Chapter 17

Disclaimer: I own nothing , this is purely a fanfic for enjoyment. Cross-over from various games , books, anime, manga, and movies. The familiar characters you see here belongs to their respected authors and owners.

AN: Forsooth!, the next chapter is here, if you are wondering how many words, it's 4k words, Enjoy.

Harry's POV:

We managed to get away from the mega-superstorm safely and the Hunter association blimp came to get us to the next part. Gon and Killua didn't let me get any rest this time saying something about me becoming an old man.

"Hey I'll have you young whippersnappers know, that I am old and I had been de-aged, twice." I thought sarcastically.

So we explored the blimp, accidentally went and barged into Buhara and Menchi's room. Gon and Killua managed to get away, while I was forced to stay and have a Super heavy duty cooking showdown whith Menchi that resulted in a shocking turn of events that I beat her at her specialty dishes that she specializes in, which she specifically challenged me as our cooking topic dish criteria resulting in a depressed Menchi as she still lost, only by a margin, still, that little bit of difference is the key to which defines the victor and the loser, and if one were to compare it in a life and death battle, that one small margin of difference, is what made Harry(Killua 2) walked from this battlefield alive. This also resulted in a happy Buhara because he ate his fill of all the dishes that kept piling up, as Menchi did not give in that easily to defeat me, which resulted in the dishes that kept on piling and piling, until Menchi finally ran out of gas. I finally had time to get away from that pandemonium, and I silently sneaked away at the opportune moment, and looked for Gon and Killua to give them a piece of my mind. I finaly found them, and saw them in time playing the fabled soccer game with the chairman and I immediately forgot about my anger as they were about to receive an old fashioned beat-down. I just played the cheerleader while I was there, and I witnessed Killua's shadow blend. Thirty minutes later, Killua played the brother card asking me if I could do any better, and I was forced to show some skill. From where I was standing, I created 9 after-images of myself going towards Netero, I stopped half-way though, as I noticed the chairman was guarding the ball tightly and I wasn't ready to tussle with a super-steeled body old man, that's just bad for my health. I quickly explained that what I did was cheap parlor tricks, which Gon readily believed, while Netero and Killua had a different opinion. Killua left feeling that his assassin training and bloodlust kick in and decided to leave to calm down. I, noticing the subtle differences, went after him and gave him the super medicine and all time cure known as pocky, which he quickly recovered as he ate a box full of it. He then he asked me a strange question.

"Hey, I'm really from a family of world famous assassins you know, and I'm also an assasin." Said Killua honestly, waiting for my reaction.

"We all have our secrets, but it's already too late for me to get away from you, seeing as you forced me to admit that I am your brother, who knows, maybe." I said in a cool tone.

"Pfthahahahahaha, jeeez you're weird just like Gon, I asked him the same thing and he gave a weird answer also. Maybe your right, I'm not letting you go easily, baby brother~~." Killua said playfully.

The rest happened normally, the chairman made the flight slow to give Gon some sleep, surprising Chairman Netero was dragged to console Menchi, who went into depression for having lost a cooking challenge to a kid.

Trick Tower.

I was dragged again by Killua to join Gon and the gang. We ended up in the Path of Majority rule. We surprisingly evaded the traps easily and we now ended in an arena match against the prisoners who were convicted of life sentences.

This is where it deviated from the normal anime timeline, for starters our first opponent, was the infamous John the cutter, the most dangerous criminal in Zaban's history who can grind peoples flesh do dust with his bare hands. Leorio adamantly tried to persuade us to forfeit this year's exam but Killua stepped up to the game and faced the dreaded beast on a one on one death match. It was good watching Killua pull the heart steal trick up real close. Everyone was scared of Killua especially Leorio when he learned that Killua was from the legendary Zoldyck family.

I just gave Killua a box of pockie congratulating him and making him cheer up somewhat, who am I to criticize really?, I am even more than a monster than him and I have a feeling that I will be shedding my innocent persona soon.

The second match came with Gon and Sedokan the bomber betting some hours of a candle game, since Killua won the death match and managed to win a 24 chips to increase our allotted time, Gon had no pressure in this match, he did win the same way, by blowing his opponent's candle by getting close and personal while his candle was going strong thanks to the booby trap his opponent planed to use on both choices either way.

"You baka, it was useless to count on your tools to win." Said the mystery prisoner to Sedokan.

"To trick the enemy, you have to take risks, look." Said the prisoner as he remove his cloak and revealed his fearsome face like a surgery gone horribly wrong.

"Who will be my opponent?." said the prisoner as he flexed his bulging muscles.

"Oh, I will, I will." I said excitedly.

"Very well, blah blah blah." He bluffed as he claimed to kill 19 people, enjoyed their pains.

"So?, when do we start." I asked him as he was making long boring speeches.

The prisoner was very worried, so he went ahead into his next bluff.

