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Making her way back to the group, the young blonde felt the sting and burn of her wounds as she slowly limped back, her side flaring with pain.

Cuts littered her soft face and bruises lined her body from all of the harsh hits she had received, but she tried to hide that she was hurting.

She didn't want to worry them.

Noticing the three bodies that were on the ground, Valentine rose an eyebrow slightly and figured that it was Genthru's group.

Hearing the soft footfall coming towards them, eyes of the sea turned her way and widened as soon as they had landed on her injured form, immediately sprinting her way.

'Val!'

Feeling the warm embrace that surrounded her as soon as the silverette's arms had gently wrapped around her form, Valentine relaxed and lifted her arms, wrapping them around Killua as a small sigh of relief left her lips.

The warmth that spread throughout her body significantly calmed the blonde's nerves and her shaking came to a stop, eyes of thunder slowly drifting closed as she leaned into the silverette's embrace.

A small chuckle left the young girl's lips at the way the silverette hugged her closer to him, his hold still gentle almost as if he had known of her injuries and she felt as he nuzzled his head into the crook of her neck, causing her eyes to widen slightly; blinking ever-so slowly.

But alas, the two had pulled away as talons landed on Valentine's shoulder and a loud screech filled the air, causing the blonde to smile brightly, looking towards Zeus as she raised her her hand, pulling the hawk closer to her; hugging him.

Low coos of worry left the blue hawk as he saw the injuries his friend had sustained and Zeus gently rubbed the top of his head against her, trying to bring her comfort.

A gentle smile formed on Killua's face at the sight in front of him, his eyes glistening slightly; Valentine was smiling brightly as she held her friend close to her and the sun brightly shined down on the two friends, softly beaming down on the golden-eyed beauty.

But as soon as she had glanced towards Gon, a look of horror formed on Valentine's face at the sight of her brother figure and she saw that his hand was missing, causing a small scream to leave her lips.

"Gon! What happened to your hand!?"

Looking towards the girl, Gon's eyes widened as well and he walked towards the two, looking down at Valentine.

'Your face is all bruised!'

As the two sibling-like friends fretted over each other's injuries, Killua and Biscuit watched from the sidelines, chuckling slightly when they watched Valentine reach up her hand, smacking Gon upside the head.

After they had taken Genthru's binder, they had used Angel's Breath and healed Gon of his injuries, his hand reappearing on his wrist.

But when they had went to use two clones for Valentine and Killua, the clones disappeared before a small ding sounded from the binder.

'Attention. Another player has used contact to reach you'

'Hey, it's Goreinu. Looks like you did it, huh?'

Meeting the five in the field, Goreinu had listened to their plan to use Angel's Breath to heal Genthru's team as well as Valentine and Killua.

He frowned down at the three killers on the ground and slowly shook his head.

'I don't approve of this. If you use Angel's Breath to heal these murderers, then the trade is off'

Turning around, Goreinu looked down at the four and Killua stepped forward slightly, his hands in his pockets.

'Could Valentine and I use it?'

'Yeah, of course'

'But I'm an assassin',Killua countered and glanced towards Valentine, watching as she looked up at the man with a frown.

"And I'm a contract killer"

Giving the two incredulous looks, Goreinu looked between them and Killua once again gestured between Valentine and himself.

'Sure, they've killed, but Val and I have probably killed more'

"We probably have, honestly"

Watching as the man looked towards her, Valentine slowly nodded and a small frown tugged at her lips as she stuffed her hands into the pockets of her shorts.

Now while she was a contract killer, she wasn't proud of the amount of lives she was forced to take.

'Every player in this game risks their life in one way or another, that doesn't mean it's okay to kill people',Killua admitted and slowly closed his eyes, a small sigh leaving his lips,'All of the people I killed, weren't nearly as ready to die as the one's these guys did. I'm way worse than they could ever be'

'You're wrong, you two are nothing like these guys. I mean, I like you but these guys, I hate their guts!'

'Yeah, that isn't very logical'

'Oh, forget logic, it's how I feel! Don't you feel the same way?'

'But it's not our place to judge. We don't think that we should let them die just because we hate them'

Feeling awkwardness fill her body, Valentine winced slightly as a small hiss left her lips and she remembered the bloodied; and pretty dead, body in the woods of Antokiba.

Turning her way, Killua furrowed his eyebrows and watched as she slowly looked his way, the awkward look still on her face.

Eyes trailing over each feature of her face, the silverette almost heard what she was trying to say and he slowly lifted his hand to his lips, stifling his laughter as his shoulders shook slightly.

'Both sides risked their lives in battle and both are prepared to kill if necessary',Biscuit explained,'But when the fights over, well, those rules cease to apply'

'I still haven't forgiven Genthru for killing all of those other players',Gon spoke up,'Not yet at least. But before the fight even started, the four of us agreed that we'd bring six clone cards with us just in case. I do t really know why we decided that, but I do remember one thing, it wasn't based on logic or reason, it just made sense to all of us. Once the fight was over, we'd obtain the Angel's Breath card and we'd use it on whoever was hurt. We made the decision together so we wanted to stick to it, but I get how you feel Mr. Goreinu. Guess it can't be helped'

Looking towards Killua and Valentine, a frown formed on Gon's face as he took in their injured forms.

