Warning: Novice Grammar.

Enjoy.

-After Tuesday even the calendar goes

W T F-

~Anonymous

Menu

"Hey Mel, do you believe in life after death?"

"No." She responded flicking through her cell phone.

"Why is that?" He asked burrowing his brows.

"Because after you die, it's the end of your story, you live you die and after that there's nothing."

He booed at her "Why must you always be such a killjoy?"

"Why do you think it would be fun to live once more?"

"It is! I mean who knows we might end up as best friends again in another world again!"

She cringed. "I wouldn't want that."

"Ehhhh Why?" he whined.

"I don't think I can bear living two of my lives with you bugging me and stalking me all the time." Her lips curled into a frown.

He gasped and gave her a look of horror "It's called insuring your friend's safety not stalking!"

She gave him a look.

He stuck out a tongue at her "You're seriously no fun Mel!" he inhaled before directly facing her "But you know life after death could actually be fun though." She shot him a weird look and tilted her head.

"And how do you know that Hayato?"

"I just do Mel. I just do."

Mel stared and stared at the random words afloat and decided that figuring out the orange things that were floating in front of her eyes would be a first in finding out what would she do now.

She got up from the garbage can with the thump and noticed that the orange scribbles seemed to shine and appear more clearly in the dark.

Player: Mel

Level 1

She was confused at first and stared long and hard at it before noticing a yellow horizontal bar like thing floating under her level. It was her health bar she mused, the bar like thing was almost half empty and appeared dull yellow in the dark light.

Mel's eyes then started to focus on her surroundings and noticed that she was standing in an alley. The alley she was in wasn't a technically bad or a smelly one, it wasn't relatively warm either but the coldness swept her off her feet once she stepped out on the battered and worn out streets.

Mel shivered when the cold air came in contact with her petite body and instinctively pulled her hands close to her and rubbed her arms. It was then when she noticed how thin she was, she necessarily wasn't all skinny and bony but she wasn't perfectly healthy either. She wore a plain old white dress which was actually more like a rag and her feet appeared a bit swollen due to walking bare feet in the cold.

Her head turned from side to side and saw the sparse number of the people on the streets. Only a handful of shops were open, the rest were still closed which meant that it was still relatively early and that the day had just started. Mel then turned to her right and started walking aimlessly in her new found environment.

She walked a few steps before something caught her attention and she stopped in front of a big window of a store. It was a clothing shop where coats, sweaters, mufflers hung in front, they looked warm and comfortable on her petite cold body but what caught Mel's attention was neither the shop nor the warm clothes that were inside the shop.

Mel gasped and stared at her own reflection in the glass window. She had somehow shrunk into a little kid who looked around the age of no more than six, her brown hair had grown much longer reaching her hip. Her grey dilated pools stared back at her in surprise and curiosity ran through her as she slowly inched towards her reflection.

She looked almost the same as she did before except that she had somehow magically turned into a little kid. Her hand outstretched and she unconsciously touched the reflection of her eye in the window before realization hit her that the store keeper had been looking at her strangely and a flush of embarrassment came over her before she took off with a sprint.

The brown haired roamed around the street for a while noticing the number of people on the street had increased and more stores and shops had opened up.

The more people came out on the street the more number of orange digits and green bars her vision came in sight to.

Mel observed carefully before noticing that unlike her nobody was actually on Level 1 except for babies.

Heck even the children were a higher level than her.

There were people with different health bars too, some were long and full to the brim and others had medium sized green bars.

But her health bar was small, worse it was only about one-fourth filled and shined a bright yellow. Her stomach released a loud audible growl and she deduced that starvation was probably the main reason that had dropped her health bar lower than before.

But of course there was always a chance of her being cold or worrying for a place to stay or maybe the stress she had on her head on what to do next-

-Wait a minute.

Hadn't the stupid penguin told her to do something after she reached here?

"Nah you won't be requiring all those stuff, we have already arranged something for you. Just remember to say 'Happy Me!' when you reach there."

She turned back on her heel and sprinted across the streets and towards her trash hole. What if that stupid penguin had something crazy in stock for her?

She didn't want to attract unnecessary attention and plus she was sure that she got a good amount of prying glances while she was out on the street because of her eyes.

Her trip to the garbage dump was short and she quickly huddled herself into the corner of the alley. Her body shivered a bit as she reluctantly wrapped her arms around herself in a hopeless attempt to keep her body warm.

