Hunter x Hunter

Chapter 9

I woke up the next morning and ate with my friends. They were all bickering with each other over who gets what. All I could do was laugh, because this is exactly how it is at home.

Flashback!

"Okay! Breakfast is ready!" I shout as I placed the last dish on the table. Instantly, everyone appeared around the table and began eating.

"Wow Angel! You always make such good food, even if it is just breakfast!" Shalnark praised.

"Thanks Shal!" A loud pound from the end of the table grabbed everyone's attention.

"What the hell Franklin?! You can't eat the last of the sausages!" Uvogin yelled fiercely.

"But I did." He ate the last sausage on his plate. "I grabbed it before you anyway." Uvogin looked pissed but reached for the bacon instead, which was swiftly grabbed up by Feitan.

"I guess you weren't fast enough." Feitan teased.

"Why you- you did that on purpose!" The guys we're always so childish at meals.

"I'm a thief. I take what I want." Feitan and Uvo both eyed each other.

"Disagreements are settled with a coin toss." Paku reminded the boys.

"Seriously you guys?" I sighed and set down a couple more plates of each food item. "I made more so eat as much you want, but just know that it's coming out of the boss's pocket."

"Thank you for the meal Angel, I don't know how you can cook so much all the time." Paku giggled.

"Yeah it's incredible that you can satisfy everyone's hunger." Machi chimed in.

"A true gift." Hisoka finished.

"I wouldn't say that. I cooked a lot when my clan threw festivals. Usually I was in the town center making the meals for everyone. Every time, Kito and Saito would help me while Cam and Hitomi handled refreshments. Every celebration we did that... except..." The table got quite and then I realized I was crying. "I'm sorry!" I quickly wiped my tears and chuckled. "I guess I got carried away again. I'll be back in a minute." When I came back, everyone had stopped eating. "Oh are you guys not hungry? I guess I made too much food this time. Oops."

Paku was the first to speak. "Angel... I'm sorry. We put you through a lot and never apologized for it." Most of the others nodded their heads in agreement.

"Yeah. Sorry I tried to kill you when we first met." Phinks said more or less in his normal tone.

Uvogin spoke next. "You talk about your friend a lot. I think I killed her. Sorry about that."

"I know Uvo. There's no reason to confess to me." I started tearing up again.

Of course I understood that they don't regret their actions but they do feel bad. "Are you okay Angel?" Nobunaga asked after a moment of silence.

"Oh well... it's true that I would love to be home right now. It's true that I want my family back... but I'm happy I met you all. Even though you participate in criminal activity that I don't always agree with and you killed everyone that I cared about, I enjoy our time together." I smiled at them. The mood in the room got a little lighter and we all finished eating, together.

End flashback!

We were told to get off the airship so we could go to our next phase of the exam. We were told to make it to the bottom of the tower before 72 hours is up.

"Okay. So all we need to do is climb down? That's simple enough." I sat on the edge and began bracing myself to climb down this tall tower. A man came over and started boasting about how he's an expert mountain climber. He was moving faster than I was down the side of the tower so he was getting cocky.