Chapter 4

Kyoko entered the bottom of the tower, her face dripping with blood, and her clothes soaked with it, holding on to her dagger by the end, the other one stuck in the waistband of her pants, a satisfied, droopy eye'd smirk on her face that she couldn't get rid of. She was holding her right arm.

"Welcome, Kyoko. You are the third person with 2 Hours and 30 minutes. Please wait here for the remaining time." A voice spoke.

"Bitch, with her invisible snakes, putting up a fight like that." She said, giggling.

After looking around, her eyes landed on Hisoka, who smiled.

"Hello there, Kyok-o." He said.

Her eyes then landed on Gittarackur. He just oozes freak, with those needled in his face.

Kyoko ignored them, sheathing her daggers, and flicked her hands towards the ground, flicking blood off them. She sat in a corner and looked at all her wounds, and decided the snake bite was the most important. Whew, here goes. she thought, beginning to suck out the poison. A moment later she felt a searing pain in her mouth and began to spit out the venom, coughing. It was bubbling and steaming on the ground.

"You've got to be kidding me.'' she mumbled. Her mouth still burned from the acidic venom. Kyoko's been bitten by snakes before in the past, but none hurt like the bites she received now, she had been wondering what was up. She looked down at the bite, and saw it bubbling and burning. "Oh that little bitch got me good." She mumbled once more, with a small chuckle laced with comfort. Only one way to get it out now. She thought. She ripped off pieces of her jacket, and tied off her arm. She pulled a spare pair of socks out of her bag, and bit down on them after taking a deep breath. She pulled out her dagger once more and carefully sliced the area in and around the bite. She let out a muffled scream, barley audible, and slammed her head into the wall. She looked back at the bite, and was thankful when venom started oozing out. She glanced at Hisoka, who just watched her, his eyes slightly wide with surprise, and then Gittarackur who had the same creepy expression as before. "Mind your own business." She said. Hisoka smirked.

Oooohohhh. She's peculiar. I'd love to see her skill in fighting~ Hisoka thought.

Kyoko pulled a bottle of water out of her bag, and poured it onto the socks. She started scrubbing away all the blood she could from her arms and face. Once the oozing seemed to stop, she pulled the piece of cloth off her arm, and swung around her arm, extending it and moved it in all sorts of positions. She grinned, the poison was gone, for the most part.

Hours of fidgeting later, a few more people made it, food was sent to them. As Kyoko was walking back to her spot with a tray of food, someone bumped into her, causing her to drop her food. She looked at the man who did it.

"Oh, haha sorry." He said sarcastically.

"It's fine, just give me your food." She said in a somewhat nonchalant tone.

"Are you kidding? We only get one serving, you dropped yours. Deal with it." He snapped. Kyoko was fed up and irritated. She began smiling at the man.

"Wanna see a magic trick?" She said, a grin on her face, her eyes wide. "Here goes." She flicked her wrists, popping all the joints, then raised her left hand a few inches away from her face, above her head, palm facing her. She did the same thing with her right right hand, only below her head. "Now you see me, " She said as she slowly lowered her left hand, and raised her right hand. After both hands crossed, her face began to morph into that of demon's. "Now you don't" Her skin was blood red, and her eyes were black voids. Her tongue was forked and sticking out of her mouth, down her chin, saliva dripping off it. Her teeth were all pointed. The man started shaking, his eyes wide and pupils small. He was crying, and he screamed. Kyoko stretched her mouth open, and the skin of her cheeks began to rip. When the mans hand's began to let go of the tray, Kyoko moved her hands back across her face, making it normal again. She caught the tray as it was falling,and backed away as the man fell to the ground in the fetal position screaming and crying, Kyoko gave a toothy grin. She walked back to her spot, Kyoko sat down, cross legged, and began to nibble on her bread. I could have spared him and just took the food, but he was very irritating...

In the final minutes of the time limit, Kyoko stood. Her attention given to the sound of another door opening. Through it came Gon, Killua, and Kurapika. hm.. they're just children.. and they've made it this far? I'll keep an eye on them, like you asked Netero, but for my own benefit. These kids could be valuable allies in the future. Behind them came Leorio and Tonpa. She decided if she wanted to gain these kids trust, she should act now. She stood from her spot, and walked towards the children. People naturally parted for her to walk through, almost as if they sensed her strength. She stopped in front of the kids, and held out her hand to shake.

"I'm Kyoko." Gon was the first to shake her hand.

"I'm Gon! This is Kurapika, Killua, Leorio and Tonpa!" He said with a smile. She shook hands with all but Tonpa.

"Yo." Killua responded.

"What happened there?" Leorio asked, pointing to it. She made an uncomfortable laugh and scratched the back of her head.

"Haha.. yeah, a weird snake got me." She didn't go into detail. Killua eyed her suspiciously.

"That looks painful.." Kurapika noted. "It's surrounded by burns.."

"Ahh, yeah. Like I said, weird snake. It was nice to meet you guys.." She said.

"You too!" Gon said. She began to walk away, but Leorio had stopped her.

"Hey! Here, you need proper medical treatment, I have something to prevent scarring, an antibody ointment, and a wrap." He had already started working on her arm before she could refuse.

"I'm fine, really. I've had worse." She tried to stop him, but Gon spoke up.

"Let him! He want's to be a doctor, so if he didn't help you, he wouldn't make a very good doctor, now would he." Gon never lost his smile.

"Fine." She said, but he was already finished. She looked at her neatly wrapped arm, and then to Leorio, not able to process how quick he did it. "You're done?" She said looking at her arm. "How?" She said looking back at Leorio, still astonished. He just shrugged his shoulders. Yes, very good allies. She thought. "Well, thanks." She looked at her hands, they were still somewhat stained from the blood of her earlier battle. I really need a shower.. she thought.

Now outside, the examiner is explaining the next phase. Hunting huh.. It was Kyoko's turn to draw a card. She reached in, and swished the cards around. When she pulled one out, the number read '52' while walk back, she looked around, and spotted number 52. Ah, the one who shoots arrows. she thought. She took her id tag off, and shoved it in the side of her bra. People will assume its in my bag or pocket. After everyone had selected a card, they gathered on a boat. No one really spoke, other than Gon and Killua, so for the most part, it was a quite trip.

Authors Note:

I'm getting impatient on posting chapters! D: I just want to upload all the ones I've got right now! Uhhhhg.

Well, I hope you enjoyed this chapter. Please read and review, please give me feed back. Let me know what you don't like, what I should include/remove, tell me how you like the story so far! I'll upload again sometime next week. (I really need to get a specific day of the week and just post on that day!)