It felt wrong to have a Phantom Troupe snowball fight story without Chrollo somewhere, so here's a bonus battle just for him. Set between the end of the anime (chapter 339) and chapter 351.

Bonus Battle: Chrollo vs Hisoka

Months past during their game of cat and mouse, but Hisoka had managed to catch Chrollo. Together the pair stood facing off in the forest just outside of town. Heels sunk deep into the snow, Hisoka stood twirling a snowball that hung from his Bungee Gum. "My Nen has the properties of both rubber and glue."

Book in hand, Chrollo merely smiled. "How could I forget, don't you get tired of saying that in every battle?"

"And here I thought I was the clown."

Eyeing the whirling ball of snow, Chrollo prepared to fight. To control the battle he needed one thing: he could not allow himself to be caught by Hisoka's ability.

With Bungee Gum being applicable on contact as long as Hisoka was the aggressor, blocking would not be good enough. He needed to keep the battle long ranged. This would be difficult to achieve since they were surrounded by trees that Hisoka could use to attach his gum to and swing through. Being able to avoid the snow while he was earthbound would grant Hisoka greater mobility.

The second way Bungee Gum could be applied is from a distance while concealed with In. He'd have to keep Hisoka constantly under pressure as Gyo would not be an option under most battle conditions. Taking a hit while his aura was focused into his eyes rather than protecting his body could prove fatal.

The conditions were not ideal, he would have to end the fight and withdraw as soon as an opportunity for a clean escape presented itself. While the Spider could continue without him, he would not die before ensuring he'd removed the threat Hisoka posed. Only once he had a guaranteed victory would he deal with Hisoka, the danger to the Spider was too high to risk a loss.

With the damage, Hisoka had dealt them he was the troupe's worst enemy. He'd had killed Omokage to become number four. Then he'd colluded with Kurapika, indirectly causing them two more deaths and leading to his Nen being sealed. Kurapika was a relatively small nuisance by comparison.

The gum stretched as Hisoka pitched the icy projectile across the grove.

Having his own ammo is hand, Chrollo allowed his aura to spread over his hand. The outer layer melted leaving him with a solid chunk of ice. By matching it with Hisoka's snowball the greater density would allow it to smash through.

However, before the two spheres could crash, Hisoka's swerved slightly left.

The elastic property of his ability gave Hisoka another advantage. Even after leaving his hand, by making minor tugs, he could slightly adjust the course of his missile. However, once Chrollo threw his snowballs he could not alter their flight path.

Dodging to the side, Chrollo reached out to grab the snowball out of the air. If he could catch it, he could pull Hisoka off balance while he was still attached. Using the snowball as an intermediary would hold less risk them allowing himself to be caught by the Bungee Gum. If that happened the battle would devolve into a tug of war contest. One he could not win as in raw strength he was 7th within the Phantom Troupe while Hisoka had been 3rd.

The snowball was released from Hisoka's sticky aura just as it hit Chrollo's palm.

Dropping the snowball, a large black cloth appeared in Chrollo's hand. "I believe you'll remember this one. I picked it up in Yorknew City, from one of the mafia's Shadow Beasts."

Held out in front of his was the Fun Fun Cloth. A conjured cloth that could increase and decrease in size according to the user's will. Whatever is covered in the cloth decreases in size until it fits in the palm of a hand. The user could make it go back to its original size by letting it out of the bag.

"Of course, Feitan's torture session produced so many screams. It was a delight," said Hisoka. He charged forward.

Shielded by the cloth, Chrollo could avoid Bungee Gum getting attached directly and if Bungee Gum stuck to the cloth he could simply dispel then re-conjure it. However with the Fun Fun Cloth in one hand and the Bandit's Secret in the other he was left with limited options to counter attack.

Ducking to avoid a punch, he could feel the cold air rush by his ear. "I never liked playing tag, this is growing rather tiresome."

His lack of ability to use both hands was the worst disadvantage he'd noticed thus far. Not too bad, but it would be troublesome. Kicking into the snow, he sent up a cloud of powder into Hisoka's face.

Holding his hands out wide, Hisoka created a net out of his Nen. The snow was caught preventing it from blinding him. Stretching his hands farther to increase the tension the icy slush bounced back towards Chrollo.

With a swish, Chrollo tossed the Fun Fun Cloth over Hisoka's return fire. Folding itself the cloth wrapped up the snow and shrank. The small bag landed in the palm of his hand.

A black Joker card, spades, appeared in Hisoka's hand. "You should start taking this seriously, it's not as fun when you're playing around."

"Now you really have caught me..."

Flicking his wrist, Chrollo threw the small bag towards Hisoka.

The card shot out slicing the bag open.

Snow splattered against Hisoka's face. Spluttering as he raised an arm to wipe his eyes.

There was a crunch crunch crunch - boots in the snow.

Chrollo kicked Hisoka's side sending him crashing into a nearby tree with a crack.

Pushing himself up, Hisoka licked his lips. "Ah yes, that's more like it. Let's get serious now shall we?"

"Serious, you've yet to touch me."

A few pages over from Owl, Chrollo found the next ability he wanted to use. the last person he'd gotten to try it on was Nobunaga... "Do you still wish to continue?"

"Of course."

Gum attached to Hisoka's feet. Using it as rubber he'd springboard off the tree his was by to fly at Chrollo. However, as he jumped everything turned blue.

Teleportation completed, Chrollo waved at Hisoka who was almost out of eyesight.

Wide eyes and a slack jaw, Hisoka. While he'd seen the ability as it had been used to prevent Nobunaga from attacking him, he had not expected Chrollo to do that. Closing his eyes he moaned. "I can't wait." The message had been received, he'd have his fight once Chrollo was ready. Trying to start it early would only end in him being bounced back.

Turning away, Chrollo walked away in the direction of Meteor City.

Once there he could meet with any available Spiders to learn about any people with interesting skills he could collect and then move on. The fight had served as an excellent trial run and he now had a firm idea what he'd need to do to ensure victory. For now, he needed to continue gathering abilities and biding his time. There was no doubt the chase would continue.

Hisoka had to prove himself as the most powerful. It was fascinating how he proactively sought situations that brought death close to him.

Humans were strange...

Chrollo had no answer for who he was or why he killed. But he knew he was the Spider, but the Spider was not him. What made people who they were?

Finding and exploring the darkness within other's souls by taking their abilities was the truest sense of pleasure he'd found. But why was that? Ownership perhaps? Being a theft he was fond of owning treasures and each ability he stole was a little piece of someone that no one else could ever have. No, that wasn't quite right. He sold every treasure that came into his possession and even occasionally returned an ability. Chrollo needed to understand.

Maybe that in of itself was a kind of logic.

He was no different than Hisoka in that respect, a puppet to his own desires and if that killed him then so be it. The survival of the Spider mattered, his own did not. Their game of cat and mouse wouldn't end until he knew every dark nook and cranny for Hisoka's black heart.

They'd have their death match, a large and grand one with all the flash Hisoka craved. A run of the mill duel wouldn't be enough to thank Hisoka for helping remove then Nen blade in his heart. Nor would a simple death be enough to return the favor for his part in putting it there. Soon he'd be finished weaving his web.

Hisoka would regret stepping into it willingly.