Sorry for the late update. Exam's coming so the next chapter will probably be late too. Thanks for the review


Chapter 2

CRACK!

The giant gate suddenly open. There a woman sitting comfortably on couch with a man sitting behind her with a body size too big to be true "I'm Menchi, the second phase examiner" the woman introduced "I'm Buhara, the other examiner" the man introduced

"GROAAAA"

"You're hungry huh?"Menchi asked Buhara

"I'm starving"

"There you have it, the second phase will involve…...cooking!"Menchi turn to the crowd

"C…cooking?!"

"Wait, cooking?! We're here to take the hunter exam!" one of the examinees say

"True, your challenge for the second phase is to create a dish to satisfy us" Menchi answered

"The ingredient you need is pork" Buhara continued "you are free to use meat from any species of pig in the forest. You must use the cooking facilities here to prepare it. You will only pass if both of us find it delicious" "When the both of us are full, the exam will end" Menchi cut in "Then, let the second phase exam begin!"

All of the examinees start to rush into the forest and start their search for pigs.


While Gon, Killua, Kurapika and Leorio is busy hunting for pigs, they didn't notice a shadow approaching them.

"Gon nii-chan!" Reina suddenly come out of nowhere "Uwahhh!" Gon jumped and lose his balance, falling of a slope, pulling Killua, Leorio and Kurapika along in the progress. Reina just stand there watching them as they roll down the slope like a chain of balls.

"Ouch!" Gon fall lay flat on the ground

"Offt!" Killua falling on top of him

"Ooh!" followed by Leorio

"Hey!" and lastly Kurapika

As soon as everyone got up Killua shouted at Gon "What the heck did you pull me for!" "…" Gon isn't paying attention at Killua "Oi! Don't ignore me!" "…pigs" Gon said pointing out "Huh?!" there stood in front of them a herd of giant pigs with large snout chewing on bones. "A…are they chewing on bones?!" Leorio exclaimed "D…Don't tell me they're carnivores" Kurapika say "They are" Reina appear beside him. "Woahh!" Kurapika jumped causing the four of them to fall like domino.

"Onii-chan didn't know?" she continued.

"No and please stop scaring us!" Leorio shouted

"They are called great stamp, one of the fiercest pig in the world…" Reina introduced

"GROUUU!" the pigs had spotted them

"W…we could see that without your explanation…" Killua sweat drop

"RUN!" Leorio screamed

The whole herd of pigs started to chase them and slowly dragging along the other examinees into the run. The ones that are not fast enough were to be hit by the pigs and fly to god knows where.

"HOW ARE WE SUPPOSE TO STOP THEM!" Leorio shouted

"I DUNNO! NOTHING WORKS ON THEM!" Kurapika answered

"WE HAVE TO FIND ITS WEAKNESS!" Killua shouted

"I KNOW! LET'S ASK REINA, SHE KNOWS ABOUT THE PIG SO SHE SHOULD KNOW THEIR WEAKNESS!" Gon suddenly called out

"REINA!" all of them turn symmetrically to where Reina is supposed to be but found her missing…again

"…"

"…"

"…"

"F**K! NOT IN THIS KIND OF SITUATION!" Leorio roared and all of them swear they went deaf

With the desperate situation, Gon climb up to a tree with his fishing rod and a pig chase after him and hit the tree, hard. When the pig is about to attack again, an apple fall on top on its head stopping its track, followed by a tree of apples falling on top of it. The pig fainted.

"GUYS! THEIR WEAKNESS IS ON THEIR HEAD!" Gon shouted after figuring out their weakness and then… all hell break loose. People are flying, pigs were slaughtered and Reina is still nowhere to be seen.


"Woah! That's a lot of pigs!" Menchi exclaimed. Each and everyone got their own capture of pigs and have starting to roast them.

"Here! Eat it and pass me!" one of the examinees serves his whole roasted pork

"Taste good" Buhara dive in greedily

Menchi gave an (X) without even tasting it

"Huh? Why?" the examinees exclaimed

"It's overcooked"

"What? You haven't even tried it!"

