Kiyoko has been keeping a look out for herself and Gon during the time the young boy was recovering from paralysis, but she was beginning to grow anxious about how quiet it was around them. The boy was finally able to finally start moving again, but it was still not enough for him to go off on his own. "Kiyoko, has anyone landed a hit on you yet?" Gon suddenly asked, as he tried turning.

"I'd be lying if I said no to keep self pride," she replied as she stretch out her arms. "Geretta also managed to scratch a dart on me. The Amori Trio or brothers also tried to attack by surrounding me out in the open." Humming in response, Gon successfully got himself to flip over onto his back and looked at Kiyoko blankly. "Do you think we'll pass?"

"Eh?" the girl replied curiously, looking down.

"All five of us, do you think we'll pass the exam and become hunters?" he repeated to make things more clearer. Kiyoko didn't know how to answer his question without giving him false hope, but she certainly didn't want to bring down his mood either, especially in his current state. "To be honest, Gon, I don't know. We can only hope and believe that we will," she said awkwardly, looking back ahead of her. Bringing a hand up to hers shakily, Gon smiled and pulled it over to himself which got her attention back on him. "You're right. We can only be positive about these type of things and do our best, right?" he said.

"That is correct," said the girl as she chuckled and held his hand a little. It seemed that he was still pretty moody and possibly a bit scared about what happened earlier with Hisoka suddenly killing Geretta like that, but for sure he was improving his mental and physical state as time continued to pass by. It is unknown to the teen whether he was bottling up the rest of his state of mind, but she only knew that he didn't want to make her worry any longer. "I met Leorio on the way," the girl decided to say.

"Really?" Gon asked hopefully. "Is he doing alright with this phase?"

"Yes and no," she giggled. "He's fine if you think that's what I mean, but he just can't find his target. Do you happen to know who two-forty-six is?" The boy blinked and began to ponder on the tag number, humming out loud to exaggerate himself. "I don't. Maybe Killua does. But I don't know where his is... And he did say that he didn't bother memorizing all the tags."

"You useless kid...!" Kuromi exclaimed as she took over.

"Hi, Kuro," Gon greeted casually.

"Ugh, hi.." she grumbled. "Feeling any better?"

"Yes, much!" the boy replied. "Except, I still can't move.'

Kiyoko was now just chuckling nervously at his response as Kuromi rolled her eyes; the boy on the other hand was smiling his usual and blinding the negative side of the girl. Meanwhile with Leorio, Tonpa managed to get his grubby hands on his tag unexpectedly. "DAMN YOU, TONPA!" the young man exclaimed angrily. "I'LL MAKE YOU PAY!" Being as blind as ever when angered, Leorio took off after Tonpa while Sommy and his monkey jumped and hung onto a tree branch out of his way. "Tonpa, we'll meet up at the usual spot!" he exclaimed.

"Yeah, gotcha!" the chubby man replied as he was chased by the angry doctor-to-be.

"HOLD STILL! I'M GOING TO KILL YOU!" Leorio screamed furiously.

"I'm not the one holding your tag right now, so why are you even chasing me?" Tonpa called from ahead, smiling triumphantly as he runs away from Leorio.

"OH SHUT UP!" he replied.

"Good grief...! You still haven't learned your lesson just yet, Rookie?" asked Tonpa. His taunting continued to fuel Leorio's anger and apparently, an angered Leorio always meant a sightless and hopeless Leorio or so his group would say. "WHAT WAS THAT?"

"It was your own fault for letting yourself be tricked by us in the first place!" Tonpa pointed out. Apparently, that last statement really ticked him off as he picked up the pace he was going at and growled at the shorter man. "Besides, it's common sense to work as a team during these Hunter Exams!" he concluded.

"I agree with the latter, but I cannot accept the former," a certain Kurta answered calmly.

"Eh?" Tonpa said as he turned to look forward. Apparently, the chase ends as Kurapika brought up his leg effortlessly and kicked the running man in the face, sending him spinning forward and landing on the ground face down. "You shouldn't even be tricking people in the first place!" the boy concluded.

"Eh? Kurapika?" Leorio called as he slowed to stop.

"Leorio, want to form a team with me from here on out?" the Kurta asked casually as he sent off a smile. The man blinked blankly and just gave a silent nod to the younger boy before the two decided to give Tonpa a beating and tie him up. Leorio and Kurapika then dragged him out into the open and set a 'Do not feed!' sign behind him before the left and dusting themselves off. "Now to get my tag back..." Leorio said irritably, giving a forced smile in the direction Sommy left.

Again, the man made a mad dash off where they were before and was able to spot the man and his monkey swinging away in the trees. "RETURN MY TAG THIS INSTANT!" Leorio yelled just as annoyed as before.

"If you want your tag back, then catch me if you can!" Sommy taunted, giving an amused sounding laugh.

