Hunter Versus Hunter:

Prologue:

Hunters, They are people with extraordinary abilities that work much like mercenaries...
They are employed by clients or organisations and use their abilities to complete jobs.
The jobs a hunter can take range from searching for a lost dog to working with assassins or as a bodyguard, and more importantly the rewards are great... Money and fame beyond ones greatest dreams...!
I wanted to be come a hunter.

Episode 01: Journey x And x Nen.

It was a cold morning.
The sun's light, entering through my window, spread on the floor, climbing my bed and reaching my eyelids. That was what woke me up today... and it was also what woke me up everyday, however that was about to change.
Today I was leaving home!
I had spent this whole year studying and working many different jobs, all for the sake of going on this journey... a very expensive journey, half-way through the world, which would lead me to the hunter association headquarters.
Needless to say I was going there in order to become a hunter, however although I knew that a hunters exam would take place there, I didn't know the exact position or date...
'Don't worry Zak,' I thought to myself, 'that too is part of the great adventure on which you are about to embark!'
With these thoughts in mind I got dressed, took my quite-large backpack, and left my room.

Downstairs I ate breakfast with my grandparents and my Aunt's family, then I said my farewells with a forced smile.
"Will you come back...?" Sinna, my twelve year old female cousin asked.
She was standing at the door with tears in her eyes.
"Yes," I smiled, "after I become a hunter I'll make sure to come back...!"
Turning around to leave I realised I also had a tear rolling down my cheek.
'Crying sure is contagious...' I realised.

A few hours later I was on a bus, a very old and dusty one. It was full of people and I was sitting by its open back, looking at my town as it disappeared behind some hills.
I had a long journey ahead, and that made me happy, It meant I could meditate.
I could meditate in order to awaken my aura, or as the friend that taught me some exercises called it, my nen.
I believed that by doing meditation and a few other exercises I would be able to awaken my nen without needing an actual teacher.
After closing my eyes I stopped thinking.
I felt the wind on my skin, heard a flock of birds taking off nearby and then smelled spring approaching, taking over through the blooming of flowers...
Then I felt my aura.
Everyone has an aura, however training is needed for someone to unlock it, making it stronger and more controllable.
I had not yet unlocked mine, however though training I started to feel like some kind of... Gate, was opening inside me
'Let's just hope I unlock my aura before the hunter exam begins.' I thought.

And to my surprise, just a few days later it actually happened!
I was on a large boat to Yorknew city, alone in an unused backup engine room, when I felt the 'Gate' inside me actually open. Power immediately started coursing through my body.
'Is this nen...?' I wondered feeling energised and excited.
My body was enveloped in a 'suit' of aura, and also for some reason I was able to see that aura with my own eyes... I had heard that professional nen users were able to see aura, and although by accident, that was what I was doing right now!
I looked around me searching for other sources of energy, however there was nothing in the room, then to my surprise I saw something through the wall. A great amount of nen was moving; It passed outside the door of the engine room in which I was training.
Immediately I stood up and I left the room. Outside I saw no one, however I could still see nen so I noticed a trail on the floor... A trail which I followed.
A few minutes later...
I was still following the trail, however now I was moving slower as I had to concentrate on my eyes... my nen vision was disappearing, probably because my unlocked aura had started stabilising inside my body. I needed to hurry.
While walking I found myself passing through many narrow hallways and emergency stairways, heading deeper into parts of the ship I didn't' even know existed.
Then I reached a door.
The trail stopped here, meaning that the person who's nen I was tracking was probably inside the room.
'Shit...'
Suddenly all auras disappeared from my sight. They became invisible, leaving me alone outside this room...
I knocked.
"Come in," a young-sounding male voice said, "everyone is waiting."
'Waiting? For me...?'
I placed my hand on the doorknob and slowly opened the door, then I carefully entered the room behind it.
It was a quite large room. Inside it I saw three people, two young men and a girl.
One of the two men, a blond guy wearing a expensive suit, was standing up while the other two were having tea by a table.
"You must be Vallen" the blond one spoke, looking at me and wearing a smile.
"Ehh... Vallen...?"
"Isn't that how your nickname is read?" He asked, and behind him the other two also looked at me.
'Nickname...? what's going on?' Zak wondered, 'why do they think I'm this guy called Vallen?'
The answer was obvious; they thought I was Vallen because they had never met this guy up close.
"Sorry, I'm not this Vallen..." I decided to speak the truth, "I'm Zak, a random guy that wants to become a hunter..."
After I said that they looked at eachother, then the guy sitting and drinking tea spoke:
"How did you find this place?"
Seeing that they showed a strange reaction when I spoke of becoming a hunter, I decided to answer honestly again.
"I followed someone's Nen... the trail of it throughout the boat, and it led me here."
When I spoke of nen the three of them looked at eachother again, then the guy who was sitting got up...
"This must be fate!" He spoke with a smile, then he approached me, "don't you agree?"
"Fate...?" I spoke confused.
He grabbed my hand in a strong handshake.
"I'm Kay, Kay Kollinz," he introduced himself, "the silent girl is Eve and this guy over here is-"
"Leonard Val' Einz" the blond man cut of Kay and he introduced himself, "I'm the organiser of this meeting on which you barged in."
"Ah, I see..." I spoke still not understanding why my meeting with these people was fate.
The answer to my unasked question immediately came from Eve.
"We are hunter-wannabes..." she spoke with a beautiful small smile, "Same as you."

To Be Continued...