"Since we can't sleep because of you know who, want to go find those two?" Kurapika asked, standing back up after at least an hour plus had past.

"Sure, why not," Leorio said.

"I'll sit here a bit longer in case they come back. If not, I'll come find you if you take too long," Kiyoko replied, smiling at the two boys.

"Alright, we'll be back once we find them," Kurapika said, turning to leave.

"We'll be going now," Leorio said, waving to the girl.

The girl nodded with a bright look on her face until she noticed the tabard still in her possession.

"Oh, wait, Kurapika-kun!" Kiyoko called, blushing in embarrassment.

"Hm?" the boy hummed, turning back to look at the red faced girl.

"Y-your, umm, tabard.. I should return it.." the girl said, holding out the cloth.

"Y-you don't want it?" the boy asked awkwardly, walking back to retrieve the tabard. "I mean, to keep yourself warm and stuff.."

"T-thanks, but it's alright. I'm fine!" she responded.

Kuromi quickly took over half of Kiyoko's body and shot a deadly glare at Kurapika who only ignored her presence.

"Kuro, is everything alright?" Kiyoko asked, aware of the dangerous killing intent she held for the boy.

"Great. Everything is just great…" the girl replied to herself.

'Are you sure? You seem a lot more hostile than ever..' Kiyoko thought.

"Thank you for returning my tabard, Kiyoko, I'll be going now," Kurapika said, smiling to the girl once again and leaving.

"Okay. See you both later," the genial girl answered.

"Go. Away," Kuromi hissed irritably. "I would be cursing at you right now, but then I'd be lectured for no reason!"

"What's up with you today..? You're clearly not okay…" Kiyoko said.

"I. Am. Fine….!"

"No, you aren't. And I should know that," Kiyoko said. "Either tell me what's wrong or I'll read your thoughts."

"None. I choose none," Kuromi argued.

"You're so stubborn…" the girl said, scanning through her divided mind.

Apparently, she couldn't find an answer to Kuromi's hostility and the cause for her being a lot more rebellious than usual, the thought being blurred up.

"Seriously.. Uncover it, Kuro."

"No."

"People are going to think I'm crazy talking to myself…."

"So what? Don't ask then!"

"I will found out sooner or later.."

"Then quit asking!" Kuromi exclaimed, reverting back to her mental state.

A few contestants looked over at the girl with an uncomfortable expression, clearly thinking that she was a mental person who's just passing by in the exam. Kiyoko blushed and looked down onto her lap nervously to avoid eye contact from everyone else as they returned their attention to their own business.

'I hate you..' Kiyoko thought as she sighed.

'Great.'

A few more hours later, Kiyoko decided to walk around the airship and look for the others just like she said she would after taking so long.

'I wonder where they all are..' the girl thought.

Her answer was soon answered when she spotted Menchi in a gold towel throwing knifes at Leorio and Kurapika furiously. Leorio was screaming and ran passed the girl as Kurapika turned a corner and waited there. A butcher knife flew passed Kiyoko's face an inch away, the girl just standing there and blinking curiously at the scene. Menchi dashed passed her a second later and went after Leorio as Kurapika walked over to where Kiyoko stood, completely lost.

"… What happened just now?"

"I'll explain.. Let's just go after Leorio while I retell this… Adventurous tale of Leorio and Kurapika," the Kurta joked, the girl giggling at his remark in response.

The two teens began to take their time following the screaming teen and enraged examiner as Kurapika told Kiyoko what happened and why they were being chased.

"We wanted to talk, or to be exact, ask the examiner about the next phase and how many more phases we need to put up with you see. Apparently, Menchi-san didn't answer when Leorio knocked and pounded at her door. He decided to open the door and peek inside to find her…"

"And found her wrapped up in a towel?" Kiyoko finished.

"Yeah…. So now she's hunting us down, but I wonder if she took my excuse," Kurapika answered.

"Your excuse? I think I already know what it is.." Kiyoko said, sweat dropping a bit.

Menchi stomped past the two teens as she gripped on her knife tightly and ignored the two.

"Hello, Menchi-san.." the girl suddenly greeted.

The woman stopped in her track and looked at the girl with a bright smile on her face, clearly hiding her frustration with the boys.

"Hello! Are you enjoying this exam so far?" Menchi replied.

'I don't know how to reply to that…' Kiyoko thought hesitantly. "Y-yeah..!"

"That's good! I hope you pass in the upcoming phases. Good luck!" the woman said, waving at Kiyoko and walking away.

"Well, that was awkward…" Kurapika suddenly said.

