Okay, perhaps some of you're wondering "Why a new fic? Why don't you just continue Cat's Eye instead?" *coughs* Sorry for those who've been waiting for the update, but I'm putting that story on hiatus right now *bows deeply*. Aside from being busy, I'm currently revising the plot in order to make it even more twisted. Please be patient and wait a little longer. I'll definitely update it.
Moving to this story, as the summary suggest, it's a school AU. The story will be waaaay less serious than Cat's Eye. There'll be some change to the characters' background (to minimize the gore and angst) and the chapters will be extremely short, but I hope you'll enjoy it :)
Disclaimer: I do not own Hunter x Hunter.
Forgive me for any grammatical mistake and typo.
Your Not So Ordinary School Life
Summary: AU. Hunter Institute of Nen is an elite private school run by Headmaster Netero. Just like the name suggest, it's a special place where the students has Nen as class subject. Follow Gon and co. as they enroll the school and start their life as students with friends, romances, and of course… troubles.
Note: There will be several genderbendings in this story. Just like you've guessed, Kurapika will be the first victim here because your evil author wants him to wear a mini skirt (YAY for uniform~ 8D). As for the main pairing, I wanna try GonAlluka (Wish pair), KuroKura (Chain pair), LeoNeon (Noisy pair) and some KilluBisuke (Sapphire pair) for crack. The female uniform design is up at my DA.
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A Not So Ordinary Meeting
A boy with black spiky hair stood in the middle of a fairly crowded street. He looked up at a HUGE gate which stood sturdily before him. The gate was decorated by swirly wrought irons and there was a black metal signboard above it with a golden symbol that looked like double Xs and letters saying "Hunter Institute". The gate itself led to an ever huger, manor-like school building with magnificent aura. It was surrounded by greenery and had a very beautiful front garden with flower beds and flowing fountain in the middle of the plaza.
The boy stared at the scenery before him with a wide opened mouth for several minutes. Some passersby raised a brow as they wondered what this strange boy in green was doing there, some other just chuckled and shook their head, while a few would just nonchalantly walk pass him. For example, just a few seconds ago a silverhead strolled pass him on a skateboard without even sparing a glance at him as if he had only been a decorative stone statue.
His attention was then distracted when he heard a commotion approaching from behind. He turned around curiously at the source of commotion and saw that it came from two people who were walking toward him.
"It's 5000 Jennies, but I'll give it to you for 2500 Jennies only, Miss." Said one of them. It was a fat, short brunette with strange, box-shaped nose.
Contrast to the first guy, the second guy was a very pretty boy with blonde hair and blue eyes. "I don't need it." He replied, emphasizing each syllable.
"But it's really accurate because it was made based on the real exams for thirty five years straight. Isn't that awesome? I guarantee you'll pass your exam right on the first try if you have it." The first guy continued, much to the latter's annoyance. The blonde picked up his pace and walked away in hope that the annoying fatso would leave him alone, but the other was either stubborn or simply unaware of the piling pique and kept tagging along.
The little boy in green clothes looked at them with much interest. He couldn't hear their entire conversation, but it seemed like the fat man was trying to persuade the blonde guy to buy something from him (as he had mentioned something about price).
"Miss? Miss?" The fatso tried to call out the blonde but the latter didn't budge. He then reached out and tapped the blonde's shoulder. The blonde snapped at this. An almost invisible punch flew right on the fatso's face, causing him to fly several meters back and bumped on the ground. He was K.O.-ed with blood flowing from his square nose.
The blonde turned around and closed his eyes. He took a deep breath and tried to calm himself. After a while, he gained his composure back opened his eyes. Without glancing back at the man lying unconsciously some feet away from him, he stepped toward the school gate as if nothing had happened.
The green boy looked at the older guy as the latter walked toward him and passed him. They locked eyes for several seconds but none utter a word. After the blonde showed nothing but his clad-in-blue-robe back to him, the boy then turned at the fatso and somehow pitied that pathetic guy. He walked approaching the man and squatted next to him. He poked the unconscious fat man with his fishing rod but received no respond. He was thinking of bringing him to a nearby hospital or clinic when he heard a quite familiar voice called him off.
