Heavens Arena - Chapter 22

                                    

                                          
It was time for bed, and I left Gon's room to go to my own. Lynn had her own room next to mine, so I would be sleeping by myself, which I doubted I would get through the night without experiencing a single nightmare. I often had many nightmares since I lived with Grandma Millie, and most were about my parents dying. I had lived up to that condition to today.
I went inside my room and saw that it had the same layout as all the other rooms here. I put down my backpack and lied down on my bed, letting myself indulge into the comfortableness of the mattress. I was proud that I made it to the 100th floor with all my friends. I still felt bad for Zushi for losing to Killua earlier. Thoughts of the battle filled my head with lots of questions about the technique he used, the one called "Ren."
I sighed and got up to go the bathroom to brush my teeth and change into my pajamas. Then I tucked myself in the blanket, closing my eyes to drift off to sleep.


The sun was up, and I excitingly jumped out of bed, stretching my arms and legs and grabbing a clean set of clothes that I packed at the beginning of my adventure. I took a nice shower and changed into a red top with white flower designs on the sides and a navy blue skirt. I put on my necklace that Grandma Millie gave me and tied my orange hair into a ponytail and looked in the mirror, smiling to myself. I grabbed my things and got out the room, my radiant smile shining brightly as the sun. I dashed to Lynn's room and knocked on the door. "Hey Lynn! Are you up yet?"
The door opened to reveal my blue-eyed sister wearing a black tunic top and a small jacket with beautiful patterns and a pair of shorts. She was also wearing the same necklace as I was. "Good morning. You look nice today." She complimented my change of clothes, and I chuckled. "Thanks. You too."
"Let's go see Gon and Killua. I bet they're up already." She grinned, and I nodded.
I was assuming they were in Gon's room, so we went there and I knocked on his door. "Coming!" I heard his cheerful voice from inside. He opened the door with that same look I had right now. "Good morning!" He chirped.
"Morning, Gon!" I said.
"You look pretty, Lizzy!" He smiled, and I blushed like crazy. "Oh, uh, thanks."
"Hey." I heard Killua's voice, and he appeared beside him. "Morning." He took a glance at Lynn, and his cat face appeared. "Wow. I see that you have a stylish sense of fashion like me."
She also blushed. "Well, you didn't have to blurt it out in front of me, you idiot."
I laughed at her flushed face and she elbowed me hard, making me stop. "So anyways, let's try to win more matches today. We want to get to the top floor as soon as we can." She said, bringing up her fist.
"Osu!" I followed along with the boys, grinning determinedly.


I kept winning tons of matches with one slap per opponent. We had our money deposited into our accounts, and I never would have felt more happy that I earned so much money that easily.
"Wow. I've never seen many zeros before." Gon looked at his check as we walked by many people. "And just a week ago, I was totally broke."
"Yeah, I've never been so rich my entire life!" I beamed and my eyes sparkled.
"I'm a little annoyed." We turned our heads to Killua. "My first time here, it took me two months to reach the 150th floor. All of you, on the other hand..."
"But you were only six years old back then." I pointed out.
"Well yeah, there's that."
"Oh, and by the way, Zushi's on TV earlier." Gon started.