Hello Fans and Viewers of Hunter x Hunter fanatics, this is my first hunter x hunter story and I hope you enjoy.
I warn you about my habit of using big wordings and strange way of formal writing, despite my attempts at stopping it. I use the words inform, despite, apparently and a whole mess of words.
But yes, this Fanfic will be following the 2011 anime, so it will be long chapters and a lot of them.
0000000000000000000 (Ep 1-4)
Ghostly flames coated my body, moving like mist and flickering like fire. My midnight blue eyes scanned the foreign area and people, noting the different features on each individual's faces. How long had it been since she last saw people? Three years, I thought, remembering my isolated home. The flames surrounding me vanished into the air, allowing others to see me.
My eyes locked with cold blues, the boy stopping too study me as I was doing to him. His hair was a fluffy white, his expression lined with curiosity as he seemed too wait for me to do something. I smiled and jogged over to him, feeling my black hair curl over my shoulders.
"Where are you going?" I asked him, looking up at him. The boy smirked at my short stature and smiled with a cat's curiosity.
"Haven't you ever heard of the Hunters Exam?" At my blank expression, he continued. "It tests your strength and opens access to information around the world, not to mention money." He shrugged casually, watching my reactions. "I'm just going to see if it's any fun."
Humming, I swayed on my feet and thought about it. "Can I go too?" I asked, grabbing his arm. First touch from others in years, first speaking to other people in years, first time being around so many people in years, I felt almost overwhelmed.
The boy seemed surprised at my reaction and smirked with a shrug of his shoulders. He started walking away, apparently not bothered by my hold. I grinned and followed him, wanting him to share the fun of the Exam. "I'm Zakara Yorunohi, kitty!"
His eyebrow raised in amusement, not speaking for a few minutes. His sharp eyes looked away, and he put his hands in his pockets.
"Killua."
I grinned.
OoO
Six men smirked at us, laughing to each other about what good luck they had. I mean, two twelve year olds walking alone at night were the perfect target.
If they were anyone but us…
It had been two weeks since I meet Killua, who now was getting used to being around me, and we had been taking our time since the Exam was in a few days, where's we are near the location of the testing.
Killua frowned at the men, before glancing at me. One of the men reached out for me with a perverted smile, but his movement was stilled when Killua's arm flashed up and blood splattered over the cement. The man cried out in horror, clutching the stub where his arm used to be seconds ago. Killua's eyes darkened and intense with bloodlust.
I realized then that we were more alike than I thought.
Natural born Killers
Where Killua attacked with such skill and was devoid of emotion, I swiftly moved to the side and decapitated two of the men with a flick of my wrist, ghostly fire blooming over their bodies. Killua stared at me in shock, surprised that such an innocent looking girl just killed two people with barely a glance.
I blocked an attack from hitting Killua, startling him yet again and stabbed my arm through the chest of my foe. Killua dispatched the rest of them, and turned to me, where white flames washed the blood from my arm.
"Killua!" I yelled happily, running to him and hugging him around the neck. He froze, hesitantly holding me too him.
"Why did you- What did-" Killua paused, pushing me back to stare at my face. "Who made you into a…" I understood what he tried to say, and hugged him again, basking in human warmth. Killua went silent, and started walking away from the corpses with me still latched onto him. I huddled to him like a koala, my ghostly fire washing blood from his face and hands.
"I'm a war orphan, Killua." Killua leaned against a tree, still supporting my weight without a bit of effort. I felt Killua nod against my neck, Killua sat down and closed his eyes without another word. I reach up and pet his hair gently, entwining my fingers into his fluffy hair.
I felt myself fall asleep in that split second, leaning against Killua.
We both knew what I meant.
OoO
Killua helped me pin the number on my shirt, as I had no experience and kept stabbing myself with the needle. Killua snickered at my helplessness, far by now used to me. Killua and I ignored all the contestants in the Hunter Exam, chuckling behind our hands when they looked down at us.
