the chapter which you guys been waiting for the battle between Hisoka and Rochelle. It won't be to their full strengths though. Rochelle may know nen but Hisoka is still a lot stronger. sorry for the wait. i hope you enjoy the chapter.

And a big thank you for all of you guys for favorite and following my story. Sorry for the wait.

Chapter 13

I come back to the hall to see everyone giving me nervous looks. I just roll my eyes at them. I look at Hisoka who just looks amused. I might as well have fun. I wonder if he will have fun with my idea as well.

"My name Gazo, I will be the referee of the third match between applicant #44, Hisoka and applicant #113, Rochelle."

He goes to go on but I stop him. "Excuse me, I have a question." I see that the referee's attention come on me. So I continue. "It doesn't matter how we settle who surrenders am I correct. It doesn't necessary come down to a fight?" I look at him my eyes hard.

He looks nervous for a second. He turns to the chairman. I follow his gaze and look at the chairman with hard eyes still.

"It doesn't matter how you settle the matter, one will need to surrender. As long as one of you doesn't kill the other its fine." I nod.

I look at Hisoka and I give off a grin. I won't admit it if asked but I have been itching for a fight and the last match didn't help matters.

"To save this in becoming another boring match between wills, why don't we make things more interesting and fun?" my smile merely grows at the end of the question.

"That smile is scary." I hear Leorio whisper. I giggle in response and my eyes shift to him momentarily, he freezes and giggles nervously.

"Hmmm. What do you have in mind?" Hisoka sounds intrigued but slightly bored.

"We play a game of sorts to determine the winner. This way the winner is clear and no one can say I won't give up, loser surrenders. That and we can play a game." Hisoka raises an eyebrow at that, properly confused by my motives. "I'm bored." I state seriously. Leorio, Killua and Kurapika hit the floor.

I look over at them confused, I tilt my head at them.

Hisoka starts playing with his cards. "What kind of game? I assume it's not a game of cards." He chuckles at the end of the sentence.

"It's not my fault I don't know how to play many of them... Or that you taught me how to play the ones that I do! Besides that would guarantee that you would win, so it wouldn't be very fun." I shout pointing at him. "I want to fight a bit but I don't want it coming back to a battle of wills. So a fighting such game. A battle of wills is so boring, I need a real fight but we can't kill one another, so might as well make a game out of it." I see Hisoka perk up at the sound of it. He's listening.

"A game of pin down." I state he raises an eyebrow, to show he's listening. "You pin me down on the floor for 15 seconds you win. If I avoid you for a certain agreed time I win. To make it more interesting we can add a restriction for the other, for example if you say I can't use my right arm, I wouldn't be able to use my arm for the set amount of time, however if I did use it, I would immediately lose and would have to surrender. Sound interesting?"

"Hmmm. Little Kitten has a good idea." He teases. "Very well. I have 45 minutes to pin you to the floor. If you avoid being pinned you win. However you have to be blindfolded, like you did in the third round, for the entire time. If you remove the blindfold I win." He had to mention the blindfold didn't he?

"What does he mean you were blindfolded during the third round?!" Leorio screeches.

"He meant what he said I got bored so decided to do it blind folded! Hisoka was the first one to finish so he saw me when I finished with the blindfold still on!" I yell back.

I look back at Hisoka who looks amused. I sigh I take out my blindfold and look back at Hisoka. "Fine. But did you really need to mention the third round?" he grins at me, I roll my eyes at him, he's impossible. "Any way." I sigh. "My restriction for you is that you're not allowed to dodge. If you dodge any of my attacks then I win."

He smirks at me and nods his head "Sounds like fun kitten." I bristle at the mention of kitten. I'm a cat not a kitten. I may be a small cat but I'M NOT A KITTEN!

I breathe evenly and face the referee. "Are you able to restrict our match to follow on our agreed terms, as well as the Chairman's?" he looks at me and looks at Netero, who grins and nods.

"Yes."

"By the way," I look at the referee, I wonder what his reaction would be. "You guys suck at playing hide and seek."

He looks at me shocked and looks towards the other referees who were watching us in the forest. The ones that were trying to find me had their jaws down on the floor.

"WHAT?!" was the collective shout of them all. I fall into a fit of laughter and end up rolling around of the floor clutching my stomach at the red faces of them and their shouts and general annoyance. I look around and see people confused, blank, chuckling and shocked.

