Chapter 14

Kiyomi stares out the window from the blimp. People are whispering and talking about the challenge. After Chairman Netero made an agreement with Menchi... she agreed to have the test take place at Split in Half mountain. Kiyomi's eyes widen when she sees the mountain.

"It really is split in half..." She whispers to herself. The blimp lands on the top of the mountain and people begin to get off. Everyone walks to the edge of the cliff. Kiyomi looks down over the cliff to see a bunch of webs.

"We are here... Split in Half mountain... everyone, take a look down the cliff... What do you see?" Menchi asks.

"What is that?" Someone asks.

"What the hell?"

"What you see is the lair of the spider eagles... " Menchi says with a smile on her face. A wind begins to blow very hard from the crack which causes Kiyomi to back away a bit.

"Take a good look underneath the webs!" She shouts. Kiyomi looks to see sacks of eggs hanging. "The spider eagles build their nests down there to protect their eggs from potential predators..." She bubbles.

"Yes! Which makes the eggs so hard to obtain... they call these eggs, dream eggs." Netero says as he slowly approaches everyone.

"Wait- so... you're saying we have to get those things?" A person asks.

"YUP!" Menchi bubbles as she jumps down into the crack and grabs hold of the web. Everyone gasps in shock. She waits a bit, holding onto the web and then drops down, grabbing an egg and falling. A huge wind current blows and she flies back up. Everyone gasps in shock as they see her holding the egg.

"The wind current is to help the newly hatched spider eagles float up to safety..." Netero adds on. Menchi lands down behind everyone, showing the egg she caught.

"See... Simple. And after you safely make your way back up, you will be using this egg to make hard boiled eggs." She bubbles.

"That's insane... you really think someone will actually do that?" Someone says. Kiyomi smiles and prepares to jump down.

"SOUND LIKE FUN!" Gon shouts as he jumps down. Everyone jumps down too. Kiyomi jumps down also, and grabs hold to the web. Kiyomi closes her eyes, waiting for the updraft.

"The web is going to break!" Someone shouts.

"Hold on... not yet." Gon replies.

"I can't hold on any longer." A lot of people jump off and or fall. Kiyomi opens her eyes.

"NOW!" Gon shouts. Gon jumps down and so does everyone. Kiyomi grabs an egg. She feels the air hit her face as she falls. The wind blows everyone back up. Kiyomi lands on the ground, holding up the egg and examining it.

"Dream egg... I've heard about these..." Kiyomi softly says as she walks forward a bit.

After everyone boils their eggs, they were able to eat them. Kiyomi takes a bite of her boiled egg, feeling really good. It was really good, causing her to blush.

After a while everyone gets back on the blimp, they get told to head to the front to listen to Chairman Netero. People stand still, staring at Netero and the green gum drop person beside him.

"Well... Let me properly introduce myself... I am Isaac Netero... Chairmen of the selection committee..." Netero says with a calm smile on his face.

"And I am his secretary... My name is Beans!" The green drop person says.

"I was going to show my face at the very end of the exam... but things happen and now we are here..." Netero smiles and nods.

"We will arrive at the next phase next morning... at eight a.m. exactly tomorrow... There will be dinner at the dining hall, and you have free will to do as you choose... The evening is yours. Get some rest and prepare yourselves." Beans says with a smile on his face.

People begin to leave the room. Kiyomi watches as many makes their way out the room. She sighs and rubs her arms.

"I feel drained..." I sigh. She slowly makes her way down the hall, stopping inches from a room. She slowly looks towards the room feeling weirded out. She places her hand on the doorknob. She pushes the door to see Hisoka playing with his cards. "Nope..." She says pulling the door closed.

"Oh... Baby spider..." Hisoka says looking up to Kiyomi. She shakes her head quickly and closes the door. She shivers and quickly turns her head to look at Hisoka who is behind her.

"Why the hell do I keep coming across you..." She sighs.

"You like me so much you can't keep your distance..." Hisoka chuckles.

"Gross..."

"What happened to your clothing?" He asks with a calm look on his face. Kiyomi furrows her eyebrows and covers herself with her arms. Kiyomi's clothes were ripped up after everything she has been through.

