Title: Dat Hunter Exam

Note: The Chimera Ant Arc never happened! Chairman Netero is still alive!

I do not own HxH

It was dark. That's the first thing I remember when I woke up. Then the pain came. I groaned as I sat up to looking around, trying to remember what happened and where I am. I was inside a bush with branches poking at my face. I shook my head, shaking some leaves out of my hair. Thinking hard, I crawled out of the bush, wincing at the pain and wondering why I am in there. Thinking back, I was doing my usual things; doing my chores, reading books, and waiting for Kurapika's return from the Outside World. I was just going to bed when... that's right. That's when that incident happened. I clutch my head, with my eyes shut tight, whispering, "Kurapika, where are you?"

I stood up, shaking a little. It must be a miracle that I survived. I winced at I put weight on foot, remembering that I've sprang it the day before, while I was running away from the... people? They seem more like monsters to me. They killed my brethren one after another, as if they were using magic and ripping out the fallen ones' eyes as they go. I shook my head some more, the memory torturing me. Those people who call themselves the Spiders don't seem like humans at all. One of them had bullets flying out of his fingers, and another had a talking vacuum cleaner. And most importantly, they killed our people without a moment of hesitation. I can't believe people like them exist in the Outside World.

I walk toward the town, which is covered with the blood of our people. I shivered as I saw that the bodies of our people are missing their eyes. With my bad eyesight, I tried to look for any survivors, though it seems that my efforts are in vain. I couldn't find anyone, not even a single bit of life. The trees were crushed, not a bird nor insect was heard. Everything was stained with blood. I cried out when I saw my parents' bodies. I ran, tripping towards them. I sat beside my dead parents, weeping over them. Sniffing, I quietly carried my parents to bury them. When I'm done I thought how Kurapika would react if he saw what happened to us, so I hurried to go bury the others.

The sun was already setting when I finished, and I was starving. I walked to my house to look for any food in there. I gathered as much food and water I could find; crushed bread, half eaten apples, etc. I put what I could find into a sack and looked around town. I must warn Kurapika, I thought, if he sees this, he will definitely go after the Spiders, and I need to stop him. Saying good bye and sorry to my hometown, I started to walk towards the Outside World.

(7 years later)

I munched my apple as I walked around a town in the Outside World. There are a lot of people there, some are mean, nice, poor, and rich. Looking for Kurapika is hard, 7 years already passed and I hadn't found a clue of him. "Hey, did you heard about this year's Exam?" I heard someone from the back, I looked around and saw two people chatting. "Yeah, the Hunter Exam?" Hunter! A memory flashed in my mind, the one when Kurapika and I was still in the forest and when we saved a nice lady called Shelia. She gave us a book called Dino Hunter from the Outside World. That's what inspired Kurapika and me to go to the Outside World. Interested, I continued to listen to the people talking, "That's the one, I heard that this year's exam will be interesting, are you going? I'm going." "NO way! I'm not cut out to be a Hunter, the exam's too hard dude."

"Um, excuse me mister," I walked up to the two chatting men, "do you know where's the hunter exam is going to take place?"

"Hey, kid, don't you know that you could die in the exam?! It's dangerous!"

"It's okay, I just want to know, that's all."

"Fine, be that way, the boat over there, you see? It'll take you to the exam site, the old man over there is very cranky, so be careful."

"Thank you mister! And I will!" I thanked the two nice men and ran to the ship with the old man.

Seeing the ship up close is really something, I thought as I near the ship. I noticed that the ship was filled with all kinds of people, probably they all want to be Hunters as well. "Um, sir? I heard this ship will take people to the Hunter Exam, can I go on?" I asked the old man.

"Eh? Ah sure, come on board lad," answered the man. "Thank you!" I hurried on to the ship. "Ah, another kid, its been a while since I've carried a kid on board." I heard the old sailor man mumbled. As I got on board, all the people stared at me and one of them called out, "Hey kid! This isn't some playground, hurry'ap and leave! If you don't wanna die!" I just smiled in reply and found a spot to sit. When I sat, the ship started to move when I sat down. I looked around the ship excited for the exam, so many people wants to become a hunter! Getting bored, I started reading my most treasured book, Dino Hunter. Then I fell asleep.

