Chapter 13: Chapter 13? I don't know what to name this chapter

Hey, this is a chapter I made a while ago and saw that I still needed to upload it. I took a quick break to flesh out Yumi a bit more and also deal with some things going on in my personal and spiritual life. Thanks for all the support! Seeker Out!

(General POV)

"Yumi number 14 is the second to pass, time elapsed 11 hours and 29 minutes" an automatic voice announces.

"Killua number 100 is the third to pass, time elapsed 11 hours and 30 minutes."

"Gon number 406 is the fourth to pass, time elapsed 11 hours and 30 minutes"

"Kurapika number 405 is the fifth to pass, time elapsed 11 hours and 30 minutes"

"Leorio number 403 is the sith to pass, time elapsed 11 hours and 31 minutes"

'Oh, I never thought you all would be the first to join me. You even beat Illumi!' Hisoka thinks internally grinning like a maniac. 

'You all delight me so much! Please, please continue to grow as you are now! You are by far my best toys!'

As the group of five gather together a crucial question is asked.

"So what are we gonna do now?" Killua asks in a half whisper the tension in the air rising as they all see Hisoka.

"Oh, can I try out your skateboard!" Gon asks body, still being cautious around Hisoka but still dense enough to not read the room.

"Sure!" Killua says quietly entertained at Gons care carefree nature. "As long as I get to try your fishing rod later!"

Killua then turns to Yumi. "Hey if we're doing this can I try out your scythe? It looks like you had it tailor-made. I haven't seen anything like it! It looks well done too. Who's your blacksmith?"

Yumi chuckles. "Well, he is an old man who made this as his final and perfect creation. He was a useless old hoot from Meator City so you would never be able to find anything on him."

'This is all a lie. Not a lick of truth. I hate having to lie to you Killua but it's for your good. There is no reason why you should know how I got this weapon from a literal god so yeah. The old man story it is.'

"Oh, I have a butler from Meteor City. Maybe she knew the old man." 

"If we ever meet then maybe I'll ask. Anyway, I'm fine with you trying out my scythe you don't look stupid enough to hurt yourself with it anyway" Yumi says taking it out from her left pocket and unravelling it before giving it to Killua.

"This weapon only opens with my thumb print so no one else can use it unless I allow it. A nice little touch I might add"

Killua looks at the weapon up and down. "It is cool" he then tries swinging it a few times struggling.

'Damn this is much harder than it looks' He thinks now his full focus on mastering this strange weapon.

Leorio and Kurapika watching this scene can't help but muse about the three kids' energy once more.

"I'm going to rest over there, you Wana join Kurapika?"

He then nods. "Yeah rest will be the best thing we can do as we wait for the other examines"

As they walked to the other end of the weird circle everyone seemed to proactively forget that Hisoka even existed which proved to be well worth it as he didn't bother them as well. Well other than his pedophilic gaze of his drilling holes into their skulls.

Killua continues to work on Yumi's scythe failing every time but at least getting better with each attempt. Gon was being taught by Yumi how to ride a skateboard as of course she learned how to do that in her past life after seeing Killua with one. 

Yumi tried helping Killua as well but he insisted on trying to figure it out by himself so it's not like Yumi would stop him. About an hour later disguised Illumi walked in saw everyone in the room and just silently walked and sat next to Hisoka. 

'Hmm, my brother is here. I wonder why? I doubt it's to become a hunter. I'll make sure that he doesn't. Not now but later I'll make sure to drag him back home. An assassin's greatest asset is patience after all.' Illumi ponders watching Killua interact with the four. Especially Yumi he could see his brother seeking glances her way. It was clear that he had an unusual sense of curiosity towards the girl and he didn't like it one bit.

'Patience, Patience'

Soon the weird upbeat ninja appears behind Illumi and upon seeing everyone who made it before him is discouraged. But soon puts back on his carefree facade as he rudely begins to insert himself into the three twelve-year-olds conversation.

This earned him a death glare from both Yumi and Killua causing him to retreat confusing Gon on why a potential friend just up and ran away. 

None of them focused on it for too long though as they spent the rest of their 59 or so hours playing with each other talking about similar topics of interest. 

They also decided to take turns sleeping as none of them fully trusted the other contestants in the room with them. Yumi honestly didn't need sleep if it meant protecting her friends but after they all slept they pressured her into it and it's not like she could refuse.

In her sleep, she was transported back into her father's basement. She hated these dreams as all the pain she felt in them she never actually felt. All she felt was the emotions when she was down there. It was like a recap as at first she was always frantic. Always looking for a way to escape.

She tried everything trying to get closer to him to lower his guard. Trying to get hurt so she can go to a hospital. Trying to send out signals for help by knocking on the ceiling when visitors came. Even trying to pick the locks on the door.

Then after her trying phase was the phase where she slowly went mad. She would laugh, kick, cry, and have whole conversations with imaginary friends weaving whole scenarios where she had a normal life and a father and mother who loved her properly. Unknown to her in her dreams her parents and relationships were far from normal as the only thing she could go off of was the horrible stories and videos of horrendous abusive relationships that her father would show her during his research. And her father himself.

Any time her father was trying one of his dry fasting experiments she would try to eat her arm. Many a time she tried to kill herself but there was no way to. Her father made sure of that.

Then at the end of the dream, she would become still. So still that you think she was a corpse. Anything that happened to her she wouldn't blink an eye at. When she had to stay up for days at a time in the form of her father's experiments she didn't even cry. She accepted everything that happened around her as her reality and her life. 

But it was this part of the dream that she despised. It was its eerie stillness that scared Yumi the most. It made her want to pull her brain out. Wake up and never go to bed again. Because when she was still, she was left all alone with her thoughts. It was when she was still when she was fully encased in the darkness. And it was when she was still she was not Yumi Akido, she was a doll being puppeteered by the monster full of all the emotions she's bottled up inside herself. And when she was like that there was no telling what she could and would do.

Yumi woke up from the dream in a bad mood spilling out her murderous aura. By now almost all of the time has gone by so the room was almost full and many weaklings shuddered at her aura.

The main four turned to her and finally, she realized that she wasn't in her penthouse but in the hunter exam so she couldn't just recklessly release her killing intent. So she quickly covered it up and turned to the four concerned eyes staring and her and looked at them embarrassed scratching the back of her head (otaku habit).

"Sorry bad dream. Don't like to sleep that much"

They all frown but it's obvious that she doesn't want to get into it so they let it go. Yumi then promised herself right there and then that she wasn't going to let them see that side of her anymore. Worrying about her didn't help them so it wouldn't hurt them if she protected them from her darkness no matter how cringy that sounded.