"It's plain as day!"

"Damn it…"

Next is Hanzo presenting his pork "Okay…dive in!"

Again Buhara like it and again Menchi give (X) without tasting it

"Huh?"

"Charred on the outside, uncooked inside. Your fire is too strong"

The same pattern repeat onwards...

"No one has passed yet…" Leorio said

"And Menchi hasn't even take a bite yet…" Kurapika added "I know! The appearance is very important too!"

The three of them nodded together and start to prepare each of their dishes

"How do you like my cooking?" Leorio serve his pork with a small flag on it

"Is this supposed to be a kiddy meal?!" Menchi throw the pork high up into the sky

Next is Gon serving his flower-covered pork

"It's basically the same thing!" another flying pork

"I'm next!" Kurapika serve his pork sliced up and stuffed with salad in the middle of each slide, stacked up like a hamburger

"Finally, something that resembles an actual dish…" and she took her first bite

"…YUCK!" a flying hamburger this time

"Ehh?"

"Appearance is important, but only if it taste good!" Menchi exclaimed

After that, Reina, who has been missing for quite some time showed up with her dish. You could say her dish is the most perfect among the examinees. The pork's bones has been removed and was sliced into thin slices. The thin slices of pork are stacked up around the plate with salads place in the center of plate, forming a flower. You will just drool just by looking at it.

"Now that's what I call a proper dish" Menchi said. She took a bite.

"Oh my god!" she suddenly stand up

Everyone there thought Reina did it badly, but…

"This is the best pork that I have ever tasted!" Menchi stated and start to stuff it in her mouth

"…Ehh!?"

"To actually cook the pork with such perfection in such a young age, I'll give a pass" Menchi was amazed by Reina's cooking

"I'm stuffed…" Buhara finished the rest of the pork

"Me too…" Menchi turn to the examinees "so the second phase has ended, only one person passed. Better luck next year!" and then, an uproar happen

"Oi! This Isn't fair! I can't accept that I lose to a petty girl because of a cooking!"

"His right! This is hunter exam not cooking contest!"

Someone even tried to attack Menchi but was sent flying by Buhara

Suddenly, something fell down from the sky. It turns out to be an old man.

"Who's that geezer?"

"The Chairman of the Selection Committee, he was in charge of Hunter Exam, Chairman Netero." Menchi was surprised by his sudden appearance

"Well, I work behind the scene" Netero stated "I only take action when there's an issue, like now. So, Menchi-kun. You failed all the others here just because their cooking is bad?"

"Well…actually no. I lost my control when cooking is involved. I'm unqualified to become an examiner. I will resigned as examiner, please redo the second phase."

"But it would be difficult to find another examiner on short notice"

"I apologize…"

"Very well. How about this? You will continue to serve as an examiner, but you must also participate in the new test you propose."

"Then the new challenge will be boiled eggs!"

"Boiled eggs?"

"Chairman can you take us to Mt. Split-in-Half in your airship?"

"Mt. Split-in-Half? I see what you're doing. Certainly, I can"


The airship took everyone to a mountain that was split into half. The airship landed near the gap in between the mountain and everyone got down. Down between the gap is webs.

"Wha-what's that"

"A Spider Eagle's webs" Menchi replied

"They build webs down there?" Gon asked

"Look below the web" there are eggs hanging like a bunch of grapes below the webs

"Those are…"

"Those are Spider Eagle eggs"

"Spider Eagles build their webs in deep ravines to protect their eggs from predators" Netero cut in

"W-wait a sec…you don't mean we…"

"I sure do" Menchi jumped down. She grab onto the web and wait. Then, she let go of her hands. Everyone thought she's gonna die but a sudden strong current of wind lift her up.

"This ravine has updrafts that help the hatched chicks fly up to the web" Netero explained

"There. Now I just need to boil the egg" Menchi landed safely

"I've been waiting for this!" Gon jumped down, followed by the others

"Wait! I haven't explained everything yet!" but they've already jumped down.


As they are waiting for wind current. Netero felt a tug on his shirt and looked down "Yes? How may I help you, little girl?"

