Just the Maid

Chapter 23- Ship Ride

After everyone had finished eating, we boarded the ship again. We were herded into a large space in front of the ship for a small meeting.

"Let me introduce myself once more to the remaining applicants. I am Netero, Chairman of this year's Hunter Exam Selection Committee," said the man.

"I am his secretary, Beans," said the green thing beside him.

"I had originally planned on making my appearance during the exam's final phase, but since I'm already here..." he went on. He looked at the remaining applicants with a glint in his eyes.

"I'm loving this tension in the air!" he exclaimed. "So I think I'll stick around for the rest of the trip." He laughed.

"We are scheduled to arrive at our destination tomorrow morning at 8 AM. Dinner will be waiting for you in the dining hall. You are also welcome to get some rest. Basically, you are free to do as you please until we come and get you," said Beans.

"Hey guys, let's explore the airship!" suggested Killua. I nodded.

"Okay!" agreed Gon.

"How can they have so much energy...?" I heard Leorio mutter as we left. I smiled to myself as I followed Killua and Gon out into the hall.

We ran around the ship together, looking into the different rooms and seeing what they contained. One of the rooms we went in to contained lots of board games and arcade games, like foosball and air hockey. We all immediately ran inside.

"Whoa... Look at this! Hey Kat, do you know how to play?" asked Gon. He was pointing at the foosball table. I nodded and went over to join him.

"You wanna play?" he asked. I looked at him and grinned.

"You sure you wanna play with the Queen of Foosball?" I questioned.

"Queen of Foosball? You must be pretty good then!"

"I'm undefeated. I've never met my match."

"Well then, I verse winner!" Killua commented as he walked over. "This should be interesting."

As we played, I kept my eyes on the ball constantly and only used quick wrist turns instead of spinning the entire pole like a madman. Eventually, I won by 5 points. Killua took his place then. I won by 2.

"Good game, guys. But you shall never beat the Queen of Foosball, muahahaha!" I laughed, evilly.

"Yeah? Well let's see if you still got your skateboarding skills!" Killua pointed at a very small half pipe in the corner of the room.

I gulped. "We'll see..." The three of us hopped up to the top. He handed me his skateboard and I stood on it, balancing myself.

"You want me to take your cloak? You don't want it to get caught," said Gon, cautiously. I looked at him, and shook my head no. I don't want anyone to see me just yet. Just in case, anyway. I took a big breath and took off. I rolled down and up, twisted. Down and up, twisted. My eyes were wide open, but just for a second, I closed my eyes. Down and up, twisted. The world slowed as I opened my eyes again to see the ice blue stare of a snowflake and the grin of a wild piece of fresh grass right in front of me. My heart skipped a beat, and I forgot to turn. The world sped up to real time as I drifted backwards.

"Heh? WAAAAAAGH!!!" I flailed my arms to keep my balance. I reached the other end, but when I sailed back to where I started, the skateboard gave way and shot out beneath my feet, forcing me forward. I closed my eyes, waiting for my imminent collision. I felt myself smack into one of the boys.

"You alright, Kitty?" I looked up to see that I had collided with Killua.

"Yeah. Thanks for catching me. And sorry for smacking into you..." I apologized.