A/N- sorry i haven't updated at all this weekend, so here's an extra long chapter to make it up!
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(Still Kurapika's POV)
When the two of us returned, Leorio looked at me confused.
"Why are you shirtless?"
He then spotted Y/N.
"Giving it to your girlfriend now are you." He said with a smirk.
I wanted to punch that little smile off of his face. Her shirt happened to be dirty, that's all. And my girlfriend? Really? She's nothing more than a friend. At least, I think so. We were headed onto the next stage. Our next challenge was to reach the bottom of a tower within a certain amount of time. Climbing our way down on the outside of the building was not an option, considering the guy who did, which ended up getting snatched by a flying creature. There was no visible exit. The five of us spent forever trying to find a way down, when we realized, a little more than half the people we started with were now gone. It seemed that Gon and Killua found a possibility to get where everyone else had disappeared to. They came up to Leorio, y/n, and I, explaining how they saw someone step onto a stone, which had dropped them underneath it, but all the stones that people had used wouldn't open up again. I looked to my right and saw y/n staring intensely at the ground. She walked more to the side and lightly tapped the floor with her foot. It sounded hollow. She slowly pushed the tip of the stone door and it cracked open. She then did that four more times in the same area.
"Hey guys, over here." She called.
We all walked in her direction and she pointed out 5 stone doors that were close in distance. Apparently they all seemed to work, so we each agreed to step on a stone door to see where it would lead us. All of us but y/n quickly parted our goodbyes. I wonder why she didn't say anything. All of a sudden, the floor beneath us dumped our bodies below. I looked up and saw four more people collapsed on the ground. When I got a closer look, I saw it was Killua, Gon, Leorio, and Y/n. Turns out our goodbyes were shorter than we anticipated.
Y/n POV
I remembered this part of the hunter exam. But ugh they never showed exactly where the doors were. I ran around tapping my foot on each stone. A lot of the people found it before me, so it became harder and harder to find. After what seemed like years of looking, Gon and Killua came and mentioned to us about the secret doors. While they were talking, in the corner of my eye I saw something small sparkle on the floor. It was bright so I walked over there and slightly applied pressure where it shined. My eyes widened. It worked. Finally. I did that four more times in the same area.
"Hey guys, over here." I called out.
I pointed out the stones I had found, all five of them, and they all stood on top of each one. They each said goodbye to each other, not knowing where this would lead us, but I just kept quiet knowing that we would be reunited within seconds of departing. As soon as we fell inside the room, I let out a small yelp. The way down was actually a pretty big drop. As soon as my body hit the cold, ground floor, a look of relief took over my face. It's over. I thought.
"Are you guys okay?"
Kurapika was the first one to get up.
"Yeah." We replied in sync.
There were 5 timers on a small, silver table along with a tv screen glued against the wall above. I read aloud the instructions that showed.
"From now on until the end, the five of you will continue by following what the majority wants."
Gon picked up one of the timers and observed it.
"There is and X and 0 along with a timer."
We each grabbed a timer and slid it on our wrists. Just then a door appeared with a scoreboard. "To open the door, press 0. If not, press X." The 5 of us selected 0 and the door opened. We proceeded through the doorway, and there behind it was another small room. There was another scoreboard waiting ahead of us reading "Which way? Press 0 for right, X for left." We all looked both ways which contained large jail bars blocking both paths off. When we selected, the scoreboard showed 3 people picked 0 and 2 people had picked X.
"Why would you choose to go right?" Leorio became fussy.
"Shouldn't we go left?" He continued.
Kurapika began with agreeing with his statement but concluding with the fact that we should go right to throw the examiner off. Both Killua and I told Kurapika we felt the same way, and walked to the right where the bars had opened. Leorio looked at Gon, who was clueless.
"I guess we're more simple-minded." He stormed off, Gon following right behind.
We kept walking until we met the small arena. A small block tower laid in the middle of the room with four torches at each corner. The rest was emptiness. A large and very deep pit which could have you fall to your death. The ground wasn't visible for miles and that thought really scared me. We were standing at the edge of the platform, and I saw the prisoner's side, where they would appear. Just then, they walked out in their dirtied brown cloaks, covering their face, both hands cuffed to each other. The first guy was released from his confinement. I heard his deep voice echo across the room.
