Y/N POV

"They noticed the needle," Machi observes.

"Doesn't matter. We're on their tail." Phinks pushes the gas pedal more. 

There wasn't much space in the car, so I sit on Feitan's lap. Not of choice. He keeps poking my back, looking for weaknesses. I swat them all away. At least, I try to. 

Something lands on the hood of the car. It's a man with eyes that flit everywhere. He throws a cloth on the car. 

Feitan immediately opens the door and tosses me out. I land on my feet and grab Feitan from the car, so Nobunaga can get out. 

The car is now in that cloth, and shrunken down to the size of a mason jar. Nobunaga is still in there. 

The man picks up the cloth and praises us for escaping in seconds. We figure out that he's the one who got all of the merchandise. 

We hear the sound of wind being moved. Turning to the side, we see five more Shadow Beasts. 

"There's quite a lot," Shalnark states. 

I grin. "One for each of us." 

The rest of the Troupe members are confused. "Does this mean that the chain user is not a Shadow Beast?"

Feitan smirks at me. "I'll take three. Machi, take Owl. Shizuku, you take the rest. Shalnark and Y/N, just wait there." 

I groan in annoyance, and Shalnark grins. "Okay!" 

They take them out in seconds, and I just pace boredly.  

The Troupe members get in the car. I want to stay in the "fresh-ish" air, so I sit on top. Nobunaga does as well, but not with his free will. He grumbles. "Bastard, that Feitan." 

I smile. "Now you know how I feel." 

Back at the base, Feitan chains up Owl and I watch as he starts to torture him. In no time, Owl handed over the merchandise. 

Machi comes in. "Do you know where the stuff is?" 

I point to Feitan, and he raises a hand with the bag of things. "Right here. It was no fun. He broke before I even started to have fun." 

I roll my eyes. "All you boys talk about is fun. Fun torturing, fun doing the Hunter Exam." 

"Excuse me?" He looks up at me and Machi leaves, laughing. "If there's something you want to say, say it."

"I already did, dumbass. I'll stand on my shit though."

That's when Machi comes back. "Let's go, lovebirds. Shalnark located the Mafia comms room." 

"Okay," I say following her. 

"We're not lovebirds," Feitan complains. 

My cinquedea is at my back, letting Feitan know that one move and it's going to be sticking out of his stomach. Or, at least, I'll try to have it sticking in his stomach. He has really fast reflexes. 

FEITAN POV

I sneer. This girl is starting to annoy me. Constantly being bored, then complaining if I say I am. 

Time to teach her a lesson, but not with Machi or Boss around.

Y/N POV

We meet up with Chrollo. Hisoka takes his leave, saying that he's going somewhere. "Y/N, you too. Come with me." 

I look at Chrollo, and he nods. "That's fine, Y/N. Be back by six pm."

"Fine," I sigh. "Feitan, we'll finish this up later." 

He nods, half of his face still covered with the bandana I gave him. 

I look down at my own outfit. Surprisingly, it's still clean, not a streak of dirt marring it.

"Where are we going, Hisoka," I hiss. 

He smirks at me. "No need to be so rude, princess." 

"I'm NOT your princess. And don't make me repeat myself again. Where are we going." I say it as a demand, not a question. 

"Let's just say, it'll be worth it." 

"If you're trying to seduce me, it's going to fail." 

"You think so lowly of me." 

"I really don't." 

"Just follow me, Y/N." 

We arrive at an abandoned playground and sit on the merry-go-round. Hisoka shuffles his cards while I play with my cinquedea. 

A figure comes out of the shadows, approaching us, and I immediately hide in them, shrinking behind an old, painted horse.

Kurapika?

"What do you want?" Kurapika says coldly. 

I launch myself out of the shadows. "KURAPIKA!" I hug him tightly. 

"Y/N?" I can tell he's confused, but he hugs me back.

"I'm sorry, Kurapika," I cry out. "I know that some of those people in there deserved to die, because they killed so many, but there was nothing I could do." 

"It's ok," Kurapika pats my back. 

And all I can think is how, when I was in the room, I had actually wanted to kill people. 

I let go of him and he whacks my head gently. "What was that for?" I complain, rubbing my head. 

"You need some sense knocked into you. You're acting foolish and like a complete idiot. I told you not to join the Phantom Troupe. It's dangerous!"

I start yelling back at him. "I can handle myself! Plus, this would've worked out for the both of us, because you would've had an inside resource." 

"Yes, I know you can handle yourself. I'm allowed to worry, though." 

