Chapter 35

"Little flower~ wake up, we're reaching~" A voice sounded, waking me from my comfortable slumber

"Get away from her hisoka" Another voice warned with a menacing tone.

"Good morning?" I asked in a soft, sleepy tone as I rubbed my eyes, slightly opening my blue orbs to adjust to the light that was greeting me, seemingly shouting at me to fully awaken. I wanted nothing more than to fall back onto the comfortably soft bed and continue my slumber, although it seemed that life had other plans as I hesitantly sat up on the bed.

"Good morning Rho, did you have a good rest? We will be reaching soon, you may want to wash up." Illumi greeted me back as he gave me a slight pat on the head. I nodded as I waved to him and Hisoka and greeted who seemed to be sulking at the corner yet again. Hisoka seemed to have slightly recovered from his sadness as he waved to me with enthusiasm and joyfulness. I slightly chuckled as I made my way out of the room to wash up.

After that, I decided to change my outfit for the day. I snatched a storm grey hoodie from my inventory and a matching maron red pleated skirt. Deciding to style my hair for the day, I placed my silky cotton candy hair into a half do, letting some hair flow down naturally as it curled softly at the ends while the other half was put into a messy bun with a chopstick hairpin that had a black rose dangling at the end. To finish the look, I put on my famous thigh high heels and added a belt on the skirt, proceeding to accessorize it with a few chains. I stared at the mirror with a satisfied smile as I made my way back to the room.

"You look great, little flower!" Hisoka said with a genuine smile as he gave me a pat on the head. He looked rather shocked I must add, noticing that his eyes did widen quite a bit.

"Indeed you do Rho, I quite like that hairstyle on you." Illumi complemented with a rare smile, happiness evident in his eyes. He did seem to shoot a glare at Hisoka before saying that sentence, making me slightly chuckle at their friendship dynamic.

"Thank you Hisoka, Lumi" I replied with a soft smile as I thanked them with a joyful smile. After chatting with them for a while, I waved them goodbye, promising to meet up with them soon. Least, they wouldn't have let me leave.

I was now on my way to meet up with my groups of treasured friends and I must say, the hallway is as empty as always. My heels clacked against the floor of the airship as I wandered around the ship to find my dear friends. Finally landing in front of a door that sounded of chuckles and chaos.

It could only be two people and I think I knew who.

"Surprise!" I exclaimed, my voice higher pitched than usual in an attempt to exaggerate the dramatic entrance, my hands in the air as I waved to Killua and Gon, swinging the door open in one swift motion as I greeted them with a large, toothy grin. Thankfully the door was not locked.

"Rho!" Both of them exclaimed in happiness as they both rushed to my side and engulfed me in a hug, making me burst out in laughter as I patted both of them on the head. "And here i thought i was dramatic, it's only been a few hours and it seems like the two of you already miss me~"

"Mhm we did miss you! I'm glad that you're here Rho, let's go find Kurapika and Leorio as well!" Gon said as the three of us started wandering around the airship in search of the other two members of our little party.

"What, no of course I didn't….i'm just glad that you're here now." Killua mumbled under his breath as he slightly pouted as he followed behind the two of us. Hearing his sentence, I slightly chuckled as I internally decided not to tease him more.

At that moment, we heard familiar voices call out in the distance. I immediately turned my head to the side as I saw the very two souls that we were searching for. The blonde waved to us with a slight smile evident as the taller man with a suitcase frantically made his way over to us and ruffled our hair as a greeting.

"Great to see you three, I hope you had a nice rest. Shall we start heading to the meeting area with the other hunters? It seems like we will be reaching our destination soon." Kurapika suggested as we all agreed and started making our way to the meeting area while speculating what our final challenge would be.

"Good morning all of you, it's great to see all of you here and well rested. We will now be reaching our final destination for the hunter exam. The rules will be explained when we reach the island. For now, do enjoy yourselves and prepare to leave the airship." One of the examiners stated with a confident voice.

Hearing that I internally smirked to myself, everything I would need is in my inventory after all, there was no need for me to pack any items! I decided to pass the time by chatting with my friends and occasionally looking out at the window from time to time. The scenery was rather beautiful after all.

The beautiful baby blue sky was complemented with the fluffy clouds that would float around in the sky as if they were defying gravity. Below the sky was the ocean which was a beautiful deep blue that seemed to glow ethereally under the scorching sun up in the sky, radiating an unmatched light.

"Rho? Rho!" Killua patted my back as he waved his hand in front of my face, breaking me out of my daze. "Hm? Oh sorry killu, I dazed out a bit there", I replied in a softer tone as I shook myself out of the daze.

"It's fine, don't worry about it, we were just talking about what we would do after the hunter exam. Do you have any plans?" He asked as he slightly tilted his head in curiosity as the other three had their eyes trailed on me as well.

"Oh, I plan to just go with the flow, perhaps tag along with you guys around after the exam and solve some cases along the way. I'll most likely be helping Gon find his father" I replied as I gave Gon a smile as he gave me a radiant smile back, happily accepting my assistance. "What about you guys?"

We ended up slowly moving over to other random topics after we finished sharing each of our plans. Time moved so fast I didn't even realize when we reached our destination.

As we started making our way down the airship, I smiled once more as my heels touched the ground. What a peculiar feeling that was, almost like coming down from a long flight. The final trial lay in front of me garnering my excitement. "I have a feeling that this is going to be fun~".