A guy named Tonpa introduced himself and gave us poisoned soda. Killua caught my gesture and we drank it together, sighing contentedly. I grinned and crushed the can in my fist, handing it back to Tonpa, who glanced between the two of us in confusion. He hurried away like a scared mouse in the presence of two lions.
Killua smirked at me and stated, "Immune to poisons?" I nodded, feeling him ruffle my already messy hair. I countered by petting his hair, ignoring looks from others when I stepped closer to him.
Killua responded to my petting by slightly purring and reaching for my hand to try to make me stop. I moved my hand before he could and he just shrugged and allowed me to continue. Killua suddenly looked up when Tonpa left the three new arrivals, and grabbed my wrist to follow.
"Hey, Tonpa-san!" Killua waved with a grin on his face. "Could I have more of that juice? Must be my nerves, I'm really thirsty." Killua said and scratched the back of his fluffy hair. I smiled and nodded, both of us knowing it was poisoned, but are immune to almost every known poison. Tonpa looked back in shock, slightly uncomfortable.
"Eh? Oh, sure…" Killua and I walked up to him, taking the poisoned drink and gulping it down in unison. I sighed and smiled, whipping my mouth on my sleeve.
"Worried? I'll be fine. I've trained. Poisons won't affect me." Killua smirked and I copied, amused at how he must've been trained somewhat similar to me in the past. Killua and I walked off, snickering at Tonpa for being an idiot.
A weird bell sound made us both pause, as the wall in front of us opened to reveal a man with purple hair and a black mustache with no mouth. "I apologize for the wait. The entry period for the Hunter applicants has ended. The Hunter Exam will now begin!" He announced.
Killua put his hands in his pockets with a bored expression, nudging me with his elbow. I smiled at him and pointed to my twin black Ronin swords on my back and the brass knuckle knifes on my belt. Killua smirked and tried them out, curiously eyeing me for where I had gotten them without him noticing. I smiled innocently, shrugging and grinning as he rolled his eyes.
"A final Caution, if you are short on luck or ability, you could very well end up seriously injured or dead." I nodded; this could prove to be interesting. "Those who accept the risks, please follow me. Otherwise, please exit via the elevator behind you." No one moved. Everyone held a solemn expression other than Killua, me, the three new comers and a guy dressed like a clown.
"Very well, all 405 applicants will participate in Phase one." The proctor spun around and started walking away weirdly. I raised an eyebrow and looked at Killua, who just shrugged and started walking after him. All the people in the room followed him together, when he suddenly started going faster, picking up the pace.
"I neglected to introduce myself. I am Satotz, the Phase one examiner." He introduced, "I shall lead you to the exam's Second Phase." I heard someone ask about the first phase and Satotz answered, "It has already commenced. You must follow me to Phase Two. This is the exam's first Phase."
Killua jumped onto his skateboard, sticking his tongue out at me childishly. I wacked him in the back of the head and grinned, and he returned the grin. Time passed fairly quickly as I jogged beside Killua, ghostly fire following in my wake and surrounding my calf and heel. Killua studied the flames as he rode on his skateboard, before finally asking me.
"Why are you always on fire (No pun intended)?" Killua rose a thin eyebrow, making me chuckle with amusement. He's been curious about that since the day I met him.
"Old family trait." I responded shortly, perfectly suited for running for four days straight. Killua nodded to the answer, apparently satisfied. I glanced behind me at a few applicants who had collapsed, and tilted my head in confusion, was this supposed to be hard?
"Hey! Wait up, kid!" An old man in a suit yelled, a vein pulsing on his forehead as he shook his fist at Killua.
"Hmm?" Killua hummed in response, looking at him.
"You should show the Hunter Exam some respect!" He yelled, making me and Killua look over our shoulders at him.
"What do you mean?" Killua asked casually.
"Why are you using a skateboard?" He pointed at Killua furiously. "That's cheating!" I tilted my head in confusion and asked him,
"Is it against the rules?" He fumed and Killua smirked at me. Looking back at the man, Killua asked, "Why?"
