HxH Pitou's Humanity Chapter 3 Gon Vs Memurem

Chapter 3 Gon vs Memurem

“What the hell is going on?” asked Knuckle. “Who the hell is the big guy, where the hell is old man Netero, how come the ant king is trying to help those people? Well come people answer me.”

“Knuckle stop,” said Shoot, trying to calm down his friend. “None of us know what is going on. We all got questions.”

Meleoron kept staring at the giant man that was currently confronting the king. “Hey miss Palm can you tell me where Gon is?”

Ikalgo got where Meleoron was taking this. “What you don’t think that thing out there is Gon do you?”

Shoot began to notice the giant's features. “He is wearing clothes that are similar to Gon.”

“My god.” said Palm as she used her power to find Gon only to see that the giant was indeed Gon. “It’s him. That’s Gon. He is the giant.”

“NO way.” shouted Knuckle. “There's no way that Gon would attack with bystanders so close. He isn’t that kind of person. He's a real man.”

“I’m sorry knuckle but that is most definitely Gon. How he got like that I don’t know.”

“Maybe something did this to him,” said Meleron “Maybe something happened while he went to save that Kite friend of yours.”

“Your right,” said Shoot. “Pitou turned Kite into a training machine, a puppet. Maybe she tried something like that on Gon and it turned him into this.”

“You know that could work,” said Ikalgo. “There were several chimera ants that could change humans. This could be one of those abilities.”

“That’s it. That Pitou bitch must have done this to Gon.” said Knuckle “She must have tried to turn him into her weapon or something and failed. Making him into some sort of rage monster.” Everyone agreed with this theory because none of them wanted to admit Gon was capable of something like this. No one could imagine him begin consumed by such darkness, none of them could accept this idea.

Palm turned and headed back into the compound. “I’m going to get Komugi. It doesn’t matter how Gon got that way but it's clear that he and the king are about to fight and I doubt that they will keep damages to a minimum.”

They all looked back at the two ready to fight. “This isn’t going to be good.” said Shoot.

~o~

Both Memurem and Gon hadn’t moved for a bit as both were waiting for the other to make the first move. Memurem was planning out mentally each and every action while Gon was simply ready for anything the ant king could throw at him. In fact the longer the stand off lasted the more darkness surrounded Gon. The King knew he had to move sooner rather than later. “Komugi needs me.” was all he said before it began.

In an instant both their fists connected causing shock waves in the air. No one, not the other chimera’s or the hunters present could keep track of their movements. The most they could do was track their after images and those brief moments where their strikes slow down the others movements. 

Gon and Memurem went back and forth trading blows with powerfully nen attacks. Neither of them giving an inch. Though it was easy for both of them to tell that none of their blows were dealing lasting damages. Memurem was able to successfully dodge or able to redirect Gon’s strikes while Gon was devoid of any sense of pain. All Gon felt was ever growing rage. Rage for not being able to get Pitou. Rage for not being able to kill Memurem quickly enough. Rage that he still wasn’t enough for this fight.

“Paper” yelled Gon as he sent a massive ball of Nen at Memurem. 

Memurem decided to counter with his own emitter technique courtesy of his new power from Pouf. HIs wings became more insect-like as scales that began firing in rapid motion like a machine gun at the ball of nen. “Scale Bullets” The bullets overwhelmed the ball of nen, dissipating it. “You must do better than that against me.”

“I will.” said Gon from behind Memurem as he sent a Nen enhanced fist at Memurem’s head. Though Gon forgot one aspect of Memurem. He had a tail, one strong enough to block the blow and wrapped around his arm.

“No you won’t,” said Memurem as he twisted Gon’s arm so that he was leaning backwards in an odd position to keep him from throwing any more strong punches. Memurem then began to pummel Gon with a barrage of punches. Each one with enough strength to kill twenty men. By the time he was done both of them were in a crater the size of ten semi trucks. “We’re done here.”

Though before Memurem could release him. Gon’s arm erupted. “NO” yelled Gon as he punched Memurem hard enough to send him to the edge of the crater.

Memurem used his new wings to land safely at the edge where he observed Gon’s now messed up right arm. “I see you used your nen to blow your arm from the inside out. Using the resulting explosion and your own blood to loosen my grip on your arm. Though from the look in your eye I can’t tell if you even felt the pain from your actions. Any sane person would be in a near hellish pain right about now.”

“The pain doesn’t matter.” said Gon as his dark Nen covered his arm. “The only thing that matters right now is your death. You monsters must die.”

Memurem couldn’t help but chuckle. “From the looks of it right now you're more monster than me. Your actions also say the same. Your rage and anger have caused you to transform into a being of pure hatred. Your power has increased at the cost of your humanity. Though that still isn’t enough, after my fight with Netero and with the power of two of my royal guards. You won’t be able to beat me. Maybe if you fought me first like this then maybe you could have given me a hard time. Though now I guess it is pointless to think of such things. Apologizes I guess since I know my time draws near I’ve become a bit chatty.”

“Netero.” was all Gon could say. Though it was clear that there was rage behind his words.

Memurem knew what Gon wanted to know. “We fought. I won the battle but lost the war. Don’t get me wrong I have every respect for the man. He opened my eyes and told me my name. He fought like a true warrior to the very end.” Gon engulfed his damaged arm in nen as he jumped at Memurem. “I see you truly are putting everything on the line.” Memurem focused on his body manipulating it like Youpi turning his body into an invincible armor that is reinforced with nen. “As King I shall take all of your anger.”

The blast was greater than all of the others as it engulfed the compound in light. Everyone knew that was it. It created another crater in the ground.  As the dust cleared everyone could see Memurem still standing and Gon missing his right arm. Though Gon powered up his severed arm again and struck Memurem with the same amount of force as the last one. Though the result was the same. Again he tried but to no avail. He kept trying again and again. Though nothing seemed to damage the ant King.

“GON” everyone turned to see Killua on the battlefield. Shocked at what he was seeing. His best friend, Gon had become something he did not recognize. Killua had no idea what he should do.

“Sorry Killua.” as Gon powered up one final Jajaken. This one is easily the biggest. The blast made all the others look like firecrackers for a moment; those in the compound thought they too were caught in the blast. Smoke and dust went flying across the field.

“Gon” yelled Killua hoping his friend was okay. Even with his trained eyes he couldn’t see a thing through the smoke. Though he quickly heard the sound of footsteps. Though when his view began to clear he saw someone walking towards him. It was Memurem caring what looked like a corpse in his arms. Killua knew exactly who that was in his arms. “GON.”

“Here.” said Memurem, handing the boy back to his friend. “He has a strong spirit. I doubt this will be the end of him, but he will need help if he is to fully recover.” Memurem then stood and began to walk to the place where he belonged.

“Where are you going?” asked Killua, not sure what to make of the chimera ant king’s actions.

“I do not have long left. I would like to spend my last moments with the one I care most for.”

“Wait,” causing the king to pause in his tracks. “What happened to Pitou?”

Memurem looked to the sky. “I gave Pitou one last order. To live.”

~o~

Neferpitou kept running and running as fast as she could. Soon she began to run out of land as she fell into the ocean. She quickly swam to the surface and found a piece of a log floating in the ocean. She had more than enough strength to swim across the ocean, but all of the day's events took a toll on her emotionally that she began to slip into a deep slumber. Before her mind faded. She took one last look into the direction of her once home. “I’m sorry.”