BOOM! I woke with a shake, waking up soaked. "Hey kid, hurry up and go below dock! A huge storm's coming!" one of the sailors yelled at me. I hurried and picked up my things and ran down the stairs to the bottom of the ship. When I got down, I noticed that a bunch of people are sea sick. I stepped pass the people to a spot to continue my reading, saying sorry when I accidentally stepped on someone. When I finished the book for like the hundredth time, one of the sailors came to get me, "Kid, our captain wants to see you." I nodded and walked to the captain who happen to be the old man.

"Hello!" I called as I walked up to him.

"Ah, there you are. I just want to ask you some questions."

"Sure."

"What's ya name kid?"

"Pairo."

"Hump, ok, what a kid like you want to be a Hunter for aye?"

"Um..." I started thinking, "I want to become a Hunter because of this book!" I showed the man the book Dino Hunter.

"Lemme see," said the man and I handed him the book. He flipped through the pages of the book and handed it back to me laughing, "So ya want to become a Dino Hunter?"

"No, I just though being a hunter will be fun! It had been my lifelong dream!" I answered, proud, remembering my adventures with Kurapika. Then my face fell for a second, remembering what made me leave my town. But I continued to smile so the man won't wonder about anything.

The man laughed again, "I like you kid! Ok! I'll take you to the place nearest to the exam site!"

"Thank you sir!"

Finally, after a few hours on the boat, I finally got back on to the land. "Thank you again sir! You're nice!" "Of course I am kid! Lemme tell you something that will help you, ya see that tree over there? Go there first, that's a short cut to the exam site."

"Thank you!"

I ran and waved good bye to the nice old man and turned to the tree. It took me a while to get to a town near to the tree, and then some people with masks came out with an old lady playing some music. Then they stopped and the lady stared to talk, "Exciting… exciting… EXCITING TWO CHOICE QUESTION QUIZ!" I flinched when the lady suddenly shouted. And the people started to play music again. Then they stopped. What a weird bunch. "In order to get to the tree, you need to pass the two choice question quiz. There will be one question in the quiz and the answer is either the two choices, any other answers will be considered incorrect. You only have five seconds to answer the question." The lady continued to talk, "The question is: You have a daughter and a son, and they are kidnaped by some bad people, and you only can save one of them, who will you choose?" I stared at the lady, thinking hard. Then a thought hit me and I smiled at her, not saying a thing. The lady started to count down, "Five, four, three, two, one…" I still didn't do anything nor say anything. I just continued to smile at her. She stared at me for a moment then smiled, "You are correct, you may go through this passage to get to the tree." I bowed at the lady, "Thank you!" and rushed to the passage way with the lady staring after me.

It took even more time for me to get to the tree. When I finally arrived to the tree, there was a small cabin under it. I walked up to the cabin and knocked the wooden door. I waited for someone to open the door when I suddenly heard a crash and a scream. I hurried and opened the door, seeing an animal holding a lady by the neck and a man injured on the floor. When the animal saw me, it jumped through the window and flew off. I ran as fast as I could, which is not very fast and easy, and chased after the animal. When I near the animal, I grabbed out my bokken and throw it at the animal when its attention was somewhere else. I tripped when I tried to catch the lady when the animal dropped her in surprise and ran away. I winced when she landed heavily on me. "Ow…" I groaned, and the lady hurried to get up, "Sorry!" she yelped. "It's okay, are you alright?" I asked her as I got up and grabbed my bokken from the ground. "Yes… is my husband alright?"

"Oh, I forgot to check on him, but he seemed to be alright when I left him."

"Take me to my husband, please!" She begged and her sleeve went up and I saw a tattoo on her arm. She noticed me staring at her tattoo and backed away from me, covering her tattoo.

"Um, miss? Are you sure that you're married? I thought people with that tattoo can't marry…" I asked her and trailed off when she made a creepy smile. Then she giggled and patted my back, "You got me, now let's get back to the cabin." "Ok?" I asked, unsure what is happening and followed her since I don't have a choice. When we got back, I saw that the man was okay and two of those animals that attacked the people. I gasped and jumped back, preparing my bokken. "It's ok, you passed," the lady said to me. I looked at her, confused of what is happening. The animals laughed and started to talk, "Yes, you have passed, being knowledgeable is important in becoming a hunter, we are the navigators and we will take you to the exam site."

"Really!" I exclaimed and sighed, and looked up at the nice navigators and smiled at them, "Thank you!" and bowed. They stared at me for a moment, and then one of the navigators came up to me, "I will take you to there, please hang on to my feet." "OK!" I grabbed on to the navigator's foot and it started to fly.