A/N: Hey guys! So my friends who live down the hall from me got me into anime and I saw hunter x hunter with them and it looked amazing! I really should be doing hw right now...but when inspiration strikes there's not much I can do XD. I haven't seen that much of the show so far but I've looked up the plot on hunterpedia so hopefully that's an accurate resource. So this is a reader story but the reader is going to be a bit OC. I hope you don't mind that... Anyway I'll shut up now and let my work speak for itself.

You giggled as your mom splashed some of the sea water onto your face. You were all on a boat trip today on the ocean for your birthday. "Look at the dolphins Y/N!" She says and points to the dolphins jumping out of the water.

"They're so pretty!" You exclaim.

"Just like you our little rose." Your dad says and comes over and pinches your cheek.

"Speaking of roses..." Your mother says and pulls something out of a bag. You gasp when you see the scarlet colored rose. "This is for you sweetheart." She hands it to you and you hold it in your hands.

"It's so beautiful." You say with wide eyes and sniff the plant.

"It's a very rare type of rose." Your father says. "You don't see too many scarlet ones. It's rare just like you are."

"That's right." Your mother says. "It's one of a kind. Just like you little rose..." Your mother says and all of a sudden thunder booms overhead and your parents start freaking out.

"Get below deck!" Your father screams at you and you run as fast as you can to the trapped door that leads downstairs but lightning strikes the boat and sets the wood aflame, blocking you from your parents. All you could hear was them screaming and then suddenly the small boat split in half by a wave, and you screamed as you found yourself getting separated from your parents.

"Mom! Dad!" You cried out as you saw the light from the fire on the boat slowly sink below water, as well as yours. You jumped onto a stray piece of driftwood and tried to kick over to them.

"Y/N!" They called out. You paddled as hard as you could but the current only pushed you further away. Eventually the light from what was left of the boat sank, and you could refill the ocean with your tears.

You stood on the beach, letting the waves cover your feet as you held the little scarlet rose in your hands, tears streaming down your face as you remembered that horrible birthday you had seven years ago today. You took a deep breath and looked over the horizon, watching the sun rise, and light up your s/c skin, warming your body. "Happy birthday to me..." You say softly and turn away and retreat into the woods. You wrap the rose around your arm like you had done every day for seven years and make your way into the woods to clear your mind. You smile and run across the forest floor, nimbly. You made yourself a dress out of the sail of the boat that you had managed to salvage after the accident. It came in handy when you grew out of your other clothes. You skillfully leapt into a tree and started to climb it. You were practically a monkey now. You had been doing this for seven years after all. You couldn't fight very well, but you had become a gymnast of sorts. If anyone ever tried to attack you they would have to catch you first.

You laughed as you swung from tree to tree on vines. The occasional squirrel or bird hitching a ride with you. You were in a big open clearing in the woods, the rising sun casting sunlight through the trees in a pattern you always thought was just beautiful. You liked it so much you thought you'd just swing around here for a little while. You kicked your legs, making you swing farther and higher, having so much fun you didn't notice the sound of the vine snapping, until suddenly you felt gravity take hold of you and you fell from the canopy and towards the ground. You screamed, closing your eyes and bracing for impact, but none came, not yet. Suddenly you were engulfed in darkness. You opened your eyes just as you hit the ground. You could have sworn you saw many pairs of scarlet eyes staring at you just before you blacked out.

When you started to come to all you could see was a scarlet haze. You groaned, picking your head up and looking around. When your vision cleared more, you screamed and cowered against the wall, only looking every now and then to make sure what you were seeing was real. All around you, in jars were dozens of pairs of scarlet eyes. What in the world... You thought to yourself as you looked around. What are all of these eyes doing here? What would someone want with all of them? Your questions were soon answered when two men came inside the room. You hid on the other side of the door so they wouldn't see you. "Chrollo wants these eyes brought to Meteor City." One man with a muffled voice says. He had a scarf around his mouth for some reason.

"Why can't we just keep them here." The other man grumbles and picks up a table of eyes skillfully. He must be really strong. That table looked really heavy. "We always have to keep moving them, and no one's ever found them here. So why don't we just leave them." The man with the scarf turns around and notices the end of your dress disappear down the hall.

"Because someone has found them." He says and squints his eyes. You ran as fast as you could down the hall, but soon you heard shouting and the heavy footsteps of the men charging after you. You made a sharp turn down a hallway and you heard them both crash into the wall, after trying to imitate your move. They clearly weren't as agile as you. Suddenly a girl with pink hair steps out and tries to kick you in the gut .You bend forward over her leg and do a front flip, landing on your feet and continuing to run. All of a sudden your feet give way and you land on the ground. You looked behind you and noticed that both of your feet were tied together with chains. You groaned and struggled against them but it was no use. There was no way you were getting out of this.

