Chapter 5

-I- :Kurama talking

'Hope' :Thoughts to Kurama

[You] :Author speaking

"Enjoy" :Naruko speech in the physical world

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After Buhara dragged off a Menchi who was clinging onto me tightly, we all got up into the airship as the chairman introduced himself once again to us applicants.

'Like once was enough, I don't need to listen to this again.' -Zzz...zzz-

I zoned back in to hear the important parts of their speech, "...We are scheduled to arrive at our destination tomorrow morning at 8am." The weird slime looking guy in a tuxedo say.

"You'll find dinner waiting in the dinner hall, you are also welcomed to get some rest. So you're allowed to do anything as you please until we contact you." He continued his explanation as my eyes brightened at the word dinner.

"Alright! Gon, Naruko let's explore the airship!" Killua exclaims, I snapped out of my previous zone and nodded dashing after them.

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"GET OUT OF THE KITCHEN!" I hear the chef exclaim, "Go and eat at the dining hall!" He continued and pushed us out.

We all fell on our bums but I didn't bother about it since I was eating a piece of chicken I had held in the jaws of my mouth.

We all stood up at the same time and looked at each other giggling as we continued exploring the ship, "Wow! Cool! Come and see this guys!" Killua exclaimed staring out of the window.

We followed his lead and looked out, seeing a bunch of bright city lights on the floor. "Woah! It's like the ground is covered by jewels!" Gon exclaimed as we marvelled at the sight.

"Hey, I was wondering... Where are your parents?" Gon asked out, "Hmm... Well they're alive. Maybe..." Killua answered half-heartedly.

"They're assassins." He continued, "Huh? Both of them?" Gon asked as he stopped staring at the view to look at Killua.

I gave a glance at the sight as Killua turned to look at Gon, "Heh! That's your first reaction!?" He exclaims laughingly, "You really are interesting! Naruko what do you think about it?" He asked me.

"I don't really care but if both parents are an assassin that would be cool." I replied with a cool tone, "Wow, you guys are the first, to ever respond so seriously or nonchalantly."

"You're telling the truth right?" Gon asked. Killua placed one hand on the ledge as he used it to support his head.

"What makes you think that." He rose a brow, "Instinct." I blurted out, "Well... I'm from a family of assassins, so they're all assassins. And my family has high hopes for me... But I can't stand it. Who wants their whole lives planned out for them." Killua trailed off.

He than turned towards us making weird faces as he continued, "Than when I mentioned I'm going to do things my way they all snapped, my mom had tears flowing down her face as she exclaims about how much potential I have for being a top assassin."

"Hahaha..." Gon laughed awkwardly.

"Horrible parents right? So we ended up fighting and I stabbed my mother in the face." Killua shrugged.

"Say what! You stabbed her in the face!?" I exclaimed, "Yup, and my brother who was beside her and ran away." Killua continued.

"Wow... Didn't knew you could be such a rebel." I replied, "Haha, yup." "Hm... Than what about you Naruko?" Gon directed his question to me.

"Hm... Parents huh? Well I'm an orphan who has a twin brother."

"What?! you're an orphan?" The both of them exclaimed as I chuckled, "Sometimes I wonder whether you guys are related."

"No we aren't!" They exclaimed once more as they stared at each other before glaring.

"Stop copying me!" "I SAID STOP!" "You guys... Come on." I said laughing at their lame excuses on how they are not related because they all said the same excuses together, making them act and seem to be like actual siblings.

I sat down on the bench they were siting on and enjoyed their stupid fight still going on, "Truce?" "Truce!"

"So you guys made it up?" I asked with an amused smile as they nodded earnestly, "HAHAHA! You guys are funny." I laughed.

Suddenly I sense killing intent directed towards us as I stood up quickly in alarm, my head immediately snapped towards the back corner where it once was.

Killua had quick reflexes as he did the same whereas Gon was confused but still sensed it.

"Something wrong?" I hear a familiar old voice walking towards us and was greeted by the chairman walking towards us.

"Ano... Netero san did you see anyone coming from that side?" Gon asked confusedly as I stare at him.

"No." He replied shaking his head, "Gon! What are you talking about, the person who directed that killimg intent towards us is him!" I exclaimed pointing at him as I jumped up and down excitedly.

When I said that I felt the old man's gaze linger on me as if he was trying to figure out something.

"You're quite fast for an old man." Killua say as he squinted his eyes at him.

"Yeah I know right! He was at that corner and ZOOM! He was walking towards us there." I explained, "You're pretty sharp for a kid." He replied with a friendly smile.

"And boy, that was just a small trick, I barely moved." He continued, as the both of them started a show down.

The aura around the both of them as they stared at each other were cool, "Hey let me join in!" I exclaimed jumping in between them as I smirked.

