Leaving.

'It's been a few days since I'm here ...' Noah thought, while in the middle of a forest, training with one of his tails, that was the only one active. The tail acted like a whip and with every move, made a loud sound of pop that resounded all over the place.

Mito tried to stop him from returning to the forest, but saw that it was useless trying, just like with Gon. To her, Noah was a shy and curious kid, so she just told him not to go too deep, so he wouldn't get hurt there.

But obviously, Noah didn't listen to her. He was just there because he didn't have another place to stay. It had been a week and he has been training ever since. His cero increased a little in diameter, making a hole the size of a fist. But he could still compress in a thin bolt, increasing the drilling power.

His sonido had increased to 20 meters. The only thing that hadn't changed were his kagunes, and he can't help but notice it.

'Looks like I'm really going to need Rc...' He thought, frowning as his tail snaps into the air.

Suddenly he heard sounds of footsteps approaching, he soon climbed into a tree with sonido.

'It's probably Gon. He's tried several times to find me here, so it seems he won't give up. I don't want anything to do with him.' And as soon as he thought about it, Gon showed up, looking sideways, as if he was looking for something.

"I could have sworn that i heard something here..." He said it out loud, but then turned around and left.

'What a curious boy, well, I'm not staying here much longer.' Noah thought. He didn't want to stay here and wait for Gon to grow up. Although he doesn't know much about the directions, he was already a week away here, and he heard that this year's Hunter exam is going to take place in a few days.

'I'm not going to wait a year to go with Gon.' He thought, while remembering that there would be a boat leaving the island two days from now, towards the hunter exam. He was already confident in his strength, and perhaps even could increase his Rc with some of the bodies.

Although thinking about it wrapped up his stomach. Cannibalism has never been accepted, whether in any society. But he had to get stronger and that was the only way.

At once he got off the branch and continued training. Another thing he realized while rumming through his memories was that in one of the sword techniques they referred to rapiers, which they sought to pierce rather than cut.

And he was using it to train with his tail too.

'I think I can use the two together...' He thought, while the other tail came out of his body and showed piercing movements.

Training like this was really exhausting mentally for him, as one tail was making whip pings while the other was piercing the air, both making loud sounds at their speed.

With each tail drilling movement, a hole thicker than an arm appeared in a nearby tree, going through it completely.

He trained like this for some time, sometimes several noises followed arose from his tails crashing into the air or trees.

And with every noise, they kept the animals away. It went on for a while.

At first the movements were clumsy, but it seemed that their learning speed has increased dramatically, as each blow of its tail looked better than the previous one.

After a few hours, he finished his training while sweating a little for the effort made.

'Looks like I'm going to have to tell Mito that I'm going out... She's probably going to try to stop me. Well, anyway, I'm going out tomorrow.' He thought, as their tails retracted and went and their eyes returned to normal.

As soon as he was done, he cleaned up some of the sweat. He was shirtless and his body was toned, even for a child his age, the muscles were already noteable. And then he climbed on top of a tree in which he had left his shirt, with sonido.

After picking up his shirt, he once again used sonido to get out of the tree and ran to the house he was in temporarily. He was not using sonido to go there because he discovered that one of the ways to increase the distance of the sound was to increase his breath and speed.

And that unfortunately could not be done using sound. It had to be done manually by training the legs.

'Although it is an extremely convenient skill, it cannot be improved so easily...' He thought, as he rushed quickly to the house.

After 20 minutes running, he had come, while opening the door as if it were his house.

"Oh, Noah? Are you here? I told you not to be out for so long. It's dangerous for children there..." Mito said he saw Noah come in. She sighed because she tried to stop him many times, but the boy just wouldn't listen to her. He was as stubborn as Gon.

Noah just waved to her, while going to the bathroom.

"Gon has already arrived, he told me he saw many trees with huge holes! Noah you have to be careful in this forest, maybe it's some big animal that made them!" Mito said behind Noah, worried about whatever the reasons for the holes in the trees.

Noah stopped a little while a drop of cold sweat trickled down his forehead. 'Thankfully Gon didn't see me...' He thought, as he turned around.

"I'm taking care..." He said timidly, as if he didn't want to get into it. Mito just waved at it.

"You can take a bath, I don't know why you kids love to get dirty..." She said while pointing at the bathroom. Noah nodded and headed for the bathroom.

Filling the tub, he thought of his next steps.

'I have to get out of here tomorrow... It looks like the hunter exam will happen similar to the hunter exam of the anime, with a boat taking me to the spot. I just don't know if it's going to be the same tests. I'm going a year before Gon...' He thought with his hand on his chin. 'I need to learn Nen as soon as possible... Reiatsu doesn't seem to be the same thing...' And so the tub filled up, and he removed his clothes and walked in.

As he soaping up and rubbed himself, he continued to consider his next steps.

'But first, I need to get out of here. I'll let Mito know I've found a place to stay and leave right away.' He thought. 'I hope the tests are easy... I don't think I'll have a problem doing it, but still, I'd rather i go effortlessly...'.

After a few minutes of bathing, he came out completely clean. after drying up himself and wearing his clothes, he went into the dining room. It has already darkened.

Sitting at the table while his dinner was already there. He nodded to Mito and Gon who were at the table while eating his food.

He could feel the Rc cells increasing even if vaguely. That's he always feel this when he ate.

"Noah, did you see those holes?!! They were really huge! I'd like to know their motive... Who did this..." Gon said excitedly with his mouth full, causing Mito to slap him on the head.

"Gon, don't talk with your mouth full!" She said, just to go back to eating her own food.

Noah ignored their interaction while eating his own food.

'I think I can talk now, it's the best time.' He thought. He can't help but notice that Gon's grandmother wasn't there, but he didn't was bothered.

"Mito, I have to say something." Noah spoke, making Mito look seriously at him. She'd never seen him speak directly like that, so she assumed it would be something serious.

"I found a place to go, I'll leave tomorrow." Noah said, making Mito try to hide his shock.

"Are you sure Noah? It's only been a week that you are here, if you want to stay a while longer..." She started, just for Noah to interrupt.

"No Mito, I can't stay here anymore... I... I have to go." Noah said, trying to seem shy but very determined.

Mito thought a little with a sad look, but she knows she couldn't change Noah's decision. Noah just had only been with them a week, and he didn't seem to fully trust them.

'He seems to have had a really sad past...' She thought. "It's all right... Just... Be careful, okay?" She said to Noah, still with a look of concern.

Gon didn't say anything the whole conversation because he knew he didn't have room for discussion. Although he already considered Noah as a friend, he saw that Noah would not change his decision.

'At least Gon is smart enough.' Noah thought to himself, while nodding positively to Mito and continuing his dinner.

And so the three dined in silence. Mito was a little upset, but there was nothing she could do to stop the boy, despite his instinct for protection for the 8-year-old, it was his decision.