Author's Note: Welcome my fellow HxH fans! This is a side project of mine (Red being my main priority). This is kind of...just...like a retelling of the story through the eyes of my OC...GENESIS! She's Gon's twin sister. I hope that whole 'retelling' thing doesn't throw you off. Now, before we begin, I have a little info for you guys to keep in mind. Gon calls Genesis, Gen. That is pronounced like "Jen" like short for "Jenny." Understood? Good. Moving on. I wasn't sure how old they were in episode one (you know, when Gon met Kite) I thought they were eleven, but someone told me they were nine...Well, let's just say they were eleven for arguments sake. They'll still be 12 when they go for the exam so it doesn't really matter much! As for a pairing for her...I'll let you guys have fun with that. I know who it is, but you guys can speculate all you want. This is more of a friendship/sibling story, but there will be plenty of fluff and romanticies (not a word but oh well). By planning...this story has about 8 parts (arcs) give or take a few. Yes, it is the story written from her POV (third person though). Some things may be different, because well, with a new character, not EVERYTHING can stay the same. Don't worry, I don't think it will be boring though (I've seen a lot of stories about the show from an OC's POV, so I hope no one disregards this just because of that fact) When I write a chapter, I watch the episode that holds the events to see what happens...and make alterations as needed, but I try not to affect the flow too much, like I don't want to stop Gon from getting on the boat and meeting Kurapika & Leorio! This chapter...is long. It's an introduction. The other chapters probably won't be this long ( but they might. I don't know)

Hall of Fame

Part 1: The Hunter Exam

Chapter 1

Kite X Gon X Genesis

"Gon, come on!" Genesis shouted, digging her feet into the ground to stop her from running into a tree.

Behind her, Gon laid face first in the ground, weakly pushing himself onto his elbows. She whipped her head around to see him sitting up and tugging at something around his ankles. With a sigh of aggravation she rushed back to him, pulling on the root that he had tripped on and managed to get his foot caught in. They both looked up when they heard a growl and tried ferociously again to remove the root from Gon, not wanting to get quite so close to the fox-bear.

"I have an idea," Genesis said, standing up and walking to stand behind Gon. She bent her knees and reached down, grabbing Gon under his arms.

"Hey, what are you doing?" he asked, pulling his arms away.

The girl huffed and grabbed his arms again after smacking him on the head. "I'm going to try pulling you out. You, on the other hand, try wiggling your foot. Maybe we can get it loose that way."

Gon gave a quick nod and moved his foot in different directions, letting out a yelp when Genesis started pulling on him. That earned him another smack with a comment mumbled under the other's breath. By that point, the fox-bear was right in front of them, and Genesis fell onto her bottom behind Gon. The animal moved in for an attack and Genesis wrapped her arms around Gon's torso, holding tightly and burying her face in the back of his neck.

Just then, she heard the animal's cry, but the attack never came. Not to them anyway. By the time Genesis looked up, still contemplating whether it was safe to relinquish her hold on Gon or not, the fox-bear was no longer on the attack and looked rather dead in fact. In front of them, between them and the fox-bear, was a man holding a sword. He had long blond hair with a maroon hat over the top of his head, and as he advanced towards them, she noted that he had yet to to place his sword back in it's sheath

Genesis held tighter to Gon, much to his protest, as the man stopped in front of them. She tensed as he raised his sword and flinched when he brought it down on the root, ultimately freeing Gon from its grasp.

"Can you kids stand up?" the man asked.

"I could," came Gon's reply, "if she wasn't holding me so tight."

Genesis flushed a little and pulled her arms back, making sure his head got another light hit as she stood up. Dusting off her own clothes, she put her hand down to lift the boy up, but he had already stood and was untangling the root from around his foot. Once the root hit the ground, Gon shook his leg, glad to be free of its constriction.

Out of the corner of her eye, Genesis saw the man draw his arm back (the sword no longer in his hands) and instantly slid to stand in front of Gon, bracing her arms in front of her face. The man obviously didn't expect this as his fist collided with the girl's crossed arms, sending her falling backwards on top of Gon.

"Don't you kids know better than to walk around Snake Beech Forest this time of year?" the man asked as Genesis let her arms fall and scooted away from Gon. "See that?" he pointed to a tree not too far off from the trio, "That's the sign of the fox-bear's territory. Even the stupidest animals know how dangerous it is to be here. Didn't your fathers teach you something as simple as that?"

