Chapter 37: 'Conveniently'

Gon: "Oh, I'm gonna play a little longer."

Killua: "What?! Didn't you hear what I said? It's useless! You won't be able to take the ball from him!"

Gon: "Yeah, I don't care about taking the ball. We only used up half of the time limit. I'm gonna make Mr. Netero use his right hand before time runs out."

Killua: "I see…let's go Esther."

Esther: "Sure."

Killua: "Good luck."

We leave, I can feel that Killua is still mad. He seems to be holding it in.

Esther: "You know, if you're mad because Mr. Raccoon made a fool of you. You shouldn't be, it was an impossible task. I mean, he is the chairman."

Killua: "Who's Mr. Raccoon?"

Esther: "…ah what I meant to say is Mr. Netero, yeah, Mr. Netero. Forget the other thing!"

Killua laughs, I'm panicking.

Killua: "Do you give everyone nicknames?"

Esther: "No…only if I don't know their names. Anyways, you shouldn't be mad. You agreed to try."

Killua: "I'm not mad-"

I give him a glare.

Killua: "…Ok, maybe a little."

Two guys approach us. One of them bumps into Killua. Now he's even more angry. I quickly say sorry as we continue to walk.

"Hold up, kids. I want an apology, not from you. But from him. Come back here!"

I pull Killua's arm. We run. I'm not gonna make any trouble on here. After being chased for some time, we stop. It's a dead end. We turn around and the two men are standing there, ready to inflict pain. I let go of Killua's arm. I glance to him, as I pull out a smoke bomb.

"What are you-"

I throw it, we run pass them. They are blinded as we run off into a corridor. We laugh.

Killua: "That was so much fun, we should do it again some time."

Before I could respond, I fall. That was my 8th item today. 10 more, and I'll be unable to move anymore. Killua runs to me.

Killua: "Woah, what happened?"

Esther: "Nothing much, just, tired. My muscles are slowing down a bit, think I'ma head in for the night."

Killua picks me up, I'm laying on his back.

Killua: "Alright, I'll take you to a room to rest."

Esther: "Thanks, but, you don't need to pick me up. I can walk, just need to adjust to my muscles feeling somewhat heavy again."

Killua puts me down, he grabs my hand and leads me.

Killua: "What do you mean again? This has happened before?"

Esther: "Yes, actually. It's something I still need to fix, but I don't know how."

Killua: "Does it have something to do with those items you 'conveniently' have in your sleeve?"

Esther: "…when did you find out?"

Killua: "Just now. I felt your sleeve, and I don't feel that book and pencil you had last time in the 1st phase. How do you do that?"

Esther: "To tell you the truth, I'm not sure. I have been able to do this since I was 5."

Killua: "Since you were 5, did your father ever find out about it?"

Esther: "No, but my mother did. Father only knew about the diamonds."

Killua: "So how many times can you create items?"

Esther: "18 times. There are some exceptions. Like the diamonds from my tears and that book and pencil. I don't know why."

We enter a room, I lay down on the floor. Killua lays next to me.

Killua: "Guess I'll join you."