pen, putting the tip back inside. "The fourth Phase has ended. Everyone here that passed, follow me onto the boat, so we can take you to Phase Five!"
Next time on Hunta To Hunta-
Tsuma: Are you sure you're ready for this? *crosses arms*
Hano: I'm always ready for things.
Tsuma: You better not fail this one, especially since this is the last Phase.
Hano: Don't worry. I will make it.
Tsuma: *sighs*
Rina: Hey! I finally figured out how to join.
Tsuma: When did you get here? And how did you find out about this?
Rina: *smirks* I hacked into your account and found out that you two were talking to each other. I don't see why you have to do this.
Tsuma: So what? I can't end now until the Hunter Exam is over. I already started, and I will continue.
Rina: 'I already started and I will continue.' Yeah. Yeah. Whatever.
Rina continuing: Next time on Hunter To Hunta: Hisoka X And X 'uh'
Hano: Uh...Gittarackur. Yes, I got it.
Tsuma: And to finish it, it is Hunta, not Hunter.
Rina: Says who?
Tsuma: *face palms*
Yes! The fourth phase is complete. The fifth may be two chapters, but I'm not certain, so hope that the Hunter Exam arc will end next chapter. And after the Zoldyck arc, which I hope is just one chapter, the third arc will come, and it is not the Heaven's Arena. I'm not going to have Tsuma and Hano join them, even though Lies and Truths, Uso doesn't join which will happen soon when I update Lies and Truths. I won't have any story with an Oc joining.
I won't tell you what the change is about either. You will have to wait two to four chapters (depending on how long until then, hopefully just two) to find out. But I will give you ideas in the next few chapters. At least be thankful that I'm updating faster than I thought.
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