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Chapter 2

Back to Ame~

Hmm... how many people have fallen? One two three... ugh a little too many. "Gon-chan? Killua-chan?" No response. They're either in the very front, and can't hear me or somewhere in the back. I should probably stay at the very very very end of the line just to be sure. I hope they're okay. They're way too adorable to die just yet. Hmm. OH! I have a great idea! I'll just ask the people around me if they've seen them. "Ne, have you guys seen any kids named Gon-chan and Killua-chan?" Ame asked two strangers.

"Eh? Uh. Yeah. One's got green clothes and black hair and the other one has white clothes and white hair right?" Leorio answered.

"Uh...What did they look like again? I'm not sure, but they're really cute, and they said they were both 12! That's all I remember I think. Hehe sorry I don't have such great memory." Ame said while rubbing her hand on her head.

"Yeah. I'm sure we're talking about the same people. After all they're probably the only kids here besides you." Kurapika said.

"Ne, what are your names?" Ame asked them.

"I'm Leorio he's Kurapika. Who are you?" Leorio asked her.

"Oh I'm sorry. I'm Ame. Nice to meet you. AH! Your the one who wants to be a doctor, and you're the one looking for scarlet eyes right?!" Ame asked loudly.

"Huh? Why do you know that?" Kurapika asked on guard, and reaching for his weapon.

"Oh haha sorry. You guys were really loud, and I could hear you from the very end of the line." Ame explained.

"Oh. In that case I'm sorry about almost attacking you. I didn't know we were disrupting you. I'm sorry. Leorio you apologize as well." The owner of the scarlet eyes said.

"Yeah. I'm sorry we were very loud." Leorio said not feeling too bad about it.

"Haha don't worry about it. You guys are very nice people, and your both adorable too. Hehe." Ame remarked. Making both Kurapika and Leorio blush a little bit.

"Oh I think we almost made it to the end. Yay! I'm hungry. I hope there's food. Ah! I forgot to give you these. Hai!" Ame said happily giving the two her lollipops.

"Thank you I'll kindly accept it." Kurapika replied taking the lollipop she reached out to him.

"Uhh it's fine I don- wbduheduohn" Leorio started to deny the acceptance of the lollipop, but had it stuffed in his mouth before he could finish.

"How is it? Do you like it?" Ame asked very excited for an agreeable reply.

"Uhh.. yeah it's actually.. really good. Hey where did you get this?" Leorio wondered.

"Haha. I made it. You can't buy them in stores sorry." She was very happy he liked her lollipops.

"I've been meaning to ask, but what is the object you're carrying?" Kurapika interrupted.

"Oh this? It's my lollipop. Hehe do you like it?" Ame asked the blonde.

"Uh. I'm not sure if I like it or not, but it's not edible is it?" Kurapika answered a little unsure of what to think.

"Hahaha no unfortunately it's not hahaha. Kurapika-chan you're funny hahaha."

"K-Kurapika-chan?" Kurapika and Leorio both shouted.

"Huh? Am I wrong? You're Kurapika and you're Leorio right?" Ame asked confident she didn't make a mistake.

"No, you're not wrong. But considering you might be younger than me, and that we're strangers wouldn't it be more suitable to call me Kurapika-san?" Kurapika asked.

"Eh? But I'm probably older than you, and you're not a stranger anymore. You're Kurapika, and that means you're not a stranger! Hehe."

"EHH!?" Leorio and Kurapika exclaimed. They never thought the childish, candy loving girl they thought to be a younger teen was older than them.

"But just to make sure how old are you two?" Ame asked in reassurance. She was almost a hundred percent sure that they were younger.

"I'm 17" Kurapika answered.

"I'm 19" Leorio replied.

"Oh then I am older than you guys, so the -chan stays. Yay! Oh by the way Leorio is also -chan. Hehe. It seems we've reached our goal. Leorio-chan you okay?"

"Huh puff huh puff. Ye-ah I-ok." Leorio difficulty replied.

"Okay. Do you want some water? I put some in my lollipop (giant one). Hai dozo." Ame hands Leorio some water, and offers some to Kurapika as well. "Ah! Gon-chan! Killua-chan! You made it! Thank goodness. I was worried because when I passed by all the people I didn't find either of you, so I stayed in the back to make sure you didn't fail. It seems I didn't have to worry. Hehe."Ame continued completely relieved the two younger boys made it.