After 5 minutes the referees have calmed down and I picked myself up. I look at Hisoka who still looks amused. I pick up my blindfold and tie it around my eyes. I make sure that it won't come undone, before I let myself relax.

I spread my senses around the room. I channel into the earth and wind, I spread sense into water and heat also. I'm ready.

"Begin!"

3rd Pov

As soon as the signal for the beginning was said. Hisoka charges towards Rochelle. She runs off, however not fast enough. Hisoka swiftly appears behind her and with a frown he goes to finish the game. He reaches towards her with both arms aiming to grab her shoulder and push her over and just sit on her. However she leaps forward and flips over and does a handstand her feet tuck in his armpits and flips him over her. He catches on and puts his arms down and traps her feet. He lands on the ground smirking at her, silently asking if that is all that she can do. She curls backwards her hands dig into the earth getting a good grip before flipping over carrying Hisoka with her. She lands on her feet, however Hisoka, who let go in favor of landing on his feet, skids back. Still holding onto the earth she used she tossed them at Hisoka, who simply used his cards to cut the rock so it fell around him.

Hisoka shot off in front of Rochelle. She stayed still as if not knowing of his presence. He went to punch her into the jaw to knock her to the ground due the force. However, she dodged before it could hit. Taking a silent cue she started to punch Hisoka. Since he was unable to dodge he merely blocked most of the hits. Going to for an attack Hisoka went to kick her in the ribs only for Rochelle to grab his leg and move the center of his gravity and throw him across the room. Not fazed by being tossed, Hisoka smoothly flipped in the air and landed on his feet.

Seeing the fast paced exchange between the two left many speechless, and mouths agape.

Rochelle shot off towards Hisoka.

"Wait what is she doing! Isn't she supposed to be avoiding Hisoka!" Leorio yells.

Before anyone can respond. Rochelle flips so she is doing a handstand and sends a strong kick to Hisoka's chest just as quick. Seeing the kick coming Hisoka moved his back slightly to minimize the force. Without dodging it as a whole. Beginning to stand up she uses the force of it to kick Hisoka's hip. Before it can hit though he grabs her leg and uses her momentum against her and flips her to the ground. Falling with a thud, however she rolled backwards, out of his way before he could reach her. Standing on her feet the two face one another not moving and inch.

"Woa. Remind me not to piss her off." Leorio says. Kurapika nods but begins to have suspicions on the young girl. They don't know her very well. He had learnt of Killua's assassination routes whilst in the tower. However he hasn't spent much time with the girl.

Leorio is sweating buckets thinking repeatedly don't piss her off. She's going toe to toe with HISOKA!

Killua looks shocked, he had thought that they were near one another in skills, but was still stronger, however, now he can't be sure.

Everyone is silent in the hall. Anticipating the next move.

"You surprise me kitten. I didn't think you were this good. If this is you now…" he licks his lips. "I can't wait to fight you again once you ripen."

Rochelle sweat drops. "You know…. You sound like a pervert when you say that." Everyone looks at Hisoka wondering what his reaction would be, but he merely chuckles. Which doesn't smooth any worries, after all he didn't deny it.

Hisoka tosses several cards in Rochelle's direction.

"Rochelle! Watch out!" Leorio shouts, worried for the blindfolded girl. He may not know her well but he still rather cheer for her rather than Hisoka.

"Relax Leorio. It all fun." She faces him whilst dodging the cards with her back turned towards Hisoka.

Hisoka claps his hands. "Well done." He takes out more cards. "I wonder what else you can do." He throws another volley of cards however they are moving too fast to dodge and there are too many. So she reaches out and plucks one form the air and using the card she swipes at the others. Removing them from her path. Once finished with the card she happily returns it to Hisoka who catches it.

They shot towards each other before anything can be said and start exchanging hits and blows. Hisoka's rhythm disturbed by not being able to dodge gives Rochelle enough of an advantage to be able to match his hits though Hisoka still gets more hits in, though it was clear to her that he was still holding back.

After one particular hit Rochelle is forced away from Hisoka however lands on her feet. What kind of cat would she be if she didn't?

Leorio splutters. "Was she always this good?!"

The look on the others faces made it clear. No one really had any idea. He looks back at the matched more than slightly worried. The match was escalating.

