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ᴀɴᴅ ɪғ ʏᴏᴜ ᴄᴀɴ'ᴛ ᴛᴇʟʟ, ᴛʜᴇʏ'ʀᴇ sᴜᴘᴘᴏsᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ʀᴇsᴇᴍʙʟᴇ sᴘɪᴋᴇs; ʟɪᴋᴇ ʀᴀᴠᴇɴɴᴀ's ᴘᴏᴡᴇʀ ғʀᴏᴍ "sɴᴏᴡ ᴡʜɪᴛᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ʜᴜɴᴛsᴍᴀɴ"

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Sitting in a large room, the three were waiting where the screening was taking place and Zepile had gone home, leaving them the 100 million Jenny like he had promised.

Kurapika had left Yorknew and with him leaving without so much a goodbye, had upset the young blonde greatly; while he had told them that he was leaving soon, he didn't say goodbye to them once he had left.

'I apologize for the long wait everyone, we will now begin selecting the players!',The man announced,'And as you're already aware, you must be capable of using Nen in order to play. The test will proceed as follows. First, we will need each applicant to demonstrate their Nen. Once the demonstration phase is complete, we will make our decision. The judge will be none other than professional Hunter, Mr. Tsezgerra!'

As the younger man walked onto the stage, low murmurs began to erupt amongst the crowd and Valentine stretched slightly, looking towards Zeus out of the corner of her eye.

'Alright, we will now begin the test. Come up one at a time and show me your Ren. A curtain will block any view of the stage, so that the other applicants can't see what's happening. The test will be over as soon as we've chosen all thirty-two of our players'

A curtain lowered, blocking everyone's view of the stage and lots of people immediately stood up, beginning to get in line.

Leaning back, Valentine looked down and decided to play with her daggers as she waited, taking them out of her shoe, before doing small tricks with them; including spinning them around each finger and throwing them up slightly, then catching them.

'Those guys are hopeless',A voice spoke up from behind them and turning around, the four saw a man in a purple shirt,'They don't stand a chance at getting in. I'm talking about the ones still in line and those who are waiting nearby. But the one's who are hovering next to the line are really hopeless, they're probably waiting for somebody to return so that they can ask them what's waiting inside. If only they'd done a little bit of research and just thought for a second, then maybe they'd see that there's no point in rushing to the front'

Placing his hand on his chin, the silverette glanced away for a moment before a look of realization fell upon Killua's face and he perked up.

'I get it now!',The silverette spoke up,'They're not choosing 32 players this time, are they?'

'No they are not',The man stated with a smile on his face,'It's been over ten years and not even a single player has yet to clear the game. As you know, new players can't start Greed Island as long as the old one's are still alive. So of course, what that really means is that they'll save a few spot just incase any extraordinary players pop up and want to join in on the action. And if I had to guess, I'd say that they'll choose about 20 or so this round'

Understanding what he was saying, a small hum escaped Valentine's lips in awareness and her golden gaze continued to look towards the people who continued to disappear behind the curtain.

'Personally, I'd say that the ones in line or standing nearby have no shot whatsoever',The man stated, a hand on his chin,'Anyone worthwhile either stood up and got in line as soon as possible or figured out the trick, so they stayed in their seats to focus like we did. Wouldn't you agree, kid?'

Turning his head towards Gon in shock, Killua saw that the boy was staring at his hand and he was surprised that he had gotten it so quickly.

Did Valentine figure it out before he had explained it as well?

'Gon, you really figured out what was going on?',Killua questioned and was quite surprised.

Looking up from his hand; which had Nen covering it slightly, Gon looked towards Killua and rose his eyebrows, before shrugging slightly.

'Yeah, but it was just a hunch',Gon said and turned towards Killua, the Nen around his fist disappearing,'I just thought it was only natural. They want to test everyone who's here, don't they? Then if that's the case, what does it matter if we get in line or not?'

A loud laugh left the man behind them, causing Valentine to turn her head and look towards him with a look of curiosity.