While the man spoke, Genesis inspected her arms, noticing a tender spot on the right one, the one that had been hit. A bruise would form. She was certain of it. And her hat had been knocked off as well. Her orange hat, with random pink and white designs littered across the front of it, was lying a few feet behind Gon, and she easily leaned over and picked it up, brushing against the boy and noticing his shaking. Before pulling back with her hat, she used her remaining three fingers (which weren't holding the hat) to give his hand a reassuring squeeze.

She pulled back and kept her eyes on Gon as the man's words began to sink in. Gon's eyes were shaking, and he had a look of guilt on his face masking the sadness that Genesis was now showing perfectly. As Gon lowered his head and began to stand, Genesis pushed herself back up and replaced her sadness with anger. Now, the man had stepped away and was mumbling to himself, and when Gon opened his mouth to speak, she put her hand in front of him.

"We don't have a father," she said, crossing her arms and tightening her fingers around her hat. "Our parents died when we were babies. One big accident and 'kaboom' they're gone. We have an aunt, but she doesn't talk to us much about the forest. Probably not even supposed to be here." Now that she had the explaining out of the way, she was ready to blow up. "And what right do you have to try and hit my brother? Only I can do that!"

Gon made a sound of protest but was silenced when Genesis reached back with her hand that held the hat and smacked his arm, leaving him mumbling words such as 'unfair' and 'mean' under his breath at her. She could hear him though, and he knew that well.

"Sorry about hitting you, kid," he said, still facing away from them.

"I don't want your apology," Genesis said, "It's Gon you upset."

This time the man turned towards them slightly, having not even the slightest reaction to the brown eyed glare he was getting from the young girl. Gon peered at him from behind his sister's shoulder but shied back a little when his eyes met the man's.

"Are you alright kid?" he asked.

Gon nodded but Genesis stamped her foot, huffing in annoyance. "You're asking the wrong questions to the wrong people!" she shouted. "You should be apologizing to Gon for upsetting him. You should be making sure you didn't hurt me with your brutality!"

The man's eyes showed amusement at Genesis' whine but spoke to her in reply anyway. "You know some big words for a little girl," he said. "Are you alright?"

Genesis' face deadpanned and she made a silent 'duh' sound with her mouth and shook her head with a roll of her eyes. She looked behind her and gasped upon realizing that Gon wasn't there. Spinning back around, she saw that he was running towards the dead fox-bear, a confusing thought until she realized that there was a baby fox-bear beside it.

"Gon!" she whined, chasing after him. By the time she reached him, Gon was already knelt down with the fox-bear cub in his arms. "What are you doing?"

"We should raise him, Gen!" Gon said, looking over his shoulder at her. "Here, hold him!" Gon held the cub out to his sister, who reached forward with gentle fingers, only to pull back when it hissed at her.

"No way, Gon. That thing doesn't like me," she said, scrunching up her nose. "And I don't like it, either."

The man took a few steps towards them, and Genesis sent him a glare out of the corner of her eye, but kept her attention on the small animal clawing at Gon's shirt. "Keeping that thing is a bad idea. It's a wild animal. It's too wild to tame."

Gon gave both of them an angry face and tightened his grip on the fox-bear cub. "I don't care! Wild or not, whether you like him or not, sis, I don't care. I'm going to take care of him!"

Genesis sighed and looked over at the man. "Once he sets his mind to something, old man, there's no changing it," she said, flipping her ponytail up so that it was tucked underneath her hat. "But Aunt Mito won't let us take him in her house, Gon, so . . ." she trailed off and caught the man's eye again. "Hey, old man. Wanna do us a little favor?"

He crossed his arms and raised his brow which was greeted by a smirk by the girl. "While we figure out how we're gonna take care of him, why don't you stay and keep an eye on things for the night?"

The mischievous glint in her eyes and the determined look on Gon's face gave the man a twisted look, as if he was in thought about something deep. There was something . . . familiar . . . about these kids.

"Gon. Gon," Genesis whispered from the hall as Gon was putting his plate in the sink.

