Hello! Aiko here! This is my first Hunter x Hunter fanfiction, so try not to judge too harshly. This fanfic will be very oc, but i'll keep it as close to the original post as my plan allows! Hope you all enjoy!

Italics- Thoughts

Bold Italics- Memories

Prologue

As she stared at the bodies of her slaughtered family and friends, she promised herself one thing. She would kill the people who did this. Every. Last. One. She would dig their eyes out first, like they did to her clan and torture them to death slowly.

"What dark thoughts for such a young child." a voice purred. She turned around, and saw a tall man wearing odd clothing and shapes painted on his face. Her head cocked to the side, bloodlust momentarily forgotten, a bewildered expression growing on her face. "Come with me. I'll see to it you turn powerful. You have great potential." She stared up and him, thinking over what to do. A decision formed, and she nodded her head solemnly. A strange smile scrawled itself onto the face of the man. He took her hand, and lead her away.

They walked into an abandoned building, and a man came out to greet them. She felt her head getting fuzzy, and then… She couldn't remember. She looked up in confusion, and then everything faded away.

Chapter I

She scowled at the entrance of the restaurant. It was certainly nothing impressive. Then again, it would fool the public into not bothering to check it out. Hmm. They walked in, and Hisoka gave the password to the man behind the counter. He raises an eyebrow at us and motions to a room in the back. We enter, and the doors behind us close.

"Well? Aren't you excited?" Hisoka drawls. Aonani scowls.

"Maybe if you let me go when I wanted to." She snapped.

"I had my reasons. And don't be rude little bird. Or I might have to clip your wings." He replied smoothly. Aonani gives an obedient nod, filled with terror, and falls silent. She strokes the back of the Eagle resting on her shoulder.

They hear a ding, and the doors slide open. They step out, and are approached by a short man dressed in a suit.

"Please take a number." he says, handing then two pins. Aonani takes hers and pinns it to the front of her cloak. #45. She surveys the room, which has circular walls and a tall ceiling. Large pipes run along the walls to the gate on the other side. She sends Ura to go look around, watching the bird fly off. She walks to the side of the room and scales the walls, eventually resting on a large pipe 50 ft in the air, cloaked by shadows.

TIMESKIP

Soon, three males enter the room. One in a suit, holding onto an odd suitcase. A boy, dressed in green, carrying a fishing pole and backpack. She makes a note of his odd choice of weapon and moves to the next. Her breath catches in her throat. Kurapika? It couldn't be. He was dead. She studies him, taking in everything. He got taller. Taller than her, she noted with irritation. Short blonde hair, and the same rich brown eyes. Then, she felt agonizing pain shoot through her head. Her head got fuzzy and her memories started to cloud over, becoming fuzzy and unfocused. She shook her head, trying to clear it. Suddenly, she sees Tonpa heading towards the trio. Oh no. Tonpa was a trickster. A total weasel. She saw what happened to the people who drank his offering. The result wasn't pretty.

In an impulsive decision, she sent three of her throwing stars hurtling towards the drinks when they were offered. They hit, and the juice leaked out. Tonpa yelled and looked around the room wildly, his eyes finally settling on her. She stood up, and jumped off the pipe, landing on her feet softly. By now, she felt the whole room's eyes on her, including Kurapika's. Ignoring them, Aonani walked up to Tonpa and slyly said, lowering her voice sho she sounded like a young male. "Now Tonpa-san, let us newbies ecape uncathed by your cowardly ways." She grinned, and Tonpa growled, knowing he was outmatched, and skulked away. The room erupted into conversation, and she turned to see the three guys.

"What was that?" The briefcase man snapped. She cringed inwardly at his angry tone, reminded of Hisoka.

"I saved your sorry asses. Those drinks were laced with laxatives. Enough to take you out for three days." She smoothly replied.

"In that case, we owe you thanks. I'm Kurapika." Kurapika said. "This is Gon" He motions to the boy. "And Leorio." He waves to the fuming man.

Aonani smiled at him. "No need for that Kura." She murmured softly, feeling another twinge of pain, her deeper voice slipping for a moment. She walked away, leaving a confused group in her midst.

