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Disclaimer: I wish I own Hunter x Hunter.
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CHAPTER 6: Hunting x Arrow x Stealth
Upper West Side, Yorknew City
The limousine gracefully entered the iconic building's curbside, settling itself under the canopy shade for a moment. The driver walked out the door to open for his master: a handsome blonde, a concealed Kuruta, and a member of the revered Zodiac Twelve.
Kurapika needn't do anything else but nod at the driver to politely dismiss him and, after acknowledging the building's greeters by looking at them, he entered the building and headed for the most exclusive floor.
Only Kurapika went to meet Tzesguerra's posse that day, in a Hunter-only restaurant on the roof deck. Tzeguerra's whole group was there as the five of them seemed to be fond of both Gon and Killua and were especially taken aback when they heard of what he knew: that was, Killua was being held back by his family, and Gon was pulled away. Their faces wore a mix of sadness, disbelief, and pity.
When all they expressed was surprise (meaning the had nothing to add), Kurapika thanked them anyway, not feeling the tiredness from travelling back and forth in a single day. It was hard to tire when one had a goal. After letting the men talk among themselves, primarily about Gon and Killua and how cruel the world was, Kurapika finally cleared his throat.
Kess didn't need requests to activate his ability to reveal pings, and Kurapika looked at him deeply. "Kess-san…please tell me all you know up to now."
Kess nodded and returned his sights on his conjured radar. "Gon-san's still within the Eastern quarter of the Yorbian continent, by the sea, and only 1 kilometer before she's beyond my radar." "She had made a few nautical miles since then." He paused and looked at them worriedly. "But she stayed around the same patch of sea for a few hours now and I thought maybe her boat was stuck or something…" Then he gave them a confused look.
"But then after a leap—almost like the magnetic field cards in Greed Island—she reached quite a distance from the shore."
"Magnetic field cards?" Kurapika was unfamiliar with the term. The others stared at each other and pondered how they'd explain it to someone who hadn't played the game. It was Tzeguerra who did the honors.
"Let's just say that… she was moving as if she was flying."
"Or falling."
"Yes, falling at a projectile seems to be more accurate."
"I… see…" Kurapika said, not fully getting the picture. Kess shrugged and went on with his report. He stared at his radar for a while, the steady beeps of the radar matching his blinking, before his face turned to one of puzzlement.
"What is it?"
"She's moving back. I mean opposite to where she was running before." He said. "Maybe she's lost…"
"Gon has a good sense of direction." Kurapika whispered. "Perhaps she's looking for something?"
Kess didn't answer for a while until a few seconds of observation later, to allow more time to confirm Kurapika's thoughts. He shook his head in response. "I think she's going somewhere she knows now. But she's so much slower…" He said and after another ping, he told them of the direction she was going. "Northeast."
Upon hearing that, Kurapika conjured a map of the known world and laid it down the table. It was a large map, including the explored parts of the Dark Continent, which was regrettably not much greater than a quarter of the massive landform. It was far from easy to explore even an acre of land of that place and, even with all the countries acting, they only explored so much.
In any case, Kurapika traced his hand from their current location, to the shores facing Western seas. He proceeded to trace northeast, passing cities one by one, and somewhere along the way his eyes widened at a realization.
"What is it?"
"I know where she's going." He smiled (he thought he'd forgot how to do that), and kept down a chuckle. Still, the excitement in his chest was undeniable as he brightly stared at his companions.
"She's going home."
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Antigone Freecs was indeed walking northeast, to where Whale Island was.
Although…, one would say that what she was doing really wasn't walking. It was more like she was trudging, simply because the excitement of going home deflated the moment that Killua person said they couldn't be friends. She wasn't even in the official paths anymore. She was trudging on single-file paths because being in the middle of the forest felt a lot better and intimate. She needed intimate at the moment.
Her feet stopped again at the thought, and absent-mindedly touched her chest. It was so… heavy, and there was nothing coming into her head to explain why.
