Adventure awaits

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Killua let out a sigh, rubbing his temples. "Baka!" he said, scolding the green haired boy sitting across from him. Gon laughed awkwardly, rubbing the back of his head. "I'm sorry-" the dumbass sitting across from him was a massive pain in the ass sometimes. "You paid two hundred million jenny for some damn-" he hesitated, trying to make sense of the curved item in Gon's hands. "Thing? What even is it?" Gon's eyes shined. "It says it'll take us on an adventure!" Killua's eye twitched. He'd known Gon for the past four years, and he still underestimated how horrible decisions he could make. "Some...ball? Really?" Gon traced the delicate pattern scrawled across it with his finger, the tan a sharp contrast to the pearl white.

"Yeah! It's supposed to give us a goal, like a quest in a video game! And once we complete that the game will be over" Gon said, eyes shining. Killua thought for a moment. "Do you think it's like greed island then?" he squinted at the spherical object, activating gyo. "Sounds like it." Killua scoffed. "It was a scam, it's got no Nen." A pout drew itself across Gon's face. "C'mon don't ruin my fun!" Killua snickered, then chuckled, then laughed. Gon gulped a little, picking up on just how pissed his best friend was. "You spent two hundred million jenny on a scam." Gon groaned. "Well yeah, but you can always get more-" , "Two. million. Jenny." Killua repeated.

"I've seen you win two times that in a single game of poker," Gon said dryly, flicking his forehead. "Calm down kitty." Killua's cheeks flushed and he kicked the bench out from under him. Gon yelped, falling on his back. "Ow-" , "B-BAKA!" Gon had a very weird habit of using really cutesy nicknames on the white haired boy, a habit he'd picked up a few months ago. Where it came from, Killua hadn't the faintest clue. However it never failed to make his stomach twist in a knot. Not in a bad way, but not in a good way either. "Why do you say things like that? It's- weird!" he crossed his arms, scowling. Gon laughed. It was such a musical laugh. "It's fun embarrassing you. Wait a minute there's a button on this-" Gon's attention was riveted on the sphere again.

Killua rolled his eyes. "Whatever-" all of a sudden the object in Gon's hands started trembling. Killua blinked, peering down at it. "Eh? How's it moving?" Gon shrugged. "No clue, but it's getting warmer..." Killua snatched it from him, not wanting Gon to be harmed in case it was genuinely dangerous. He hummed, tossing the ball in the air, before catching it. "I wonder what would happen if-" A catlike grin spread across his face. "Killua, no." Gon said firmly. He snickered, then threw the sphere at the ground as hard as he could. "Killua!" Gon smacked the back of his head. Before Killua could make a snarky remark, the sphere cracked, and an eerie soft mist started leaking out of it.

"Hey! You broke it!" Gon cried, retrieving the object. Killua peered over his shoulder at it. "I think we're supposed to." he grabbed the object, before crushing it in his fist. A bright flash of light engulfed them, which was strange but he'd seen a lot of weird shit in the course of his lifetime. Killua braced himself, gripping onto Gon's arm. When the vertigo that overtook them disappeared, and he was able to hear voices.

"Stand back!"

"Brace yourselves!"

"Quit your yapping."

Gon let out a yelp, nearly collapsing. Killua caught him by the arm in time however, managing to stay on his feet. "Ne Killua do you think-" a gruff male voice broke Killua's train of thought. "A couple of kids?" Killua's eyes darted around, examining the situation. He and Gon were surrounded by three older males and a younger looking female, and they seemed to be in a museum of sorts. The wall to their left was broken, and so was everything in a 10 meter radius of them. "Woah! Hey Killua, I think that sphere thing wasn't useless after all!" Gon stood up, eyes wide and brimming with curiosity. No matter how old that idiot got, he would never truly grow up.

"It was rumored that a devious monster claimed that out of the Sakiri sphere a fearsome beast would emerge. Instead we got...a couple of teenagers?'' A blue haired male said, a baffled expression on his face. Gon blinked. "Well that's weird, the old lady who sold that thing to me said it'd take us on an adventure! And there'd be some sort of quest we had to complete to get home like a video game." His eyes shined as he glanced around. "The air here smells different too." Killua groaned. "Don't forget you spent two fucking million on that damned thing. It better be well worth the money." However, Gon was right. Something about the ground he was standing on felt...different.

"Video game?" one of the other adults muttered, glancing at the younger lady in confusion. "Yeah! I-" Gon paused, blinking. Killua was confused as well, he saw...text in his vision. Like his vision was the screen of a video game.

Objective: Defeat King

"Ne Killua do you see the words?" He nodded, turning to Gon. "Yeah. Objective, defeat king. I wonder who that is." There was a thudding noise that vibrated in the air almost immediately after those words left his mouth. It sounded kind of like a heartbeat, and it was irritating. His eyes followed where the noise was coming from, and his head tilted slightly. There was a lean man with shoulder length blonde hair and a nasty scar across one eye. At a quick glance he appeared formidable, but under the surface Killua sensed no strength. By the other's reactions this was obviously the so-called 'King'. His eyes narrowed and locked with the man's. The thudding got louder, causing some of the people surrounding them to take cautious steps back.

"Pathetic." Killua said dryly. "E-Eh? Listen kid, you're standing in front of the strongest man alive!" one of the people cried, sounding infuriated. "Show some respect you brat!"Don't tell me these people actually believe his bluff? "I'd suggest you back off, don't you hear the King's engine?" Do they mean the rapid beating of this old man's heart? Are people here really that stupid? Killua could tell he was terrified by that heartbeat alone, although his expression gave nothing away. Before Killua could open his mouth, Gon cleared his throat awkwardly. "Sorry about him- he has some uh, respect issues. Especially towards figures of authority-" Gon suddenly yelped, and there was a strangled cry of pain as some weirdo was caught by Gon's fist as the creature tried to attack Gon from behind. The ugly brute went flying into a wall and remained unresponsive. "Oops- sorry. Was he with you?"

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To be continued...

Hey shippers! i MASSIVELY procrasinated on this, and the book doesnt have a schedule really just when i make chapters, but i cant wait to get into this book! i have so many ideas. feel free to add your own suggestions as well!