I finished this chapter sooner then that's probably because you reviewed. I didn't rewatch the very first episodes of HxH so I apologize in advance if something doesn't happen like in canon.

Disclaimer: I don't own HxH,if i did Killua and Gon would be mine!

Warning: Um... None... Lol

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"You know what, hag? I'm just going to ignore you." Right after saying that Killua jumped off his skateboard, doing a cool trick.

Gon and Hitomi looked at him in awe, obviously impressed.

"Shugoi!" Gon said.

"Un!" Hitomi nodded excitedly. "That was amazing!"

"Showoff," Miami mumbled under her breath.

Her eye twitched in annoyance when it seemed that Gon, Killua and Hitomi were getting along just fine. 'How can they like him?! He looks like a spoiled brat!' she thought, annoyed. She looked around and saw that many applicants started to drop out of exhaustion. A loud clank was heard behind them.

"What was that?" Hitomi asked as they stopped running and turned around to see what happened.

Leorio was on the ground, all sweaty.

"Hey forget him, let's get going," Killua said.

'Selfish brat,' Minami thought.

Gon and Hitomi looked at Leorio with determination in their eyes.

"SCREW THIS! I'M GOING TO BE A HUNTER! DAMN IT ALL!" Leorio suddenly yelled.

"What the hell?!" Minami said shockingly as Leorio ran past them, trailing dust behind him.

"Um... He forgot that." Hitomi pointed at Leorio's left behind suitcase.

Gon used his fishing rod to grab the suitcase and pull it towards them.

"Cool!" The three admired.

"Let me try that later," Killua said as they ran back to catch up with the group.

"Me too, Gon-san," Hitomi said.

"I would like to try it too," Minami added.

"Then you should also let me try something from you," Gon responded.

"I let you borrow my skateboard!"-Killua

"I...Um...Let you try my scythes?" To prove her point, Hitomi pointed to the scythe on her back.

Killua stared at it. "Can I try it too?"

"Of course, darling~"

"Huh? What did you call me?"

"*sigh*... I let you play with my phone, Gon." Minami said, changing the subject.

"NAMI-PYON,YOU HAVE A PHONE?!"

"O-Of course I have, aho! "

The kids we're now going up the stairs and it has been a long time.

"Nami-PYON, if you're tired I can carry you on my back," Hitomi said.

"Uresai! I'm not tired at all!" Minami yelled at her, irritated. "And just to remind me, you're carrying a scythe on your back!"

"Gon, Hitomi, Hag-" Minami's eye twitched. "Want to race to see who finishes first?" Killua asked.

"Yes/No!" The one who said no was Minami.

She wouldn't waste her energy for a stupid race.

"Too bad," Hitomi said and then looked at Gon and Killua. "Loser has to buy lunch!"

"Sure." Gon nodded with a smile.


Meanwhile, Minami had already caught up with Leorio and was slightly embarrassed by the fact that Leorio was shirtless and Kurapika took of his over-coat (Da hell is it called?!).

Minami listened to their conversation. Leorio was saying how he was only taking the Hunter exam for money while Kurapika argued with him, but Leorio made a slip and then explained about how his friend had died and his dream to become a doctor. Doctor... That got Minami's attention.

"Honto ni?" she asked.

"Um...How long have you been here?" Kurapika asked politely.

"The whole time, I've heard everything you said, Pika." She said this with a wink.

Kurapika blinked. "Pika?"

"You remind me of Pikachu, so yeah," She responded.

"..."

"Back to topic." Minami looked at Leorio. "Are you serious about becoming a doctor?" She asked.

"OF COURSE I AM!"

"Okay, I believe you, no need to yell." She rubbed her ears. "Guess I'm going to protect you till the end of the exam..."

"Huh?" Leorio looked confused.

Minami sighed. "You obviously won't pass this exam on your own, and the reason why I will protect you is... None of your business..."

The three other kids caught up with them.

"See you at the goal, Kurapika, Minami-san~" Gon said.

Minami became red from embarrassment. "Cut the san, baka!"

"Bye~" Hitomi waved.

"Catch you later, old timer." Killua stated with a smirk.

What Leorio said, shocked them all, "I'm not old! I'm a teenager, just like you guys!"

They all froze. Hitomi put her hand on her mouth and Minami almost fell on the ground.