"It's rude not to greet her though.." the girl said, the two continuing to walk.

"I understand."

Kuromi suddenly took over half of Kiyoko's body and grabbed her staff, Kurapika noticing her actions and blocking it with his twin bokken swords. Kuromi clicked her tongue disgustedly as Kiyoko forcefully reverted herself back.

"Sorry, Kurapika-kun.. I really don't know what's gotten into her today.." Kiyoko apologized, frowning at herself as she decreased the staff and tucked it back to the ribbon on her waist.

'I think I know what's wrong. It's probably that discussion we had while you were asleep,' the boy thought, hiding his nunchaku. "No, it's fine. I think I'm getting use to it."

The two suddenly came across a panting and sulking Leorio as he checked his face on one of the gigantic windows.

"Looks like we found him," Kiyoko said, smiling at the boy.

"… Damn it.. My handsome face is ruined…" the man said out loud, touching the scratches.

"I don't think it changed at all," Kurapika said, walking closer to the man with Kiyoko.

"... WHAT IS UP WITH YOU!? WHY ARE YOU LOOKING SO UNSCATHED!?" Leorio exclaimed, pointing at the Kurta.

Leorio walked up to the boy and growled at him as he got up to Kurapika's face, silence filling between them.

'I don't get these two… One moment they're fine, the next one of them is angry,' Kiyoko thought awkwardly.

'Maybe they are just retarded?'

"…. Maybe it's because of how I look?" the boy asked, turning away confusedly as he scratched his cheek.

"YOU LITTLE!"

"Now, now!" Kiyoko said nervously.

"Gon?" Kurapika suddenly asked.

"Eh?" Kiyoko and Leorio said confusedly.

The two looked over to where the boy was staring at and saw Gon outside the ship with his fishing rod in hand.

"Is that..?" Leorio asked.

"Gon…" Kurapika repeated.

"Let's go check what's going on," Kiyoko said, rushing over to look.

Leorio and Kurapika nodded at each other and followed suit, running just as quick to the big window. The young boy was running around and attacking Netero as Killua sat on the sidelines, not bothering to join the game Netero proposed to them both.

"He looks really… excited and confident…" Kiyoko pointed out, Kuromi huffing in response.

Netero made a leap for it as Gon swung his fishing rod and caught him unstable, head butting him right after. The boy was now holding his head and wriggling on the floor in pain as Netero stared at him with interest. Gon stood back up and began to chase after the old man again, getting ready to head butt Netero's stomach once more. The boy quickly dashed over to Netero, the man jumping out of the way immediately, and nearly pummeled off the airship. Instead, he was hanging off the side, his fishing rod caught on the railing just in time.

"This boy.." Leorio said.

Kurapika patted Kiyoko's back and assured her that Gon was fine as Killua and Netero stared at nothing in shock. Gon swung himself back on board and kicked Netero's face swiftly; dashing after the ball the man was holding the entire time.

'I GOT IT!' he exclaimed excitedly.

'No, you don't!' Netero responded back, grabbing the ball before the young boy could. 'That was close..'

'You used your right hand and left leg just now, didn't you?' Gon asked happily.

"Err… yes?" Netero asked back.

"YEAH! I WON!" the boy responded, falling onto his back tiredly.

Killua stood up walk up to the boy on the ground as he called out to him.

'Gon!'

'Killua! Did you see? I made him use his left leg and right hand…..' Gon said, drifting off to sleep.

Killua only smiled and let out an amused chuckle as he propped the boy's arm around his shoulders and supported him.

The other three from inside the airship headed outside to see what was going on as Leorio suddenly asked, "What the heck was he doing?"

"No clue. But I can only say one thing. Whatever he just accomplished, he's satisfied with it," Kurapika replied.

"You got that right…" Leorio muttered.

"We should get him back inside before he gets sick," Kiyoko said, smiling at the two young boys.

"Oh well… Captain, our flight status please?" Netero asked as he walked away.

The group was now bringing in the sleeping boy back into the airship away from the cold outdoor air as the president received an answer.

"I see… I apologize for interrupting this flight, but may I ask you to fly a bit slower?"

"Where did your belongings go?" Killua asked curiously.

"We 'migrated' to a different area, if you know what I mean, Fuzz Ball," Kuromi said, taking over a half of Kiyoko's body and glaring at Kurapika.

"F-Fuzz Ball?" the boy asked irritably, his eye twitching at the nickname.

Kiyoko sighed and ignored Kuromi, leaving her be.

"What is he doing?" Leorio asked uncomfortably, pointing at a certain man.