Killua Zoldyck was such a familiar name—no, it was more than familiar… which was weird because she didn't know him at all.
"Hey! Look out!"
Her eyes widened and she whipped her head to her right, where the sound came from, and blinked.
A metal?
She allowed her mind's eye to step back and she realized she was face-to-face with an arrow point. She rendered it still by catching it by pure instinct.
Beyond the sharp metal point came five traditionally-armed men, who looked visibly surprised that she was holding the arrow. They assumed they hit the tree beside her and she picked it up. "Thanks," one of the men said. "And you shouldn't be here young girl. These are hunting grounds."
"…oh." She mumbled sheepishly. "Sorry."
"What are you doing here?"
"I'm heading to my home, to Whale Island."
The men looked at each other, not knowing where that was. Well, most of them didn't. One of them, the guy holding a small piece of paper with a sketch of the vicinity, just gaped at her disbelievingly. Whale Island was really far away for a teenage girl to be going by foot.
"A lot of you sure are hunting together." She observed out-of-the-blue. Gon knew by experience that hunting alone or with a partner was the best way to go. Nor were dead giveaways to the game. The men seemed to somewhat get what she was pointing at and shook their head to correct her.
"We're hunting for a creature that cannot be defeated by three strong men—one of our strongest, in fact—and we lost them two days ago." He mumbled. "I heard hunters might fare better, but… not many hunters are left around here. They're all busy in the Dark Continent."
"I'm a hunter." She said nonchalantly earning herself some stares.
"You're kidding."
She blinked and stared at them directly not knowing why she'd kid around about it, and she got disbelieving ogles in the end. "I can help you guys if you want me to."
The men looked at each other worriedly. "Well, that'd be great. But… it depends on your fare." One of the men, the leader, paused, looking almost embarrassed. "We don't have the resources we once had."
"Oh." She said, and almost said she expected to do it for free, but then her eyes caught his bow and some memory of how slowly her emission techniques (well compared to her reinforcement ones, anyway) were going. "Well, you can teach me how to use that." She said, and after the silence that passed, the men grinned and a deal was struck.
Maybe shooting some arrows would give her answers.
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The leader's name was Hajime. He was the only one she allowed to go with her, since she knew that rest would definitely scare the animal away. He was the stealthiest and most experienced after all, she could tell.
But not even a minute after separating from the other four, they heard a piercing scream. Gon was already gone before Hajime even realized it was a scream.
She arrived a few seconds later seeing a massive black lion over one of the men, paws up, and she knew the man would be dead in a second. However, and fortunately for the man screaming his lungs out, Gon needed less than a second to kick the lion at least a few meters away from the men.
She stood between the man and the dark-colored lion, and she turned back to look at the man. She retained a strong stance and saw that he was still scratched, but otherwise he was unharmed. He watched as he dragged himself out of the clearing and the four men hid behind the bushes.
Gon turned her head back to the unusual feline and they ended up circling each other: sizing each other up. (Which was kind of a pun since the animal was at least one and a half meters in height, and double that for its length). She knew this creature, she read this on one of Lorcan's books. And that meant it was from the Dark Continent. It had been five years since the known land was connected to that much larger mass of land, so she assumed it wasn't rare to encounter creatures from there here.
She was so engrossed with trying to recall what she knew of the animal that she almost did not realize Hajime catching up to her and that meant he was making noise that certainly caught both her and the animal's attention. It was a law of nature to go after the weak rather than going against the actual threat—so the feline turned and sprinted to the direction Hajime was out, no doubt not expecting a giant cat to be on him before he heard it coming.
Going quickly maneuvered herself for a faster sprint and managed to kick the beast's claw away, and her she raised to fingers on her right hand and made a quick survey of the cat's upper anatomy. She saw what she had to, a spot in the neck, and with one movement—the cat was unconscious.
"What… wow." One of the four men now beside her mumbled. The others did not disagree. Hajime, however, took a few more seconds to speak.
"I think I peed my pants."