If only Killua had told me that. But no, he didn't. "Fine," I grumble. "You're allowed to worry about me."

"Now, what do you want, Hisoka?" 

Hisoka starts telling him about the Phantom Troupe, and I occasionally butt in to tell more facts. 

At the end of this, Kurapika hugs me and tells me to be safe. "You too, Kurapika. I know how much you want to go into danger." 

"Yeah." He smiles and waves goodbye. 

We head back to the base. "Umm, Hisoka?" 

"Yes?" 

"I just want to thank you for taking me to see Kurapika." 

"Wanna thank me another way?" He licks his lips, his aura leaking out.

"Yuck, don't take advantage of this!" 

"Okay," he laughs, a little smirk playing on his lips.

We go back to the base. There's a note at where they are now. "I'm going there," I decide. "You can come if you like."

"I'll stay here." Hisoka lounges on a window sill, and I head out to where the other Troupe members are. 

I open the door and see Shalnark and Uvogin in the little apartment. 

"Uvogin! You got out?" I ask. 

He looks at me and throws a can of beer my way. I catch it and toss it out the floor. "Yeah. They had to get me out." 

"Of course they did," I laugh, punching him lightly.

"Was that supposed to hurt?"

"Sarcasm? Do you know what that is?"

"Nope." 

"You're so old," I chuckle. 

Shalnark's on a website for Hunters. I pull out my own license from inside my deck of cards. "You're a Hunter, Shal?"

"Yeah. I think I got in on the exam before you." He continues to look at the screen.

"Ah." 

Shalnark gives the information to Uvogin, who says, "Thank you. I appreciate it." He kisses Shalnark on the cheek and me and Franklin start laughing. 

"Wh-what was that for?!" Shalnark shrieks, feeling the saliva on his cheek. 

We bid him farewell, giving him advice. Then we turn back to the computer.

KILLUA POV

In the morning, we count our money. I'm not really into it though, letting Gon and Leorio count. My mind is occupied with the thoughts of Y/N. She's here. In Yorknew City.

Leorio starts to talk about moles and big franchises. Everything goes in one ear and out the other, but I manage to remember the important things. 

The day passes quickly, us setting up the arm wrestling again, a big mole, or "fish", as Leorio says snatching us up to take to somewhere else to make more money. 

"Anyone else like to try?" the announcer exclaims.

Our mole leads Gon up there. "This boy!" 

Then the lights turn on and the whole place is flooded with a fake white brightness. "Arm wrestling is canceled! We'll be doing some conditional auction now!"

We jump down to Gon. Leorio starts to interrogate the guy, but he just shrugs. 

"To win," the new announcer exclaims, "you must play hide-n-seek!" 

Well, that sounds easy. 

"We'll pass out flyers! Examine the pictures on the flyer! Those eight people are your targets!" 

I glance at the flyer. "Y/N!?" I shout. I point the flyer at them, and they're in equal shock. "She's one of the targets!" 

"And look," Gon points out. "This girl! I arm-wrestled her yesterday!" 

"But why is Y/N on this list?" Leorio asks. 

"I don't know!" 

I overhear a conversation. Apparently, the auction yesterday had been robbed, and these people are the culprits. Maybe more.

I glance back down at the sheet of paper. There's no way that Y/N was a part of this. She wouldn't have killed all these people. But why is she on here?

"If you bring a person here, you will receive TWO BILLION JENNY!" 

The room erupts into chatter. We sign up, giving them 5 million jenny. 

Outside, I start to voice my thoughts. "We're not going to catch them. At least, not easily." 

"What do you mean?" Gon asks, still looking at the flyer with Y/N on it. "I can't believe she's part of this!" 

"Me either. Apparently, they robbed the auction last night. That's why there's a bounty on their heads. This whole thing is a bounty hunt! The Mafia is recruiting us to get them, showing that they've already used up all their resources." 

"So that's why there is a bounty on their heads," Leorio muses. 

"They must've been nuts to steal from the Mafia," I acknowledge. And Y/N is definitely nuts, but not this type of crazy. "And there's only one group who's that nuts."

"The Phantom Troupe! But does that mean Y/N is in it?" 

"Probably." I tell them what happened yesterday, excluding the fact that we had an argument. "From what I saw, she didn't have a tattoo yet. But she had clothes covering parts of her skin, obviously. She could've already had it." 

"But she knows about Kurapika." 

"Yes. I think she infiltrated them to help Kurapika." 

"We'd better hope that." Gon looks at me determinedly. I nod.