That's right guys, gals and non-binary pals, I'm back!

First it was my leg and then, I had wisdom teeth surgery and now, I may need surgery on my jaw since the dentist had damaged a nerve when taking out my wisdom teeth!

I can not catch a break this week, lmfao, but I know that I promised I would publish a chapter when I healed but to be honest... I'm pretty bored and I don't like it 😂

I'm not used to not writing for so long, I know that I need rest but my mind is just telling me to write, write, write, so alas, here I am.

I didn't want any of you to get sick of waiting so I've decided to come back early.

Anyway, before I start this chapter, I just need to say that Gon and Valentine are absolutely adorable and I want to adopt them. Both of them 🥺

I should've made them siblings.

I'm saying this because, I realize just how much they act like siblings in this chapter and I love it 😂

But alas, it is too late for that.

Anyway, I hope that you all enjoy this chapter!

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Walking into the room, the door gently closed behind the two, causing Gon to open his eyes and look towards them with curiosity burning in his gaze.

'Killua, Valentine!',Gon exclaimed, a smile on his face as they walked in,'So, how was Hisoka's fight? Tell me'

Shrugging nonchalantly, Killua had his hands stuffed in his pockets and walked past Gon, heading towards the window.

'Boring',Killua stated, his voice monotonous and he tried to make it seem as if the fight wasn't that big of a deal,'Don't worry, you didn't miss much'

But, Valentine knew otherwise and that fight, was amazing and even though the girl didn't like Hisoka too much, even she had to admit whenever someone was a brilliant fighter.

'Boring?',Gon questioned.

Scrunching his face together, Gon's eyes clouded over and he frowned, looking between the two.

He knew that Hisoka's fight couldn't have been boring.

Stopping in his tracks, eyes that shone like an ocean in the summer sun, like sapphires were indented in the flawless iris, stared out the window and looked out onto the vast oasis of buildings, their lights glistening like stars that were trapped within the inky blob that was the sky.

Standing to his feet, Gon furrowed his eyebrows and continued to stare at Killua.

'And Hisoka?',Gon questioned,'Did he win?'

Turning his head, eyes that were as deep as the great blue sea sparkled under the fluorescent light and Killua stared at his friends; one had the rich color of chocolate that seemed to melt around a center of caramel. And the other, had mystifyingly beautiful eyes that shone as brightly as the sun and were the color of freshly molten gold.

Looking into her deep, passionate, mysterious eyes that were flooded with the tiniest kiss of sun that were encapsulated into a state of mystification, a sudden feeling of calmness takes over his body and it felt as if the morning sunlight had kissed his face, taking away the hopelessness that once hollowed out his heart.

The aloofness, the feeling of being caged goes away at the speed of light. He was at a loss of words, but she could read his emotions like an open book and it was clear by the way her eyes glowed with vehemence.

It almost felt as if he was compelled to tell the truth.

'Okay, I was lying',Killua stated, pulling his gaze away and looked out the window,'It was an incredible fight. Hate to say it, but I watched Hisoka win and I still don't know how'

Letting out a gasp, eyes as brown as the fresh dirt of the earth widened at Killua's words and Gon's mouth dropped in shock.

'You seriously couldn't tell how he did it?',Gon questioned.

Turning his earthy gaze towards his golden eyed friend, Gon watched as she slowly shook her head and she let a sigh pass through her lips.

She didn't know either.

Turning around, eyes similar to the summer sky without a single cloud, shining like the ocean in the summer sun, turned towards Gon and Killua gave his two friends a small smile.

'Gon, Valentine',Killua spoke up, his tone as strong as concrete and as serene as an ocean's waves,'We've got to learn all that we can about Nen'

Lips spreading into a large smile, Gon erratically nodded and looked towards Valentine, her mystifying eyes that shone as brightly as the earth's core sparkled with reassurance and she nodded, her face full of determination.

'Yeah!',Gon agreed, looking back towards Killua.