He glanced back at her, and she made a motion with her hands for him to follow her. Quickly dropping his dishes and muttering a 'thank you' to Aunt Mito, Gon ran over to his sister and followed her to their shared room. In the room, Genesis jumped up and plopped down on Gon's bed, crossing her legs and patting the spot on the bed across from her. Gon too crawled up on the bed and sat mirroring his twin.

They were indeed twins. Not just by their positions, but in their looks as well. Without her hat, Genesis' black hair would have been visible, and their eyes were the same shade of brown. Even their facial features were similar. Even for fraternal twins, the young age of eleven had yet to give them many features to distinguish themselves from each other.

"Gen. Aunt Mito wasn't very happy about you skipping dinner," Gon said after a moment of silence. "She's gonna notice your arm sooner or later."

Genesis shook her head. "Nu-uh, she won't! I know where she keeps the bandages and wraps! I'll have it all cleaned up before she can notice!"

"But won't she see the wrap?" Gon asked, looking worried.

"I'll put it on both arms, tell her it makes me look tough!" At Genesis' reply, Gon started laughing, so hard in fact that he had to clench his stomach.

After his laughter had subsided, Gon said, "That's something you'd say alright. Aunt Mito won't expect anything!"

Genesis giggled at that and gave Gon a light knock on the head, causing both of them to let out another round of laughter. They were soon interrupted by their bedroom door opening. Genesis quickly pulled her arms behind her back and smiled as Aunt Mito walked in.

"It's time for bed, you two," she said, eyeing them cautiously. "And what have I told you about putting your feet on the mattress?"

The twins giggled to each other before saying, "Sorry Aunt Mito," in unison. The red haired woman just smiled and shook her head at them before giving a stern look and leaving the room. Genesis jumped off of her brother's bed and winced as her arm knocked against the wooden post.

Once Genesis and Gon were both tucked properly into their own beds, Genesis turned her head to the right to peer over at Gon. "Goodnight, Gon," she said. After he didn't acknowledge her, she sat up and threw her pillow at him. "I said Goodnight, doofus!"

Gon blinked away his thoughts and looked over at his sister. "Sorry," he said, tossing the pillow back to her that she caught with ease. "And . . . I'm sorry about your arm."

"Hu?" she asked, lifting her arm to look at it. "That wasn't your fault. It was the old man."

Gon shook his head. "You were just protecting me," he replied. "And he was right; we shouldn't have been playing there."

She bit back the urge to hurl her pillow at him again and dug her fingers into the cushioned surface instead. "In case you forget, doofus, that fox-bear only came after us because I was trying to get something out of its den."

"I know," Gon said, "but still."

Genesis sighed and put her pillow back to the space below her head and ran her fingers through her now loose hair. "Goodnight, Gon," she repeated, pulling the covers up and closing her eyes, her voice showing her irritation.

"Goodnight, Gen."

"You almost got me in some real trouble, old man," Genesis said, rubbing the bandages around her right arm.

The man in question was lying down against a tree with his hat hanging low over his head, seemingly not paying attention at all. Genesis was sitting by the bowl of food that her brother had left out for the fox-bear cub, which showed no intention of coming out. Gon, on the other hand was down in a hole that he had spent the last thirty minutes digging, and was still digging at. Or, he was the last time she had checked. When she turned her attention back to her brother, she saw that he was no longer in the hole, but was pushing against the dead fox-bear.

"Ah! Gon!" she shouted, standing up and running to his side. "There's no way you're gonna push that big thing in on your own. Move over!" Making some room beside her brother, Genesis put her hands on the dead creature and began pushing along with him. Needless to say, they weren't making much progress.

"You kids are really troublesome," the man said, getting beside them and pushing as well.

"Yet you're still here," Genesis replied, snorting. "Makes you a troublesome man."

Once they got the fox-bear buried, the man introduced himself as Kite, a Hunter on a mission to find his teacher. After explaining the concept of a Hunter to the children he took them to an ancient looking building to collect some flowers and then took them fishing. Then, Gon and Genesis formally introduced themselves (with Genesis still referring to Kite as 'old man')

As the sun was setting, the group made their way back to the area of the fox-bear's grave. Kite sat on a fallen tree while Gon and Genesis arranged the flowers appropriately on the grave.

"You kids said that both of your parents passed away," Kite said. "What do you know about your father?"