"Nowhere to run now." The girl says and gives a sinister chuckle. "Franklin, Feitan, restrain her." She says and you groan in pain as both men grab you by your arms and carry you down the hall. You struggled to get out of their grip but they were just too strong. On the taller man you noticed a spider tattoo. You could hear the ocean from outside and you heard the chains on your legs being attached to something.

"Who are you?" You ask the girl who was smirking in front of you.

"You don't need to know. You've already seen too much." She says.

"Who are you?" She asks.

"Rose." You answer, not wanting to give your real name.

"Rose, huh?" She says thoughtfully and then notices your rose. "What do we have here?" She says and plucks your rose from your arm. "A rare scarlet rose?"

"Hey! Give that back!" You plead and struggle more in your captors arms.

"Why should I? You won't have any use for it soon." She says and you look confused.

"It's my birthday..." You mention and she smiles and an almost kind look comes across her face.

"Happy Birthday Rose." She says and smirks. Suddenly you felt gravity pull on you again and then you saw that you were outside, and falling fast towards the ocean. That's when the realization of what's happening hit you. You took a deep breath and felt the cold water surround you. Is this how your parents felt before they died. You struggled against the chains but there was nothing you could do. Your lungs started to burn and your will to live was draining. Maybe I should just give up...You started to think to yourself. That could be my birthday present...I'll get to see my parents again...All of a sudden you felt two strong arms wrap around your waist and the chains fall from your legs. You opened your eyes and was met with another pair of scarlet eyes. Then everything went black.

When you woke up you saw a tan ceiling above you, and saw that you were under some nice white sheets. You were in a house! You hadn't been in one for seven years! Were you dead? Were you in heaven? Your heart started beating in excitement at the thought of seeing your parents again. You noticed a boy staring at you. He had brown eyes and black spiky hair. There was a pale boy next to him with blue eyes and white hair. "Hey Killua she's awake!" The black haired boy shouts loudly and you groan, his loud voice giving you a headache.

"Not so loud! Gon!" The pale boy whose name you guessed was Killua said. "She's still weak. I'm going to let Kurapika know she's awake." He says and leaves. "Hey Kura-!" You hear him yell and then a blonde boy with black eyes, and an older man with dark hair follows him. rushes into the room and crashes onto his knees at your bedside.

"What do you know about the Troupe?!" He asks you urgently.

"Kurapika-" The older man grasps his shoulder and tries to pull him back but Kurapika shrugs him off.

"Where are they heading?!" He asks and you groan.

"Who's the Troupe?" You asked softly.

"The thugs that tried to kill you." He says and you swore the edges of his eyes started to turn scarlet. "I've been tracking them for months now and I've only now found their hideout, thanks to them deciding to kill you. I saw them drop you into the ocean as I was scouting the woods. Did you hear anything? What do you know?" He asks and then the two younger boys pull him back.

"She can't answer that right now Kurapika!" Killua says sternly. "She's just woken up from nearly dying! She needs more time to rest before she can answer."

"But I don't have time!" Kurapika shouts. Standing up and pushing Killua against a wall. His eyes were burning scarlet. "The Phantom Troupe is on the move! This may be my last chance to get my family's eyes back and I'm not going to let them get away!" He says and runs over to your bedside again but this time the three other men stop him and pin him to the ground.

"Calm down." Gon says and all three of them hug him. Kurapika closes his eyes and visibly relaxes. All the men let out a sigh and start to release him before he knocks them all on the ground viciously and runs out of the room, slamming the door. The older man sighs and appears at your bedside.

"I'm so sorry about that." He says to you and places an ice pack on your head. You sighed in content from how cold it was. "My name is Leorio by the way. Kurapika has been trying to track down that Troupe for a long time. They killed his entire clan when he was twelve. He's been searching for vengeance for the past seven years. He's gotten too deep into this to give up now. He's just upset because he's so desperate to find them. He'll cool down soon enough I'm sure." He says with a bit of uncertainty in his voice. "He did choose to save you instead of going back for those eyes after all. He still has his priorities in place."

"He saved me?" You ask weakly. Leorio nods.

"So I'm not dead?" You ask and Leorio chuckles.

"You gave it your best shot, but no you're still alive." He smiles.

"It was so awesome!" Gon shouts and Killua and Leorio shush him. "He dived off of a cliff and swam straight down to grab you, all in under a minute!"

"She can hear about Kurapika's heroic efforts later." Leorio says. "As for right now, it seems like she's going back to sleep." You closed your eyes and drifted off again.

A/N: So how'd I do so far? Please comment and let me know what you think! I know I made Kurapika a bit crazy in this part, but he'll be calmer in the next one I promise. It's all part of the story :) I really hope you guys like my story and I'll update it soon!