"Finally, I'm free."
It sent shivers up my spine.
The speaker above started to explain the rules and what was going on. We got a good gist of what to do.
I just remembered. Shit. Tonpa isn't here because I was with the four of them instead. That means I have to go against the big guy.
"I'm the first one up." He said with a smile.
Kurapika had offered to go first.
"I'll go first." he said.
The walkway extended from the sides and attached towards the center. I walked across it before anyone could make a move.
"Y/n what are you doing?!" Kurapika yelled.
I turned my body, facing four shocked faces.
"I got this." I said, turning back around.
I mean technically I wasn't lying. I took martial arts and people have told me I've had an abnormal amount of strength and skill in fighting. Besides, I'm more than I look. I'm not some fragile girl I appear to be. I looked down at my leg. It appeared to be healed, plus it was feeling much better than before. I honestly forgot it hurt in the first place. I pealed off the bandage and threw it on the floor. Both me and the prisoner had made it to the platform. He gave another smile as we made eye contact.
"My opponent is a little girl? This is going to be easy." He gave a conceited laugh. Then his face turned serious.
"I want a fight to the death." He said.
"You're on." I took up the challenge, knowing that there was a chance of me dying.
"ARE YOU CRAZY???" Kurapika and the others screamed at me.
"I'll be okay." I assured them.
"It's him who won't be."
"What are you going to do? Scratch me? Pull my hair? I mean come on, a little girl like you couldn't even-"
Before the prisoner finished, I had managed to give him a large blow to the stomach with my fist. I left him out of breath, gasping for air. The match had begun.
"You..little..BITCH." He got up and regained energy.
Racing towards me he pulled out two razor sharp knives, almost the size of a door. He swung the first knife at me and just barely missed as it grazed my left arm and tore off a piece of fabric from kurapika's sweater. I forgot that I was wearing his shirt. I didn't want to get it dirty so I paused and took it off, neatly folding it and setting it on the floor. I didn't have an undershirt on so I was in my white, laced bralette and my black ripped jean shorts which had a belt wrapped around my waist connected to two other ones. The second belt wrapped around the lower part of my body just above the crotch line and the last belt ran along the left side of my waist with a pocket that wrapped around my thigh. Most of my stomach was exposed, but I didn't really care at this point because my life was on the line. The blue & green hightop sneakers I had on weren't giving me any justice so I untied it and placed it next to the sweatshirt. And yes, I did this all while that dumbfuck was chasing me.
Kurapika POV
I can't believe Y/N agreed to a fight to the death. I don't want her die. She can't. I was on the brink of tears when I saw her completely sock him in the stomach. It looked like she had gotten fed up because she scoffed and rolled her eyes afterwards. The prisoner then pulled out two large knives. He swung the first one which had managed to graze her arm, ripping a piece of the sweatshirt I had lended her. I saw her notice the tear, and once she did, she pulled off the sweatshirt and set it aside, along with her shoes. The prisoner was chasing her, swinging his knives at her the entire time she was changing but she had managed to dodge it. Y/n crouched down and spun her leg into a kick, knocking his knees to the floor. Before he could get up, she used her foot to kick both of his knives high in the air and caught it with both hands. She stepped on his left wrist and kneeled on his right. Remembering she had the knives, she carefully pointed the sharp side against his neck. He stared at her with fear in his eyes as she slightly pricked him with the edge of his knife, letting the warm blood trickle down his neck.
"Gottcha." Y/n said.
"WAIT PLEASE DON'T KILL ME. I SURRENDER. I SURRENDER. I SURRENDER." The prisoner screamed frantically, now balling his eyes out.
And just like that, the match was over. Y/n had managed to win.
She got up and picked up the sweatshirt and her shoes, tossing both knives behind her. The first one made a solid plant in the ground between his legs, only an inch away from his crotch. The other implanted in the ground next to his head. His face was now more horrified than ever. She made our way to us, giving a big smile. I noticed she was still shirtless and my face became a bright red. I looked over to Gon and Killua covering their eyes. Leorio had this perverted look on his face so I shot him a glare. Her h/l, h/c hair was a mess, but in a cute way. Yep, she's a badass. I patted her head and congratulated her.
"Good job!"
Now it was my turn.
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A/n- this was the belt you were wearing!