Genesis looked down and let her hands drop from the flowers. She had been sitting on her knees and quickly fell to her bottom. Gon took one look at her face and spoke up in her place.

"Aunt Mito won't tell us much. No matter how much we ask," Gon said, now standing near a plate with two fish, trying to get the cub to eat.

"Some of us don't want to know," Genesis mumbled, pulling her legs up to her knees. It was so quiet that not even Gon could hear it, but that was intentional. She knew he had exceptional hearing like her and knew just how quiet she had to be to not be heard.

"Do you know his name?" Kite asked.

Gon nodded. "Ging. Ging Freecss."

"Ging Freecss?" Kite repeated, to which Gon nodded. "Gon. Genesis. Your father, Ging, is my teacher."

Genesis spun around in an instant, narrowing her eyes at Kite. "If you're a Hunter, and our father is your teacher, that would make our father a Hunter," she said. "And it would also mean you've been looking for him for eleven years. Because he died when we were born, remember?" Her face was contorted in anger and her voice was laced with irritation.

"That's partially right," Kite said, "Ging is a Hunter. The greatest in the entire world, actually. But he is very much alive."

Gon's eyes lit up with wonder, probably shocked to find out that his father was actually alive. Genesis, on the other hand, couldn't believe her ears. More anger boiled up inside her and she stood, stamping her feet on the ground again.

"Who cares?" she shouted, keeping her head down and hiding her eyes. "Why'd you have to tell us? We were doing just fine thinking that he was dead." She bent down and picked up her hat, putting it on her head, ignoring her ponytail this time around. "Now you tell us that he's alive. That he's off doing stupid Hunter stuff while he left us here alone?" She didn't speak another word and just ran off, wiping at the tears coming into her eyes.

Genesis skipped dinner again that night. Aunt Mito didn't like the idea, so once Gon finished his dinner, he took a plate up to his sister, who was sitting curled up on her bed. Her knees were to her chest and her head was in her knees. She'd been like that ever since she'd gotten home.

"C'mon, Gen. You need to eat," Gon said, placing the food in front of her.

She shook her head.

"Gen," he said quietly, tugging on the end of her shirt.

She brushed him off.

"Genesis!" he said, this time louder, climbing onto her bed and sitting across from her, careful not to dump her food. "What's wrong, sis?"

This time, she glanced up, looking at him with muddy brown eyes. He never called her Genesis unless it was serious. She wiped uselessly at the tears around her eyes that continued to fall.

"Don't you get it, Gon? Our father is alive. And he left us," she said. "He abandoned us, Gon."

The two got silent and Genesis decided to nibble on her food. She didn't get far and ended up putting the plate on her dresser. Before she could tell Gon to leave, he squished himself between her and the wall and put his arms around her.

"I've thought about that too," he said. "It makes me sad, but I also don't understand. Being a Hunter has to be pretty important to our father to make his children come second." Gon reached into his pocket and pulled out two red cards with exes on the backs. "These are Hunter Exam Applications. Kite gave them to me. Once we turn twelve, we can take the Hunter Exam."

"Why would we want to do that?" Genesis asked, rubbing her eyes.

"To find our father. To find out why being a Hunter is so important."

Genesis didn't answer him after that. She just grabbed the card he held out for her and sat there in silence, allowing her brother's arms to keep her safe this time, to keep her from falling apart.

After the twins turned twelve, Gon convinced Genesis that it was time to discuss with Aunt Mito about the Hunter Exam. So as the four of them (Genesis, Gon, Aunt Mito, and their Great-Grandmother) sat at the empty table in the morning, Gon slammed down his Hunter Exam Application card, though Genesis gently slid hers forward on the table.

"Aunt Mito, we want to take the Hunter Exam," Gon said intensely.

"Both of you?" she asked quizzically, receiving a nod from Genesis. "Why?"

"Because we know everything!" Gon replied. "We know our father is alive and that he's a-"

"Hunter," Genesis finished. "We know that he's a hunter, off doing who-knows-what while we sit here in this damn house thinking he's dead."

The other three at the table stared at her, none of them having an appropriate reply.

"Aunt Mito," Gon said quietly after a minute. "We want to become Hunters so that we can find him. You've got to understand, Aunt Mito."