"Do I have to redo the test?"

"You passed the previous test haven't you?"

"Yes"

"Then there's no need for you to redo the test since you passed"

"Yay! Isn't that great, Red?" Reina asked the little red fox on her head "Kyu!"( I don't know what sound foxes make )

'An illusion fox!?' Netero is surprised by the thing on her head

"What's your name girl?"

"Reina"

"Wohooo!" before Netero could even ask further, the examinees already retrieve their own egg and landed safely on the ground. 'Looks like quite a lot of talented people sign up for this year' he think amusingly. Then Netero turn back to the girl '…Where did she gone to?'


After their eggs were boiled, they had a feast.

"Woah. This is good!" Leorio dived in

"Yup! It sure is" Killua munched

"Can I have some…?"

"Huh? Sure! Here you go…...woahhh! Where did you come from, Reina" Gon jumped

"I swear that you could be a ghost!" Leorio sweat drop

"Red wants some to" Reina ignored him

"Red? You mean that fox on your head? I don't remember you had it in the first place." Kurapika asked

"I picked her up at the forest"

"Is that even supposed to be allowed?" Killua raised an eyebrow

"Uncle Satotz said I could"

"Can I pat it?" Gon asked

"Red doesn't like other people touch her…"

"Please…" Gon pleaded in his puppy eyes

"It would be the best if you don't" a voice came behind him

"Chairman Netero!"

"It is called illusion fox an A level monster, if you don't want to suffer from a trauma or worst, die. I would suggest you to stay away from it" Netero said while eyeing at Reina

"But Reina…"

"I dunno how Reina-kun tamed it but it's still too dangerous in many ways. You should let it go, it could survive here."

"No!"

"Reina, you heard him. It's dangerous." Kurapika tried to talk sense into her but failed

"Well, anyway it's getting dark. You guys should board the airship now. We will bring you to the third phase"


After some briefing from Netero and his secretary, Bean. The examinees were free to do as they please

"Hey Gon! Let's explore the airship!" Killua offered

"Okay, let's go!"

"I wanna play too!" Reina followed after them

"Seriously, how do those kids still got energy left to play" Leorio sweat drop

"I'm going to get some sleep since we're arriving 8a.m tomorrow" Kurapika said

"Yeah, me too" Leorio yawned and followed after him


"Hey, where's Reina?" Gon turned and searched for her "she was behind us a minute ago"

"What? She disappeared again? Maybe Leorio was right about the fact of her being a ghost" Killua yawned '…again?! How is it possible for her to slip passed me that many times?! As an assassin I'm supposed to notice her leaving. Just what is she?'


Somewhere in the ship, Reina is playing hide and seek with Red. "Where could Red be hiding?" as she continue for her search, she bumped into someone but she's too deep in thought to actually noticed it.

"Oi! Don't ignore me, kid! Don't think that just because you passed the test first mean that you're better than us!" one of the man shouted at her but she just continue to walk away.

"Damn you!" the other friend grabbed her and raised his fist to punched her but something strange happened. Reina started to melt into a black liquid. "W-what?" the man stumbled. The liquid then slowly took into a form of a shapeless monster and engulfed him whole. "AAAHHHHHH!"

The man behind him didn't know what happen. All he see's is that his friend's fist stop in the mid-air when he is about to punch the girl and the next thing he know his friend is rolling on the floor, holding his head while screaming like a lunatic "NOO! STOP! DON'T EAT MEEE! AAAHHHHHHH!"

"What did you done to him!" he was terrified. Suddenly he felt something dripping on his head and touched his head. 'B-blood?!' when turned around he saw a shapeless black monster with his friend's head dangling out of its mouth bloody mouth. "AAAHHHHHH!"

"There you are, Red!" Reina didn't even bothered by the two person on the ground trying to tear their heads apart and picked the fox up which is hiding around the corner near them "look at you! You could already even use illusions!" she swings the fox around "Kyu!" "Let's go play somewhere else!"

On that night, no one sleep well because of the constant screams that could be heard all around the airship.