TIMESKIP

Aonani felt vibrations under her feet, and looked up from her spot on the pipe. The huge metal gate was opening slowly, and it revealed a strange man in a suit. "I apologize for the wait. The Hunter Exam is officially no longer taking any more participants. If any would like to back out now, please do so." He said. Silence spread through the room. He smiled. "In that case, come with me."

He turned and started walking. Aonani leapt from her spot and walked along with the group, making her way up to the front. Suddenly, he started to run, surprising her. She started running, keeping pace with him as he went faster and faster. If he runs any faster, he is going to lose a lot of people. Good. Less Competition. She kept running, and soon they hit stairs, the man running as fast as before.

TIMESKIP

They had reached the end of the tunnel, but Aonani had a feeling this was not the end of Phase 1. She noted the thick fog and marshy ground and she smiled. "I'll assume we'll be crossing that in a moment?" She said to the examiner. He replied with silence and she assumed that meant she was right. Then there was a commotion at the back. A man, killed a strange humanoid beast and had come staggering out from the back of the building.

"He is an imposter! I am the real examiner!" He shouted. Aonani rolled her eyes as chaos ensued. It was obviously the original. He would have killed them already if he intended to. Then, three cards were sent hurtling towards each man, one almost hitting her. The original examiner caught all three, while the other one? Not so much. At least he died a quick death.

"As you all know, the examiners are Hunters selected by the committee to give us our Phases. Only the real examiner would be able to avoid the attack." He drawled, addressing the crowd. Murmurs were heard along the group but stopped as soon as the examiner started to speak.

"That was a sure way of defining the real examiner. But, if you ever try something like that again, you will be disqualified for attacking an examiner." He said.

""Understood." Hisoka replied.

The examiner started to walk again, into The Forest of Deception. Aonani took this as a chance to see what Kurapika had up his sleeve after all this time. Ignoring the aching pain in her head, she slowed her pace, sending Ura to follow the main group so she could make her way back just in case. She ran a bit ahead of Leorio and Kurapika, watching as they slowly descended off the trail. Following them, she knew they would get killed if she didn't do something. She climbed a tree, and started following them, leaping from branch to branch.

Soon, they had trouble. She saw strawberries floating in midair in front of them and frowned. It was the giant turtles that lived here, using their strange shells and the mist to deceive prey. Aonani watched as they paused and slowly crept forward. Then, a head broke out of the mist and snapped at the two, almost decapitating Kurapika. She drew one of her daggers, just in case. Soon enough, the mist in the area started to clear, revealing two large turtles. She cursed under her breath. Everyone ran away, and the turtles trapped the two, creating a living barrier of flesh, striking with their heads.

Kurapika took a large log and threw it into one of the beast's mouth, keeping it subdued for awhile. This was when she made her appearance. She leapt off the branch she was standing on, and landed on the beast's neck. She took a rope from her belt and lassoed the turtle, using it as a makeshift harness, making sure it was tied tightly. It shrieked, and shook its head around. Kurapika was standing there, usure if he should help, swords out. She gave a mock salute to him from her position on the turtle and leapt off. She ran, taking the rope with her, and tied it to a sturdy tree in the ground. Unfortunately, in her run, forgot about the second turtle. She heard a shriek, and turned too late to see the other turtle's jaws closing in on her.

She gaped in shock and braced herself for the blow, but it never came. She looked up to see the turtle with another log in its jaws, shaking its head furiously. She grinned, seeing Kurapika beside her, Leorio looking at the other turtle. "C'mon! We can still catch up with them!" She shouted, running over to where Ura was flying. They followed her, and they kept running, Leorio tripping over tree roots and Kurapika keeping pace with her.

While running they stumbled into a clearing. Aonani looked around in confusion. The mist was thickening, leaving it hard to see anything but the area in the clearing. Then she felt the hair on the back of her head stand up and she turned around, only to see Hisoka. In one swift motion, Kurapika and Aonani drew their weapons.

"Maire? Go." Hisoka said. Her grip tightened on the daggers.

"No Hisoka. I'll wait here thank you very much." She growled.

"Fine. But you won't interfere." He replied.

"I'll do what I want!" She shouted. His eyes narrowed into slits.

"So be it." He said. Then, he was gone.

"W-what was that?" Leorio sputtered.

"A test." she replied. A spike of terror shot through her at what she had just done, but she collected herself quickly. Then she started walking away, towards the main group. They followed, and made it in time, just as the gates started to open.

Note

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