"Naruko." Killua said giving me a warning look, "Alright." I replied back depressingly as I stood beside Gon.

"What do you want? You don't have to do anything until the last phase right?" Killua asked staring down at the old man.

"No need to be so rude, I was just bored." He said, "Whatever let's go Naruko, Gon." Killua said as he turned away and walked off.

"Now just hold on for a moment. Would you care to play a game with me?" Killua stopped walking and turned around to give him a glance.

"If you're able to defeat me, I shall let you be Hunters." He says, "Really! I'll play!" Gon cheered excitedly, "How about it?" He continues looking at Killua.

"Tch, fine only because Gon is doing this." "What about you little girl?" He turned his gaze to me, "Hm... Why not, it'll serve as training."

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"Now I'll go over the rules. If you can take this ball away from me, before the airship reaches the destination, you win. And looking at the time it gives you nine hours to do so." He said spinning a ball and balancing it on one of his fingers.

"You're free to attack me however you like. Don't worry I won't touch you."

"Huh? But that's too easy." Gon exclaimed innocently, "Don't." I say, "Don't what?" Gon questioned.

"Don't underestimate him just because he's old. He is the chairman for a reason." I say.

"You're smart little girl." "Thanks, but don't think I can't defeat you... Besides I've met and seen stronger people." I reply with a devious smirk.

"Alright go ahead." He say, "So all we have to do is to take that ball away from you?" "Yes."

"Alright than I'll go first." Killua say, "Wait isn't it called ladies first!" I exclaim, "You'll go afterwards just chill." Killua say as I sigh.

'Fine I'll use this time to analyze his skills and how to tackle him...'

Killua than walked towards the opposite side of Netero as he narrowed his eyes, suddenly when he reached the middle.

Multiple Killua's appeared behind him and gradually fade away as he continued walking towards him.

From the outside it looked like Killua was randomly circling around him but with a closer look, you'll see that there is multiple illusions of Killua behind him so he is like surrounding Netero.

"I see lots of Killua's!" Gon exclaimed as I rose my brow in amusement, "Sharp eyes." I nodded.

After walking around him for a while Killua finally stopped and attacked but Netero just bend back slightly, jumping away as Killua continued advancing towards him.

'Interesting... This old man has quick reflexes and move fast...- No doubt a worthy opponent...'

'He might move fast but... Is he faster than that crazy sensei called Gai... I might have to utilize my full speed on him.But than it wouldn't be a surprise... Maybe I should just use shadow clones.'

I than continued watching as Killua tried to catch the ball, only to get deflected by Netero weird moves.

Which Gon looked on with excitement, "Interesting isn't it." I probed, "Yeah~" He said still enthralled by the fight going on.

Killua suddenly stopped advancing and landed on his feet as he glanced at the old man behind him, his eyes narrowing.

"What? That's it?! I expected more from you." Netero tried agitating Killua as I sweatdropped.

'He somehow reminds me of Kakashi' -Yeah he does.- 'Oh you're awake Kurama?' -Duh.-

Killua suddenly dashed and went low, one of his foot stroke Netero's legs as he smirked, only to jump up in pain as he jumped around the room with one leg.

"*Sigh* Come over here and I'll helo you with your leg." I sighed as I smiled at the scene happening before me, he rose his eyebrows as he came towards me. "What are you going to do?" He asked.

"One of my ninja secret technique." I say mysteriously with a smile as I held out my hand.

I pretended to look as if I was concentrating as green light enveloped my hand.

'Oh... My sweet chakra I missed using you!'

-Oh my gosh can you be even more dramatic.-

'sUrE, MY SWEET BABY HOW COULD I RESIST NOT USING YOU! OW! SHUT UP!'

Healing Killua's leg as the others look in amazement, "Ano? Naruko aren't you scared that we would copy that technique or something?" Gon asked.

"Oh don't worry, firstly you can't copy this technique. Secondly, I trust you guys. Thirdly, if you did try to copy it I will just have to hunt you down and kill you. Or wipe your memory clean of that." I replied seriously with a fake smile.

"O-oh..." Gon replied shivering slightly, "I was just kidding~" I said as I laughed at their shocked faces.

"Y-yeah... You wouldn't kill us right?" Gon stuttered out. "Who knows..." I trailed off with a straight face.

I than flash them a smile, "I'm pretty sure I won't!" I assured them. I wouldn't want to do so anyways.

"Killua! Me next!" Gon exclaimed, raising his hands like a kid answering a teachers questioned.

Killua than high-fived Gon as they traded positions, Gon at the spot began stretching before he got to his stance.

He dashed towards Netero quickly, when Gon neared him he jumped up.

I guess he jumped up to high because he hit his head on the top of the ceiling.

"ITAI!!" He exclaimed, "YOU IDIOT! We all know you can jump very high so control it!" Killua exclaimed as I chuckled at the sight before me.

