Hunter x Hunter – To Adventure - Chapter 9

Yuuki was excited. Today was the day she finally left Whale Island to take the Hunter exam.

A few months after her mum had left the island Mito had become her legal guardian. She was still worried about her mum but once she had finished the exam Yuuki would go find her.

Luckily Mito had been willing to sign for her after she agreed to let Gon take the exam because of him catching the king of the lake. Although Yuuki could tell she was very reluctant to do so.

Yuuki was waiting for Gon by the docks. Soon he and Mito arrived and they boarded the boat.

“Don’t worry Mito! I’ll become a great hunter and come back!” Gon yelled at her as the boat left, waving at her.

As soon as he yelled that, Yuuki could feel the whole boat staring at them. She felt pretty embarrassed, she decided to quickly move away from Gon and below deck. As she was leaving the deck she could hear the laughter of the men on board.

Yuuki felt they were stupid for laughing at Gon. After all none of them even made it to the exam getting disqualified because of a storm. They looked and acted tough but in reality, Gon was a lot stronger than all of them.

I just hope I’ll be able to stomach the storm, though Yuuki. She hadn’t ever been on a boat before so she didn’t know if she would get seasick or not.

Yuuki looked around the room and quickly found Kurapika and Leorio in the corner. Yuuki decided to go talk to Kurapika, she had always loved his character and, well she didn’t really like Leorio. She walked up to Kurapika who was laying on a hammock and reading.

“What you reading?” She asked.

Kurapika looked up at her, he seemed to be quite annoyed at the fact he was interrupted. Yuuki was surprised by how feminine he looked. She was, of course, one of the many people who had mistaken Kurapika for a female at the start of the anime.

“You’re really pretty you know, I might even be a little jealous,” Yuuki said

Kurapika looked back at her in confusion. “What?”

Before Yuuki could respond the boat began to rock. Yuuki guessed that the first storm had hit. Yuuki stumbled a little and decided to sit down. When she looked back at Kurapika he had gotten back to reading his book.

Yuuki sighed and took her small bag off of her shoulders, she took out a small notepad and pencil and began to doodle. The rocking of the boat really didn’t help but she needed to do something. Maybe she should have brought a book like Kurapika.

She liked doodling characters from the mangas she enjoyed reading. They weren’t the best though, especially when she started drawing. Now they were recognisable. She kept doodling until the boat stopped rocking and looked up. The captain should be coming down soon.

Yuuki looked around her at all the seasick men who had acted so tough when her and Gon came on the boat, they were really quite pathetic. She saw Gon leave and go up on deck. Should I follow him? I am really bored. How long will this trip take?

She looked at Kurapika who still had his head stuck in his book. Boring. She then turned to Leorio who was munching on an apple. Before she could decide if she wanted to talk to him a voice echoed throughout the boat.

“We are going to enter a greater storm than the last one, if you fear for your life please take the rescue boats and leave!”

Quickly a stampede occurred as everyone began to pour out of the room. Soon only her, Kurapika and Leorio were left.

“Anyone who is left head to the captains quarters!”

The three of them stood up and made their way to the captains quarters where Gon was already standing. He waved at her.

“Only you four left, huh?” the captain’s booming voice sounded out. “What are your names then?”

“My name is Kurapika!”

“I’m Gon!”

“I’m called Leorio!”

“Yuuki!”

“Nice to meet you!” The captain said, “so why do you guys want to become hunters?”