"EH?!" Minami shouted.

"Huh?" Killua was shocked out of his mind.

"Uso!" Gon yelled in disbelief.

"Wha-Uh-Um-Huh?!" Hitomi didn't even know what to say.

"I can't believe it..." Kurapika muttered.

Leorio was pissed.


"I'm impressed you can keep up with me," Killua said bluntly.

"Really?" Gon asked.

"Ah, well..." Hitomi said with a blush, while scratching her cheek.

"Or maybe everyone else is just too slow... Man, the Hunter exam is gonna be a breeze," Killua complained.

Hitomi was pretty sure that if Minami joined their race that she and Killua would already be arguing by now.

"Hey, why do you want to become a Hunter?" Gon asked innocently.

"I'm not really interested in becoming a Hunter. I heard that the Hunter exam was going to be hard, but this is disappointing," Killua told them. "What about you?" He then asked Gon.

"My dad is a Hunter. I want to become a Hunter and find him," Gon said.

"What kind of Hunter is he?" Hitomi asked him.

"I don't know." Hitomi sweat-dropped and Killua laughed.

"That's kind of weird," Killua said.

"Really?" Gon asked.

"You want to find your father who is a Hunter, but you don't even know what kind of Hunter he is," Killua said as if it was the most logical thing in the world...Well it kind of was.

"I was raised by Mito-San... I only saw my father on pictures," Gon explained.

"Who's Mito-San?" Hitomi asked curiously.

"Aunt Mito."

Only being raised by your aunt and abandoned by your father, that's kind of sad. But Gon doesn't seem to be sad.

Gon said how he wanted to find out why his father left him.

"What about you, Hitomi-san? Why do you want to be a Hunter?"

"... To be free."

"Free?"

"I was never allowed to go outside... So I... Well... Decided to go outside." She smiled.

Killua looked ahead and his eyes widened.

"The exit!" Someane shouted.

The three grinned at each other and started to run faster. Minami had a plan, but she wasn't sure if she should try it. Hm, why not? Trying wouldn't hurt.

"Gon-san, Killua-nyan, for boys of your age you have really nice legs!" She exclaimed really loudly.

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Gon blinked and said, still running, "Arigatou."

Killua, shocked out of his mind, almost tripped. Hitomi and Gon ran past him. 'Two can play that game !' Killua thought. He caught up to them and smiled at Hitomi, making her blink in confusion.

"You know Hito-chan~" He smirked. "For a girl of your age you're pretty cute!"

Hitomi became red and mentally groaned when she fell on the ground. She just had to trip on a small rock, didn't she? Killua and Gon ran past her. Hitomi frowned, stood up and ran after them. She arrived at the exit's platform a minute later and saw Killua and Gon arguing about who won.

"Who was faster?" Gon asked the examiner, who was looking at them with small interest.

"I think you two crossed the finish line simultaneously, " he answered.

"Oh." Gon said. "Then I buy you dinner..."

"Eh?" Killua said.

"Then you buy me dinner."

"I don't get it." Killua said, shaking his head.

Hitomi walked towards the two boys.

"Ah,Hitomi-san." Gon said.

"Killua-nyan, you cheated!" Hitomi pointed with her index finger at Killua accusingly, who just smirked.

"We never said that it was not allowed to use tricks." Hitomi puffed her cheeks and he looked at her amused. "Besides ,you're the one who started," Killua said with a smirk.

Hitomi became red from embarrassment and pouted. "MOU!"

"Hey, Satotz-san? Is this where the second phase takes place?" Gon asked.

"No," Satotz said. Hitomo still stared at Killua with a pout on her face and Killua just smirked at her. "We still have quite the way to go," he stated calmly.

Soon people began coming out of the tunnel, some were exhausted, some were pretending that they weren't and some were not at all. Kurapika, Minami and Leorio were one of the last few to arrive. "Hi, Nami-Pyon, Kurapika-san, Leorio-san!" Hitomi said.

Kurapika was panting slightly while that Leorio was breathing pretty heavily. Minami looked fine and pressed a cold water bottle on Leorio's cheek. He thanked her and accepted the water bottle.

Kurapika smiled at her. "You can call me Kurapika by the way. You can call this guy 'Leorio' too." He said as he pointed to Leorio, who gave a thumbs up as response since he's too busy drinking Minami's water bottle to speak.