"Fine, the challenge is a battle to the death." He said hoping to scare me away.

"Ehh?, sure, let's get on with it." I said to him.

The Frankensteinish prisoner was sweating bullets now, but he still had his two trumps, his enhanced mechanical arm implants which he can use once a day and his false Ryodan tattoo.

"Ehh, sure, since were prisoners, we are not allowed to use weapons." Said the prisoner.

"Are you blind mister?, am I carrying a weapon?." I asked in disbelief as I was wearing the same clothes as Killua.

"You're, right, forget about it, let's start." He said as he took initiative and performed a high jump punch on me which I easily evaded.

"Hee, I may have failed to hit him, but it is still within my calculations." He thought as he continued to delivered the blow to the ground, and left a crater thanks to his mechanical arm.

The prisoner laughed and continued his next bluff and showed his fake Ryodan tattoo and claimed to be a Ryodan member. Kurapica was seething at the sight.

"Sugoi, really?, they really did a terrible job at the cosplay cafe where you got a spider themed tatoo mister." I said amused.

"Really?, I'm telling you its real." He said adamantly.

"Really, those tattoo's are a dime a dozen, yours is such a cheap quiality and poorly done. I'm so glad I had mine made by a professional." I said as I took my shirt of reaviling my supposed fake Ryodan tatoo knock-off that was unknowingly indeed the real deal.

Everyone was shocked, even more so coming from Kurapica, oh he recognized it all right, it was 100% real, it had the same style as the people who massacred his tribe and from what he can tell, it was the boss mark.

The rest were in a daze except Killua who was laughing uncontrollably.

"Now enough about our little tattoo competition, nighty night." I said as I used my hair senbon on the prisoner who was full of hot air and his body fell down crumbling down and I put back my shirt on.

"Wait!, I bet 24 hours that our fellow inmate is alive." Said the other prisoner as a last resort.

What?, they must be crazy, but it was no problem on our side so we agreed.

Our group made a unanimous decision that he is indeed dead.

"Ehh?, what brought this on?, very well, who will check to see if he his alive?." I said to them.

"I'll go check, I'm a doctor." Said Leorio.

Leorio was halfway to his patient then.

"Wait, we changed our minds, we change our bet that he is dead." Said the prisoner.

Behind the scenes, they were trying to contact the dead prisoner in question with a wired transmitter that was implanted near the prisoners ears and there was no response. The device also doubled as a health monitoring device clearly revealing that he was dead, so explains the change in their tune.

"Ehh?, fickle people that cant make up their minds, sure sure go ahead." I said.

My group was still looking at me like I had grown a second head, but begrudgingly agreed in my decision, since I was taking it to stride.

"Okay, I will check him now." Said Leorio.

"It is as I feared, no pulse, he's dead." Leorio said dejectedly.

"Mwahahaha, you fools, we have a device that monitors his vitals and you casually agreed to change our bet, now you will loose 24 hours of your time." Said the prisoner laughing.

"Hnn, can you check him again Leorio-san?." I asked nicely and secretly let the effects of my hair senbon fade.

"Okay, but it doesn't change the results." Leorio said as he examined the dead prisoner.

Leorio was surprised, he was about to confirm the vitals again when said prisoner in question suddenly opened his eyes, and not a moment to soon he quickly stood up and did a happy dance that he was alive, he even waved at his fellow inmates.

The sudden turn of events surprised them again, really, it would be no surprise that they were close to having a heart attack.

"How?." The prisoner who made the bet said in disbelief.

"Hi-mi-tsu." I said as I was about to return to my side when Kurapica couldn't hold his seething anger and attacked me at his full force with his unsheated twin ladies with his eyes turning red.

"Murderer!, you may have fooled everyone, but not me, that tattoo on your back is real, I confirmed it myself when one of your minion, you ordered to massacre our tribe for our red eyes 16 years ago, faced off with one of our elite warriors who managed to unearth your kinds tattoo mark with his dying breath, isn't that right, Ryodan leader!." Said the angry Kurapica as he lashed out in a besrerk assault against me which I evaded easily.

There was another shocking revelation that shocked the people in the room to the core. A sole surviving member of the Kurata tribe and a witness claiming to accuse this supposedly Killua's twin to be a Ryodan leader. That accusation has indeed high credibility and there in lies the question. "Who is this number '666' contestant really?." where everyone's thoughts and one Black-List hunter Lippo was watching the event intently, forget the zoldyck brat from earlier, this was far more important.

"Fascinating." I said to Kurapica.

"Fascinating?, thats all you have yo say for yourself when you ordered your minions to massacre the whole Kurata tribe ruthlessly?, and all you can say is fascinating?." Said Kurapica who's anger had risen at a new level and that sentence seems to renew his energy as he continued his attacks anew.