But after his words, Aunt Mito stood and took a few steps away from them, giving off a sad yet worried aura. As Genesis stood there, clutching her hands into fists, she couldn't help but feel her anger bubbling up. She didn't want to become a Hunter. She didn't want to find her father. She wanted nothing to do with him. Thinking about him used to make her sad. But in the last year, after finding out about his betrayal, any lingering feelings she had for him disappeared. They all dissipated into anger.

"Now Mito, calm down. I've seen this coming for a while now. I've seen it in Gon's face, in his actions, in his soul. And if you had looked your niece in the eye one time, really looked her in the eye, you would have seen the same thing," came their Great-Grandmother's reply. "They are Hunters at heart."

"I don't care!" Mito said. "I won't let the two of you be Hunters!"

"We're telling you this out of consideration, Aunt Mito!" Genesis shouted, slamming her hand down on the table. "You know just as well as I do that once Gon sets his mind to something, there's no changing it."

Mito turned slightly back towards them, putting her hands on her hips. "But you're older Genesis; you should be the one telling him how crazy this is. I know you don't want to do this."

Genesis crossed her arms. "You're right. I don't really want to do this," she replied. "But if Gon's not backing down, neither am I. If Gon's doing this, I'm doing it too." She linked her arm around Gon's, giving her aunt a deadly glare. "I won't leave his side. No matter how foolish or stupid," she sent a glance to Gon, "his plan is."

The two seemed to have a showdown, brown eyes staring into green, both pushing for what they believed was the right thing to do. Finally, Mito sighed and put a hand to her forehead.

"Fine," she said, "but on one condition." She held up her index finger. "The two of you must capture the master of the swamp . . . within a week from today."

"Oh, Aunt Mito makes me so mad!" Genesis whined, kicking her feet against the rock that she and Gon were sitting on.

Gon gave his sister a sideways glance before pulling his fishing rod back in. "Stay right here," he said, jumping down from the rock.

"Hey!" she called, "Where are you going?"

"I'm going to stand by the bank," Gon said, holding his rod against his shoulder. "You stay here in case it tries to jump away!"

"And what do I do if it does?" she asked, furrowing her brows.

Gon shrugged. "Shoot it?"

On instinct, Genesis reached behind her and unhooked the slingshot from her skirt, usually keeping it trapped between her skirt and her white yoga pants. "With what?"

Gon pointed to the rock she was sitting on. "Break off a piece of that. You should know where to hit an animal to knock it out!"

Break off a piece of the rock? Was he mistaking her for himself? Sure, she had her strengths but breaking something ten times her own size? It was true, however, that she knew most animals weak spots. Especially this one. Her distaste for animals had lead her to do research of this kind in an attempt to make sure she would be safe if ever running into them. And she had made sure to do her research on this creature. But that didn't make things any easier.

Thankfully (for Genesis) Gon's one time of actually encountering the creature had led to his rod breaking and him scratching up his shirt. She told him at that point that they should head home and get changed and go back out again tomorrow. But Gon wasn't having any of it and continued on until late into the night.

Once Genesis began to get sleepy, she made herself comfortable against a tree, the very one that the fox-bear cub had been staying in before he got too big. As she lay against the tree with Gon's jacket draped around her shoulders, she tried to remember what he had named the little guy, but her mind wasn't giving it up. So, as she watched Gon try time and time again to find a new way to catch the creature, Genesis found herself nodding off, soon finding herself too far gone to keep her eyes open.

When Genesis woke up (much later into the day) she saw that Gon was once again perched on the rock wearing the oddest outfit she had ever seen. He looked like he was trying to blend into the moss. Quietly after rubbing the sleep from her eyes, Genesis climbed back up the rock, settling on sitting crossed legged behind her brother.

"What're you doing Gon?" she asked sleepily. "I thought your rod broke."

"It did," Gon replied, his voice slightly strained. "Aunt Mito gave me dad's old rod."

Even though the mention of their father usually sent Genesis off the deep end, she simply frowned and sighed, leaning forward so her head rested against her brother's back. They sat there in the silence for quite a few minutes, and Genesis figured she would have fallen back asleep at that point had her brother's breathing not taken up her mind. It wasn't calm like she was used to it being. Gon always had a calm breathing pattern. She knew because every time she had a nightmare, every time she was too afraid to sleep, Gon would climb into her bed, wrap his arms around her, and she would listen to the calmness of his breathing until she fell asleep. It wasn't like that now, and it bothered her.

