Who's the Clown now? || Hisoka x Reader ||

Chapter 23

Chapter 23
At the end of this story there is an important announcement. Please read it, even though it might seem long. And dont worry, im not ending the story haha, im also not going to stop updating. Actually, I have a lot more free time in the coming weeks, so expect just a bit more. It's something else - please read it!!
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I decided to take an airship to the city of wonders, in which the Heavens arena was located. It took me a mere week to win against numerous drunk gamblers in quite a few bars, and with that earn enough money to sometime book an airship and go shopping. It surely wasn't the most pleasant way to earn money, but I neglected the thought of killing for it. I also didn't want to rely on speed or nen, just for the sake of it. Subsequently, after one week of bloodless and I must admit, rather entertaining gathering of money, I acquired all needed supplies for my quest towards the Heavens Arena. Luckily, and entirely in my favor, it didn't take much of my capital to afford the ship and to pack needed resources in my bag, so I decided it was time for a makeover. Well, partly. On one hand I wanted to abandon my past self and live my life as a free women, as I'd like to call it. On the other hand, keeping my identity as a cat wouldn't simply be of large benefit in the arena, but also teach the right people the right amount of fear.

'The cat'...its connotation was purely negative, and its name was brought in association with the Zoldyck family, which was the main thing I seeked to avoid, but sacrifices had to be made. I kept my name, and settled on something that resembled my identity as the cat. A classic black outfit, some secret pockets here and there, multiple chains I can use to strangle my opponent, and a new black cloak with numerous pockets for countless knives. I chuckled once I paid and put everything on. It didn't consist of a remarkable difference, but showed some irregularities here and there, compared to my old outfit. My old me.
I looked like the cat without a doubt, but I somehow looked better. Stronger, more self confident, and, if I may say so, quite hot. I also invested into a mask to cover my face excluding the eyes, a pair of black combat boots and a whole new stalk of knives, weapons and most importantly, nutrient pills. Not having consumed anything for up to 48h was a huge backset for me during the exam. My concentration and ability faded as time went on, and therefore I wasn't able to fight with my true ability. But even without the lack of food, would've it ended differently? Would I have won?

By now it was dark. The sun had set, and the small village next to my home town in the republic of Padokea was beginning to go to sleep. I came here without second thought. This place had always been an escape for me, similar to the old ruins, it gave me a sense of belonging. Belonging and inner peace. I wanted to sort things out before continuing to the heavens arena. And so, I found myself on the roof of some random guys house, watching the stars. The village was peaceful, nothing out of the ordinary, but in contrast to the silence and peace, my thoughts were rushing.

I have my hunter license. I want to change. I am changing. I want to beat the strongest and fill the empty hole in my heart. I want to feel the same sensation I did back then. But I do not want to kill. I want to fight, not kill. My job as assassin is over. But...what do I do now?

First, I decided, I had to train. Get better, finally get up to Illumi's level. And ultimately, beat him at full strength. For that I must...
After some debating, I settled on my old nen teacher. He lived far up in the mountains, but was known as the best of the best. When I learned nen at the age of 10, he took me in and I had gone though extreme training for three years, until I managed to beat him one summer night. But now, even though its been over 10 years, I had to go and find him again. He might know how to improve...

>TIME SKIP<

The mountain wasn't as far away. I arrived the next morning. Master was rather surprised to see me, but after I summarized my current situation and thought process he only nodded. He then simply advised me to see a certain man, my fathers teacher...the god of the seven elements...

(A/N) Hey everyone!! First off, I wanted to thank you for this incredible support. I don't have any words to describe how happy all the votes comments and reads make me. Every day I check my page and smile a Gon like smile. It really means a lot to me. Thank you, thank you all so so much.

Now onto the real shit: (please read)

I could make the whole training thing a whole arc, meaning 2-4 chapters. But I feel like that could easily be boring as many of you are here for the Hisoka content, and I don't blame you, cause I must admit he is one sexy clown. So what do y'all think? Please please please let me know in the comments!! Ill then be sure to update according to everyone's votes and ideas.
Just simply put a clown emoji 🤡 if you want more Hisoka interaction at heavens arena and for me to just skip the training sessions and say she trained a lot and now is Saitama's daughter...

...Or put a octopus 🐙 (idk I think its cute) if you'd like more character development based on the training sessions with the god of the 7 elements, which really is a shitty name, but my creativity sadly has proven itself to suck quite a bit.

I encourage everyone to please please vote by commenting on this chapter. It will ensure me to deliver what the majority wants, and therefore make the story more entertaining for you!! Please please vote, don't just scroll past this...(cause thats what I often used to do with authors notes, and I know how annoying this long note is, and I'm so sorry)

Expect smut fluff and a lot of ass kicking. Regardless wether you vote for the training or not. It'll come, just a bit later if 🐙 wins (is it just me that really finds this emoji incredibly adorable? Whenever I look at it I go uwu hahaha)

Have a wonderful day. And again, thank you. From the bottom of my heart. Sorry for this short chapter. I just wanted to make sure if y'all would even enjoy detail on the training part, so I thought why not ask everyone. I hope this is okay :) ly