"Why yes, it is fascinating, as you claim that I?, a supposed leader of the Ryodan ordered the complete and brutal massacre of your tribe for it's scarlet eyes 16 years ago, is very fascinating indeed." I said still dodging.

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"Stop mocking my fallen tribe you fool, and accept your swift imminent death." said Kurapica who's attacks was still missing making him more angrier by the moment.

"Hmm, for your so called sound reasoning, you are surprisingly dumb." I said as I continued evading.

"What?, you not only mock my fallen tribe?, but also mock me in the face?, have you no sense of shame?, I supposed not, you DEVIL!." said Kurapica attacking Harry in a berserk state and was now leaking with very strong killing intent.

"Yes, I have no shame, I don't need too, since I'm only eleven, and according to your own words, you claim that I ordered the massacre of your whole tribe 16 years ago, oh how wonderful, you claim that I ordered something like that when I'm not even born?, Oh great, that is the best news I heard all day, Ahahahahaha, I ordered your whole tribes death from the future, Ahahahahaha, you got any more jokes?, death from fortune cookie?." I asked Kurapica.

"Kurapica halted in his tracks, he just realized something Harry (Killua 2 said), he was indeed 11 years old and could not have possibly issued that order. But his tattoo is 100% real, I'm sure of it." Kurapica thought confused.

"How?, But?, What?." Kurapica now mumbling nonsense of the situation not making any sense.

Lippo the Black-List hunter dismissed Kurapica's claim that number 666 was the supposed Ryodan leader, and chalked it up as a severe trauma syndrome. The white haired kid has a very very solid claim/alibi that is undeniable, after all, he really is only eleven years old, Lippo even got a copy of his application form, so he really can't be the rumored infamous Ryodan leader who ordered the extinction of Kurapica's whole tribe, this making Kurapicas claim all null and void, or as the new hip and cool thing to say is that Kurapica is spouting bullshit. Everyone now thought that his spider tattoo on Harry (Killua 2) was indeed the result of a cosplay cafe tattoo as Harry had originally claimed that he had.

Killua was laughing uncontrollably at the morbid situation that his twin made Kurapica charged into a zealous murder spree, but cut down Kurapica to size, by destroying Kurapika's facts with cold hard logic and facts (Phoenix Wright attorney at law anyone?.)

Kurapica was forced to ponder upon his vandeta, he could have killed an innocent child with his blind rage, wouldn't that make him no better than a common mass murderer?, from that moment on, he decided to get the facts straight before acting and he profusely apologised to me greatly for his misunderstanding and I quickly forgave him which Kurapica felt relieved.

Still, there was still a nagging feeling within him that Killua 2's tattoo was indeed real and there lies the great mystery.

Since we didn't really loose time, we arrived with the room with a gladiator weapons, we had the extra time so we took the long route, no questions ask. Gon having great insight as usual revealed that the wall separating the two rooms was made of brick wall and was breakable so we-made a great shortcut and arrived the the final area surprisingly making us the first five to arrive.

Display arrived six place which shocked him but exited him at the same time. He eyed me as if accusing that it was me that was responsible for this. I really didn't notice this as I took a nap, dealing with a crazy Kurapica was a tough nut to crack.

Seventh to arrived was the disguised Illumi. He was still eyeing me while I was asleep and interchanging with Killua intently.

Eight to arrive was Hanzo who felt disappointed.

Time skip next part of the exam

We were taken by the Hunter's association blimp to the next part of our exam which was at Zebile Island. Lippo had us took a lottery explaining it after all eighty contestants finished their lottery number was their target of the Hunt and the Hunter theme test for this part explaining that our numbers that we picked in the lottery was worth three points and our original plate was also worth three points, random or excess plates is worth one points and our job was to get six worth points of plates for one week. Everyone quickly hidden their plates, I didn't bother to hide mine really. We were also insured that we would be automatically qualified for the first part of the hunter exam next year if we failed this year, I just snorted at the news.

We were reminded that we have to last for a week here and the Hunter association will give a loud signal at the end of the week confirming the end of the test allowing us one hour to get back at the starting site with our passing points.

We were released with 30 minutes interval by the order we first escaped the trick tower.

I was released first and I commandeered a spot north of Zebile Island with a lone giant tree providing me shade and the place was a clear clearing giving me a clear view and having no chance at me being ambushed.

Hehehe, secret fact that I found out on accident. Did you know that fuinjutsu wasn't really a technique but a different language given form and power. Imagine my surprise that I still retained the knowledge of this from my edetic memory and I was able to reclaim my skills like the barrier arts and seals of different kinds that were labeled as techniques that I once lost. I also recreated my version of Hiraishin no Jutsu without the need of a marker since I have no instant delivery and teleport/warp skill from before. Of course with this fact I also confirmed that my chakra strings was intact. Some might argue it is a technique, but all it is is pure chakra control which the system did not classify as a technique for deletion.