The man practically was ready for a heart attack, clenching his fist and glaring at Killua. "This is an endurance test!" I blinked rapidly, it was?
"No it isn't." The boy in green from before denied. The man got in his face and yelled, "Gon, what are you saying?" Gon looked as innocent as before, answered without noticing his friends' anger.
"The examiner only told us to follow him." Gon said, and I nodded. So I was right, mean old man for trying to trick me.
"Whose side are you on, eh?" The old man yelled. Killua curiosity of the best of him, and he decreased his speed to reach back at Gon.
"Hey, how old are you?" Killua asked.
"I'm twelve years old." Killua glanced at me, only to find me sleep jogging. Killua and Gon sweetdroped and Killua hit the back of my neck, waking me up and repeating the question.
"I turned twelve a month ago." I answered his question. Killua hummed, and kicked the back of his board, making it fly into the air before he caught it and began running with us.
"Guess I'll run too." Killua sung with his eyes closed. Gon smiled in awe, running to the other side of Killua.
"Wow! That was cool!" Gon grinned excitedly.
"I'm Killua, This is Zakara." He introduced himself and me, as I rubbed my eyes, trying to stay awake.
"I'm Gon!" Gon said cheerfully, giving me a childish smile, that I returned tiredly. Killua glanced at me, before looking straight ahead.
"Try to stay awake will you? Always falling asleep in the weirdest places…" Killua muttered the last thing to himself, looking back at me in the corner of his eye as Gon blinked with innocent confusion. I pouted at him, unconsciously closing my eyes and falling asleep again.
Killua's eye twitched when he realized she was asleep again, Gon and the old man just sweetdroped. Gon poked her in the side, jumping in surprise when his hand caught on fire, white ghostly fire. Gon waved his hand around in panic, while Killua rolled his eyes and grabbed Gon's hand.
Gon and the old man watched in awe as the fire twitched and trailed onto Killua instead. Killua let go of Gon to stare at the ghostly fire.
"What was that!?" The old man exclaimed loudly, making Killua glance at Zakara, who didn't even twitch.
"Zakara has the tendency to catch things on fire when she's sleeping. It won't hurt me though, 'cause I know her." Killua explained, showing his hand as the flames vanished a second later.
"Oh, okay." Gon said, completely satisfied. Apparently, the old man wasn't-
"TENDENCY?! You call catching people on fire a tendency?!" He yelled furiously, pointing at the girl. Killua's hand twitched, but ignored him.
"That's what he said, Leorio." Gon said, nervously trying to make peace. Leorio started yelling at Gon again, who merely laughed and proved his statements wrong.
Killua sighed, placing a hand on Zakara's lower back and urging her to go a bit faster. She did so without waking up, making Killua roll his eyes. He felt his face warm when he remembered her falling asleep on him all those times in the few weeks he's known her. Gon caught his attention and distracted Killua again.
OoO
It's been about four hours since we began running, the old man Leorio was huffing and puffing already and the Blondie seemed somewhat annoyed and impatient with having to run all this way. Gon was still cheerful as can be and Killua was bored as hell, other than the times when Gon distracted him.
Killua turned to Zakara, who he allowed to sleep for the past two hours. She didn't look bothered in her sleep, and she followed by Killua using him as a trail maker, to make sure she doesn't fall out of place in the line while she was sleeping. Killua faintly wondered how she could run while sleeping the whole time. In fact, Killua remembers seeing her asleep when she was eating or combing her hair. Killua sweetdroped at the memories, smiling slightly to his sleeping companion.
Killua and Gon looked back as Leorio stopped, panting and putting his hands on his knees, trying to catch his breath. Zakara stopped running beside him, completely asleep but turned her head in Leorio's direction as if sensing his fatigue.
"Hey, forget him. Let's get going." Killua said to Gon, blankly staring at Leorio. Gon didn't say anything but watched his friend.
"Screw that!" Leorio growled out and shot forward with a burst of energy. "I'm gonna become a Hunter!" He yelled, "Damn it all!" He shot past us in a burst of wind, whipping Zakara's hair around her, though it flicked with white flames before settling.