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A few minutes later Gon stood in the middle of the clearing. She thought it would help her 'clear' her mind somehow and recall information from months prior. She knew that part of her brain was a bit lacking, but she actually had a special place for animals and plants in her head. All that was left for her was to find it.
She ignored the shuffling and nervous sounds from behind her (she asked the men to tie the tiger, which they did) but then she heard the sharp sound of metal and she whipped her head to them to catch one of the men gesturing to cut off its head.
"Wait! STOP!" She yelled and quickly went between the blade and the unconscious animal. "What are you doing?"
"Killing it of course! It killed too many of our men—dozens—and most of them were my friends!" Yelled a man they called Umi. It seemed he regained his confidence after the creature was rendered unconscious. He tried to push her sideways. "Now little girl if you'll excuse me—"
She frowned at this and grabbed the blade with a hand and split it in half. "Stop it."
The men stared at her again, mixture of incredulity and fear in their eyes. It was then she remembered about the page she read (funny how some information pop out when one didn't expect it to, scumbag brains), and turned her head slightly to see the creature.
"It's female." She stated, recalling both sexes have manes. She also recalled that they were almost never alone. "That meant she must have gone here looking for a mate. Or at least she followed one here."
"So you mean…"
"Yes. And we may not find the other without her help." She said. "These cats are actually only agitated when they're in heat, but can't find their mate."
Hajime scoffed. "That's an intellectual way to say 'it', kid."
"Hmn?"
"Nothing." He shrugged before looking at her again. "So… how do we find the other?"
"Let me borrow that." She said pointing at the polo and cut the ties on the animal's rope. Of course the men exclaimed and yelled in alarm, but she only looked at them seriously and they kept quiet. She walked to the other side of the animal and kneeled, pressing on the point she did to render it unconscious. And just like that: it sprung back to life.
The men quickly walked back at the sight of this but Gon kept firm and held the animal's head. And she smiled. "Calm down girl." She whispered, coaxing. "We're not here to harm you anymore. We'll help you."
She then looked at Hajime. "Is there a sighting of a male one around here?" She paused. "At least in this area."
"How do you determine which one's male or female?"
She looked up as she mused, and then looked back at him when she remembered. The men shivered even more.
"The Males are twice as big."
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Apparently, there was no male sighted in at least 3 towns around. The men certainly got pale when they found out just how much more dangerous a male one would be. "What about an extremely rich person? Like, someone with billions of zennies."
The men didn't even take a second to show recognition in their faces (something about a rich mafia lord's villa near a neighbouring town). Gon nodded in approval before looking at the large cat. "A mansion it is, then!"
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"Wait a minute kid." He said. "What's in it for us?" Hajime asked but rather than greed, his face registered worry. It was dangerous enough to travel with a beast, to be against another beast—something they can't kill—was a different issue entirely.
Gon tilted her head as she thought and the old man thought that if he hadn't seen the girl's monstrous strength first hand, he'd think she was adorable. Then he remembered his daughter, and his brave travelling nephew, and knew for sure he couldn't risk his life for this.
"I don't think there is any, unless you like Maaya-chan and want her to see happiness."
"Maaya-chan?"
"Her."
"You named her?!"
"Yeah." She said casually as if nothing was wrong with that, before going on. "Maaya-chan can actually be quite sweet once the heat has passed ne?" She said and petted the cat which rolled over so she can have access in lovelier places (particularly her stomach). The men felt the oddest combination of humour and terror.
The men looked at each other to find a silent verdict. It was unanimous. "Sorry, but we can't risk it." Hajime said before taking off his bow and handing it to her. Gon stared at it before beaming in understanding.
Hajime smiled. "At least let us pay you back."
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They arrived in town in an uproar. At first cheers when the men entered the town beaming, and then they saw the strange teenage girl and the beast right behind her. A lot of people stood back then, until Hajime declared the beast no longer lethal (so long as it's with the girl, he added in his mind) and just like that the scared stares transformed into ogles.
