"You may begin!" The examiner's voice rang through the enormous hall.

Killua smiled. He was ready for a fresh chance to be a Hunter. He zipped around the hall with small bursts of energy emanating from him. After he had taken a few hundred candidates' tags, he spotted a rather interesting fight. A rather large man with what looked like a club was fighting a girl about his age.

The girl was wearing wearing black yoga pants, a cutoff shirt with a blue jacket over it, and a large pair of headphones draped around her neck. Her eyes were a glowing shade of amber, dark eyeliner adding a dark impact to her icy glare at her opponent. What surprised Killua the most was the building aura around her. While the man was mocking her by allowing her to figure out an attack, the look on her face stated that she already had.

Then, she did something that neither of them would have expected. She picked up her right foot, and began doing a fouette. The man began laughing, telling Killua that he had never heard of nen. The faster she spun, the stronger her aura grew. When she stopped spinning, her outfit had enigmatically changed. Her shock of long, red hair was now tied up with a diamond-shaped band. She had a skirt, and short-sleeved short, both of which had a design made up of strictly bits and bytes. Her eyes looked like a computer start-up, as many unknown code names scrolled through her irises. A determined smile topped the whole thing off. Suddenly, she spoke.

"I'm sorry, but there's something that I'm after." Her tone was threatening, and it made the man step back a few steps.

"ERROR 404!" What had happened next could only be described as a glitch. The girl had disappeared, leaving the man and Killua looking around to find her. Killua was distracted from his search when he had noticed the man shouting in pain and twitching uncontrollably. When the latter fell to the ground, the girl was standing behind the convulsing man. She smacked her hands together, grabbed the dead man's tag, and pulled out a silk cloth. Killua had to speak to her, his curiosity peaking.

He started walking towards her, while the girl pulled out a silk cloth. Kill was dumbfounded by the fact that she hadn't noticed him when he was that close to her. She began to spin again, the silk cloth blocking Killua from seeing her. It was then Killua had realized: he had gotten too close to her.

Before Killua had a chance to jump back, his stomach was kicked by an extremely fast foot dawned in a large sneaker. The girl skidded to a stop, and stared at him in horror.

"I'M SO SORRY!" She cried, weakly reaching a hand out to help him. Killua had regained his composure, and stood up straight once again.

"It's fine," he groaned, waving dismissively.

"A-are you okay?" She asked, concerned for the assassin.

"Yeah, I'm fine," Here responded, noting that her outfit had reverted back to its original state.

"Hey, was that your nen ability?" He asked, pointing to the dead man.

"You know about nen?" She asked.

"Yeah. That's why I was moving so fast. How does yours work, exactly?"

"I hate to be so distrustful when I just kicked you in the stomach, but why should I tell you? In this challenge, we are enemies. That's how the Hunter Exam works, is it not? In fact, why shouldn't I be fighting you for these tags right now?"

"Good point."

After fighting for a few minutes, Killua decided to throw some conversation into the combat.

"Aren't you going to do that thing again?"

"Are you mocking me?"

"Not really, I'm just curious."

"You know, you have a lot of nerve."

"Fine, then, I won't show you mine."

"You know what, fine! I'll do it."

Killua laughed to himself. He was great with reverse psychology. He watched her spin again, mesmerized by the speed of the tornado that was her feet. He smirked at the battle's change of pace, as he watched her slow down, waiting for the bits and bytes to show up. He was surprised to see that she wasn't in said outfit, but in a purple long-sleeved shirt, blue jeans, and her eyes glowed red.

"What…What are you?" Killua asked.

"Heh…" The girl chuckled, "not human."

Suddenly, faster than the naked eye could follow, she was zipping across the room. Killua activated his gyo to find her, one place to the next. He gasped. She was right behind him. She had black tentacles shooting out of her back, reaching out to get a strangle grip on Killua. A menacing grimace covered her face, burning into his face. Recovering his composure, Killua returned the glare, and sent an electrical current through her tentacles, shocking the monster-like figure. She cried out in pain, falling to the ground. She released her crushing grip, allowing Killua to fall with her. She groaned, pushing herself back up.

"You got some skills," Killua grinned, "too bad you're still not the best."

"SHUT UP! SHUT UP RIGHT NOW!" She screamed, as if the sentence had meant something more. Her voice was distorted, and blood was streaming out of her eyes. She attacked him with no sense of direction, but with great speed. When she had stopped to catch her breath, Killua had noticed a large cut on his arm. They stared at each other for a few seconds. Killua's gave held surprise and impression. The girl's gaze held something that Killua couldn't identify clearly. From what he could infer, it held resentment held back from years of hatred.