Gon smiled happily at his friend and swung his fishing net and caught Leorio's suitcase, pulling it into his arms. Killua watched curiously, noticing that Zakara woke in time to see it. Her dark eyes shinned and she hummed in awe.
"Cool!" Killua and Zakara said in unison, grinning to each other and then to Gon. The three of them started jogging after the other applicants again when Killua spoke out, "Let me try that out later, your sword too, Zakara." Gon and I smiled.
"If you let me try your skateboard, okay?" Gon asked.
"If you let me play with your hair later." Gon blinked at me before laughing, with Killua and me joining a second later.
OoO
The examiners picked up the pace, much to some of the others annoyance, but to my amusement as I heard the people in front complain. Killua looked to Gon and me and asked us, "Zakara, Gon, wanna race to see who finishes first?"
"Sure." Gon and I replied together. "The loser has to buy us dinner." Gon said cheerfully.
"Okay, you're on!"
"Ready… Go!" Gon, Killua and I shot forward, accelerating our speed. We caught up to the Blondie and the old man and Gon smiled at them, the Blondie glancing at me. I had heard him talking about why the Kuruta clan was wanted for, I understood why he felt the need for revenge. But I knew my clan had gotten their revenge long ago, and it was a bonus that they managed to keep our race alive through me.
The Blondie seemed to realize the knowing look in my eyes, and nodded to me. I returned the nod as Gon spoke.
"See you at the goal, Kurapika." Gon said cheerfully.
"Catch you later, old timer." Killua said to Leorio, and I added, looking closely at him.
"You remind me a monkey." Killua snickered and Gon laughed loudly.
Leorio hissed at us angrily, "I'm not a monkey! And I'm not an Old timer, either! I'm a teenager, just like you guys!" The world froze and everyone stared at Leorio in shock, even Gon and Kurapika.
"Huh?"
"No way!"
"Holy Pie!"
OoO
Two guys in front of us collapsed, having reached their limit. Gon and I kept pace with Killua, I more easily than Gon, because of my past training I ran for days around the perimeter of the island non-stop. I was really hungry afterwards…
"I'm impressed you can keep up with me." Killua stated to Gon, already aware of me always surprising him.
"Really?" Gon grinned sheepishly, and scratched the back of his head. Killua raised an eyebrow at the forever cheerful boy.
"Or maybe it's just that everyone else is too slow." Killua complained and I jabbed him in the ribs with my elbow. He smirked at me and shrugged, bowing his head. "Man. The Hunter exam is gonna be a breeze. That's no fun." Killua seemed to pout.
"Hey, why do you guys want to become a Hunter?" Gon asked us and Killua brought his head back up.
"Me?" Killua asked, "I'm not really interested in becoming a Hunter. I heard the exam was supposed to be really hard, so I thought it would be fun." Killua closed his eyes, "But this is disappointing." He finished with a smile, I pouted.
"Well, I was bored and Killua told me about it. I thought it would be fun too, maybe it will get better!" I exclaimed, throwing my arms into the air. Killua snickered and Gon grinned.
"What about you?" Killua asked Gon.
"Well, my dad's a hunter. So I want to become a Hunter, like my dad." Gon said cheerfully. Killua hummed as we ran, and I scratched the back of my head curiously.
"What kind of Hunter was he?"
"I don't know."
Me and Killua started laughing, "That's so weird." Killua told him as I clutched his shoulder for support as I continued to laugh.
"Really?" Gon asked.
"You want to be like your dad, but you don't know anything about him?" Killua chuckled. I smiled slightly, Killua has been smiling more often, having met Gon. I was too distracted with my thoughts to notice Killua's glimpse at my smile, before returning to Gon.
"I was raised by Mito-san, so I've only seen my dad in pictures." Gon said.
"Who's Mito-san?"
"Aunt Mito." Gon said like it explained everything, but Killua nodded with fake understanding.
"Ah…" We shrugged our shoulders to each other.