'Sorry, Killua, Valentine.. could you guys wait a little longer'

Smiling towards at the boy, Killua and Valentine turned his way, nodding their heads.

But feeling a weight fall upon her head, eyes of thunder slowly looked up and seeing Killua's arm gently resting atop of her head, she slowly turned towards the boy with a deadpanned expression, causing the silverette to chuckle.

'Not a problem, my hands will eventually heal on their own'

"And my injuries will eventually heal and the bruises will fade over time"

Looking between the three killers, a small frown formed on Goreinu's face and he looked towards the four, gesturing towards the men on the ground.

'I thought you said that there were four of them..'

Feeling her eyes widen, Valentine's lips parted and she watched as everyone turned towards her, a small drop of sweat falling down the side of her face as a nervous chuckle left her lips.

"Well.. umm, you see..",Valentine stuttered and nervously laughed, reaching up to itch the back of her head,"The other one's kind of.. dead.. in the forest behind Antokiba"

Eyes widening, Goreinu looked towards the girl and watched as she stared at him with widened eyes, a nervous smile slowly twitching at her lips as she shrugged slightly.

'Things have changed, so we can't use Clone anymore and there's just one Angel's Breath left'

'Hang on, only one? Are you talking about the original card?'

'I want you to use it on Genthru. I'm going to be alright'

Using the last Angel's Breath to heal Genthru, Gon walked over to Valentine and Killua, frowning at their injuries, but seeing the way Killua's arm was on the blonde's head as she frowned up at him, he couldn't help but chuckle.

'Alright, let's use Accompany to go to Masadora',Killua spoke up.

Looking towards the silverette, Gon and Valentine nodded, agreeing with his plan.

'Hey, wait up!'

Humming slightly, the four turned towards the man and watched as Goreinu walked towards them, a wide-eyed look on his face.

'Alright, you can have Angel's Breath. Whatever you guys want!'

Stopping short, the group gasped slightly and looked up at the man.

'Really? You're sure?'

'Well, to be honest, even before you told me everything I decided to give it to you',Goreinu told them,'And not just Angel's Breath, but all of the cards that we gathered in the game'

Gasping in shock, their eyes widened and the four couldn't believe that he was going to give them all of his cards.

'We all agreed; Tsezguerra, his team and me',He explained,'The thing is, we all decided to quit the game'

Getting two more Angel's Breaths, the silverette turned towards Valentine and held out the card, wanting her to use it first.

'Here, I want you to use it first'

Eyes widening, Valentine quickly shook her head and pushed his hand back towards him, her eyebrows furrowed together in concern.

"My injuries aren't as bad as yours, you use it first"

Eyebrow twitching slightly, the silverette pushed the card back towards her, only for the blonde to push it back and the two kept going back in forth with trying to convince the other to use it, before his eye twitched in irritation, an irk mark appearing on his forehead.

'Just use the card, dumbass!'

Puffing out her cheeks slightly in irritation, a bright red irk mark formed on the young blonde's forehead and her eyebrows furrowed in aggravation, harshly breathing out a sigh through her nose.

"No! You use it first!"

'Valentine, just use the damn card!'

After giving up, Valentine had gotten her injuries completed healed and they had used the other Angel's Breath, healing Killua's hands.

'Oh wow, I'm all better!'

Grinning slightly, the silverette began jumping around in the air and then, started punching the air, causing Valentine to laugh slightly.

'Yeah, he paid off Team Tsezguerra for breaking the contract. I settled for five billion Jenny'

Gasping in shock, Biscuit ran towards the man with an angered expression on her face as started rapidly throwing punches at the Goreinu's arm, causing a small drop of sweat to fall down the side of his face as he looked down at her.

'Five Billion!? You better fork some of that over!'

'Woah, what're you talking about!? Of course you get some, we each get a billion'

The four almost couldn't process the information as they all gasped in shock and their mouths dropped, looking at the man with wide eyes.

'I could never have done this on my own. It was only possible because we all teamed up and worked together'

Tears of happiness filled Biscuit's eyes and she immediately jumped at the man, wrapping her arms around his arm.

'You're a really nice guy! Has anyone ever told you that!'

Bursting out into laughter at Biscuit's actions, Valentine raised her hand to her lips and gentle laugh left her, causing Gon and Killua to look towards the girl, gentle smiles on their faces.

But they each smiled for different reasons.

'Anyway, you can take all of the cards',Goreinu told them,'They're yours. But there is one condition, you must be the first players to complete the game'

Nodding in agreement, the three glanced towards one another and wide smiles were on their faces, before they looked back towards the man.

'Peice of cake',Killua spoke up.

"That should be no problem for us"

'You've got ninety-nine specified slot cards, so that means that all you need now is number zero',Goreinu told them.

After putting all of the cards in his binder, a loud ding echoed throughout the speaker and a voice spoke up.

"This announcement is for all players, one of your fellow competitors has just collected ninety-nine specified slot cards. So in honor of this accomplishment, ten minutes from now, we'll hold an island-wide quiz contest. You are all welcome to participate if you so choose. There will be one hundred total questions that deal with the specified slot cards. Whichever player is able to answer the most questions correctly, will receive number zero; Ruler's Blessing, as a prize. Please stand by with your binders open and ready'