"Leave him be."
He turned his head just to see the blonde guy had stopped on his track and was looking at him now.
"But…"
"You're gonna late for the entrance exam if you keep standing there."
The blonde was right. Just as he finished his line, a loud ringing sound came from the school building and the gate was slowly closing by itself.
The boy nervously looked at the closing gate, then to the blonde, then to the fat man at his feet. He really wanted to help that man, but the entrance test was also really important to him. The entrance test to Hunter Institute was right in front of his eyes and he couldn't waste it… not here… not now. Not when he only had one chance to try it out.
Throwing a last, apologetic look at the fat man, he stood up and hurriedly ran toward the gate. He barely slipped through it just before it was completely closed and locked, prohibiting anymore applicant to participate at this year exam.
"Good decision." The blonde said before he turned around and walked away. The boy ran a little to match the older guy's pace and walked beside him.
They then walked across the plaza and soon, they arrived in front of the main entrance of the school building. There, a short, bald man with timid look had been waiting for them.
"Welcome, to Hunter Institute. Here's your applicant numbers." The man said as he gave them two round badge with numbers printed on them. The boy's was 405 while the blonde's was 404. The bald man then stepped inside and led them to the inner part of the building. After some walks, they arrived at a big wooden door. The bald man opened it and asked them to go inside. "Please take a sit according to your applicant numbers. The exam will begin in a while." He bowed as they walked passed him and closed the door behind them.
The boy looked around in awe. The room they had just entered was a big hall that was nicely decorated with a combination of dark ebony and golden furniture, big windows and paintings. There were also some chandeliers hanging above his head. The number of people there was also outstanding. If he was the 405th, it meant that there were at least 403 more people aside from him and the blonde.
He felt a nudged on his side and turned to the blonde. The latter signaled him to come with him. It seemed that the blonde had found their seats. The boy nodded and followed. They walked toward the only half occupied row of seats in the room. Out of ten seats, only three were occupied. By how the three men tightly sat next to each other despise the large space left on the other side of the row, it was quite easy to deduce that they were sitting based on their number and they must be applicant number 401, 402 and 403.
They took a seat beside a man who supposedly applicant number 403. That man looked up from some papers that had been covering his face and glanced at the two strangers who seated next to him. He scoffed when he looked at the boy before he turned back to his papers. Curious on why that man scoffed at him, the boy looked closely at him and studied his appearance as well. Dark blue suits, formal shirt, yellow tie, a pair of teashade glasses, a suitcase…
After some minutes passed, the businessman-looking man found that he couldn't stand the boy's innocent yet piercing stare anymore. He turned to the boy and scowled. "What's your problem?"
The boy just smiled in return.
The man's eyebrows twitched as he thought that it was a prank. "Stop messing with me."
The boy's smile turned to a grin. With an innocent voice, he finally spoke up. "Say, uncle…"
A vein popped on the man's forehead. "What did you say?"
"Huh? I haven't said anything." The boy blinked several time.
"You called me uncle just now!"
"Oh, right... But, what's the problem, uncle?"
"GRHH-"
"Be quiet." The blonde, who sat between the two, cut in.
The man turned to the blonde. "What? Who the hell are y-"
"You're disturbing the others." The blonde added with a calm yet slightly annoyed voice.
Hearing this, the man quickly looked around and finally realized that several pairs of eyes were watching him. His face reddened in embarrassment as he shrunk in his seat.
After a few peaceful minutes passed, the door finally opened again. The room became really quiet and the tension among them rose up very quickly. A man then appeared behind the door and walked to the front of the hall. It was a tall man with grey hair and dandy moustache. He wore a wine-colored suit and gave off a gentleman vibe.
"Greetings, ladies and gentlemen. On behalf of the entire staff of Hunter Institute, I welcome you to our humble school." He bowed a little then continued. "My name is Satotz and I'll be the one who conducts the entrance exam today."
"Say, what kind of exam it will be?" The boy whispered to the blonde as Mr. Satotz continued his speech.