Hajime asked his wife to add one more plate for dinner later that night, as well as but extra amounts of meat for the black lion. His wife seemed like a kind and supportive woman, and she trusted her husband greatly. She did as she was told. Not to mention his 5 year old daughter Lily was very cute. And Gon, being loved not only by animals but also by children, had won the small girl's affections almost immediately.
Hajime swore the two had floating flowers around them and felt the oddest sense of fatherly pride. Maybe he'd make another baby just like Gon. "Now, while we wait for dinner." He paused as he watched his daughter hug Gon's leg. "Gon. Why don't we do that archery lesson I owe you?"
And so, Gon's archery lesson began. Interestingly, he whispered something about teaching his nephew when he was younger but then, he added bitterly, he's in some country getting ready for a voyage to the Dark Continent. "Stupid boy's going to die and leave his newborn without a father."
"Oh? What's his name?" Gon asked out of curiosity. "I might meet him by chance."
Hajime raised an eyebrow. "You're going there?"
"I've lived there the past few years…" She said, shrugging, but did not take away her stare.
Hajime no longer commented.
"Anyway, his name's Pokkle."
"Pokke-san?" She exclaimed and Hajime stared at her at that. "We passed the Hunter's Exam together."
"Now that you mention it, it was one of those rare years where a lot of people passed. He said he got lucky. So you were one of the seven?" The old man continued batting an eyelid before laughing and crossing his arms in amusement. "Well then, small world."
She grinned.
"Enough about us." Hajime finally said after a companionable silence. "Have you handled other weapons?" He handed her a new bow, and she nodded.
"I have a staff." She said, though she hadn't mastered it enough to use it every battle. Still, it extended her reach and everyone knew close-range battles were her forte. Plus, it was made into a very conveniently portable weapon by Nanou.
She took the sort of tube-like item from her belt and pushed a button, immediately extending to a 5 feet long staff. She played with it a little as it went on with the remaining momentum due to its release.
"Well…" The man said, clearing throat. "That's cool."
"KEWL!" Lily exclaimed (the girl appeared out-of-nowhere) and the two adults laughed.
"Anyways. I'm sure this will help in your long-range battles. You're obviously the up-and-personal type." He paused and held his own bow to make a clean shot. "Shall we?"
Gon grinned. "Osu!"
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The lesson went well. Relatively. Other than the fact that her accuracy beyond 10 meters was embarrassing, 'osu!' came by habit. It took her a little longer to remember the two people: Wing-san and Zushi, as well. She wondered how they were, then…
"Focus, kid!"
"Oh, hai!"
Gon easily mastered the form, and predicting the wind was a cinch. She could even recall those moments in the Hunter Exam, when she was preparing to take Hisoka's plate. At that thought, another wave of vague put-away memories crept up to her. It was so weird. It was like she had amnesia.
But that's just silly. For most part. If only she didn't have the feeling of something missing…
As she stared at the colourful concentric circles painted carelessly on the board, fleeting memories of the Hunter exam: trying to get those cans, and later the bird, using her rod.
Her rod…, she mused grimly, was nowhere to be found. She left it in Battera's place before she went into Greed Island. She would've left it at home if she knew that they wouldn't be returning to the man's mansion. Her mind automatically left that train of thought before she even thought of remembering where they went when they exited the game.
She pushed the thoughts away for now and focused on the feeling. Although her targets using her rod never reached even half as far as she was being asked to do now, it was still far. The difference was that the rod was connected to her, and it would come back easily. An arrow had to be let go and left there.
She was suddenly feeling sentimental and sad and she didn't know why.
Her poor head could only handle so much.
"FOCUS!"
"S-Sorry!" And with that she let go of the arrow. And it was so far off mark. "…mou."
Lily cheered on. Gon mused that whatever she did with the arrow, Lily would find it awesome. On the other hand, her father sighed. And he patted her shoulder. "Zenny for your thoughts?"