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Haven been summoned to Wing's room for a meeting, the three; alongside Zeus, were watching the teacher as Killua and Valentine kept a close eye on the hawk upon Gon's shoulder.

Just in case he decided to attack Wing again.

But Zeus had decided to perch upon Gon's shoulder and it seemed as if he wanted to keep a closer eye on him.

Making sure he didn't do anything stupid.

'Gon, Killua, Zeus and Valentine, starting today, you will be training alongside Zushi',Wing stated, his dark eyes glancing at the midnight black eyes of the bird perched on young Gon's shoulder,'And Gon, splendid work. I'm happy to see that you kept your promise'

With a large smile on his face, Gon looked down at the thread on his pinky finger.

'It's because of your promise thread',Gon stated,'There were a couple of times I got really close to giving in. But then, I'd look at the thread and I could feel myself getting calmer'

With a gentle smile on his face, Wing let out a gentle chuckle at the boy's explanation.

'Because I imbued it with my Nen to help you',Wing explained.

Looking up at Wing, surprise covered the children's faces and they all turned towards one another, their eyes wide.

'Wait, really?',Gon questioned.

Their teacher gave them a teasing smile and closed his eyes, a playful aura around him.

'No, I was kidding',Wing stated.

Letting out a small sigh, a drop of sweat fell down Gon's forehead and Killua looked up at the man, confused.

'Hold on',Killua spoke up, causing Valentine and Gon to look at him,'How can you tell Gon's been keeping his promise? As far as you know, he was secretly cheating this whole time'

A look of offense formed on Gon's face and he pouted, his puppy dog eyes watering as he stared at the snowy haired boy.

Gon would never break his promise.

Seeing his expression, a small shriek left Valentine's lips and she sprung forward, wrapping her arms around her brother-like friend.

Their arms clasped around each other and pressed their chests together, as warm tears flowed down Gon's cheeks, his eyes swirling with tears almost cartoonishly.

Hot tears streamed down his face and watery, earthy brown eyes looked down at Valentine, Gon's lower lip pouted out.

'Valentine',Gon whined, drawing out the last syllable of her name,'You know I'd never do that, right?'

Letting out a small whine, Valentine tightly wrapped her arms around Gon and lightly nodded, reaching up to lightly pat the top of his head.

'You two are such idiots'

Looking over at Killua, Gon and Valentine stuck their tongues out at the snowy-haired boy, blowing raspberries at the same time.

Pulling his eyebrows together, Killua's lips formed into a frown and his eyes shone with annoyance and there was a teasing undertone hidden beneath, watching as the two pulled away from their hug.

They acted so much like siblings that it was a shock that they weren't actually related.

'Because the promise thread is completely intact',Wing explained, before looking towards Gon,'Gon, I know it's been a while, but would you show me your Ten?'

'You sure?'

'Yes.'

Closing his eyes, Gon began to concentrate and thought of a small drop of water falling into a large body of water.

The large ripple-like waves spreading across the oasis of water, spreading and spreading until it couldn't spread anymore.

Looking at one another with wide eyes, Valentine and Killua began to wonder if they even remembered how to do it.

Only a few moments later, Gon was surrounded by a flame-like aura and it was as smooth as a flowing stream.

'What do you think, Zushi?',Wing questioned.

A small gasp of awe left Zushi's lips and his eyes widened at the sight of Gon's aura.

'It— It's amazing!',Zushi exclaimed with admiration,'His aura is flowing completely around him, sir! It's soft and tranquil.. but it's— it's so powerful, too!'

'That's it!',Gon exclaimed with a large smile on his face,'What a relief! Man, I was worried that I had forgotten how to do it'

'Once you've learned the technique, it can't be forgotten',Wing explained.

Letting out sighs of relief in unison, Valentine and Killua's shoulders sagged and their bodies slumped in relief, losing their stiff postures.

'However, in order to become a true master, you will have to practice diligently',Wing explained.

'But, it felt a lot easier than it did before and I haven't practiced Ten in a real long time',Gon stated.

With a smile on his face, Wing nodded and decided to explain further.

