Disclaimer: I, Luna loves u, do not own HxH or any Characters except for Mei.
There was a tense silence in the tunnel, after all they were all here to become hunters and that meant that all others in the room with them were their competition. And who would make friends with someone who would become a threat later on?
In a corner of this tunnel, a girl of about twelve sat, her blue eyes watching the people around her. 'These people are nothing compared to some of the people back at home.' She thought, playing with her long black hair and thinking, 'I wonder how they got here, when they are so weak?' As this question went around and around her head, she noticed that a man was towards her and he seemed to be smiling, but this girl knew that it was fake.
"Hello, I haven't seen you here before. My name is Tonpa and this is my thirty fifth time taking the hunter exam, making me somewhat of a veteran." Tonpa says, all the while thinking, 'Another Rookie, this one should be easy to crush.'
The girl's eyes narrow at the man, analyzing the smug aura around him, 'This man is up to something.' She thought, before turning calmly saying, "Hello I am Mei. What can I do for you?"
Tonpa grins and says, "I just thought that I could come over here and introduce myself, and offer you any help during the exams that you need."
Mei looks at him and nods, "Thank you Tonpa, I might take you up on that." While thinking inside, 'Like hell!'
Tonpa's grin widens and he says, "Then to commemorate our friendship, why don't we have a toast with these?" As he pulls out two cans of soda and hands one to Mei.
Mei looks at the can and wonders, 'I wonder what he put in this? Oh well, not like it's anything that could hurt me; after all I am immune to most poisons.' Shrugging and opening the can, she drinks down the contents of the can and sighs in relief at finally quenching her thirst. "Thanks Tonpa, that really quenched my thirst."
Tonpa who had watched her down the can, snickered and thought, 'Well you won't be so glad in a little while, because you are about to have a bad case of the runnies.' But on the outside, he replied with a "No problem, well I guess if you need anything you know where I am. See you later." He says, before walking away with a wide grin stretched across his face.
Meanwhile behind him, Mei was thinking, 'Huh, just a mild laxative, how boring.' Before turning and catching the eyes of a young silver haired boy, who seemed to have seen the entire situation and was laughing at what had occurred. Mei stares at him in wonder, 'What's wrong with him?' The boy starts to her after he's stopped laughing, making Mei tense up and prepare for a fight.
"Hey, how old are you?" The boy asks in a serious tone.
"Twelve, what about you?" Mei asks.
"Twelve as well, so how was the pop?" He asks, looking at her with an analyzing look.
"Good, especially with laxatives in it." She smirks, to which he returns.
"So you did know, why did you still drink it?" The boy asks.
"Cause it's not like I'll die from it. It's just a simple laxative." She says.
The boy nods and says, "I almost forgot, I'm Killua."
Mei says, "I'm Mei, so how did you know about the poison?"
Killua smirks, "Cause he gave me one too, it wasn't too bad a taste."
"True, it just tastes like flavored soda with a bit of a kick to it." She says, chugging the last bit of the soda.
"So how many do you think will fail this first exam?" He asks her.
Mei thinks about it a few minutes, then says, "I bet about twenty or thirty in the first exam. But by the end, I would estimate their will only be about ten or so of us."
Killua thinks about it and nods, "Well…" Before he was able to finish, the sound of the elevator coming down is heard and everyone turns to see the elevator. Out of the elevator steps three people, all male but ranging in age; one is a young boy, the second is a teenager and the final is a grown man. All the people in the room glared at the new comers and the three seemed to be nervous at the attention they were being given.
Tonpa, who had moved to sit above everyone, jumped down and started talking to the three. A few minutes later a scream sounded and a man was looking at his arms that were disappear in what looked like a shower of Cherry Blossoms. A red haired man stood before him, looking the part of a gesture and smirking sinisterly at the man who was screaming. "Oh how particular...His arms seem to have become flower petals." He says, before opening his arms wide and saying, "No smoke or mirrors here." He then looks down at the man on the ground and says, "Do take care. When you bump into someone, make sure to apologize."
All the examinees around Killua and Mei cringed, whispering about the man 'Hisoka' and how he was here again, along with 'monster' being whispered and talk of the examiner that he had almost killed last year. Inside of Killua and Mei's thoughts the same thing echoed, 'Must watch out for that one, he's strong.' But they also felt no pity for the man without arms, cause they agreed with Hisoka about apologizing if you bump into someone.
After that incident, Killua and Mei just watched the trio that is with Tonpa and laughed when the younger boy took one drink of the soda and spit it out saying something about 'Expired'; causing the other two with him to dump their drinks.
"What do you say to going and getting another few cans of the soda? I'm still thirsty." Killua asks Mei, who nods and follows after Killua. Tonpa seeing them approaching together, watches them warily after the encounter that he had with both; after all who drinks laxative yet shows no signs of it?