"Here," Killua said casually, tossing some of his tags over to her. "Take these."

"Don't take pity on me." She growled, "I'm not weak."

"I'm not saying that you are."

"Then what are you saying?"

"I'm not saying anything."

The girl sighed in frustration, and reluctantly took the tags, and the bag that was unceremoniously dropped on the floor before. They walked towards the exit of the room.

"By the way, I never caught your name."

"I'm Erin." The girl replied, "But my friends call me Techno because I'm so good with electronics."

"And dancing, evidently," Killua smiled, "I'm Killua."

"Oh, that…I guess I should tell you how that ability wired now. I kinda owe you one." Erin loosened up a bit. "I have to do a fouette successfully, and I transform into one of five people. Each of them has their own personality, and power. The two you saw were Error 404, and The Monster. I'm pretty sure you know how their powers work. The other three are Beat, Root, and Knife. Beat listens to music, and with each beat, the enemy gets another injury. It goes on until either the song is over, or the opponent is dead. Knife is basically insane. She just goes for the sharpest object she can find, and goes nuts. Root is the strongest. She uses natural elements to destroy her enemies."

"Whoa. However, you must know that the more setbacks your nen has, the stronger it is. How is it so strong if all you have to do is that spinning thing?"

"It's called a fouette," Erin laughed, "and the setback is that I hear those guys' input on every idea I have. It gets pretty crowded in there!" At this point, the two were laughing like normal friends, and they were at the exit of the large room.

"What took you guys so long?" The examiner asked.

"It took a little while to get everyone's tags. Plus, were had a little…argument." Killua laughed. "So, when's the next phase?"

"That won't be necessary." The examiner stood up. "You have passed the Hunter Exam!"

Killua and Erin smiled, and went on to accept their license. After the ceremony, the two talked for a few minutes.

"So, I guess this is where we part ways. See you." Killua smiled.

Erin frowned, and looked down, "I never asked what you wanted a Hunter license for. If you tell me, I'll tell you what I went here for."

"Okay. I went here for an easier time clearing Greed Island."

"You were in Greed Island?!" She grabbed his shoulders like a fool.

"Um, yeah…" Killua removed her hands.

"Amazing! What was it like? What do you have to do? What are the people like in there?" She seemed utterly fascinated as she asked question after question. Killua just laughed.

"And why are you here?"

"Oh, yeah, that. I came here to prove a point, for one, and two, so I can access more content on the deep web."

"What point?"

"That I have a purpose."

Killua was taken aback with such a statement. "What do you mean?"

"Y'see…I don't exactly get along with my peers where I come from. They were pretty rough. So, I figured that if I was good enough to get a Hunter License, they might take me seriously, and not as another useless nerd."

"You don't need to risk your life to do that!"

"I kind of did."
Killua rolled his eyes. "So what's this about the deep web?"

"Ah, the deep web! I have extensive knowledge of what lies behind the videos of cats with millions of views. I have some ties with people that run the internet from behind the curtain. With those ties, I've been able to hack into various sites, and do so much more than the average."

"You have ties with hackers?!" Killua's eyes widened.

"Yup."

"How?!"

"Well, we have a bit of a mutual agreement. I exchange information on what targets are up to, and wince they have all of the money, they provide me with needed software. However, they send it to me via raw code. I have to put it together like a puzzle, but it's no problem."

"Whoa. So, what are you planning to do now?"

"To be honest, I have no idea. I'm not exactly ready to go back to the city."

"Is that so?"

"Why wouldn't it be?"

"I don't know."

"Is it okay if I go with you?" Erin had been trying to find the right way to ask since the fight had ended. Before it was too late, she had to go for it.

"That would be great, but you have to have a ring to go inside the game."

Erin suddenly gasped. "I have an idea!"

"What?"

Erin reached into her bag, and pulled a headset.

"What use is that?" Killua asked.

"Well, it's a gaming headset. I used to do a lot of gaming. I could go onto the computer, and communicate with you with this."

"That sounds like a solid plan, except the fact that there are security guards everywhere."

"Leave it to me. Also, when I get in the game from the outside, I can hack the game, and do so much for you and your team."

"Alright." Killua shoved his license in his pocket. "Let's go," he motioned.

"Techno!"