He than crossed his arms and pouted "That old man even relaxed his guard." "You're right Killua." I nodded.

"Gon you could have at least hit the ball away from him quickly and get it before him. Maybe." I say, "What's with the maybe?" He pouted as he continued rubbing his head.

"Because... He moves fast for an old man. And his reflexes are really sharp." I say analytically, "Wow you got all that from my match?" Killua exclaimed shocked.

"Yup, it's easy to tell. Anyways, do you need me to perform my technique?" I asked Gon.

"Nah, it's fine my head is feeling better." Gon replied as he stood up, I yawned and leaned against the wall as I closed my eyes...

-Don't you want to fight him?- Kurama's voice suddenly boomed inside of my head making me awake instantly.

'Oh yeah, if you didn't mention that I would have forgotten.'

I watched as Killua began breathing heavily his whole body full of sweat. "Killua! My turn!" I exclaimed happily, raising up my hand like Gon did as Killua nodded and walked towards me.

High-fiving me, I walked towards the opposite side and cracked my neck. "I hope this would serve as training." I say as I bowed at him. Netero shocked at how polite I am bowed down also.

Seeing that, I quickly stroke him as I jumped up in the air near him, he looked at my figure sharply as I was doing the sign for the shadow clone jutsu.

I refrained from saying it too loudly so I murmured it under my breath, 8 clones of me appeared in mid-air as Netero looked slightly taken aback by my clones.

All of the clones began striking at Netero trying to grab the ball, as I waited at the shadows waiting for the right moment to strike.

One of my clone held his arm and the other two held his legs trying to hold him down as my other clones try to grab the ball.

But it didn't work, so all of them held his legs and two of them held his arms, wearing weight should have certainly weighed him down even more. "What is she doing?" I hear Gon questioning in the back.

Once the last clone grabbed onto his legs I emerged within a second and managed to push off the ball from his hands as I smirked dashing towards the ball to catch it but unexpectedly the old man was beside me.

I panicked and released some of my weight holding me down which is in my scroll and dropped it and suddenly like the speed of light I smacked my face against the wall.

My hands were held up above my head so basically my whole body slammed against the wall.

I groaned in pain as I fell backwards, I than spotted the ball falling back to me as I held out my hands to push my body to stand upwards and quickly grabbed it.

Boosting my aching body as I grabbed it just before Netero did. "I DID IT!!!!!!!" I cheered happily as I hugged the ball happily.

My clones all disappeared into puffs of smoke as I rubbed my sore aching face, "WHAT!? HOW!" Killua exclaimed.

"That was cool Naruko, how did you do those clones." "Ninja technique." I replied.

"What was with that last few moments when you suddenly smacked your face against the wall? Is that a distraction?" Killua questioned me seriously.

"Well... Not really." I replied embarrassed that I suddenly panicked during the match.

-Well... He was faster than expected- 'I know right so I panicked'

"So... When he caught up with me, I panicked and probably released too much weight and at that moment I can't control my speed so I slammed against the wall." I answered.

"But it worked out to my advantage because the old man didn't expect it and dropped his guard." I continued, I looked at my scroll that I just dropped.

I opened it up and saw that inside of it contained at least 1/4 of the weight.

I kept the scroll in a storage space which is on my body.

One of the fuinjutsu I learned so meticulously which I wrote a seal on my body which can keep items. 'Wait. CAN KEEP ITEMS! I can contact Naruto with that weird marble thing!'

-Oh yeah, I forgot about it-

"You... Passed little girl. You can be a hunter now." Netero say with a shocked expression.

"Yay! But can I still continue the exams with them?" I asked, "Hm... I suppose you can." Netero replied after thinking.

"YES!!" I cheered, "I get to be with you guys!" "I was worried you were gonna leave us." Gon say.

"No way, travelling with you guys are interesting!" I say with a smile. "Well, good luck you guys he's actually hard to defeat." I say with a tired smile.

"I'm going to go retire." And try talking to Naruto first before doing so.

"I'm going to go also." Killua replied with his hands in the pocket, "But why!?" Gon asked exasperatedly.

"Because he has only been using one hand when against us." Killua replied with an annoyed look directed towards the old man.

"Alright than, I'm going to continue this." Gon answered determinedly.

' Haizz... I never know what is going on in his head'

-Yup, unpredictable just like you guys-

'Hehe~'

-That's not a praise, like come on you guys do really stupid stuff sometimes.-

'Whatever~'

Killua and I walked out of the room and I told Killua, "Killua I have to use the bathroom. You should go on ahead." I say, as he nodded. "Alright, have fun." "Fun?" I asked.

"Yeah with your appearance, your hair is messed up and your face is really red." He continued with a cheeky smirk, "Rude~" I replied blowing a raspberry at him before I walked off to the toilet.