Crossroads of Fate (Hunter x Hunter X Naruto crossover)

Untitled Part 11

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"I swear if I ever get the chance, I'm going to get that psycho and kick the crap out of him," Sakura muttered, leaping through the forest.

She hadn't stopped scouting for applicants since this morning after leaving Leorio and Kurapika. She could only hope that they would find Leorio's target before the deadline. Taking only one break that day, Sakura had kept a strict pace but even so, the number of applicants would be expected to decrease even if it was only the fourth day.

She realized only later that she wasn't so much as looking as she was blowing off steam. Hisoka's words were like nails to her brain.

He was stretching her sanity slowly and she didn't know how much longer it would be before she snapped. Looking down on her, even though he didn't realize her real power, and she was confident that she could throw him.

Sakura stopped on a high branch and brought a hand to her throat, her fingers dancing across her skin and her heart started beating rapidly.

'What is this?'

Vigorously shaking her head, Sakura slammed her palms against her cheeks thrice before stretching out her limbs. 'Come on Sakura! Get it together.'

She reminded herself of her objective; to finish the book, compared to that this phase was nothing more than a side quest in achieving her goal.

Sakura deflated, sliding down the branch. "Damn, minor task or not finding two more applicants at this time isn't going to be easy given the limited number and method people can use to get these tags." Sakura rested her chin on her knees. 'Can't fate cut me some slack just this once?'

In a moment, Sakura heard something whizzing past the trees, it was light but it was loud enough to catch her attention and allow her to see something flying past at a short distance. It was small and white.

Jumping up, Sakura leaped through the trees at top speed until she was nearly in front of the object and extended her hand, grabbing it in mid-air. Landing on the ground, Sakura looked at the item to confirm her suspicions. A wide smile broke across her face when she saw the tag in her hands; the ID tag that had literally come flying out of nowhere!

"#197 huh?"

Sakura looked back at the forest she had come out of. It was one of the thickest parts, with the biggest canopy; so she figured it would be one of the best places for applicants to hide or plan an attack. However, she didn't think a tag was going to come flying in her direction. The chance was so slim, she had to look up at the sky and mouth 'thank you' to whoever might still like her up there.

"Alright, just one more tag to go!" Sakura punched upwards.

She knew that this badge belonged to one of the Amori brothers and Killua was targeting one of them.

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Sakura chose not to dwell on questioning how that tag had fallen into her possession and took it as a great blessing of being in the right place at the right time for once. While she was curious, she didn't turn to the book; her determination to find her last target that day was at its peak. However, the rest of the day was a slow one as it seemed a miracle was only going to present itself once.