Chapter 6

-I- :Kurama talking

'Hope' :Thoughts to Kurama

[You] :Author speaking

"Enjoy" :Naruko speech in the physical world

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I checked the sign on the toilet door for the twentieth time.

-Just go in! Gosh!-

'I know but... Is it just me or does that sign change every time I look at it?'

-It's just you, I told you it's fine. Well it's probably the after-effects of smacking your face against the wall too harshly till your IQ dropped.-

'Hey! My IQ is perfectly fine.'

-Well your delusional.-

'Whatever...'  I grumbled back to the old fox as I walked into the toilet, I glanced at the mirror as I walked pass it, shocked at how messed up my appearance is.

I undid my hairdo and let down my twin tails, combing my hair straight down, splashing my face with water from the tap before wiping it dry with tissue paper.

I closed my eyes and imagined my storage space as I used my hands to grab the orb in my space before pulling it out.

'Yes! I got it!'

-Great now go and contact Naruto.-

'Geez don't need to be so commanding Kurama.' I than marvelled at the beautiful orb like I've never seen it before.

-Hurry up!-

I sighed and inserting my chakra into the orb. It lit up as I saw an image form.

Through the orb I saw Naruto sleeping in bed so I decided to try and wake him up.

"Naruto! Wake up! NARUTO!!" I screamed trying to wake him up, I grinned as I saw him stirring but frowned as he turned away and continue sleeping.

"I'LL STEAL YOUR RAMEN COUPONS IF YOU DON'T WAKE UP!" I exclaimed angrily and he immediately woke up like a charm.

"What! Where!?" He exclaims looking around his room alertly.

"Oh... I was just dreaming... Nee Chan I miss you." He murmured.

I smiled at him sadly, "Naruto! I'm here! At the orb!" I exclaim with a huge smile as his head snapped towards my direction.

His eyes widened, "Nee chan...?" He asked with a shock expression.

"Yup, I'm still alive. Just in another dimension." I explained simply.

"That's great! So you're still alive!" He exclaimed as he grabbed the orb and hugged it, I heard sniffles as he held out the orb.

I saw his face full of tears and snot, "Don't worry Naruto, I can get out of this dimension by fulfilling some things, so I'll be out in no time! So what's going on back there?" I asked.

"Nee chan, it's so weird. Because everyone forgot that you exist, but I didn't." Naruto explains.

"Naruto... I want you to get stronger okay? Start training from now on, and if you need help. Contact me, I'll try to answer." I say with a smile.

"Alright Nee chan, please fulfill the requirements quickly." He says.

"Yes of course. Now go to sleep child." I say as he placed down the orb reluctantly at a safe place as I stopped placing my chakra in it.

-Hm... Must be a side effect of bringing you to another dimension, or by purpose which I doubt it.-

'Well at least the old man didn't have to waste resources trying to find me.'

-Seriously…-

'Yeah I know… And at least Naruto knows I'm safe.'

I stared into the mirror and saw an image of Naruto through my own appearance as I sighed re-tying my hair into a ponytail.

'Time to leave the bathroom, my heavenly sanctuary.'

-... I really want to question you sometimes.-

I ignored his statement and walked out of the females toilet when suddenly a familiar scent of metal wafted to me.

I sniffed the air and frowned.

'There's blood being spilt… And judging by the smell, two people at least got injured.'

I then shook my head lightly and walked towards the direction concealing my presence and anything that people would sense and walked into the scene.

I than saw two dead bodies on the floor along with some blood splattered around the area.

'Man, my nose never fails me.'

-It's because I enhance your sense of smell.- 

'Ok boomer…' I murmured softly as I sniffed the air once more and smelled a familiar scent lingering around the area.

'Killua's scent?'

-He probably killed them.-

'Are you sure about that?' 

-He's an assassin… And how would you even explain his scent around than?- 

'True… Whelp, whatever. But the corpses are blocking my pathway… How annoying.' I thought before I stepped over the dead bodies, walking back to my room yawning.

[Later…]

I was awakened by Leorio shaking me vigorously and I nearly vomited right there and then on him, "Finally! You're up, we tried everything to get you up!"

"Stop shaking me…" I groaned out weakly.

"Whoops! Sorry, but the third phase is beginning soon so hurry up and get down." Leorio exclaims before he dashed off.

'All I want to do is sleep… Just like this old fox, snoring away like nobody's business.'

-Hah…! Of course.- 

'You're awake!?'

-*Snores loudly*-

'-_-;  Seriously… He still fights with me as he's asleep!'

"How is that even possible?" I hear Killua snort out, "What are you guys talking about?" I asked confusedly.