The last time she remembers feeling this cold was when she had been stuck in a cave during a winter storm in Greenland.

Her teeth clattered a bit before she determinedly started to ignore her freezing body and decided to press the matters at hand.

Closing her eyes and inhaling a deep she monotonously said-

Happy Me.

If Mel's alley had been dark before it became even darker when she uttered those words. A large window/screen popped in front of her and she quickly yelled out a startled cry of surprise quickly distancing herself from the foreign object. To her dismay the screen followed her around.

Mel gave the screen a rather peculiar look. She had never ever seen anything in her life like this before except on one occasion but that would completely be illogical and utter nonsense after all that would mean the she is in a-

-Video Game.

A freaking video game.

She felt like strangling the penguin.

Mel eyed the screen almost cautiously, the options in front of her gleamed brightly in the dark and she noticed the familiar tabs on the screen.

The first option on the top most corner part of the window was that of her Status. Bottom to her Status was her Profile after that the Skills option which was followed by her Quest Log, Help option and ended with the Settings option.

Mel gawked at them for a while before deciding to give it a free test. She hesitantly lifted her right hand and tapped on the 'Status', the screen flickered before changing and Mel stared at her stats long and hard.

-Exp for Next Level: 100

Max Health Points: 60

Current Health Points: 17

Attack Power: 5

Skill Power: 0

Defense: 2

Speed: 10

Luck: -63

Mel gaped while scanning her stats, she knew that her luck purely sucked but for it to be a negative sixty-three totally annoyed her to levels.

-While somewhere up in the heavens a smirking penguin sneezed loudly.-

She quietly huffed and closed her Status screen before she proceeded to tap at her Skills option.

Mel frowned a bit when she saw that her Skill's slot was empty. If she had no skill to use then would she get skills once she had leveled up? How would she level up anyway, her stomach growled loudly and she smirked.

Well it was time to find out.

Quests

The moment Mel stepped out on the streets her surroundings darkened and a screen plopped in front of her surprising her and she gave out a yelp.

-A Side Quest for you has appeared.

Do you wish to accept?

(O) (X)-

She silently stared at the window before pressing the '(O)' button with her finger and the screen changed.

-Congratulations! Your Quest Log has been updated!-

The screen disappeared after a few seconds and Mel wondered if that meant she had to check her Quest Log. She whispered 'Happy Me' and her surroundings darkened again and everything suddenly paused.

Her 'Menu' appeared in front of her and it was then when she noticed that her surroundings had paused. The people walking past her, the birds in the sky, the noise, and the cars everything had suddenly frozen.

A huge grin broke out on Mel's face and she grinned to herself.

'Oh this is going to be so useful later.'

Her attention then fell onto her Menu and she clicked on Quest Log. Another screen popped up replacing the other one, Mel skimmed past her quest and her grin grew larger.

-Quest: Steal fruits.

Quest Rewards: Fruits, 100 Exp

Time Remaining: 9mins 58seconds-

Mel had to admit that this was rather fun and adventurous. It was not as if she liked it (she'd rather be in her comfy bed cuddling her little brother) but the adrenaline that rushed through her veins and the act of doing something which would give her a good reward definitely pleased her.

She closed the screen and her surroundings returned back to normal, Mel gingerly started walking around in search of the roadside market. Honestly, she was too excited to do this quest even though the mission was that of stealing some petty fruits.

Mel rounded around the corner of the street and her eyes brightened up on the sight of rows and rows of carts filled with vegetables, jewelry, ornaments and oh yes fruits.

Her stomach let out a low growl in response.

Quietly she padded her feet towards the nearest fruit stall and opened up her Menu. Her surroundings grew dark once again and time froze, Mel grinned inwardly and decided to pick up an orange but when her fingers touched the orange they went through the orange.

Horror took over her face as she quickly jerked her hand back from the orange and investigated her fingers which turned out to be completely alright.

"So I can't touch stuff when the whole world is frozen…?" she muttered to herself.

Mel closed her Menu screen and the clock began ticking once again. The shopkeeper who was a fat man with greedy eyes seemed to notice her and a scowl came up to his face.

"Hey kid, get the hell out of here!" he yelled at Mel.

Mel looked at the shopkeeper with an annoyed look. What was his problem if she was standing in front of his shop (with the intention to steal of course but he didn't need to know that).