"The Numere Wetlands, also known as Swindler's Swamp. We must cross these wetlands to reach Phase Two of the exam. This place is home to bizarre animals, many of them being cunning, insatiable creatures who deceive humans and prey upon them. Be careful. If you let them fool you... ... you're dead. These wetland creatures will use every trick in the book to fool their prey. An ecosystem in which creatures obtain food through deceit...Hence the name Swindler's Swamp. Stay very close to me so you won't be deceived." The examiner said.

"What a joke. How can they fool us, when we're expecting it?" Leorio said not worrying about being tricked at all.

"Don't let them fool you!" An unknown voice shouted.

"I just said that they can't." Leorio replied to the unknown voice.

"D-Don't fall for it...He's lying to you! He's an impostor! He isn't an examiner... I'm the real examiner."

"An impostor? What's going on?" Leorio worryingly looked towards the 'two' examiners.

"The who is he?'' The bald examinee asked to no one exactly.

"Look at this..." The man claiming to be the real examiner drags out a creature that looks similar to Satotz.

"He looks just like Satotz-san!" Gon exclaimed.

"It's a Man-Faced Ape, one of the creatures that dwell in the Numere Wetlands!"

"A Man-Faced Ape?" Leorio asks with a disgusted face.

"Man-Faced Apes love the taste of fresh human flesh. However, their limbs are long and thin, so their quite weak. That's why they disguise themselves as humans. They trick humans into following them into these wetlands, where they team up with other animals to kill and devour them. He intends to trap every single applicant!" The 'real' examiner explains.

"Ne. Ne? Why does that Man-Faced Ape have a mouth and tongue when the person over there doesn't?" Ame asked out loud. Thought no one paid any attention to her comment. Which caused her to pout a little.

"Bastard..." Leorio cusses with a knowing face.

"He certainly doesn't walk like a human..." Hanzo sneers.

Swish. Three cards sliced on to the 'real' examiner, and Satotz caught the other three heading at him.

"I see, I see... That settles it... You're the real one." Hisoka grins evilly. While holding his deck of cards.

What? He's the real examiner? Hanzo thought to himself.

"Examiners are Hunters selected by the committee to perform this duty without pay. Any Hunter, bearing the title we seek, would have been able to block that attack." Hisoka says looking away uninterested already.

"I shall take that as a compliment. However, should you attack me again, for any reason, I will report you for turning on an examiner. And you will be immediately disqualified. Are we clear?" The examiner asked Hisoka.

"Sure." Hisoka said again with no interest of paying attention.

Birds in the wetlands begin flocking towards the corpse of the Man-Faced Ape. Many examinees watch in extreme disgust.

"Nature really can be brutal to watch..." Leorio started.

"So he was a Man-Faced Ape, as well." And Kurapika finished.

"... If you lose sight of me in the Numere Wetlands fog, you will never reach the Exam's Second Phase. Do bear that in mind. Then let us be on our way. Please follow me." Satotz finished.

Ame ran to the front of the line to talk to the examiner. "A no. Satotz right?" Ame asked.

"Yes. Is there something you needed?" Satotz asked wondering where the small girl came from.

"Nice to meet you, hai dozo." She said smiling and handing him a lollipop.

"Thank you. Although there is no guarantee I'll eat it." Satotz replied still on guard.

"Eh? Why? It's good. See?" She said when putting another one in her mouth, and smiling weirdly with it. Satotz looked at it carefully, and just placed it in his pocket. "Eh? You're not going to eat it? Awh. What a waste, but it's fine as long as you have it I'll pass this exam. Hehe. Bye. Nice meeting you." Ame said before running back to Gon, and Killua.

"Onee-san where did you go?" Gon asked her.

"Ah I went to talk to the examiner. I gave him one of my lollipops, so if I get lost I'll know my way back. Hehe." Ame explained.

"Heh. So you put some sort of tracking device on it?" Killua asked very interested.

"Hmm. It's kind of like it, but not exactly a device. Haha." She laughed it off awkwardly. She forgot they didn't know Nen, yet so it would be impossible to explain.