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Summary: What if....Leorio never helped Gon out when he was being mislead in episode 2? What would happen to him then? How did he meet Killua and Kurapica? And how did he meet Hisoka? And how does he become a hunter? Read and find out what would have happened to him.....

"Hey pops, do you know about the ship that goes to Dole?" The man kept on walking.

"Hey, wait up pops! You know right?"

"I'm not pops...."

Come on, wait up, I just want to know about the ship that goes to Dole" A man stopped him from running and turned him so that he was face to face with him.

"Hey kid, if you want to get to Dole, it's this way, I'll take you there"

"Really?" The man stopped but just shook his head and kept on walking.


The man that stopped Gon, was leading him toward a ship but it wasn't the one that went to Dole. But Gon didn't know that, he was born naive. The ship was big and looked big. It had a lot of crew members and a bunch of kids that looked to be his age. He smiled, thinking that he was going to be on the right boat that would get him to the hunter exam center.

"Look what I found boss, a boy who wants to get to Dole" The man pulled on Gon's arm.

"Really....alright get him on board, we leave at ten" The man nodded and rushed him onto the ship.

Gon ran up the ramp and looked around and smiled with the surprise of seeing so many kids almost the same age as him and older. Although they didn't look too cheerful about being taken to the hunter exam center. He hurried over to the bow of the ship and gazed at the open water while seagulls flew past.

"Like what you see?" A man with short, black, spiky hair came up the steps and stood next to him.

Gon nodded and smiled at the ocean. He moved up closer to the railing and casted the fishing rod into the sea and waited for a fish to bite. The man watched with fascination as Gon pulled onto the rod and pulled it up, revealing a large fish. He set the fish down and heard the seagulls calling each other.

"That's a big fish, are you going to eat it?" But he didn't reply and closed his eyes to concentrate a bit more.

"A storm is coming, in two hours or so"

"What are you talking about, there isn't much of a wind" The man looked up at the sky and saw a few black clouds approaching them at a fast pace.

"I can sort of hear what the seagulls are saying"

"The boss let you come on without knowing that kind of ability you had, he has a good sense when it comes to kids" The man went back down the steps and grabbed a mop and a bucket of water.

Gon dragged the fish over to the side. The boss came up next to him and placed a hand on Gon's shoulder.

"So what's yer name?"

"Ah, Gon Freecs"

"Gon huh...a pleasure to meet ya, I'm Keita" Gon shook the man's hand and smiled up at him.

"Captain, the kid says there's a storm coming"

"Is that so?" Gon nodded and had a serious look on his face.

"All right, lower the sails, we can't afford to wait it out" The man swabbing the deck nodded and dropped the mop to the floor and called up to the men that were hanging from the sails.

The crew rushed their 'merchandise' into their rightful cabins and prepared for the big storm that was said to hit. They lowered the sails as they were ordered to and raised the anchor.

"Now all that's left is to pray...in the mean time, you go off to the cabins and share the fish with the other kids" Gon nodded and hurried off.


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"Like I said, he was following me for some time but some guy stopped him and pulled him away, saying it was the other way"

"You'll never pass the hunter exam with what you just did" A boy with blond hair gave him a stern look.

"There are lots of guys like me in the world now-a-days" The man said and laid down in tha hammock.

"You knew he was naive yet you let a man take him away"

"Just means one less competition" The man closed his eyes and turned the other way.

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"I wish I was a bit more free spirited like you Gon..." One of the kids said as the others ate the rest of the fish.

Gon set his fishing rod and back pack aside and got into a spare bed. The smell of salt that drifted from the sea had found its way into the childrens cabin. The waves rocked the boat side to side but the boat stayed right on track. The boat was secretly headed to York shin city but disguised as a ship that was made to carry foods around the globe.

"Why aren't some of you happy, did something bad happen here?" The boy that was laying on a bed next to him looked up at the ceiling with a sad expression.

"Gon....why did you come on this ship?"

"The man said I would get to Dole if I took this boat"

"So you're naive?"

"Mito-san says I'm smart as well" Gon said happily.

"Who's Mito-san?"

"She's my aunt, my mother died and my father is a hunter so she took care of me"

"Do you...miss her?"

"A little, but I already made my mind up, I'm going to become a hunter and search for my father"

"It will be hard to become a hunter if you're on this ship....this ship....isn't going to Dole"

"Huh?" Gon sat up and looked out the small, round window and saw that they were far away from Whale island.

"But....that man said-"

"He was selling you to the captain, he's-" The door slammed opened and a large figure stood in the doorway.

"A quiet boy like you is trying to rat us out?" The boy gulped and covered himself with the sheet.

The man took the belt that was around his waist and took the sheet off of the boy and dragged him by his hair out onto the deck, in the pouring rain. Gon got out of his bed and hurried after them and watched in horror as the boy got whipped with the long belt. The boy screamed and cried out with tears running down his face. Gon was frightened and didn't know what else to do. His home where Mito-san and his grandmother lived was too far away, heading for the wrong place. He looked around at the others who were covering their faces and were trying to go to sleep while a poor kid was getting beaten up.

Gon felt alone, sad and a bit mad. He felt alone since he couldn't go back home and he felt sad since he knew he was in a dangerous place and mad because the man that he was walking behind probably knew what the stranger was meaning to do but just didn't say anything.

'Mito-san....father....' Gon buried his head in his arms as he listened to the thunder outside.

He cried quietly, not letting the others know that he was crying. He could hear the other boy's screaming and heard him call out for his mother. It pained him to hear the word mother or to hear another boy crying out for help. Gon felt like he couldn't do anything, as if his world was the wrong world and that it shouldn't mean anything to him.

"You guys can have fun with him now....this brat learned his place and will want the reward" Gon was in a deeper state of shock as he heard the men cheering on for someone.

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"I wonder if that boy is alright...." The other man with the glasses sighed.

"I'm sure he's fine, besides why do you care, you're becoming a hunter too right?"

"Yes, but it is not in my nature to get rid of a competitor"

"You'll have to worry more about the other hunters once we get there instead of worrying about someone who isn't going to be taking the test"

"I'm sorry kid, but I have to agree with him, if the kid isn't there, you shouldn't be worried about someone who isn't showing up, if you do....you might become a target"

"I understand....but what I also understand is that this man clearly won't get very far in the exam"

"What was that?"

"Calm down and go get some rest....this storm should be over pretty soon" The captain walked out of the room and up onto the deck.

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"Killua, Killua, where have you gone dear?" A boy with silver coloured hair and black eyes rode on his skateboard and was headed for the large door but stopped when a fat chubby person blocked his way. He smirked when he saw what the other boy was holding.

"With this I can prove my right to become the heir!" The boy with the silver hair grinned evily and gave one push and manipulated his fingers and turned them into one whole knife and sliced through the boy's shirt and made him bleed.

"K-Killua, get back here, you'll get in more trouble if you leave" Killua just smiled and left his brother there holding his side.

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"Hisoka, you're not taking the test?" The man placed two cards on one card.

"No.....I think I'll take it next year.....I have a feeling next year will be a bit more....enjoyable" Hisoka grinned as he said those last words and started making another tower out of the cards.

"You sure....it seems so long away since it's starting right now" A girl that had her hair in a pony tail sat across from him.

"If you're so interested in this years exam, why don't you take it?"

"You have got to be kidding me, I would wipe those guys out in ten seconds flat!"

"I wonder how many will pass this year, last year I heard only two people made it"

"Wow....the exam must be tough for only two people to pass"

"That's why I said I'll take it next year"

End of chapter 1