That man turned out to be Tonpa. He was up from sleeping and near the group's possessions looking around for them and chuckling to himself mischievously as everyone just stared, completely antagonized. The man looked over and made eye contact with them all right after, his face dropping to fear, and then slid away and out of sight nervously.

"….. Weirdo.." Kuromi and Killua said.

The airship finally landed on their next destination in the morning, just not at the assigned time.

"I apologize for the long wait. The airship has now landed on its destination," a voice announced.

The participants looked out the windows quickly before they all headed outside to take a better look.

"Wow! Is this where we are continuing the exam?" Gon asked excitedly.

"What is this place?"

"There's nothing here…"

"Ahem. I hope you all enjoyed your flight. The top of Trick Tower is your next location for the Third Exam! Now for the details…. The rules for this test are simple. In fact, there is only one! ….Get off this tower ALIVE!" Beans instructed. "Reach the tower's base within seventy-two hours! And with that, let's begin! I will pray for your success!"

'No way..' Leorio whispered as everyone looked at each other.

'Best of luck everyone!' Beans' voice rang from the departed ship.

Gon and the others took a quick look off the tower to see how high it was from the ground after the ship disappeared.

"Are we supposed to climb off this place?" Leorio asked.

"That would be suicide," Killua said.

'I'm sure there would be some idiot who's willing to do it though,' Kuromi muttered.

"Maybe its suicide for a normal person," a man said confidently.

'There's one,' Kurapika said back.

"We'll be finding a way to get off then," Kuromi said, making Kiyoko separate from the group.

"He's going to die in a few seconds and you know that right?" Kiyoko asked herself.

"Which is why we are leaving," the alternated half said. "We don't have time to waste watching some person go suicidal."

"Could've told- THEM!" Kiyoko exclaimed, falling through the floor out of the blue.

"AHHHH! WHAT THE HECK IS THIS?!" the girl or girls if you want to say exclaimed.

Kiyoko and Kuromi landed on their bottom on the hard cold floor after a second later, slowly opening their eyes to adjust to the dark room.

'Oww…' Kiyoko winced. "Kuro.. Where are we?"

"Don't ask me… But my guess? Inside the tower itself."

Kiyoko looked around the dark room as she scanned if there were any objects to grab. It was too dark to see anything on the downside.

"Turn into a lynith?" Kuromi asked.

"No, I feel like…. We're being watched…" the girl replied alerted.

'Good senses I must say!' a male voice commented.

Kiyoko jumped while Kuromi reverted back to hide herself from the mystery person.

"Ummm, who are you?" the girl asked, smiling awkwardly as she looked around for the person.

'You'll find out sooner or later.. But as for now, I am the examiner of the third phase. You may start the phase now, so best of luck!'

'You're kidding me. Kiyoko switch back to me quickly. I'll look for the way out,' Kuromi said.

"Well you have better eyesight than I do in the dark…" the girl replied as she did was she was asked.

Kuromi quickly scanned the room once again and saw a stopwatch near her right. Once the girl grabbed the object and slipped it onto her wrist, the torches that hung up in the room suddenly flashed and lit up, blinding the girl immediately.

'Your turn, Kiyo. I hate it when people turn on the lights after being in the dark for so long..' the girl growled as she switch positions. 'I can see colors from here on out…'

"If you say so.."

The girl noticed that the entire place was empty with a locked up door to indicate the way out. Kiyoko walked over to the closed door and looked at it suspiciously then at her wrist. She held out the stopwatch to the door and triggered a trap that was built in the metal door to pierce the person who triggered it, dodging it before she was hit.

"I think I understand what to do now… This place is filled with traps and this watch seems to trigger them if I motion it to a specific spot."

Those spots Kiyoko mentioned to Kuromi were the lighter colored areas drilled on the metal door. That section seemed to blend in pretty well and acted like a sensor to trigger traps when the stopwatch is identified. The girl stood back up as the traps returned and deactivated.

"I believe this is where I open the door.." the girl said, lightly tapping the watch on a blended darker area.

The door came loose and cracked open for the girl to enter through after being tapped.

"This is going to be a long phase…" the girl said, frowning at the only path she could take.

The sides of the path were pitfalls so if she was to slip and fall, she'd fall into a bottomless pit. Not too dangerous looking, but then again, there were traps hidden in the route she fell in.

'Are you going to make a run for it?' Kuromi asked.

"Yes, yes I am. I can't see the triggers anywhere… Except the floor of course…"

'Lynith or no?'

'Not yet, Kuro. I don't think we will need it just yet,' Kiyoko muttered as she pulled out her staff and extended it.