'That's because you've been training your spirit every day',Wing stated,'Now, please look at your left hand'

Letting out a gasp of shock, Gon's eyes widened and his mouth dropped as he looked at his hand.

The string around his pinky finger was broken.

'It broke!',Gon exclaimed.

'I tied the thread to your finger with my own Nen, so if you had broken your promise, the thread would've broken as well',Wing explained.

Blinking in surprise, her eyes were almond shaped with thin lashes and eyes that were were gold, like antique jewelry, widened in shock, her lips parting.

'Question, Mr. Wing',Killua spoke up, causing Gon and Valentine to glance over at him,'You saw Hisoka and Kastro's match?'

'Yes, I did',Wing said.

Going through the video, Wing paused it multiple times while asking them if they could see the aura strands and apparently, Hisoka could use a technique to make his aura tremendously arduous to comprehend and the only way to see through it, was to use Gyo.

Gyo meant that they had to to focus all of their aura into their eyes.

They would have to practice Ren daily in order to get good at Gyo.

Wing explained how Nen abilities are unique for each individual and so, they'd need to pick one that matched them.

Like Hisoka's ability, he makes his aura both sticky and elastic.

'I believe the last day of Killua and Valentine's window to compete is June ninth. And Gon, yours is the tenth, correct?',Wing questioned, tapping his finger on the calendar,'The three of you should register to fight on your final day. In the meantime, you'll train. You all must learn Gyo before you enter battle'

Hearing a low chirp, Wing opened his eyes and turned towards the hawk on Gon's shoulder, his dark eyes clashing with deep black eyes.

Seeing the question within the bird's eyes, Wing let out a low sigh and nodded, gently pushing his glasses up his nose.

'Yes',Wing stated, causing the bird to perk up,'That means you too, Zeus'

All four of the children nodded.

"Osu!"

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'Hey Zushi, your Ren was impressive',Gon complimented as they all walked side by side.

Gon was on the end from the right with Zushi beside him and Valentine walked alongside Zushi with Killua walking beside her, his hands locked together behind his head.

'You got way ahead of us while I was stuck recuperating',Gon stated.

Itching the back of his head with a bashful look, Zushi chuckled slightly and the three looked towards him, listening to him as he declined Gon's compliment.

'No, I've still got a long way to go',Zushi explained.

Perking up as an idea came into his head, Gon's chocolate brown eyes shone with a brightness that rivaled even Valentine's.

'Hey, why don't we practice a little',Gon suggested,'It should be fun!'

With a small smile twitching at his lips, Killua glanced towards Valentine and was almost blown away by the energy that radiated off of her body.

It was like she was the light of the land and the sea, as radiant as the sun that chased away the cold and darkness of the moon that resonated within him.

She was the sun; lances of it's molten-gold beams splashed through the shadowy darkness. She was the sunlight that came as woven strands, free and united, flowing into a day it reveals and solidifies, making the world of someone's nightly dreams something so beautiful.

Everywhere she went, sunlight sauntered in, igniting shadows to vivid oranges and reds, bright streams igniting every gap.

But to her, he was the moon.

Bathed in the light of the sun, the moon was more beautiful than even the stars around, reflecting the pure rays of the sun, and in doing so became as beautiful as the star of the daytime.

Snapping out of his staring, eyes of ice turned towards Gon and Killua smiled, clearing his throat as Valentine's opalescent golden eyes turned his way.

'Okay, then let's go up to your room, Gon',Killua suggest.

Liking the idea, Gon nodded and smiled, a hum of agreement leaving his lips.

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As they were on the elevator on the way towards Gon's room, a menacing aura seeped it's way in through the crack of the elevator door and surrounded the children in a minacious fog.

A guarded expression filled their faces one by one and Gon's eyes stared at the elevator doors.

'Zushi, Valentine, Killua',Gon uttered.

'I feel it',Zushi stated.

Beads of sweat fell from his brow like a dew drop falling from the greenest leaf.

