? THE ? HACKER ?

Fortunately, you got away from Hisoka's grasp, you don't know how many times you prayed to escape from that creep.

Walking in the empty halls, you felt a presence from behind following you.

You quickened your pace, too traumatized to even look back thinking that it's that fucking clown again until a hand caught your wrist.

"Haxxor–!" You hit the person from behind without meaning to, you know.. An act of self defense.

"Ouch.." The person stumbled back from the punch.

'Oh..' You saw Kurapika on the ground, his palm pressed against his cheek where you landed the hit.

"Ah.. My bad." You awkwardly approached him as you helped him stand.

"It's alright.." Kurapika responded, flashing you a soft smile.

"Why were you following me?" You raised an eyebrow, cocking your head slightly.

"Oh, I was actually looking for you… You weren’t in the room when I woke up,"

Kurapika admitted, scratching the back of his neck as he averted his eyes.

His cheeks were tinged with a faint flush—whether from embarrassment or something else, you couldn’t quite tell.

"Oh, yeah… sorry about that. I was running from Hisoka—"

The moment you said that name, Kurapika abruptly cut you off, surprising you.

"HISOKA!?" His eyes widened in shock. "Did he… do something to you?" His brows knitted together, his lips forming into a visible pout as his fingers clenched tightly around the fabric of his shirt.

"Well.. He tried" You responded honestly.

"Sorry haxxor.. I should've stayed by your side, I was just too tired and–"

You tilted your head, eyebrows furrowing in confusion. Why was he apologizing out of nowhere? If anyone should be taking responsibility, it was Hisoka. But knowing him, an apology was highly.. Unlikely.

"Ah… my fault," Kurapika mumbled, his eyes fixed downward, for some reason, he reminded you of a pouting puppy.

You let out a quiet sigh. "It's fine. Let's just get some sleep." With that, you turned back toward the room, not waiting for his response as Kurapika followed you from behind.

━

"Why are you so interested in that girl?" The man with long black hair asked, his lifeless eyes fixed on the man in front of him

"Why not?" The magenta-haired man replied, a playful smirk tugging at his lips.

"Don’t you see how fascinating she is? You could say I have a rather.. Unique taste."

He twirled a deck of cards effortlessly between his fingers, as he watched y/n and kurapika make their way inside their room.

"Yeah, a unique taste for your preys."  

Hisoka merely chuckled at the response, amusement glinting in his eyes.

"Yeah… I need to keep an eye on them first before eating them.." he murmured, the anticipation visible in his tone, running his tongue over his lips, a hungry grin creeping onto his face.

"I just can't wait."

━

"Haxxor.." You heard a voice calling your name.

"Haxxor!" The person called your name sharply, shaking your unconscious self violently.

You instinctively stood up as you looked down at the person who just woke you up.

"Gon?" The boy gave you a little cheeky smile as he scratches his cheek.

"Mhm! The third phase is about to begin!" Gon beamed, you let out a long ssig.

"Another phase... I just want to be done with this already. I miss my games." You cried to yourself mentally before nodding your head to gon.

━━

You and your fellow companions were led to the starting point of the third phase.

"What's this?"  "There's nothing in here.."

You heard a few murmurs from the other participants.

Then, beans—the secretary of the Hunter Exam began to explain. He stated that the starting point of the third phase was at the top of the Trick Tower.

He also added that you can pass the exam once you reached the bottom alive.

'Trick tower?' You looked down, a wave of nausea hit you, the height of the tower making your stomach churn.

'Yeah there's no way that we need to climb down..'

━

After a while, a few participants began to lightly bang their fists against the tiles of the tower.

You began to notice that there's fewer.. participants, Kurapika also seemed to realize this as well.

"There's probably a secret door that leads to the bottom.." Kurapika said, you nodded your head.

"Yeah, maybe one of the tiles.." You lightly stomped your feet on the ground.

"Kurapika, Leorio, haxxor!" Gon called out, the three of you turned your head back to the same direction.

You, Kurapika, and Leorio made your way over to Gon and Killua.

"What is it gon?" Kurapika asked, cocking his head a little.

"I found a secret door!" Gon beamed, kneeling down as he pressed his hand onto a specific tile, the tile sinked down slightly.

"Ah i see.. It's a trap door that opens by turning the stone." Kurapika acknowledge.

Leorio patted Gon’s shoulder with a grin "Good job gon! Let's hurry down then!"

"I don't think so.." Your response made the others turn their heads toward you.

"What do you mean haxxor?" Leorio asked, tilting his head to the side.

"There's more than one sec–"

Before you could finish, you were abruptly interrupted as the tiles you stepped on gave away, causing you to fall down.

"HAXXOR!–" The four of them screamed in unison.

'Shit..' A bead of sweat trickled doon your cheek.

▾

"Ah.." You landed hard on the floor, your butt taking the the impact causing a pained groan escaping your lips.

"Am I that too heavy?" You murmured, before glancing up, only to spot a.. Unpleasant familiar figure leaning against the corner of the room.

"My, my.. Well, aren't we truly meant to be? Haxxor?" a sultry voice purred. You stared up at that person in disbelief.

"Hisoka?"