Wivalae's Tale
Chapter 2: Nen Practice

Disclaimer: I do not own Hunter x Hunter of any of the characters involved except Wivalae.

As Biscuit left Gon and Killua in the pit with their would-be attacker she led Wivalae a few yards away toward a large rock. Once they'd put some distance between them and the boys she turned around and put her hands on her hips with a smile.

"So, you don't have any nen?" She asked.

Wivalae shook her head. "No problem, first I'm going to unlock your Nen,"

"How are you going to do that?"

"Normally we'd have you meditate until it opened up on its own, but unfortunately we don't have the time to wait for something like that. Now, what I'm about to do isn't the best method and most teachers frown upon it, but since I'm going to be your teacher I can adjust as needed,"

"You still didn't answer my question," Wivalae stated, a little worried.

"Oh, I'm going to use my nen and pour some into your body. See, each and every creature produces Nen constantly, it's what keeps us alive. Learning to control the energy that is produced by our bodies, otherwise known as Nen, can unlock incredible powers for the individual,"

"So you're going to pour your life energy into me? And that'll allow me to use mine?" Wivalae pointed at Biscuit as she spoke, and then turned her finger on herself.

"I know it sounds confusing but it won't be once we take care of it. Now, relax, close your eyes and focus. I want you to just imagine yourself breathing calmly and focus on that image while letting your body do that work. Ready?"

Wivalae nodded and closed her eyes. She sat down on the ground and relaxed her body. After a moment she felt a warm sensation come over her. It felt like she had been dunked in a warm bath. After a minute the sensation stopped and Biscuit spoke.

"Open your eyes,"

Wivalae did so and immediately she noticed that a gray, steam-like essence was pouring off her body.

"Is this Nen?" She asked looking at her hands and feet.

"Yup,"

She leapt to her feet and turned to Biscuit. "I feel amazing, what's next?"

"Next we learn how to control it. Focus on keeping your aura near you and not letting it drift away,"

Wivalae nodded before closing her eyes. She imagined a bubble appearing around her and the essence being trapped inside. Biscuit nodded as she saw the exercise work and Wivalae's aura began to become smoother and didn't flow away. After a few minutes of this Wivalae opened her eyes and saw her nen gathered around her before her concentration on the image broke and it began to flow away again.

"Not bad, we'll have to keep at it, but you seem to be picking this up quickly,"

The rest of the day the pair spent practicing keeping Wivalae's nen near her body and preventing its escape. As night fell the pair returned to the hole where Killua and Gon had been told to wait. Looking down inside they saw Gon and Killua were sitting back to back and their attacker was on the other side of the pit and all three were heaving with exhaustion.

"Have they been fighting all day?" Wivalae asked.

"It looks like, come on up boys, we're going to continue training in another way," Gon and Killua looked up as Biscuit shouted at them.

They sighed and stood before approaching the wall of the pit and leaping up. They leapt up the wall and as they reached the top jumped high into the air before landing next to Wivalae and Biscuit.

"What's next?" Wivalae asked.

"I'll show you," She said as she led them over to a mound of stone. She picked up three sizable rocks and tied some rope from Gon's pack around each of them. She tossed the lighter end of the rope up over some branches and handed the loose end to her students.

"Pull these so the rocks are above your heads when you sit down then try to go to sleep,"

"What? That won't work, the rocks will fall on our heads!" Gon protested.

"Not if you have good control over your nen,"

He grumbled before pulling his rock up a little higher and then sitting down. The trio of students sat quietly under the rocks projecting their nen around themselves. After a few minutes Gon began to doze off and he let go of the rope which caused the rock to fall and hit him in the head. He shouted in surprise at the sudden blow and growled as he touched the bruise that formed on his head. He grabbed the rope again and tried to relax. The rest of the night Gon would periodically fall asleep and thus let go of the rope and repeat the whole process again.

The next morning the group woke up to see Gon's head was covered in bruises.

"I'm surprised you two picked that up so quickly," Biscuit told Killua and Wivalae.

"I'm used to stuff like this," Killua replied.

"I just wanted to make sure I didn't end up like Gon,"

Gon sighed as he stood up and rubbed some of his bruises.

"Well, another day means more training!"

Biscuit led the trio back to the pit where their attacker was still waiting.

"Go ahead and continue sparring with him while I finish up the basics with Wivalae," Biscuit told them.

The boys nodded and leapt back into the hole while Biscuit turned to Wivalae.

"Ready for more?"

She nodded and was led back to the group's campsite. After a few hours she and biscuit were sitting on the ground a pool of water with a leaf floating on it between them. Wivalae was focused intently on the pool and leaf and the exertion of forcing her nen into the water was evident. After a minute she leant back gasping from expertion.

"There, I can't do any more," She said.

Biscuit nodded and leaned down to cup some of the water in her hand. Sipping it she noted the water was very sweet.

"Transmuter," She replied simply as she dumped the water back and flicked her hand to rid it of the excess.

"Really?"

"Yup, you're good at making your Nen take on the properties of something else,"

Wivalae sighed as she completely collapsed on her back.

"Now begins the real training,"