Paths: Changes×Chances

Gon ran infront of the whole group, moving the plants aside and going from tree to tree as he explored the tropical place, he would sometimes use the vines to move around but being careful not to damage them

He had seen many different tipe of birds however other tipe of animals had to yet be seen, he wondered if they were hiding at his sight, however he remembered the old man's words, there were only two small predators in the reserve, if the predators were small, that meant that the preys must have been around the same size, since the predators never evolved to be bigger, or so he thought, Gon assumed the animals to be around the size of bunnies and foxes

He landed ona branch three meters above the ground, the tree was one he didn't fully recognize, the leaves were similar to the ones of a sequoia, but the tree was too short and took the shape of a common oak, it grew fruits too, they were similar to cherry, what a bizzare tree, Gon reached out with his hand but then noticed that the red fruits had blue little segmentation on them

"It must be poisonous," he thought

Not far behind Alluka was walking next to Killua, dragging him left and right to see all the different plants, her left hand was holding his, her right hand was holding a bunch of flowers, since they weren't endangered like some other plants in the reserve Alluka was given permission to take some with her

Leorio was watching around as he carried the bag with all the necessities inside. He seemed interested in plants that resembled aloe and other plants that could be used for various treatments and medicals

However, he was having trouble walking with all the mud getting on his shoes and suit

"Dam, it, I should have brought some clothes more fit for this tipe of environment!"

Kite was not far behind, with a backpack of his own. He was carrying a notebook in his hand and writing similarities and differences of the various spiecies of plants

"It's on you....you knew you were coming to a natural reserve and still brought an office outfit? I can't decide whether you have weird priorities or you're just stupid Leorio. "

Leorio turned a little embarrassed and pissed, he was about to say something to Kite but since he was turned he hit his head on a branch that he didn't see coming and fell to the ground on his face

Kire walked past him and snorted a bit. "You should look more carefully where you are going, Leorio," trying to hide his smile

Leorio got up from the ground, his entire face covered in mud. He then stood up with an angry expression and mumbled, "It's mister Leorio."

Alluka stopped to get another flower from the ground, an Iris, Killua got to carry all the flowers Alluka couldn't carry by herself and looked like some weird florist, Gon was just on top of them, sitting on the branch, he was watching around to see if he could find any animal to speak of, but simply couldn't see any, this got him thinking, he wrapped his legs around the branch and turned over, hanging upside down on the branch

"Hey Kite,"

Kite walked past Killua and Alluka and stopped right underneath Gon. "What is it?"

"Where are all the animals? You said there were 36 different spiecies here, but I can't see or smell anything other than the plants..." Gon had a neutral look on his face and brought a hand to his chin, recently he had discovered he liked biology, it was the subject he got the highest score in and it felt much easier for him to study it, he remembered the theory of evolution: animals adapt to different environments and change overtime so that the next generation might survive a drier climate or more aggressive predators, however there's simply something that he couldn't understand about the reserve