"When my dad was twelve he took the Hunter exam. He passed and became a hunter, then left the island. I want to find out why he chose to become a Hunter over being with me." Gon said making me blink. I had never known my biological parents either. I patted Gon on the back, ignoring his looking of confusion.
Killua hummed thoughtfully, looking ahead as light shone from the exit. The three of us smiled and jumped forward, jumping past the examiner just as he started to turn around. Killua and Gon shouted goal together, the three of us tying in our race.
"Yay I win!" Gon declared in a pose.
"What are you talking about? I was faster." Killua disagreed, and I looked between the two, not bothering to argue in my case.
"No I was!" Gon and Killua argued. "I was faster, so you have to buy me and Zakara dinner." I pointed to myself in confusion. Did I just automatically win? I shrugged. I wasn't about to complain.
Killua disagreed saying he had to buy me and him dinner, and the argument went back and forth as I noticed the examiner was watching us. "Hey who was faster?" Gon asked the Examiner.
"I believe you three crossed the finish line simultaneously." Satotz said, including me in his sentence. I grinned in my miniature victory. Gon looked down in innocent acknowledgement.
"Oh, then I'll buy you two dinner." Gon said with a grin. I sweetdroped as they started at it again, the two of them not noticing that they weren't making me buy dinner.
"huh?"
"Then you buy us dinner!"
"I don't get it."
I shrugged. "I didn't get it in the first place." Gon straightened his posture and turned to Satotz.
"Hey, Satotz-san. Is this where the second phase of the exam takes place?" Gon asked. Satotz's expression didn't change.
"No, we still have some way to go." I pouted tiredly and Killua ruffled my hair.
OoO
Leorio was catching his breath, along with most of the other applicants, who were also groaning and moaning. I sat beside Killua with Gon on his other side just as Leorio and Kurapika had made it up here.
"Hey, Kurapika." Gon greeted cheerfully. Kurapika waved and scanned the surrounding area. I whistled, wow, Kurapika was really slim. Killua guessed my thoughts and wacked me upside the head and scolded me.
"Is this our destination?" Kurapika asked, Gon told him no. "I see… the fog is fading." Kurapika informed up, and Killua pulled me to my feet, despite my unwillingness and wanting to sleep.
"Really?" Gon grinned as he looked at the amazingly huge foggy forest.
"The Numere Wetlands, also known as Swindlers Swamp. We must cross these wetlands to reach phase two of the exam. This place is home to many bizarre animals, many of them cunning, insatiable creatures who deceive humans and prey on them. Be very careful." Satotz said, turning to us. "If you let them fool you… you're dead."
I hummed lightly and muttered, "Cheerful little buggers aren't they?" Killua raised an eyebrow at me as I continued, "I want to keep one." Killua hit me upside the head again, his eye twitching.
"You don't keep dangerous pets, Zakara." Killua scolded like a mother hen, making me pout and Gon laugh at my misery- I mean Killua scolding me.
The gates behind us, where we had run for hours closed, an applicant just missing freedom. Wow, what an unlucky bastard.
"These wetland creatures will use every trick in their book to fool their prey." Satotz continued, completely unfazed. He continued his speech when I noticed something in the corner of my eye. I mentally squealed at its cuteness and dove to the side, but was caught by Killua who held me back.
I pouted at him, looking back for the creature. I wept anime tears, comically crying at my cute animal's loss. A few contestants eyed me weirdly, and Killua just rolled his eyes.
"…Please stay close to me so you won't be deceived." Satotz finished, turning towards the Swamp. I blinked, having no idea what he was talking about, I shrugged carelessly.
Leorio 'tsked' and smirked, "What a joke. How can they fool us when we're expecting it?" Leorio asked smugly. I looked at him and said,
"You'd be surprised what creatures are capable of when you have no idea what exactly they plan to do to you." The four of them looked at me as if shocked I'd say something smart for once. I scowled slightly, though it left instantly when someone yelled out.
"Don't let it fool you!"
"I just said that they can't." Leorio said looking to the source of the voice. I frowned, they had ignored me. A beat up man came from the shadows, stuttering over his words.