"I used to have a weapon. Sort of. Before the staff and this." She said, motioning for her bow. Hajime nodded for her to continue. "It's a fishing rod."
"A fishing rod?" Hajime thought this girl was so full of surprises, he really should stop getting surprised.
"Yeah. I lost it a while back, but I managed to do a lot of things with it—including passing the Hunters exam."
"That's impressive."
She nodded. "It's a good rod. It was my father's."
"Mind if I ask you where he is?"
"He's in the Dark Continent." "I just came back here for my birthday."
"Well then." He said, rolling his sleeves up, apparently ready to give more effort into this. "Consider great skill in archery be my birthday gift to you."
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The next day, she bid her goodbye to the family, as well as the rest of the village. Many of the villagers seemed obviously relieved at the leaving of the beast. Hajime, however, was obviously having second thoughts on allowing her to go—especially alone, but he had a family to think of—
"Aren't you going papa?"
His eyes widened as he stared at Lily, tilting her head innocently. "Well?" She said. "She's near the gates now…"
"A-Ahh yeah." He said and hurried to the house to get his things. He called on to Gon, who beamed when he told her he was coming. The girl and the beast waited patiently by the gates, and before he went he lifted his daughter up and kissed her cheek. "I'm going to protect your Gon-neesan."
"Eh? She's obviously gonna protect you papa." She smiled. "You just seemed like you wanted to go."
And that was that.
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They arrived at the mansion after a few hours of walking. It was a baronial dwelling, Hajime said in awe… but he was also very nervous. Gon narrowing her eyes at the house, seeming to wait for something to happen and closely assessing it, which did not help his nerves at all.
"Something's not right." Yep, she just made it worse.
"What do you mean?"
She smelled death and, thinking she said so out loud, she began to run towards the gates to see what happened. Hajime yelled for her to take cover, in case there were snipers around. But Gon pushed on unwaveringly with Maaya. She nonchalantly unlocked the gate and went in, making Hajime scratch his head frantically at the utter carelessness of it all.
But then she turned back, her dire expression made Hajime stop. "I don't think there isn't anyone in there." She said bluntly. "Anyone alive, that is."
And after so many times he was thankful the girl was right, he really wished she was wrong this time. But she wasn't. There were many dead bodies around, bloodied, but oddly not brutal. They only had one wound, assuming they weren't hit by an ally's bullet, and that one would be the killing blow. Some didn't even have wounds. They were just dead.
Hajime never voted for the rightness of murder, no matter the circumstance, but was it possible to kill someone and making it appear as an act of grace?
He shook his head at the thought and mused fearfully that this must have been an act of the devil.
The act was done by one incredibly skilled individual, Gon said, and if she was right again he'd do anything not to meet that person. But still, one? Definitely the devil.
He looked at Gon, she was becoming pale as they went in deeper. They've seen a half-a-dozen bodies so far—and they were just in the lobby. And to his surprise, Gon suddenly covered her mouth and ran to the nearest trash can.
"Are you alright?" He asked, a little surprise she was so fearful of bodies. But then again, who wouldn't?
"It's the smell. I have a strong nose." She said. The pungent smell of a room filled with blood and decaying bodies was too much to take.
"I see…"
In any case the three continued on their way, following Maaya—who was very interestingly managing to ignore the bodies and go for the goal: Her partner. This particularly impressed Hajime, and Gon knew he finally understood.
Thankfully, the scent of dead bodies diminished as they went down. Hajime mentioned it was probably because the killer targeted the high-ranking officers and their guards, everyone just scattered away, afraid to return.
Many animals were left there, and they saw the massive Black Lion, in a cage that must have been 2 stories in height. Gon watched as Maaya ran to the cage and used her own body to hit it. Gon knew it was futile, the girl would only hurt herself.
"Maaya." She called calmly and the cat stopped. Gon walked towards what seemed to be the control panel and found a 'release all' button. She watched the pair reunite and her heartstrings were plucked in what felt like so many times, and in so many ways.