Back to me and my lone giant tree, I set up a redirection barrier ten meters around me that transport all projectiles inside the barrier elsewhere.

Like a moth to a flame, many newbies came to me thinking I was easy picking, but quickly regretted at as I now have piles of body hidden near a cave and all of them are attached with a sleep seal that won't break until the exams are over.

After having my 30th victim, they finally wizened up and avoided me.

The rest of the time, I did the Jinzen meditation and I visited my inner world where I battled with Kyouka Suigetsu to keep my skills sharp. I also retranined my magic and regained mastery over my occulumency, transfiguration, space expanding/enlarging charms, protego, reparo and my piece of the force, and by that, I got my Imperious curse back baby.

Time skip, end of exam.

There was a large horn sound and fireworks signaling the end of the exam and we only had an hour to hand our plates. Newbies now teamed up to the remaining contestants for their chance to pass. I did everyone a favor and used a sleep senbon on these particular type of groups and I handed my plates in. I was first to arrive, then Hisoka came in second. Disguised came in third and Hanzo came in fourth. Fifth to eight place came to Gon and Killua's group and the ninth came from Pockle and the last one that came was Bodoro the warrior.

Killua was explaining how Gon managed to get Hisoka's plate which was a miracle in itself.

Hanzo came and asked who came in first so they actually accused Hisoka that he indeed came first. Hisoka just chuckled and pointed that I was first to arrive shocking them greatly.

We were transported to the final exam with the blimp, did the interview thing and arrived at the Taj-mahal like palace and The chairman explained the charts of the battle resulting from the interview. The chairman explained that only one one participant will fail and the failed participants will continue to fight until the looser is decided.

The first match was with Hanzo and Gon, same thing happened in the anime and Gon won through sheer stubbornness and he was incapacitated while Haha I forfeted. The next was Kurapica and Hisoka that still followed in the anime with Hisoka informing to Kurapica about the Ryodan's movement in Yorkshin city, Kurapica asked if he saw the leaders face once and Hisoka apparently did, and it pointed away from Harry which it did not make sense. Surprisingly the third match came directly between Killua and Illumi directly unlike in the anime where Killua gave his fight to Pockle and got Illumi as his next challenge.

Illumi used his nen manipulation towards Killua making him give up, surprisingly, he was expecting me to do something and when I did not, he was dissapointed. Killua who was not in the right state of mind killed contestant Bodoro in the hallway making Killua disqualified and the rest of the matches void, as we all instantly passed.

A few days later and Gon woke up, and was informed the events that took place after he passed out and confronted Illumi about it. Illumi informed Gon that their house location is not really a guarded secret, but Gon was stubborn and still asked where it is located. Illumi feeling really irritated used a nen blast on Gon which resulted in Kurapica and Leorio who came to the rescue Gon which ended in them being caught by the invisible force. Hisoka was at the scene and was about to intervene, when I decided to teach this brat a lesson Jiraiya Style?. Thats right I decided to cast the almighty imperious curse on Illumi and crushed all of his minds defenses and ordered him to apologize Gon and give Gon the location of their residence. After that I ordered him to have sex with 10,000 women from the brothels and bars. Hey I wouldn't go too far and make him hump every woman he sees, although it is very tempting to do so, I still have my morals. Only after that should he regain his normal thought process.

Gon and the gang was surprised about Illumi's sudden change in behavior, but was thankful for it.

Hisoka who clearly saw the change and quickly deduced that I did something.

"What did you do?." Hisoka demanded an answer from me.

"Hmm, he wasn't satisfied that he toyed with Killua and now Gon too, I decided to return the favor a hundredfold with his so called mental manipulation and bypassed(crushed) all his mental defenses and I did a powerful suggestion on him, so powerful that it can't be easily countered even by his level." I said to Hisoka with a smile.

"Hoh?, I didn't recognize you had claws Koneko-chan, so what are those orders aside from the apologizing to the kid and the location of their not so secret residence?." Hisoka asked now amused.

"Oh, nothing serious really, I just told him to have sex with 10,000 women from the brothel and bars. I was tempted to let him hump every women he sees, but that might be to shameful that he might not recover from it, so I settled on the bars and brothels. By the end of a few months I'm sure he'll get it done, having the rumored Zoldyck stamina, and by then, he will have gained the tittle of Sex God that I'm sure will do him some good for a stiff person like him or die a happy man trying, like quote from a famous person, 'The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak' let's see how true that statement holds." I said to Hisoka and left quickly to Gon and the gang.

(For those curious of the quote above, that came from Zap Bradigan from Futurama, Death by Snu-Snu.)

Hisoka having heard the reason on what the suggestion Harry placed on Illumi began to laugh uncontrollably, the information was so good of an entertainment value, that it let him laugh continuously for six hours straight.