Chapter 6: What's a hunter?

"The food is amazing Aunt Mito!"

Gon happily eats his food, I stare at him. Looking at how he eats, I try to mimic him. The food falls all over my face.

"Oh my, having trouble eating my boy? Here, observe me."

I look at how great grandmother eats. Taking it slow, I manage to eat the food without it slipping. My eyes sparkle. It taste so good, like nothing I've ever eaten.

"Wow it's actually moving!"

I hear Gon. I look to where he's looking. I see my tail wagging.

"Sorry, it just surprised me."

I smile in response. After eating, Gon and I go upstairs. Aunt Mito says I can rest on Gon's bed. Gon adjusts the bed, he tells me to sit down.

"Want to come with me into the woods tomorrow? I kinda need help with something."

I nod, Gon smiles.

"Great! Rest up, we'll need all the energy we can get."

Just like that, we sleep. I'm awakened from Gon nudging me to wake up. I open my eyes and stare at him.

"Quickly, let's go outside."

Standing up, the sun is still laying over the horizon. Gon leads me into the woods. There, I see some sort of bear laying on the ground with a cub next to it. A man with a hat is resting on a log away from the campsite.

"See that on the ground? That's a foxbear. I need your help to bury it."

I stare at Gon for a bit, then nod.

"Great! Let's start digging."

Gon uses the shovel he brought along with him, and I look at it. I envision it, I can feel it slowly forming. Much of my energy is taken, seems making something without knowing what it's made of is harder than it looks. Gon looks surprised at the shovel that appeared before me. He looks at the other shovel he brought along, possibly for me to use.

"How did you do that?"

I point at my head.

"You mean with your mind?"

It's not entirely wrong, so I nod in response.

"That's amazing!"

I smile a little before looking away. We dig a hole near the foxbear for a long time. After making it pretty deep, Gon tells me to help him push it in. I try to help him, it moves only slightly. The sounds of footsteps approaching us is heard. Before I can look, the man that was resting on the log places his hands on the foxbear.

"Come on, push harder."

After burying the foxbear, the man introduces himself.

"My name is Kite. I'm a hunter."

A hunter. I remember the man who took me from my house say that word.

"What is a hunter?"

Gon asks while we travel with Kite. Kite doesn't seem to care for how I look. That makes me relax around him.

"The world is filled with mysteries. A hunter is one who pursues such mysteries and things that are hard to obtain."

"Say, why did you come here?"

"I am looking for my teacher."

"You're teacher?"

"Yeah. The final test to make my teacher acknowledge me is to find him."

"Really?"

"Anyway, it's more difficult than any other kind of hunting."

I don't interrupt their talking, just let it happen. Kite turns to me, I become worried.

"So, who's this?"