Kurapika eventually caught up to the two, even surpassing their distance, and grabbed the monkey when they passed by. He was now holding the pair of bokken swords at the monkey's neck casually with his eyes closed, waiting for Sommy to respond to his action as he looked over and smiled at the monkey owner. Leorio finally got his tag back, but before Sommy and his monkey could escape, they both gave them the same treatment they gave to Tonpa. Both Sommy and the monkey were tied up and brought back to sit with a beaten up Tonpa, tiny rodents coming to see them from in the tall grass they viewed.

"Okay! I've finally got my tag back..." Leorio said in relief, putting it away in his briefcase.

"And we also managed to get tag numbers sixteen and one-eighteen as well," Kurapika noted as he paced around slowly, looking at the tags in his hand.

"So, Kurapika, Tonpa was your target?" Leorio asked. "You really saved me back there.."

"No need to thank me," the boy responded as he took off his bag to put away the tags they stole. "I simply didn't want Tonpa to notice me, so I stayed hidden while you were getting jumped from behind."

"... What..?" Leorio muttered as he began to glare at the young teen.

"Well, that was because I figured there would be no point in teaming up with you if you couldn't withstand such an attack," the Kurta continued, his back facing the man. "I suppose you you barely qualified." Kurapika stood back up and hung the bag back onto his shoulder, adjusting it to rest comfortably.

'... You are really full of yourself, aren't you..?' Leorio muttered lowly, a sweat dropping from such statement. "Well, I can't deny that it certainly is easier to work as a team. Let's stick together for the remaining days we have on this island. I believe we're here for a week?" Kurapika immediately agreed to the idea and turned around to face Leorio as he closed his briefcase. "Since you have your target's tag and you still have your own, then that adds up to six points."

"Assuming that he won't take it back," Kurapika added. "Also, the one-eighteen tag is just worth one point for us both."

"But it might come in handy," Leorio said as they began to walk off.

"Well, now we need to find number two-forty-six, Ponzu. Also known as your target."

".. Stay alert, we may be followed," the older man warned.

"You shouldn't even be the one talking.."

"Yeah, yeah. You are absolutely right."

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Day two passed by just as quickly as day one did and Gon has still yet to recover completely. The good thing was that he was able to sit up by himself, but he still struggled to push himself upright. Kuromi had carried the boy on her back the entire day as she snuck around to seek out a good cover spot for the two to rest. It was currently nighttime and finally, she had found a place to stay safe.

"Sorry, Kiyoko, Kuromi. I must be troubling you right now," the young boy apologized. Kuromi rolled her eyes in response. "Kiyoko said it's fine and all you need now is rest. Just a warning, kid, but we might have to ditch you when the time comes."

"Ditch?" Gon repeated as he looked at the girl.

"Yes, ditch. We don't want you, guys to get caught up in our part," Kuromi grumbled.

"But isn't it better to stick with others and team up?" he asked.

"I do things my way, my style," Kuromi stated as she smirked. "Kiyoko just rolls with me, well sometimes.." The boy stared blandly at her and then began laughing a little. "You sound just like Leorio when you say that!" he pointed out which caused the girl to grin. "Feeling better now, right? None of us here wants each other to be hurt and since our tag is worth a fortune to everyone, they're bound to team up on us. It's not that I- or Kiyoko- don't trust your abilities, but we're only here to keep you out of harms way." the girl stated. "Do you understand?"

"Well, yes, I understand, but I'm not going to listen," Gon said.

"Uh... Excuse me..?" Kuromi asked, blinking curiously.

Day three. The morning wasn't off to a good start. Kuromi ran off again while Gon decided to go hide. The girl was leading the attention of their hunter away from the younger boy and it was a successful attempt. The boy was beginning to panic also in which he slid back down onto the ground and followed the two further out into the open, but by the time he caught up, Kuromi was no longer in sight and Bodoro was now guessing which way she took off to.

"Jeez! Those people are so annoying...!" the girl exclaimed as she kept running back into a closed area.

"Annoying people? I only see scattering preys I can hunt," a familiar bone chilling voice said.

"STAY AWAY FROM ME!" Kuromi hollered out of fear, backing away from the tree Hisoka stood behind. "What do you want now? My tag? No way am I letting you get this tag!" The man smiled his usually creepy looking smiled and chuckled lowly. Of course, both Kiyoko and Kuromi were terrified by the man's presence and gaze, but Kuromi couldn't really budge from her spot.

"Should I? Or should I not..?" he began to ponder as he twirled his hand, making a single joker card appear and disappear with each twirl.

"Uhh... Bye! Please don't go anywhere near me during this exam," Kuromi said nervously as she took off again.

"They actually thought I was after them?" he asked to himself. "Adorable." Another shiver was sent down their spines as they ran deeper and deeper into the island's center, eventually stopping to rest. 'Maybe we should have stuck with Gon... But that'd still be dangerous..' Kiyoko told herself.

"HE NEEDS TO DISAPPEAR!" Kuromi growled as she rubbed her back to get the tingling sensation away.