"Oh, well this old man states that he trued pouring water on you but you're somehow 'waterproof' towards it." Killua laughs out.

"Nani!" I say as I turned towards Leorio, blinking my eyes at him as Leorio added on with an evil glint in his eyes.

"Yeah and I wanted to try to use fire but Kurapika insisted that I stopped." "Yeah well he has common sense unlike you!" I shout back.

"So what!" He exclaimed out as we headbutted each other. "Ahem." I hear someone trying to get our attention but I ignored them continuing.

"That was such a great idea! I would love to see you try that!" I say sarcastically with a bright smile once Kurapika separated us while sweatdropping.

"AHEM!" That person tries again but with a louder sound as I turned to looked at him, my eyes staring blankly into him as he flinched before he stuttered "E-everyone…"  "-*Ahem* The exam will begin here, at the top of 'Trick Tower'." The slime guy coughed out as he regained his confidence.

"And you must reach the base of the tower alive. The time limit is seventy-two hours" He emphasized, "With that we will now begin-" He continued before I cut in.

"STOP! I have a question!" I exclaimed, "Uh… What is it?" He asked, "Can I climb down the tower by the sides or is that considered as cheating?" I asked.

"Well, it's not cheating as long as you can reach the base of it." He responded as I nodded with a grin.

'This will be simple~' 

-Don't underestimate it…- 

'Oh, you're awake?' 

-Temporarily… Just enough to hear your bulls**t.- 

I sighed as I watched someone who claimed himself to be a pro rock climber try to climb down the sides of the building with ease.

'See it's eas-'  Before he got swooped away by some humanoid mixture with some ugly creature that was flying.

I stared on speechless as I felt Kurama smirk in my mind.

-See… What did I tell you?- 

'But I can fight them.' 

-Sure~ Go ahead, I hope you won't lose your balance when fighting those things.-

'Uh… You know what, nevermind…'

"Whelp… Let's go guys." I say, prancing around the top of the thing randomly, "Guys!" I hear Gon call out as I walked towards them.

"What's up- UWAHHHH!" I exclaim out as I stepped onto the trap door I found, "We're coming Naruko!" I hear them coming before I fell down onto a room.

'Well… This looks interesting.'

I suddenly hear some screams as I looked up, to see the four of them falling down into the same area I was at.

"Hey! We meet again!" I exclaim happily. "The six of you must follow the will of the majority to reach the goal." I hear Gon read out.

"Six? But we only have five people." Leorio say out, "Stop hiding you old geezer." I say looking at the stopwatches on the table.

"What are you talking about I'm right here!" Leorio exclaimed angrily. "Oh? So you are an old geezer since you didn't deny it and responded to it." I teased with a mischievous smirk.

"What! You tricked me!" He roared out angrily with a flushed face. I held up my hands and smiled "I never said the old geezer was you, I was talking about him." I say as I pointed at a pillar. "Him?" They questioned as they turned around.

"Ahahaha… I got caught." He says awkwardly as a fat guy steps out, "Tonpa!? What were you doing there?" Gon exclaims.

"Let me warn you first fat guy, if you planned on doing something bad to us, don't even try to think about it." I warned as a sadistic glint flashed pass my now glowing blue eye.

"*GASP* Your eyes." He stutter out with a frightened expression. "Well… It tends to glow." I state.

"Let's just put this on." I say as I placed on the stopwatch. "Hello… My name is Lippo, and I'm the prison warden here as well as the examiner." A voice announced through a speaker.

[A/N: I know… This is completely different from the anime]

A part of the pink brick wall opened up as it showed us a door wired to an electronic board that writes some words and beneath it shows an 'O' and a 'X' respectively.

"At this door, select 'O' to open, 'X' not to open." Gon read out, Thank god, because I can't read.

Without looking I clicked 'O' and waited for the others to click, a weird 'ping' sound appeared as the numbers showed, 5 people picked 'O' and 1 person picked 'X'.

I quickly turn around to stare at Tonpa as I got a feeling it was him, "Who pushed the 'X' button!" I hear Leorio exclaim as he looked at all of us.

"Haha… Sorry, that was me. I pressed the wrong button." Tonpa confessed as he gulped, looking away from my piercing stare.

"Tonpa~ Don't make me repeat myself~" I say out creepily. "Stop messing around old man! Are you blind!?" Leorio exclaimed grabbing him by his collar as he scowled at him.

I nodded my head, for once agreeing with what Leorio said, "L-like I said… It was an accident!" He stuttered out.

"How can you accidentally press the wrong button!" Leorio exclaimed outraged with his answer.