He only owned his stupid cart not the freaking road.

The man hissed when Mel didn't budge "Hey I said get out of here! Because of trash like you my customers get scared away and don't come to me."

Mel tried not to look offended.

Because of her? Did this man have a screwed up mind or something because he obviously was scolding the wrong person.

"Get out of here before I come knock some sense into you!"

Mel's eyes narrowed, Ohhhhh this guy definitely needed his fruits stolen.

With quick steps she quickly reached out for the nearest fruits and grabbed all she could before she quickly broke out in a sprint.

"HEY! She stole my fruits!" Mel heard the fat man yell behind her and grinned.

She ran and ran with all her might and strength, her legs strained, her ankle clicked and clacked but she didn't stop neither did she look behind.

Her adrenaline pumped into her veins and she heard the shouts of men getting louder behind her, with each passing second their running footsteps came closer and closer and suddenly she stopped.

The men chasing after who were most likely the fat man's minions looked at her in surprise when she stopped running all of sudden and they stopped too.

Mel twirled around and offered the men a small smile which caught them surprised, behind them the fat fruit cart owner came huffing and puffing whilst sweating bullets as if he had ran a marathon.

"What are you all doing? Catch her at once!" The fat man screeched suddenly.

By this time the streets had become crowded and there was pretty much commotion everywhere around her. Mel received pointed stares and glances from every individual that was in the radius of a hundred meters. She smiled even more to herself in delight the more attention she receives the more real her trick gets.

The men who were after her seemingly thinking that she was ready to surrender stepped towards her and attempted to grab her by the arm that is until she disappeared.

Everyone remained stunned silent for a moment their eyes remained glued to the same spot where the once petite girl stood and was no longer there.

There were small gasps and shrill cries when they all realized that the girl has someone magically and mysteriously disappeared. The fruit owner who looked too terrified to process information as to what was happening in his surroundings landed on the ground with a loud thud when his legs gave away too astounded to process what his eyes had witnessed.

"W-W-Where did she go?!" he shouted frantically before ordering his men to search for her at once.

Meanwhile in dark alley a petite girl stood with a satisfied impish grin on her face.

Did she mention how much she loved her Menu?

Luck

Mel was truly happy when she gained a level upon completing her mission. She was happy when her health had recovered full when she ate that delicious tasty looking juicy watermelon. She was happy when she realized that her speed stat had increased by one and she was happy extremely happy when she was given another mission of stealing fruits again.

But then she remembered that a negative sixty three luck meant that something was always supposed to go wrong with her when a man knocked her out by hitting her on the back of her neck.

Still she was rather coping up well enough in this new shitty world wasn't she?

Then she blacked out.

Junkyard

Mel woke up when the air in her lungs was sucked out and she coughed out loudly.

She heard a thumping sound again and her body started to numb.

Another thud later and Mel realized that she was being kicked in the ribs.

Her eyes were blinded with a black cloth and her arms and legs were tied with a rope. She gasped and squirmed in pain when she felt another kick aimed at her stomach, there was a shuffle and she heard people speaking.

"I think she's learned her lesson Boss."

"I hope she has because next time I will rip her arms out." Someone spat out. Mel recognized it as the fat fruit cart's owner's voice.

"Let's just leave her here Boss, no one will even know that we did this and she will never be able to come close to you again." One of the minions said.

The fat boss smirked and looked down on Mel "You're right. This place is for trash like her, let's go men."

"This is what you deserve for being a freak eyes." He spat out.

She heard faintly heard footsteps moving away until silence engulfed her ears, her arms moved in a painful manner before she slowly tried to get up whilst wincing in pain, her arms moved behind her back and thankfully the ropes that had bound her arms and feet were loose enough to sag and she freed herself. Once she freed herself she nimbly worked her fingers behind her head to unfold her blindfold.

Once her blindfold fell off she moved to investigate her wounds and flinched at the number of bruises she saw on her body. She grimaced when she accidentally touched her ribs which were definitely bruised, she wobbled when she tried standing up and started walking with the support of a wall beside her.

She was most likely in another alley she suspected, her nose scrunched up at the pungent smell that arose from the dumpster nearby and she cringed. Unlike the previous warm and clean alley she was in, this was the exact opposite a foul smell filled her nose, there was trash everywhere and bottles of beers were thrown all over the place.

