HxH Emerald Bounty: Introduction Arc

Choices X Threats X Five

Once the screams were heard there was a moment of shuffling around "Who was that?!" Kalluto asked.

"One sounded like Kurapika." Killua says.

"And the other sounded like Machi." Nobunga pointed out.

"Where light switch?!" Feitan asked, before tripping on his face in the pitch black "Ow." He complained before the lights turned back on.

They all look around to see Machi and Kurapika were tied up behind glass, with machine guns pointed towards them "Whats going on?!" Leorio gasps at the sight.

In the middle of the room was a letter, they pick it up and Hisoka reads it "You must choose who to save, each of them have a moral value we made up for them, person on the left if a rich millionaire willing to give you millions for saving them." The left was Kurapika "And the person on the right is a loved one, who is begging you so save them." Machi was on the right. "What do you choose? Money or love." Hisoka finished.

"They can't be serious right?!" Leorio growled. This was supposed to be a guild that didn't support death! So why were they doing this?!

"It seems like they are." Killua spoke.

"Well I choose Machi because she's our friend." Chrollo says and goes to say person 2, but Gon stopped him.

"Hey wait just a second, we can't just choose her because she's your friend! We have to think about this!" He tells them annoyed, and scared for Kurapika, because Machi did have the higher moral ground on this. A loved one over a million dollars.

"Well ether way it should be Machi shes the loved one." Shizuku speaks out.

"Let's think about this though!" Alluka stoped them.

"I agree." Shalnark agreed with Gon, and Allluka.

"Shalnark your not serious are you?" Uvogin asked him.

"Yeah I am, this is a guild for redemption and saving people, even villains from death." Shalnark spoke out against his friends "There has to be some sort of twist to this! Someway we can save both!" Shalnark tells them.

"Shalnark you are apart of the troupe! You order to me, not them." Chrollo tried to stay calm in this but was in shock that Shalnark would do such a thing.

"I'm not following their orders Dancho." Shalnark assured him "I'm just following what I believe is right and best for us." Shalnark looked at them with worry but a hint of confidence.

"Tch." Machi scoffed "Like I said, he's a traitor." Machi speaks out "Just like Hisoka." She glared at the light blonde spider.

Shalnark silently gasps "I-I'm not a traitor.....I'm trying to do what's best for us!" Shalnark reassured them.

Kurapika looked annoyed, and Machi continued to speak against Shalnarks words "How is this best for us you trai-!" She was cut off by the other hostage yelling.

"Oh quiet will you!" Kurapika yelled at her, and they all looked at him "Shalnark has been the most decent person out of all of you so far, so shut your mouth." He glared at her.

"You little!" Machi growled at Kurapika.

Chotans POV
"Oh? There seems to be a lot of tension between team 4 huh Cho?" Simon leaned forward on the front desk.

"Yeah, most of them are criminals so I'm not surprised." Chotan mentioned sipping on his tea, and having a banana muffin.

"Oh really?" Simon questioned.

"Yeah from the Phantom troupe, and then a couple of Zoldycks." Chotan informed him "So if they do try to pull any tricks then I will help you lock them up." He chuckles "But I doubt that, I see a lot of potential in them redeeming themselves." He looked at team 4 with hope in his eyes.