Hunter x Hunter

Chapter 4

"What do I think? Well for starters," I pointed at Feitan. "You're a short, nosy, emo who doesn't know when to quit being an ass." He looked pissed. I chose him first so that if I was killed then at least I would have spoken my mind to him. The bastard. "But you're kinda cool or whatever."

To my surprise, the troupe members were chuckling. "Next, Phinks, you talk a big game but you're soft. You're arrogant and a bit high maintenance, but I like how driven you are. Paku, for the most part you're okay. You check on me everyday which was the last thing I thought any of this devil's group would do but you're a bit nosy. Machi, you can be an ass but most of the time you're pretty fun to be around. Shalnark..." I actually don't have anything bad to say about him. "The fact that you're calm in battle creeps me out but you're fun to play games with. Kortopi, you're interesting. I've never seen you fight before or even get violent but you're short like that pouting, emo kid over there, so you get docked a few points." I went through the rest of them and gave everyone a back handed compliment. I finally had the leader and Hisoka left. "Chrollo, you're a twisted man who was willing to kill a whole island of people because of a rumor. I won't ever forgive you for it. Besides that you keep everyone in check with a few rules which is impressive. And Hisoka- where's Hisoka?"

"He left earlier to take the hunter exam. He should be back in a couple of weeks." Machi answered.

"Okay well since he isn't here then there's no reason to bash him." A folded my arms and shifted my weight to one leg. "Well that's everyone. Are you going to kill me now?" Chrollo's face was always so hard to read. He sat there with a smile tugging at his lips. I wasn't sure if I was going to be killed or if he was going to laugh.

"No I won't kill you and they won't either. One of my rules is that infighting is not allowed between the spiders." Anyone with half a brain cell knew what he meant.

"Hey! I never said that I would join!"

'Yeah... it's not like a give a damn about these guys anyway...'

"Yes, but you said you hate us and yet you're still here. Not once have you tried to attack anyone. You play cards with Shalnark. Dance with Bono. Train with Uvo, go into town with Machi, Paku, and Nobunaga. You pick fights with Phinks and Feitan but you never actually hurt them. And you spend most of your time with Hisoka. Etc., etc. You're the ideal troupe member, so what'll it be?"

~~~~~~~

'It's been 2 weeks and this damn tattoo still itches! What the hell?!' I joined the phantom troupe 2 weeks ago. After I agreed to be a spider, I went to bed. I woke up the next morning with a pain on my left shoulder blade and when I looked into the mirror I saw it: a 12 legged spider with the number 13 in the middle. It was a pretty large tattoo too. About 7 x 7 inches. I'm still not sure how they did this or why I didn't wake up from the needle.

Anyway, today was just like any normal day. The spiders decided to go separate ways for the time being, so I was alone. In any other case I wouldn't be alone, but everyone else already had a partner and mine was off taking the hunter exam. He won't be back for at least another 2 days-

The base doors opened and in walked Hisoka. "H-hisoka? I thought you were taking the exam?"

He walked to the corner of the room and picked up a few items he left behind. "Yes but one of the examiners was terribly inadequate. I tried to kill him but I was disqualified. So what are you doing here by yourself?" He smirked as if he already knew my answer.

"I was waiting for you, jerk." I walked up to him but I looked down at my twirling fingers so I didn't have to look at him. "You're my partner and everyone else left by now. I just don't want to be alone." He smiled again began walking out of the house the troupe had been staying in a week before. "And just so you know, I will not be participating in any heinous acts so don't expect me to."

"Sure. Whatever you say."

For the next several months Hisoka and I roamed around the globe, sometimes we would go back to the others and hangout for a while. Every once in a while we would get a call to meet up with some of the other spiders so we did. Most of the time, I wasn't told what mission they were doing because I hardly ever participated in any acts of violence like the rest. When the spiders would separate again, Hisoka dragged me to several places in an attempt to find someone. He fought several dozen people who he considered powerful but they all were no match for him. This, of course, upset Hisoka. "Why don't you and I fight little Angel?" He asked me one day.

I tied my hair up. "I guess so. I need to get some training in anyway." I prepared myself for a fight and then it begun. Of course I lost but I think I did a pretty good job of protecting myself and countering his advances. I even learned a few new methods and techniques.

"At least you weren't as much of a bore as the others. You surprised me actually. No one has ever landed a kick on me like that." He had a look of lust of his face. Not completely for me but for the fight maybe. "Why didn't you modify your body during the fight?"

"So you caught that?" He simply nodded his head. "Well I didn't think I needed to. I wasn't trying to kill you and besides... I don't want to rely on my Broyk abilities all the time. The only way our modified bodies will become stronger is if our regular ones are trained. That was why it was so easy for you all to kill my people. They relied heavily on their modified bodies." I felt my eyes get misty again so I turned away from him and changed the subject. "Anyway, you said you wanted to enter the hunter exams again this year, right? Well let's go. I think a hunter's license would be good for me."

"So you're going to take the exam too?"

"Of course. Plus it's not like you can leave me since we're partners now. Anyway when is this exam?"

"2 months away."

"Okay then let's get to training!" I pulled my amethyst hair up into a bun this time and got into a fighting stance again.

Hisoka laughed. "Excellent but we'll have to do something about your hair and eyes."

"Hm?"

Time-skip! Waiting area for phase 1 of exam!

So far the exam has been pretty easy. No big fights or challenges. No crazy tasks or mental strains. The only thing that was stressful was our ride to the exam. Our train derailed from the tracks so I had to help the crew to get everyone to safety. Hisoka and I were the only ones to pass that "test" and were allowed to move on.

Hisoka and I were now waiting underground for the actual exam to begin. My number is 45 and Hisoka's is 44.

We never discussed it but it was safe to assume that we wouldn't be helping each other much. Even so, I stayed by his side until I felt like continuing on my own.

Gon's POV

Leorio, Kurapika, and I made it to the waiting area for the exam finally! There were plenty of strong looking people there and they all looked interesting and different.

'Wow.'

There was a man who gave us some information on some of the contestants. "Number 44. Hisoka the magician. He's dangerous..." Our new friend explained who Hisoka is and what he has done to explain why he's so scary. "Oh! And then there's number 45." He pointed to an angelic girl with long red hair and blue eyes. She had on baggy camo pants and a dark green crop top. "She's the girl with red hair standing next to 44. She's a rookie too but I've heard that she has easily passed all of the obstacles that were thrown at her. She stays pretty close to 44 so we can only assume that they are friends."

"Oh I see." Kurapika rests his chin on his fingers and thought for a moment.

Out of the corner of my eye, I saw a man in black armor and a purple cape purposefully bump into the red haired girl. The girl didn't seem to care much but Hisoka didn't let it go. The man's arms turned into flower petals and he screamed in agony. "Do apologize if you bump into someone." The girl rolled her eyes and said something under her breath that Hisoka seemed to find amusing.

After everyone recovered from that terrifying display, the first phase of the exam began.

'I wonder who that girl is? And the man she's with.'