Mel's stomach growled loudly and she slowly sagged her way outside the alley with the support of the wall and her eyes widened at the sight she saw. The sun was almost setting in the horizon, the sky shone a bright orange and the wind blew gently. The streets were almost deserted with the exception of a few passed out people and beggars on the street, there was trash and litter everywhere resembling a dump yard very closely.

The houses around her were mostly abandoned and in a poor condition but the thing that caught Mel's attention was huge board that hung attached to a rusted pole that read-

-'WELCOME TO METEOR CITY'

And Mel felt like knocking herself out when she realized that she had been thrown into the junkyard city.

But nevertheless darkness swept her off her feet once again the very next moment.

Atheist or Theist?

When Mel's eyes opened she saw another pair of eyes staring back at her. With a slight 'eeeep' she jumped and the pair of eyes instantly retreated.

The boy who was most likely in his mid teens, held a look of predatory before softening at the sight of Mel's shocked form.

"You have very pretty eyes." She heard his smooth voice.

A feeling of intense déjà vu took over her.

He looked so familiar she mused before pushing the thought away. His unwavering smile made her inspect him carefully with glaring eyes as slowly tried to inch away from him, his eyes bore into her soul and she flinched.

"Wh-who are you?" She croaked out, her voice harsh and rough.

"I'm" and his smile grew wider while Mel's face grew paler "Chrollo Lucilfer-"

Her stomach churned.

"-Nice to meet you."

She wished that she could faint once more.

Connection

King looked down upon the mirror portal he owned and gave out a loud hysterical laugh when he saw Mel's reaction.

"King." He heard a commanding voice behind him.

He yelped loudly.

"Oh Sire Darkness! As always your visit has erm surprised me." He reluctantly bowed his head before the dark winged angel.

"No need for formalities King." The angel offered him a small smile.

"Oh yes sire." He said before picking his head up and taking in the appearance of the superior angel.

And as always he looked younger than he did before.

"What may I do for you today?" King humbly asked. Despite the fact that he was pretty sarcastic and laid back when it came to work and business ordeals, he was quite respectful to his superiors, well only some of them.

"I wish to attain the progress report of Suzuki Mel."

King's brows perked up. As far as he remembered the angel of darkness had no relation what so ever with the project of Hunter x Hunter and it was strange that he of all angels wished to get involved in this project as the angel of darkness upheld the reputation of never getting involved in other people's business.

"I would readily give them sire but I'm afraid that the progress report of Model 287 is classified and confidential." He sternly replied.

A frown marred on the face of the rather handsome looking angel and he sighed in dismay.

"Alright I'll go talk to the council." King's eyes bulged when he heard that, he would go as far as to ask the council!?

"As you wish sire." He nevertheless responded.

"Yeah I'll see you later King, oh but before that can you do me a favor?"

"What favor?"

"Take care of Mel for me."

With that he disappeared.

And King was left flabbergasted.

What on God's name did Shawn Ezekiel i.e. the Angel Of Darkness, one of the highest positions of angels had to do with Suzuki Mel?

Dun Dun Finished!

Honestly I wrote such a short chapter I'm disappointed in myself but due to natural calamities (laziness) and supernatural happenings (more laziness) I am unable to upload (I'm too confused in how should I finish this chapter so I ended up with this) more than this.

But fear not fellow hunter x hunter loving fans! For I shall upload soon…..and hopefully not next year.

You guys should see the smile on my face every time I see the reviews. Like I seriously resemble a legit fucked up clown. Not even joking, I have proof.

~~FAQ~~

1) The question about Mel's condition of her eyes and the over reaction will be cleared in the next chapter*

3) Am I fan of 'The Gamer'?

Okay so a LOT of you must be actually thinking that I am a fan of 'The Gamer' but no I'm not.

Tbh I've never even read a chapter of 'The Gamer' (okay maybe 1 or 2). I had just read the summary and plot of the story and it had inspired me quite a bit and viola! It turned out to be this!

So yeah all my gaming experience comes from actual games and RPGs and If you're looking for a good offline RGP game to play I highly recommend the 'Aveyond' series. They made up my childhood.

But yeah I do read manhwa/Korean manga or comics, not that anyone cares.

So yeah that's it! Hope you enjoyed the chapter and thank you so much for all the reviews, follows and favorites. You guys are awesome and I love you!

Except an update from me very (not) soon….

Review/follow/favorite if you want to hear more from me!