'Very true',He said and leaned forward and rested his arms on the back of a seat in front of him,'You win, kid. Nice thinking. Yeah, that's pretty impressive, not many people can commit to their own logic like you just did. Nope, not many people at all. The steeper and more dangerous the path, the better it is to turn half of your brain off or you'll never be able to take the plunge'

Staring forward for a moment, the young blonde thought over the man's words and before she could even think to say anything, one of the men from before called out to them.

'Alright then, next please'

Standing to his feet, the man started to walked down the stairs for a moment, before he turned towards them and pointed towards himself with a small smile.

'The name's Puhat, by the way',He stated and then waved to the three,'Well then, it was nice to meet you'

As he walked away from them, the three children watched as Puhat walked towards the curtain and then, looked towards one another.

'The people who act like they're smart are the one's that usually fail',Killua stated.

Halting at his comment, an irk mark appeared on the man's face and Gon turned towards the silverette, a small drop of sweat falling down the side of his temple as a nervous smile fell across his lips.

'You know, he can hear you',Gon stated.

Turning his gaze towards the man, Killua remained silent and knew that he was telling the truth.

He was too focused on logically making the right move.

Walking down the stairs, the silverette turned his eyes towards his friends for a moment and stuffed his hands in his pockets.

'I'm heading over',Killua stated as he began to walk off.

'Right, good luck!'

With a smile on her face, Valentine perked up and watched as he began to walk off.

"I know that you'll do amazing!"

Freezing up, the silverette stopped in place and eyes were wide as color flushed his cheeks, before he cleared his throat, turning around with a small smile towards the two.

Watching as he disappeared behind the curtain, Valentine leaned back and stretched slightly, feeling as Zeus did the same.

'Hey Valentine, can I ask you something?'

Hearing Gon's voice, Valentine opened her eyes and turned her opalescent gaze his way, her face filled with curiosity as she let out a hum of question.

'Do you like Killua?',He asked.

Feeling her eyes widen immensely, Valentine choked on air as she inhaled so quickly that it made her chest hurt and she coughed slightly.

"W-Why would you ask something like that?",Valentine wondered and her eyes were wide as her cheeks were painted crimson, her heart rapidly racing within her chest.

Humming slightly, Gon tilted his head to the side and placed his finger on his chin as he looked up, clearly in deep thought.

'It's just that.. the way that you look at him, isn't in the same way you look at Leorio, Kurapika or I',Gon stated,'And your face gets red around him a lot, too'

Hearing the reasons he thought that, the red tint on Valentine's face grew darker and she turned her head to the side, looking forward.

Were her feelings for her silver haired friend really so noticeable that Gon had even noticed?

Suddenly, her eyes widened in horror and Valentine began to wonder if the silverette himself had realized, but quickly dismissed that thought.

He hadn't really said or done anything that would make her think otherwise.

Noticing that Gon was still looking at her expectantly; waiting for an answer, a small sigh left light pink lips and eyelashes gently caressed the golden eyed girl's cheeks in a soft kiss as she closed her eyes for a moment.

"I-... I didn't realize it was that noticeable..",Valentine muttered and kept her gaze on the ground, too embarrassed to look her friend in the eyes.

Eyes lighting up, Gon straightened up and a bright smile spread across his face as he looked at his friend, beaming with joy.

'Wait, you really do!?',The green-haired boy questioned,'That's awesome! Are you going to tell him any time soon?'

Quickly snapping her head in his direction, eyes of thunder were wide and shone with fear and worry as Valentine stared into eyes of the earth's soil, quickly shaking her head.

"No!",Valentine exclaimed, an embarrassed look on her face,"Please, don't tell him either, Gon!"

Tilting his head in confusion, Gon furrowed his eyebrows together and was quite confused as to why she didn't want to tell Killua her feelings for him.

After all, he clearly had feelings for her too.

Did she not notice it like he did?

Seeing the look on his face, Valentine quickly reached forward and grabbed her brother-figures hand on her own.

"Please, promise me, Gon!",Valentine begged and her eyes clearly shone with worry; worry of rejection from the only person she had actually grown feelings for,"Promise me that you won't tell Killua, please?"

With his eyes glancing between her own, Gon realized that Valentine was serious and he could clearly see the fear that was within her eyes, causing his own eyes to soften.

She was really this worried that Killua didn't like her back?