Rochelle took in deep shaky breathes. She was tired she was focusing on suppressing her animal urges. She lifted her head and as if looking at Hisoka. Instead of dashing to him this time she waited. Hisoka cocked an eyebrow at her, as if silent question her. He walked casually over to her, his feet silent on the floor. Before he can reach her, she disappears in a flash. Hisoka merely moves his eyes to see her behind him. He lift an arm to block a kick directed to his head, before her foot can hit the floor, Hisoka grabs her foot.

Rochelle goes to kick Hisoka with her other foot but he just grabs hold of it like the first, so that now he's holding both

"Ah, ah, ah" he scolds her as if she was a child. Which she kind of is, though she won't admit it.

Rochelle lifts her upper body up, with a clawed hand grabs onto his arms and dig her claws into him. However he doesn't let go and grins at her. He throws her hard onto the floor. Without time to react she hits the floor hard, the hit managed to slightly wind her. Before she can recover Hisoka is on top of her.

Hisoka pins her body using only his foot. Rochelle growls at that, how dare he. 1. Losing the battle with her animal urges. 2. If her eyes could be seen they would be slitted and her without her hat or skirt her tail and ears would be in plain view. 3. However they remain hidden, no one is aware of the sudden change. 4.

Using her clawed hand she goes to swipe at Hisoka tendons in his leg.5. However seeing this Hisoka resists the urge to dodge and throws his cards at her hand. 6. Noticing the cards she plucks them out of the air. 7. Using the edge of the card she stabs Hisoka's foot, drawing blood. 8. The pain and the rise in bloodlust causes Hisoka to remove his foot and back off slightly. 9. With the removal of his foot, Rochelle springs up but in a low crouch. So low her hands are on the floor. She looks like a feral animal.

She hisses at Hisoka and begins to circle him. As she moves she slowly comes out of her crouch as if regaining her senses.

"Aww. Kitten has some claws I see." He raises his arm which show where her claws dug into him.

This causes the irritation in Rochelle to grow. She growls at him in annoyance not able to push it down.

"I'M NOT A KITTEN!" she yells at him. She crouches low again. Her hands placed on the floor. She races of to Hisoka. Instead of facing him head on like most thought she would. She circles round him. She swipes her claws at his ankles.

"Ah, ah, ah. That's not nice." Hisoka races his foot to step on her hands. However before he can stand on her foot she flips her claws over so that he would step onto her claws.

"Well, well, well. Kitten has very sharp claws." He chuckles at the annoyance that shows in her face. It may be petty and useless but she digs her claws further into Hisoka's foot, which he doesn't react to except smirk. Damn him.

She removes her claws from his foot and backs up again.

She circles him again however this time she doesn't make a move to rush at Hisoka, at least not yet.

"I don't get it. Why does she keep rushing at Hisoka? She loses when he pins her, so why?" Leorio questions on the side lines.

Kurapika thinks about it before he answers as if thinking of several theories.

"Hisoka is unable to dodge so his whole fighting style has been forcefully changed. When she watched mine and Hisoka's fight she must have noticed that he tends to avoid pointless attacks. Well unless he finds them worthy of a challenge. She's disturbed his fighting style so if she can force Hisoka to dodge she wins, after all even Hisoka is a creature of habit so is likely do dodge."

"That's not it." Killua speaks up. This grabs the attention of both Leorio and Kurapika. "She said she was bored and was looking for an interesting fight. This fight challenges Rochelle to new limits. She's excited in the fight. She just gave herself more equal ground for Hisoka's condition. She's enjoying this fight." He looks at the pair of them they both look shocked but look at Rochelle again as if for the first time again. "She might have thought of that idea before but Rochelle right now is thriving in this fight."

Hisoka is the first to make the first move this time and charges at Rochelle. Whilst closing in on her he throws a dozen cards at her. Rochelle plucks half of them from the air and dodge the others. She throws them back at Hisoka. He takes out another card and block all of the incoming cards with practiced ease. Suddenly he's in front of Rochelle. He grabs her head and smashes it to the ground of the stadium floor. Cracks surround the area due to the force.

Gasps are heard resonating around the hall, in shock. Killua clenches his fists. He's killed enough people to know not many if any, that people die due to such force.

Hisoka stands up and looks at her body, as if wondering if he used too much force and disappointment in ruining a new toy.