"Creep." Kiyomi sighs and looks away. "Can you me help find something to else to wear." Kiyomi asks with her eyebrows furrowed.

Kiyomi stands still in a dark room. She undoes her hair and sighs. Her clothes drop down beside her.

"I guess I can continue to wear these shorts... they are comfortable after all..." She softly says pulling at the shorts. She slowly walks towards a mirror to look at herself in the mirror. She pulls her hair up. "My hair is so long... Should I cut it...?" Kiyomi softly says, holding it up tightly in her hand.

'I like your hair long...' Chrollo said to Kiyomi in the past.

"Tch..." Kiyomi lets down her hair and pulls it over her shoulders. She relaxes her eyes and looks at herself in the mirror again.

"You will forever be a spider..." Kiyomi sadly says. "Will I really be forever stuck like this?" She turns to look at her back. A spider tattoo on the middle of her back by her shoulder blades. A symbol in the middle of the spider. The same symbol on Chrollo's forehead. "Will I always be your puppet... Sir Sameul..." Kiyomi sadly laughs. She rubs her eyes. They look tired.

The sound of the door opening causes Kiyomi's eyes to widen. She slowly looks towards the door to see Tonpa.

"Oh- uh- sorry." He says staring at Kiyomi. His eyes move towards the tattoo on her back then widens. She narrows her eyes and her eyes glow purple. "WAIT WAIT... HAHA! I'LL GO NOW!" He panics as he pulls the door closed. Kiyomi stares at the door a bit with a blank expression on her face. She looks back towards the mirror and sighs. She grabs the shirt Hisoka gave her and puts it on. She pulls her hair back and puts a soft headband over her head. She walks towards the corner of the room and slides down on the ground, pulling her knees towards her chest. She places a hand on her forehead and starts to sob quietly.

DING DING DING DING DINNNG

"SORRY FOR THE LONG WAIT! WE ARE ARRIVING THE NEXT DESITNATION!"

Kiyomi slowly opens her eyes and sits up. She looks around the small room and then slowly stands up. She has been sleeping for a while.

Once the ship lands everyone makes there way off.

"Where are we?"

"What is this?"

"What the hell..."

"There's nothing here..."

"Ehhum Ehhuum... Everyone everyone... if I can get your attention." Beans says causing everyone to look at him. "This is the starting point for the third phase... This place is called the trick tower and we are at the top."

"Trick tower?" Someone questions.

"To pass you will need to make it to the bottom alive... and on time. You will have seventy two hours to make it to the bottom... or three days..."

"Three days..." Kiyomi repeats to herself.

"Welp... Now then... shall the third phase begin! GOOD LUCK!" Beans bubbles. The blimp flies away and people begin to chatter amongst themselves. Kiyomi slowly walks to the edge of the tower, looking down it.

"If I jump down, and glide down with the tower... I'll get blown away... and I'm wearing no shoes..." She sighs. She slowly looks towards everyone and sighs. She crosses her arms and sighs. She watches as people begins to disappear. Kiyomi watches as Tonpa walks towards a spot. She slowly approaches him, standing beside him.

"Did you figure out how we can get to the bottom?" Kiyomi questions him.

"Nope! Have you?" Tonpa asks looking back at Kiyomi. He flinches when he sees her. "Oh... It's you." He sighs. Kiyomi relaxes her eyes and glares at Tonpa. "Well... it's simple... isn't it... There are a bunch of trap doors."

"Trap doors?" Kiyomi questions.

"Mhm." Tonpa hums. Kiyomi furrows her eyebrows and walks around, tapping at each door. Tonpa follows behind her. Kiyomi taps at one of the doors. Her eyes widen and she quickly looks at Tonpa.

"This door..." Kiyomi says walking towards it. Tonpa quickly walks towards Kiyomi and he trips onto the trapdoor. He trips over her. They both fall on the same trap door, falling down together. Kiyomi falls down on her stomach and Tonpa falls right on top of her. She groans out in pain.

"OOF! Augh.." Tonpa groans.