"Hmm, I'm not sure myself." The blonde replied. The two of them then looked at the #403 man.
"I don't know. It's my first time as well. But from what I've heard before, it's extremely hard. People said that less than 10% of the applicants are able to pass the test each year." He shrugged.
Hunter Institute was one odd yet special school. It welcomed students from all over the world despise their nationality, race, gender. It also didn't accept students based on the age like any other school. Young people between 12 to 20 may take part at the entrance exam and as long as they passed the exam, a twelve years old kid might attend the same class as a twenty years old adult. And if they failed at the test, they might retake it the following year as long as they hadn't turned 21.
"Now, as for the exam… Everyone, can you see a mountain on the east side of this school?" Mr. Satotz pointed on one of the large windows at his left side. Everyone looked at that certain window and saw a mountain, about 2000 meters in height. They nodded and looked back at Mr. Satotz. No one had an idea what was the relationship between the exam and the mountain.
"You must climb that mountain, find a staff named Menchi and get a stamp on your badge from her. After that, you must return to this hall and show the stamp to me."
Everyone looked at him dumbfoundedly.
"You must complete the task within three hours…"
Their faces started lost colors.
"…And in a group of four. If one of the four fails, it means the whole group's failure. On other note, if someone fails to form a group of four within the next five minutes, they will be automatically disqualified from the exam."
Chaos. That was the perfect word to describe the hall now. Some of the examinees complained and ranted, while some other freaked out and desperately searched for teammates. Most of the examinees came on their own so they didn't know anyone they could ask for a party. Moreover, the extremely difficult task and the time limits made the think twice before teaming up. One's failure meant the group's failure. None of them wanted to fail because of the others' mistake, but on the other hand, they would be disqualified if they failed to join a group.
"Should we team up?" The boy asked the other two. The blonde agreed right away but the other man looked rather reluctant. A kid and effeminate guy… That definitely didn't look like a good start for him.
"Well?" The blonde urged a reply.
The man scratched his head. Well, the boy looked rather active and might be able to climb that mountain but the other was... not promising.
"Well, if you don't want then it's fine. We'll find other people to join." said the blonde. He looked rather peeved as if he could read what's in the other's mind.
"Wait! Wait! I'll join your party!"
The boy grinned hearing this. "Good. One person left."
The man in suit sighed heavily. He mentally noted to recruit a strong, decent looking man as their last member; otherwise he would fail the exam. But then, just as he thought like that, another boy with silver hair approached them.
"Hey, may I join your group?" The silverhead asked. He held a skateboard with his right hand while the other hand was casually shoved in his pocket.
The man was about to decline the request when the green boy suddenly exclaimed. "Sure!"
The man widened his eyes in shook. No, not another boy! He turned to the blonde, hoping that the latter would also oppose that boy's on side decision. However, much to his surprise, the blonde looked like he didn't mind.
"My name is Gon!" The green boy suddenly introduced himself. Well, it was actually quite reasonable remembering they would work as a team from now on.
"Kurapika." The blonde said.
"It's Killua." The silverhead also introduced himself.
The three then looked at the last member of the party. Having no other option, the man sighed again and reluctantly accepted the fact that he had to survive with this seemingly hopeless group. "Leorio." He finally said.
"Well then, it's nice to meet all of you: Kurapika, Killua, Leorio." Gon said with a wide grin.
This… ended up longer than I expected. At first I planned it to be only around 1k but… oh well. I'm sorry if it's rather confusing because I didn't call them by their name until the very last part. Moreover, since they didn't know about Kurapika's gender here, I'll call her as him for a while.
Even though that the entrance exam is roughly made based on the hunter exam, it'll be different and not all of the original participants of the hunter exam will attend the school's entrance exam. For example, instead of an examinee, Hisoka will become a... Woops, no spoiler! Just wait for the next chapter to find out ^^
Thank you for reading this chapter. I hope you like the story so far. Please kindly drop a review and share your thought. Critiques and suggestions are always welcomed. I'll do my best to make this story different from the rest school AU :)