"Ouch." Rochelle shakes her head. She sits up and faces Hisoka's direction. "You know that amount of force would of killed a normal person right?" she asks though there her forehead is only red and has a bump.

"Kitten isn't exactly normal is she?" Hisoka states but questions at the same time. How does he even do that?

She stands up and faces him again. Hisoka rushes her again but the air has changed. Rochelle retaliates and the both exchange blows. they match blow for blow. Rochelle dodges between Hisoka attacks. Claws extended she goes to claw at Hisoka again. However this time he jumped back to avoid her sharp claws.

"Oh my look at that. I dodged. I shall try my luck in the next round. Bye kitten." He walks away from the area not looking back.

Rochelle's pov

He let me win. I'm not going to delude myself into believing that he didn't. I know that he did. He's skilled enough to be able to beat me even if he was unable to dodge. He's got more experience he's smarter. He would be able to beat me easily. However being acknowledge by him is a good thing, it shows that I have potential of being worthy of a fight with him in the future. In a way it's a compliment.

"Applicant #113, Rochelle, wins the third round." …. Damn forgot his name. Oh well. As soon as it's announced I remove my blindfold to reveal shocked faces of Leorio pervert, Kurapika and Killua. Though several others look shocked as well, like Hanzo ninja, arrows. Whilst others like the chairman and the other examiners just look on in cheer, happy to see a good fight.

I walk other to the others. A smile on my face due to my achievement, I didn't go animal, in front of humans in battle, though I did use my claws, but Killua uses his nails to.

"Where did you learn to fight like that?!" Leorio yells.

I tilt my head. "My sensei's." I answer honestly and anticipating his reaction to when he learn that they were all animals.

"Your sensei's… Wait in as in plural, more than one?" Kurapika picks up. I share a sneaky glance at Killua, he must see the glint in my eye and he smirks as well.

"Yep." Popping the p. "They taught me everything I know. I favorite sensei's was a tiger, he didn't mention what type, he didn't acknowledge human labels of his kind. He knew he was a tiger though. He was always hungry though so I had to hunt for him practically non-stop." I rant caught up in memories of the past. "He was so strict though. He nearly ripped me to shreds on several occasions."

I pull myself out of my memories to see shocked faces. I look at Killua who looks a little shocked by the details but he looks at them also and laughs with me.

"A-a-a ti-tiger was your sensei! How he's an animal?!" Leorio stutters out.

I tilt my head, slightly confused but mostly entertained. "Yep. All my sensei's were animals. I had different species teaching me." I answer as if it's the most normal thing in the world. I hold in my snickers and I see Killua not even bothering to hide his and is laughing at their faces openly.

"What?!" Leorio screams out though Kurapika looks like he would have done the same if Leorio didn't beat him to it, but didn't want to be seen to have the same wavelength as Leorio.

"Yeh. I went into the wild around seven years ago."

I see that Kurapika and Leorio look shocked. I tilt my head slightly, I know that it isn't normal for people to grow up in the wild or learning from different species of animals. I notice their sad looks and that they are bursting to ask more questions so I respond to the silence. "I don't have any parents. Well I was thrown away as a child so if I do, they didn't want anything to do with me." I give them stern looks. "I don't want them either so I'm not like Gon who wants to look for his parents. I accept I have no family that's fine. The place I grew up is cold and cruel, its where I started life and learnt the basics for survival. I left to learn more, to develop my own skills, to become stronger. It is my home, it taught me skills that I needed for survival, I wouldn't trade that in for people who threw me away. They accepted me whilst they didn't. After all it accepts everything, no matter what kind of monster you are. Why would i trade that for them?"

I look up to see that they look partly satisfied. It's true I don't care if I still have parents or a family, why should I. Yes there might be different reasons why I was thrown out, but at the end of the day I was, I'm not a baby or a child anymore. I have learnt how to survive on my own, I don't need parents anymore. I already have a home i can go back to.

tada finished. i know the fight was cut off suddenly but Hisoka hasn't had a proper fight for a long time so his bloodlust isn't in control and Rochelle hasn't learnt how to restrict her animal like urges so for now they can't have a full on fight. Once Hisoka noticed his bloodlust getting the best of him he decied to end it since he doesn't want to lose control and break her before she is ripe. damn Hisoka is a pervert, that sounds so wrong. Hope you guys enjoyed it.

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