Killua calls out in a childish voice, "Tonpa, could I have more of that juice?"
Mei smiles childishly from beside him and says in an equally childish voice, "Yes Tonpa, may we have some more? I think our nerves are acting up."
Tonpa blinks in bewilderment and nods with slight hesitation, before handing over another two cans to the two and watch as they drink them. 'Even though it's only a laxative, if they keep ingesting it then they are going to die of dehydration.' He thinks.
"Worried?" Killua asks, as Tonpa continues to give the two kids looks of worry, "Don't be, poisons don't work on me." He smirks and walks away with a couple of cans he had snatched from Tonpa.
Mei smirks at Tonpa and nods, "I also have immunity to most poisons, but maybe next time you'll think before you underestimate kids." She skips to catch up to Killua and looks at the cans in his hands, leaving Tonpa to gap at them from behind. "Why'd you grab those?" She asks.
"So that we have something to drink later." Killua explains, "After all, we have no idea how long this exam is going to be." He then throws her a can of soda.
Mei looks at him with a look of curiosity, wondering why he had thought of her, "You thought about me?"
Killua just shrugs, "You are the first person to come near me, why wouldn't I?" He asks.
"I guess I forgot that I am no longer at home, cause no one there ever cares for someone else; not even if they are their own kids." She explains, remembering when one of her 'friends' ended up dying after his parents had attacked him for his food. That was just how the place she had grown up in was, the weak fell to the strong and if you were weak death was only a natural part of life.
Killua looks at her with a look of wonder, 'Where could she have grown up that that happened, even my family as assassins' care enough about each other; that if one is about to die another will step in.' But he didn't ask about it, he just nodded and says, "Well I will make sure to take care of you, if you promise to do so in return."
Mei blinks and thinks about the idea, 'A person that will take care of me, even though they just meet me a little while ago, as long as I return the favor? I don't know, what if it's a trick to get me to trust him and then he attacks me when my back is turned?' She looks him in the eyes, 'No, he is genuinely asking me.' She nods, "As long as you don't mind making an oath, I don't mind."
Killua looks confused, "What is an oath?"
"An oath is where both parties in a situation swear they will do something and if they don't the cost will be something that is offered to the other person for the breaking of the deal. Like mine to you would be, I swear to protect you from everything within my power at the time of the incident and if I do not do so I will pay the same amount of damage that was inflicted on you on my own body." She explains, before she slices open her hand and holds it up, "We will seal this oath with blood, so that we will remember our oath with each time we ourselves bleed."
Killua blinks and thinks about it, before seeing the benefits of such a deal, 'For one someone who will always have my back no matter what, plus she will always try to help me. That is more than what my family can give me sometimes.' "Okay, and in return I will do the same for you at all times, with an added detail that we will always support the other even if we can't protect them completely; meaning that even if we can't protect the other, we will do our best to get them out of the situation. If we betray that vow the injury of the one abandoned will become the abandonees." He says, before cutting his hand and holding it up to meet hers.
"Deal!" They say together, as they're hands meet and for those who could feel it, an aura spread through the room signaling the power of their deal to all those around them. They both grin at each other and smile at each other, before they released hands and went back to idly chatting with each other.
A little while later they heard what could only be described as something ringing, and the rumbling of a wall lifting. A man who was standing in front of the now lifted wall, speaks up and says, "Sorry for the wait. The period for the Hunter applicants has ended. The Hunter exam will now begin!" Everyone around them grins or smirks, before the man once again speaks, "A word of caution. If you are short on luck or ability, you could very well end up seriously injured or dead. Those who accept the risks, please follow me. Otherwise, please exit via the elevator behind you." The man pauses here and waits to if anyone leaves, but no one does. "Very well. All 404 applicants in Phase One."
He then about turns and begins marching, all the applicants following behind him while some grumbled about random things. A few minutes passed and the people in front of them, picked up their pace causing Killua and Mei to as well. The man then calls back to the examinees, "I neglected to introduce myself. I am Satotz, the Phase One Examiner. I shall lead you to the exam's Second Phase."
"Second Exam? What about the First?" Someone from the back asks.
"It has already commenced." Satotz states.
This caused many stun questions of 'Already began?' from within the crowd.
"You must follow me to the Second Phase." Satotz says, "This is the exam's First Phase."
"Just follow you?" Many whisper in back.
The Examiner nods and goes on to explain that while he cannot tell them how far they will go, or when they would arrive; he would just lead them there. Killua and Mei just look at each other and shrug before following after the man.
So that is the end of this first chapter and just to tell you now, this fanfiction will be following the 2012 remake of Hunter x Hunter. I hope you enjoy the next few chapter, when I upload them.