'We've got company',Killua stated, his steeled ice blue eyes turning towards the doors of the elevator.

The elevator doors opened with a soft ding and the three slowly stepped out into the hallway, their movements wary as soft, guarded screeches left Zeus's beak and his obsidian black eyes looked around, before locking onto the three gentlemen from before.

The same one's who had wanted to fight them.

'You don't give up, do you?',Killua questioned,'That isn't the way to make friend's'

"It's starting to get a little creepy now",Valentine stated, lightly tilting her head to the side as her left eye shone brightly, staring the three down.

As quick as lightning, eyes of the most brilliant of ice glanced towards the blonde by his side and Killua saw the cold look in her magnificent sun-filled eyes, watching as a small drop of fear was hidden deep beneath the surface; if someone didn't look close enough, they wouldn't have seen it.

But even if he had only glanced at her for a second, he still caught it.

'Now, that'll be enough of that',The strange man stated, smiling uncannily,'Just tell us when you're going to fight, because I'm dying to be your opponent'

Brushing them off, unphased, a small snort left Killua's lips and he looked towards the three beside him, an unimpressed look washing over his face.

'I guess these guys specialize in hunting newbies',Killua explained, calling them out,'This is what they do, get wins beating us up'

'Come on, we're getting desperate here',The man stated, causing Zeus to stare him down.

Beady black eyes stared into the man's soul and Zeus imagined flying towards the man, sinking his talons deeply into his skin, causing permanent scars.

'See, our deadline is approaching',The man stated,'Come on. We wanna fight'

A light chuckle left the man's lips and Valentine unbotheredly blinked, her expression blank, but her eyes were full of malaise.

'I'll even demonstrate my power for you, right here and now',The man stated,'How about that?'

Nen started to pour out of his sleeve and the four children tensed up, while Zeus's talons tightened on Gon's shoulder.

As Zushi got into a fighting stance behind them, Gon spoke up.

'Okay, I'm going to be fighting on June the tenth',Gon avowed.

Looking towards the green haired boy, Killua yelled at him for giving out the date.

'That won't work for me',The man stated, staring at Gon,'I'm sorry to tell you, but my deadline is May 29th. Fight on that day'

Anger seeped into his veins and Killua's eyes narrowed at the man.

He was trying to force them to fight.

'Who cares about your stupid deadline, you idiot!',Killua exclaimed, before he turned towards his friends,'Let's get going'

As the other's turned around and walked after Killua, Valentine stayed where she was and stared the men down, one of her eyes glowed menacingly.

A low chuckle left the man in the red cloak, the three staring the young girl down and they all wondered what she was doing.

To them it seemed that she was trying to threaten them to stay away, but in reality, she was analyzing them, picking them apart piece by piece finding all of their weaknesses and what could make them break.

'Hey Val!'

Hearing a voice calling her name, Valentine snapped out of her stare and the bright glow in her eye faded, her gaze turning towards the voice.

Staring at the girl, a frown formed on Killua's face and he tilted his head, gesturing for her to hurry up.

'Come on, idiot, let's go',The silverette called out, before glancing at the men behind her with a darkened look in his eyes.

Glancing back at the three once more, Valentine walked towards Killua and felt a harsh hit fall upon the back of her head, causing a low yelp of pain to break through her lips.

Rubbing the back of her head, eyes of opalescent lilies stared into eyes of ice, a pout forming on her lips at the smirk on his face.

"Ow! Killua!"

A light chuckle left his lips at the pout on her face, her lips adorably pushed out as her eyebrows furrowed to try and make an angered expression but that was dialed down by the playful glow in her eyes.

'Gon, my friend. You and I will fight',The man taunted as they walked away,'I guarantee it'

Stopping in place, Gon turned around and stared at the man, seeing the eerie smile on his pale face as he stared him down.

'It's a promise'

'Come on',Killua called out, causing Gon to turn towards him,'Ignore him'

Glancing at the man once more, Gon turned around and slowly followed after his friend's, missing the conversation of the men behind them.

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