Hajime could only watch in awe as Gon climbed up a random surface and ordered the animals to calm down. He remembered an old saying: 'Good Hunters are loved by animals'. He no longer heard much of it, now that hunters were so rare, but he didn't doubt its validity. Watching Gon amongst the pacified wild animals, he thought that just didn't think they'd be this loved.
In any case, Gon and Hajime eventually returned to the village to tell them of the situation, and the verdict was that a proper arrangement would be made for the animals to be returned back to their respective habitats, or at least somewhere similarly fitting.
"Thank you for this." Hajime said, extending one of his hands, while holding his proud daughter's hand with his other. "I'm sure the animals think the same way." Gon smiled and shook her head, alternately looking at the village people as well as the animals who willingly went into their respective cages.
"No problem." She said. But this time Hajime decided to point out an observation ever since Maaya and her mate reunited.
"There seems to be something bothering you."
At the question, her eyes gravitated towards the Lions and Hajime understood it had something to do with the animals.
She couldn't help it. Her mind kept going back to the silver-haired Killua every time she saw the two lions, or even the specific cage that separated them before. It was so odd. But she realized that the feeling wasn't alien at all. She knew this feeling…
It was the feeling her dreams roused.
Her eyes widened at the thought and she turned immediately to Hajime, who flinched at the sudden attention. She didn't really understand everything—she couldn't—but her gut was telling her everything would be clear if Killua would stop lying.
Her expression changed from that of shock by realization to one of calmness. Hajime could only stare in a mix of astonishment, disbelief, and skepticism as she asked her question.
"Do you know where the Zoldyck family lives?"
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END OF CHAPTER 6
Coming Soon:
CHAPTER 7: Island x Lies x Doors
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Mona Kleine- Ahahah. Don't worry I have someone for Kura. Won't reveal that in a long while tho. /shot. And what does F.A. mean? XDD Sorry. Hihi. And of course, thank you for reviewing~! :D
Chani - *random* It's cute how Word autocorrects your name to 'chain' *wiggles eyebrows* Anyway, super glad you liked the chapter as well! xDD And thannnkk you for reviewing~
Chess – That's sweet! I hope I don't make you change your mind about me being a good author and love triangles. LOL. I'll try my best and thank you for reviewing! :D
Yorumi1 – Hhahah IKR. A bad time for Gon to be Gon because poor Killua's suffering. xD Glad you liked the chapter, even with its length, and thank you for reviewing! ;)
SerenadePanda – Yep they will! Altho fortunately the most angsty chapter I can think of has passed already. xD And don't worry everything will fix themselves eventually lol. Glad you liked the chapter even with its shortness, and thx for reviewing! xD
Ot4ku-girl – I know I know forgive me? XDD They'll end up together anyway, let's just drag it out a little. xD Oh and the mild love triangle will be arriving soon! Hahaha and thank you for reviewing! And thanks for loving the story. ;)
Phoenix-Thunder – Well August is near! We're so totally hoping you update soon! *stares at you deeply* XD And haha I'm so mean for doing this to Killua. Let's just go and hug him K? haha Thx for reviewing btw!
FattyKitty- Oh hi~ Welcome to the story then~! xD And no worries~ The yinyang pair will have a happy ending. Oh, and I'll reveal more on Mito and Illumi next chapter. ;) Thanks for reviewing! :D
Apo D – Thank you for reviewing~! Glad you liked the chapter, thank you for reading, and here's the next one! Hahah Hope you like it too. xD
Kyouno-aru – Wait you're reading on a bus? That's cool! I wish I can too. Anywho sorry I made you cry on a public place! Am I forgiven for giving out a semi-hopeful cliffhanger? XD Thx for reviewing btw~
XxHunterxX- Aww thank you for reviewing! :D I'm super glad you think the chap was amazing and I hope you're resurrected soon, seeing as you died. xD Hope you liked the chap btw! :D
Apoloni18- Thank you for reading and reviewing~! And awww—I love you too! *brohugs*
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