'I-.. I promise..',Gon spoke up slowly and hesitantly,'But, he actually l—'

Before the green-haired boy could even finish his sentence, a voice spoke up and they turned their heads forward, seeing the man from before standing there.

'Alright, next!'

Standing up from her seat, Valentine sent a nervous; but thankful, look Gon's way and she looked forward, slowly walking towards the curtain.

Walking behind the curtain, the young blonde was now standing in a room and Tsezgerra stood in the middle, his arms crossed over his chest as he stared at her.

'It's nice to see you again',The man spoke up with a strong voice,'Now, let me see your Ren again'

Shifting from foot-to-foot nervously for a moment, Valentine nodded and reached her hand into her pocket for a second, gently cutting a small incision into the palm of her hand before taking it out causing Tsezgerra to stare at the girl with curiosity and confusion for a split second.

Slowly breathing out, the young blonde heard as a small bubbling filled the air and Tsezgerra watched as a small streak of blood split into multiple halves as they traveled behind her, slowly raising into the air.

Watching the liquid closely, the man's eyes widened in awe and fascination as they immediately formed into that of a shape resembling spikes, before watching as the girl's eyes shot open, causing the blood spikes to fly towards him; a few even headed towards the door, impaling through the wood.

Keeping completely still, Tsezgerra didn't even flinch as the blood spikes became as hard as a rock and impaled the wall on either side of his head, as well as one being directly above him.

'Hmm... what an unusual ability',The man observed, watching as the blood slowly returned to the girl and rose an eyebrow at the way it had gone from a lighter red, to a much darker one.

So she had learned how to take the oxygen and other things in the air out of the blood so that it could return back into her body without causing her any harm at the moment.

Fascinating.

But how would she feel after this?

Is there any side effects to this ability, since she's using her own blood?

Placing her thumb on her wounded hand, Valentine furrowed her eyebrows and ripped a small piece of fabric from her shirt, tying it tightly around her wound to stop the bleeding.

She really needed to improve her ability and learn how to stop the bleeding; possibly learning how to make it scab over much quicker so that she didn't have to deal with the trouble of blood loss.

'You pass',Tsezgerra spoke up, which caused the blonde to look up and she watched as he pointed towards a door,'Just head directly through those doors there'

With a small smile on her face, the blonde chuckled slightly and thanked the man, before heading towards the door with the smile still on her lips.

Stepping into the room, eyes of thunder looked around the room and she took in every single face.

'Hey, Val!'

Hearing Killua's voice calling out her name, Valentine hummed slightly and turned her head, smiling as she caught sight of the boy; who had his hand raised in a wave with a small smile on his face.

Walking towards the silverette, the young blonde immediately took a seat next to him and placed her hands on the table as she looked up at him with a smile on her face.

'So, you passed too, huh?',Killua questioned,'That's awesome, I knew you would!'

Catching sight of something, the silverette hummed slightly in confusion and looked down, his eyebrows furrowed.

Seeing that her hand was wrapped up in a cloth, eyes of ice widened and Killua immediately took her hand in his, turning it around; only to see blood staining the white fabric.

Hearing the small hiss that left her lips, the silverette knew that her injury must've still been sore and apologized under his breath, a small frown on his face.

'What happened in there?',Killua questioned,'I know that you didn't have this before'

With a nervous chuckle, Valentine reached up her other hand and itched the back of her head, a hesitant smile on her face.

"Oh.. it's because of my ability",Valentine stated and watched as his eyes looked up towards her, shining with confusion, a small sigh left her lips before she began to explain,"I chose my ability to be blood manipulation, so I manipulate my own blood in order to make it into a defensive or offensive ability. I could probably do it to someone else's blood too, but.. I haven't exactly tried that yet and I have no idea what could happen"

A nervous chuckle left Valentine's lips and she watched as the frown on Killua's face didn't disappear as he stared at the bloodied cloth.

Suddenly, she felt as his thumb began to slowly move and gently trail along the covered injury, causing the blonde's golden eyes to widen slightly.

'Of course you'd choose something as idiotic as that..',Killua mumbled, before sighing slightly and tilted his head,'I guess it's pretty cool though. I just wish that it didn't have that much of a risk'