"D-don't fall for it…" The other applicants all looked at him in confusion and surprise as he stepped farther into the light. "He's lying to you!" The man yelled, pointing to Satotz. I nearly laughed, yeah right. That man is much weaker than Satotz, does he think were stupid?
I paused…
Probably, I mentally nodded. Satotz's expression stayed the same as the man yelled out, "He's an imposter! He isn't the Examiner, I am the real Examiner!" The fake yelled pointing to himself. I snorted unbelievingly, noticing in the corner of my eye the clown guy smile creepily.
Leorio and the other contestants glanced around confused and startled. "An imposter? What's going on?" Leorio asked, looking between the two.
"Look at this!" The man pulled out a monkey-like man with hair like Satotz, causing a ruckus to spread through the crowd. Gon gasped in shock, while Killua narrowed his eyes.
"He looks just like Satotz!" Gon exclaimed, wide eyed.
"It's a man-faced Ape, one of the-" Blah, blah, blah. I zoned out, nearly falling asleep until Killua touched my shoulder. I frowned when I noticed all the applicants start to doubt Satotz, though I wasn't fooled. I had many creatures that disguised themselves in illusions or mirages on my Island.
I sensed the clown guy move, shooting out nine cards, three each in different directions. Three hit the fake man, three were caught by Satotz and headed straight for me. My eyes locked with the cards, my eyes flaring a bright fire white and the cards instantly turned to ash.
The fake man flew back, landing with a thud while a few contestants looked at me in shock, then to the pile of ashes that scattered in the wind a second later. The clown man shuffled his cards, smiling knowingly. "I see… I see…" The clown man said to himself. "That settles it." His eyes opened onto Satotz, "You're the real one." Everyone looked dramatically at the said guy, making me sigh with exasperation.
Can't a girl get any peaceful sleep around here without anyone trying to kill them with cards?
Satotz let the cards fall to the grass, as the other applicants stared in shock. The stupid 'dead' monkey creature that the fake had been holding jumped up and ran like a pansy. The clown guy ignored this and continued.
"Examiners are Hunters selected by the committee to perform this duty without payment. Any Hunter, bearing the title we seek, would have been able to block that attack." The clown guy announced, eyes closed. I air clapped with starry eyes, chuckling when I saw him turn and bow towards me. "Excuse me for my hand slipping, ghost."
I shrugged, not really bothered in the first place. "I'm not a ghost." I protested without much effort, seeing him chuckle in amusement. I figured he must have some information of my clan, or at least my Island, for he wouldn't have called me ghost otherwise. Satotz closed his eyes and said to the clown.
"I shall take that as a compliment. However, should you attack me again, for any reason, I will report you for turning on an examiner and you will be immediately disqualified." I cheered silently, way to look badass, Satotz. "All right?"
The clowns smile didn't fade, "Yes, yes." The call of vultures circled overhead, swooping down to feast on the fake man's body. My nose wrinkled in disgust, ignoring the tearing sounds of the dead man's flesh.
"Nature really can be brutal to watch…" Leorio said to us. I nodded.
"Never diss nature." I pointed out cheerfully, getting more weird looks.
"So he was a man-faced Ape after all." Kurapika agreed.
"He was attempting to confuse the applicants, to lure some of them away." Satotz explained. Killua seemed slightly annoyed,
"We cannot relax our guard." Gon nodded. Satotz ranted on again about whatever (A/N: Too lazy to write the unnecessary.) and I scanned the forest again for my lovely cute creature. Comically crying my failure, I pumped my fist in determination to kidnap- I mean find my newly dubbed pet.
"… You will never reach the exam's second phase." Satotz's was saying when I tuned back in. "Do bear that in mind." Bear what in mind? I shrugged, seeing Killua's eye twitch when he saw I hadn't been paying any attention. "Then let's be on our way, please follow me."
Everyone followed him into the Swamp, sticking close together.
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Hope you all enjoyed, I tried not to bore you to death.
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