"MMMPHFF! GET... OFFF!" Kiyomi groans. Tonpa rolls off Kiyomi and she quickly sits up, gasping for air. "FUCKING FAT ASS! I DON'T EVEN THINK WE WERE SUPPOSED TO FALL DOWN THE SAME ONE!" Kiyomi shouts at Tonpa.

"Haha... Sorry." Tonpa laughs.

"Sorry? You almost killed me..." Kiyomi groans as she brushes herself off.

"The hell..." The guy in the blue suit says.

"Huh... Kiyomi?" Gon says from beside Kiyomi. Kiyomi slowly looks towards Gon and then smiles.

"Hi Gon." She bubbles.

"Huh... You know who that is?" The Zoldyck boy says.

"Yeah. Haha..." Gon says smiling at Kiyomi. Kiyomi stops smiling and stares at the boy. She tilts her head.

"You're a Zoldyck... right?" She randomly says pointing at the boy.

"HUH! HOW THE HELL DID YOU FIGURE THAT OUT!" The boy shouts.

"You look a lot like Silva..." Kiyomi softly says. The boy furrows his eyebrows and crosses his arms.

"And how do you know my father?" He asks.

"..." Kiyomi tilts her head and sighs. "You ask a lot of questions."

"HUH! THE HELL? YOU WERE THE ONE RANDOMLY SAYING SHIT!"

"Yeller much? You know I'm right in front of you... You don't need to scream..." Kiyomi sighs.

"Gon... where the hell did you find this bitch..." The boy seethes as he glares at Kiyomi.

"Oh- she saved me when Hisoka grabbed me." Gon says to the boy.

"Oh... That's right... you did mention that Gon- I had forgot..." The feminine looking guy says. He turns and looks at Kiyomi smiling a bit. "I'm Kurapika... nice to meet you." He says to Kiyomi.

"Hi. I'm Kiyomi." She says smiling at Kurapika.

"Ugh... well- I guess since we are doing introductions then- I'm Leorio... Nice to meet you too..." He sighs.

"Nice to meet you Leorio." Kiyomi bubbles. She slowly looks at the boy who's glaring at her.

"Oh... and that's Killua." Gon says pointing to the boy.

"Hey! Gon! Why did you have to tell her..." Killua says in shock. "Tch- since she knows so much... I'm sure she would have guessed my name." He sighs.

"No- I don't know your name... Just that you're a Zoldyck..." Kiyomi blankly says.

"Hah? What are you... a fucking stalker- or a weird ass fan?" Killua says in an irritated tone.

"Neither... I only know because I have connections... That's all." Kiyomi says in a calm tone.

"Yeah yeah- fucking creep."

"Hey- wait a minute. There are only five wrist bands and yet- there is six of us..." Leorio says pointing to the bracelets.

"Yeah... that's true... so what do we do now?" Gon questions.

"I say we kill the broad." Killua says, sadistically smiling at Kiyomi. Kiyomi furrows her eyebrows.

"No-" Kurapika says shaking his head.

"Exactly! I say we kill the old fat man over there... he'll only drag us down." Leorio says glaring at Tonpa.

"There should be another way... right?" Gon softly says.

"That's a problem... isn't it." A voice says from a speaker up from above them. "I wasn't expecting that to happen... but since it happened... let's make it even more complicated and have six players instead of five... so if there are any ties... then there will either have to be an addition or a rematch." The voice says.

"Uh..."

"So... since there is an extra person over the limit- that basically means... it will be more complicated..." Kurapika sighs. A small square in the wall opens and a bracelet appears. Kiyomi walks towards it and picks up the bracelet, holding it in her hand. She puts it on her wrist and closes it. Tonpa grabs the one off the table and closes it on his wrist.

"This will be a lot more fun... Don't you think? Haha..."

"Dammit... I would have preferred just to keep the girl instead and then get rid of the old man..." Leorio sighs.

"Heheh." Tonpa laughs, rubbing his head.

"Well... What's done is done... nothing we can do about it other than just make our way to the bottom." Kurapika sighs.

"Yep." Gon bubbles.