'Don't kill yourself,' Kuromi muttered.

"Yeah, right.. Okay, let's go!"

"Since we can't go down the side of the tower, how are we going to get off?" Leorio asked, looking around the area.

The attendees were all tapping on the ground and walking around to find an opening, Gon and Killua joining in the search. The two older boys from the group began to walk around until Kurapika came to an abrupt stop.

"Hm? What's up?" Leorio asked.

"There're fewer participants present. Kiyoko and Kuromi being one of them," the boy replied, scanning the area.

"Wait, what?"

"I counted twenty-three present bodies here, which tells us that at least nearly half of the applicants have found an exit."

"You're kidding me… How did they do it and when?" Leorio asked with disbelief.

"It must mean that there are some hidden exits that'll lead us into the tower and to the exit. Kiyoko must have found one by accident if she never informed us about it."

"Kurapika! Leorio!" Gon called, waving at the two.

"What is it, Gon?" Kurapika replied as they jogged over quickly.

"Look, look! I found a hidden door!" the boy said, pushing down on the ground.

"Ha… ha…. ha….. How did I manage to survive that…?" Kiyoko panted, looking back at the crumbled path and arrow stabbed walls.

'More like how ARE you going to survive this place?'

"I-I'll manage…" Kiyoko answered nervously, lifting up her hand that bears the watch.

Arrows suddenly shot out the door, Kiyoko reacting quickly and swing her staff to protect herself.

"How did I forget about that..?" the girl asked anxiously as the trap deactivated.

'I'll take over before you kill us both,' Kuromi said, switching spots again and tapping the stopwatch on the shaded area.

The door reacted the same way as the last, allowing the girl to enter to the next room that looked exactly the same as the one they just passed.

"Is this entire place an illusion or something? Or is this just a coincidence…?" Kuromi asked.

'I don't know, but be careful…'

Kuromi nodded and then took a step onto the path before her. The area she stepped on suddenly became transparent and vanished, appearing at least 2 feet away from her. She immediately leaped over to the next block that connected to the other areas that made the straight path across the room. Of course that path vanished also and appeared to a different location away from her.

"What the hell is this?!" Kuromi exclaimed, triggering another trap without knowing it.

'Incoming, Kuro! INCOMING! MOVE, MOVE, MOVE!' Kiyoko screamed.

Kuromi looked over to where wind noises were audible and jumped around from block to block to dodge the new trap.

"I hate moving blocks! MAINLY ONES THAT DISAPPEAR RANDOMLY!" the girl exclaimed, dodging a swinging blade that scratched at the floor dangerously.

A blade flew a centimeter away from her, cutting off a little of her hair from being too close.

"We seriously need to get to the other side quickly…. BUT THE BLOCKS KEEP APPEARING SOMEWHERE ELSE! AND NOW THERE'RE SWINGING BLADES THAT EITHER SLOWS US DOWN OR MAKE US RETRACE OUR STEPS!" Kuromi yelled angrily as she continued to dodge and jump around.

'I wonder if the others are alright…'

"WORRY ABOUT THEM LATER! YOU NEED TO WORRY ABOUT US RIGHT NOW!"

'Whatever... Hey have you noticed something?' Kiyoko asked.

"Notice what? DOES IT LOOK LIKE I DID?!"

'The walls haven't been touched by the blades. Do you think there's another pathway there?'

"Oh great. Rock climbing. Yeah, yeah, I'll check."

It took a while to get back to the beginning safely as the blades continued to swing around like a pendulum and the blocks taunted both Kiyoko and Kuromi.

".. Oh it looks like you're right, Kiyo.. The walls have grip on it," Kuromi pointed out. "I also see triggers on the wall though..."

The girl swung her wrist in front of one of the triggers and had a medium sized rock fall quickly down to the pit.

"Yeah... Not going to happen.." the two said in unison.

'We'll be stuck leaping around in circles if we don't do anything about this...' Kuromi muttered. "Do you think there are other triggers in this place?"

"Maybe, go ahead and check," Kiyoko prompted.

Kuromi complied and began to walk around carefully, scanning the walls and floor she was able to scan.

'Oh? There's a safe trigger here on the wall..' Kuromi thought, as she looked around for trap switches. 'And it's safe to say that it won't kill me if I reach out to it.'

Kuromi tapped the area with the stopwatch and watched the blades stop swinging, the teleporting blocks creating a different path away from the blades.

"This place... kills..." Kuromi complained, sighing in relief and running off to the next room.

'You can say that again..'

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