When it changed drastically, she shot up into a proper sitting position. The end of Gon's rod pulled into the water, and Gon pulled back roughly on it. Genesis saw Gon rise to his feet as he was carried forward and quickly reached out to grip her hands around his waist, keeping him from falling off the large rock.

She wasn't sure what happened, but Gon pushed her back after a minute, shouting something along the lines of "I have an idea". Nearly losing her balance on the rock, she allowed her feet to slide her down so that she was on the solid ground again. When she looked up, she saw that Gon had the string from the rod wrapped around a branch from the tree above them and had the fish they were hunting hanging from it. All she could do was stare incredulously. Her brother sure was amazing sometimes.

Even though Genesis' face showed absolute boredom, she was secretly enjoying the surprised expression on her aunt's face when she and Gon showed up carrying the master of the swamp on their backs. Gon looked excited as usual, going straight into asking for permission to take the exam again. When Aunt Mito picked up their cards, Genesis half expected her to rip them in half, but she returned them to the two intact. Gon showed nothing but gratitude and a smile to their aunt as she stepped back into her house, but Genesis saw the saddened look on her face.

"Stupid," she mumbled to Gon, pulling her hand back and slamming it down on his head.

On the day that Gon and Genesis were preparing to set off for the exam, Aunt Mito told them something surprising. She said that Ging didn't leave them. He was forced to hand over custody of the twins to Mito, because she didn't think he could take care of them the way he was. Gon seemed to already know this, but it was news to Genesis and only made her angrier.

While Gon and Aunt Mito hugged goodbye, Genesis stood fuming. "So what?" she asked, pulling her hat down to cover her eyes. "He didn't abandon us? Just because you had custody, that means he couldn't see us anymore? That's a load of crap! He still could have stuck around. Have been in our lives!"

"You don't understand, honey. I told him to stay away," Aunt Mito said, but Genesis covered her ears with her hands.

"I don't wanna hear it!" Genesis shouted. After that, she jumped into the makeshift boat her and Gon were going to use. "Can we go, Gon?"

Gon sent a look to Aunt Mito and gave her another quick hug before jumping in after his sister. "Yeah," he said, settling into the chair he had placed in the middle of the boat. "Goodbye, Aunt Mito."

"Goodbye, Gon. . . Goodbye Genesis."

Genesis tilted her hat up a little to look her aunt in the eyes and gave her a tight lipped smile before lying down on her back in the boat, pulling her hat back down to cover her eyes.

As they started moving, Genesis noticed Gon stand up and wave. Curiously, she sat up on her elbows only to see a flock of animals gathered near the river. She scowled and pulled out her slingshot and tossed a paper wad from it at the animals.

"Get a move on!" she shouted to them before lying down again.

Gon just laughed and sat back in his chair. "You know you love the animals just as much as I do, Genesis."

She smirked but kept her head down, closing her eyes and listening to the forest around her. "Whatever you say, doofus."

Author's Note: Tada! It's finished! Well, the first chapter that is. Only took...9 pages? Yeah, 9 pages. Is that too long? Hm...It's just a recount of the first episode from Genesis' POV. The chapters will be kind of like that, but don't worry. There will be...some things that are different! I bet you can't wait to see her meet Leorio, right? If he thought Gon was annoying BOY is he gonna have issues with Genesis! I bet you guys saw this coming already, right? Right! Yes, yes I KNOW I need to work on Red and I AM. Give me like, 3 days (I hope that's all it'll take) I'm back in school and its tense right now. I'm focusing on making sure that I'm all planned and know what's going on. THIS came about randomly with an idea. I was just writing it to see how it worked...and I would like to share it with you.

Review? Do you like it? What do you think of Genesis? Do you like stories that deal with sibling relationships? Do you think you want to continue reading? Criticisms? ANYTHING YOU WANT TO SAY! I'd like a review with more than one sentence. If you like, tell me why (or just a part that you specifically liked) or why you DIDN'T. You don't have to, of course, I can't force you. I still want your review. but maybe answer one of my questions here? Please? So...um...see ya in Red or the next chapter of Hall of Fame.