The Wilted Flower ⁀ 𝐤. 𝐳𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐲𝐜𝐤 𝐱 𝐨𝐜

𝓒𝓱𝓪𝓹𝓽𝓮𝓻 𝓽𝔀𝓮𝓷𝓽𝔂-𝓷𝓲𝓷𝓮 • 𝓼𝓷𝓸𝔀𝓭𝓻𝓸𝓹

uhh haha sorry in advance, this was originally written at like 2:30 am, but I tried my best to edit it.

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A lightbulb went off in Hyacinth's mind when Killua had said that word, and a few minutes later, she was standing in the arena about to go against her first opponent of Heavens Arena, a large, lumpy yet burly man in unappealing sportswear. 

"What's yer a lit'le girlie doin' in 'e ring?" he questioned drabbly, which Hyacinth completely ignored.

"Do both of you understand the rules?" the ref asked, and the two nodded simultaneously. The lady announcer had explained to them just a bit ago, so it was fresh in their minds.

"Alright. Ready!"  After a moment, he yanked the checkered flag he held high in the air straight down. "Fight!"

After a moment, the man rushed towards the girl, his heavy steps echoing throughout the large room. He wasn't that fast. In retaliation, Hyacinth put the plan she formulated in her head a few minutes back into action.

Earlier, upon hearing Killua's words, a thought instantly came to her mind. What if she used the same technique Kurapika had suggested she use to open the Testing Gates. . . But she focused all of that converted physical power into her dominant arm? Then, if she were to fistbump someone, there would be an extraordinary impact.

The girl put her plan into action, within moments being able to access her shifted strength and pile it into her arm, much to her surprise. She took a few steps forward as her opponent rushed her, and when he extended his hand to punch her, she quickly connected her strengthened fist to his. There was a shockwave that rippled through his body, and his eyes bulged as he as he was effortlessly sent flying into the wall, cracking the stone and slumping over, unconscious. 

The section of the stadium that was watching her fell silent, shocked that such a thin girl held such power. But once the ref announced that she won by a T.K.O., the crowd erupted into cheers.

"Woah! What amazing feat did we just witness?!"  The orange-haired announcer laid her eyes on the sight, keeping her normal loud commenting aura. "Another beast kid that defeated their opponent in one blow! I wonder what floor she'll advance to!"

The ref walked up to Hyacinth, who was cowering from all of the attention, and handed her the ticket that had dispersed from his mini hand-held machine.

"You may advance to floor eighty-five."

Both the crowd and the announcer went absolutely crazy, and Hyacinth quickly took it, muttering a thanks and scurrying out of the arena to get away from the attention. She shut the door behind her and slumped to the ground, quietly sighing in relief at the smaller amount of people around her, none of which were watching her.

Looking around the large wall, Hyacinth didn't see either of her friends. Was Gon's match not done? She didn't see him in any of the other arenas, so he must've finished, but where was he? The girl thought that he was probably as lost as she was.

She noticed that everyone else who had won their match was heading to a certain counter where a lady accepted their floor ticket, later handing them an envelope, which the brunette guessed was their prize money. She made her way over there after double-checking for the two boys. After she had received the envelope, she simply slipped it into her short's pocket, and she really had no idea where to go.

Am I on my own for now? she thought to herself, furrowing her eyebrows in disappointment. She couldn't call either of them, she didn't have a phone. Unsure of what she should be doing, she took the elevator up to floor eighty-five. A guide-woman stationed in the elevator explained to Hyacinth about how the tower works in more detail, and she understood it better. 

"Thank you for the clarification, miss." she muttered as she stepped out of the elevator and onto her respective floor. To her, the hallway was quite lavish, with a gorgeous red trim on the walls and decorated with fitting decor. Though it wasn't as nice as the butler mansion she stayed in previously. However, she wasn't going to complain.

Walking up to the registration desk, the brunette was handed another small packet of questions she needed to fill out. It would be frustrating, but she'd have to complete it without any help. Her main goal was to get to floor one hundred as fast as possible, so she could get a private room, but for now she'd have to stay at a nearby hotel. With her Hunter's License, she could afford it. Anything was better than being on the streets.

Hyacinth sat there for a long while, filling out the short form with her broken spelling. In the middle of answering a question, she was interrupted when someone walked up behind her.

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guys, I don't know how to spell disappointment. Grammarly has to fix it for me whenever I try to spell it. I can't even spell my own middle name wth 

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