"Leorio… Cool it." I say coolly as Leorio made a unsatisfied grunt before letting him go, turning to face me.

"Why did you stop me Naruko?" He asked, "Because if he tries that again… I wonder where his corpse will disappear to~" I say sadistically in a sing-song voice.

"Hmph! Fine… Let's go." Leorio 'hmphed'  out as he walked towards the door.

"Which way do you want to go? 'O' for right, 'X' for left." We turned to looked at both sides as I sighed, "Let's get it done." As I pressed 'O'.

I looked at the board after hearing a 'ping' sound to see that it 4 against 2, with me on the winning side. "Huh?! W-why did you guys pick the right side! Normally you should go left…" Leorio trailed off.

"But studies show that people who are lost unconsciously tend to go left." Kurapika explained as Killua nodded along with his statement, I shook my head and just went ahead.

We walked for awhile before we stopped as there was no more place to walk forward, I peered down and saw pitch black darkness.

In the middle there is a small square which strangely reminds me of a fighting arena.

"Look over there." Killua says as I looked at the other side to see 6 hooded figures with their hands being handcuffed together.

"The applicants have arrived, remove the shackles." I watched as one of their shackle unlocks itself before falling onto the floor as one of the hooded people removed their cloak.

"Allow myself to explain, right in front of you are some prisoners from the tower. The hunter exam committee has also officially hired them as examiners." Out came from the speaker as I yawned.

'I just want to sleep…' 

"You will be fighting against the six of them. One-on-one, and each person may only fight once. You are free to use any method you like, there is no draws. A win is declared only if the person admits defeat."

[I copied this from the anime]

"You may pick your order. It's majority rule, secure four wins and you may pass." The gangster looking guy explains, "I'm up first so choose your combatant." He says.

"Don't pick me, I want to sleep." I mumbled laying down on the floor.

Closing my eyes to sleep, "Wake me up, when he is finished." I murmured, "I'll go, I'll be the guinea pig. Besides none of you trust me right?" I hear a voice say.

I opened one eye to see tonpa stepping ahead, interested in how his match will end, I sat up straight and observed how it would end without making a noise.

Suddenly the floor begin rumbling as a bridge moved out to connect towards the middle. Tonpa walked to the middle once it connected together.

'Interesting…'

"I propose a death match." The guy says with a grin as everyone looked shocked.

"Alright!" Tonpa agreed with determination, "I commend you for your courage." The prisoner say before getting into his position

I watched as Tonpa excluded an aura which made me stare with surprise.

'Is he actually… Stronger than I think he was?'

"Let the fight begin!" The prisoner says with a grin, I watched as he leaped into the air towards Tonpa while I watch on with anticipation.

He raised his hands up before screaming "I give!" Going in a dogeza style as my eye twitched.

The prisoner stopped and landed on his feet, "What did you say?" He asks with a gruff voice.

"You win if I admit defeat right? I give up… I lose!" Tonpa admits happily as he laughs.

The prisoner laughs before stating, "Alright, I win this round. If we win three more rounds, you lose. You won't be able to advance or turn back and will be stuck here until the times are up. And our sentence will reduce by 72 years."

"Man that was a disgrace." Tonpa says walking back to us with a smile, "He looked scarier and stronger up close." He continues as I stand up and patted my clothes.

I held him up by the collar and lifted him up before walking towards the edge of where we were standing.

Meaning if I drop him he would fall and possibly die, he struggled as he looked down scared, "H-hey, what are you doing! Please put me back!" He exclaims.

In reply I gave him my closed eye smile and said, "I did warn you Tonpa~ But I guess you didn't believe me~" I say merrily, as I slowly descended him down to nothing as his feet struggled.

"Well, guys lets continue shall we as I drop him down." I say with a dark smile, "Wait, their motive is to drag time… SO the old man made the correct choice. That bald guy is probably a former soldier or mercenary, so if you had fought with him."

"He would have first crushed your throat, so you couldn't have given up. Then he would torture you without killing you for the rest of the remaining time." Killua explain.

"Torture hmm~~ Sounds like you deserve it." I say.

"Y-yeah  I-I considered that!" He exclaimed quickly, "Oh? I see, than… I'll deal with you once we get out. You will know pain…" I say with a smirk.

"Heh, my plan was discovered, I was going to take my time punishing him." He responded.

"Don't worry, if we defeat three of them than we'll win." A guy with shaggy hair covering his eyes say, as his shackles fell onto the floor, and took off his cloak in a swift motion.

"Now… Imma sleep, call me when it's my turn…"