"Hai!" she grinned.

Minami walked towards them and Kurapika looked at his surroundings.

"So..." Minami stretched her arms. "Who of you three won the race?"

"We passed the line simultaneously," Gon responded.

"Yeah, Gon and I." Killua pointed to Hitomi, "She arrived last."

Hitomi crossed her arms and looked away. "It's your fault, Killua-nyan!"

"Ara? And why is that?" Killua leaned slightly forward to be at eye level with her.

"W-Well... I-If you didn't say what you said back then, then I wouldn't. ..." Hitomi trailed off.

Killua chuckled. "Maybe if you didn't say that Gon and I had nice legs, I wouldn't have said that?"

Minami looked at her weirdly.

"Is this our destination?" Kurapika asked.

Gon answered, with a smile, "No, it isn't. "

"I see," Kurapika said, out of breath. "The fog is fading." He pointed out.

"Really?" Gon asked.

The fog slowly started to disappear, until they could see the forest and plants.

Satotz started his explanation but Hitomi was busy whining at Killua (still about how she lost) and Minami was thinking about her mother. But then:

"STOP! DON'T LET HIM TRICK YOU!" A voice shouted.

In the corner, they saw an injured man. "Don't let him trick you! He's not the first phase examiner!" He pointed to himself. "I am!"

Gasps could be heard.

"He's another creature here! He lets examinees follow him so that you can be gulped up by the other creatures here! Look at this!" He raised a monkey who looked exactly like Satotz.

"OH MY GOSH IT'S A MONKEY!" Hitomi screamed in glee.

All the applicants looked at her with a deadpan look. Minami pretended not to know her, Killua face-palmed and Gon sweatdropped. "Oi... I don't think that's the proper reaction." Killua whispered.

Hitomi looked at him with that blank, innocent look. "But I'm petty sure that's a monkey!" She pointed to the man faced ape.

"Yeah it is but... That's how you react to it? You know what, nevermind." Killua whispered(more like yelled).

"Eh? I don't understand..." Hitomi placed her hand on her cheek and started thinking. "WAAAH! IT'S A MONKEY! WE'RE GONNA DIE!"

All the applicants looked, once again, at her with a deadpan look. She looked at Killua. "So, was that the right reaction?"

He only sighed.

Everyone then turned their attention back to the guy. "This is a man faced ape. They copy humans and love human flesh! However, they're weak." He explained.

'Oh, it's not a monkey, but an ape...' Hitomi thought with a sweatdrop. 'I should have known... That aside, Satotz is surprisingly calm. This means that he's the real examiner, right?'

Six cards were thrown. Three aimed for Satotz and another three for the man. Satotz easily caught the three cards but the imposter wasn't so lucky. Two cards htit him in his torso while the last one hit him in the head. He fell back, dead.

'The person who threw the cards was a clown(?) or magician(?) or jester(?)' Hitomi thought as she stared at the man.

The guy chuckled. "I see, I see..." He said. "You're the real examiner."

"Examinees are hunters. They can avoid or catch my cards if they were." He explained.

"I'll take that as a compliment. But if you atatck me again for no reason, I'll have ro disqualifie you. Am I clear?" Satotz said calmly.

"Sure." the clown guy answered.

'That man seems scary...' Minami walked towards Gon. "Do you know him, Gon?" She asked.

"Y-Yeah. That's Hisoka, he retook the exam because he killed an examiner. That's what Tompa told me." He responded.

She stared at him. He seemed scared, but not much... "You're okay?" She asked worriedly.

He seemed to snap out of his trance and gave her a bright smile. "Yeah!"

Then, she heard the sound of vultures. She turned around only to see them eating the dead man. 'Ew.' She gasped when someane covered her eyes.

"Maybe it's better if you don't see this. This too brutal for you to see." The voice belonged to Kurapika.

After a few seconds, Kurapika removed his hands from her eyes and turned to look at the examiner, she did the same.

"Please follow me. If you lose track of me, you're not going to make it to the second phase. Are we clear? Then, please follow me." Satotz started running.

"let's go, Nami-pyon." Hitomi grabbed her hand and the two started running, catching up with Killua and Gon.


Answer to MoonFireHikaru: Arigatou! And sorry if the previous chapter was a bit rushed*bows deeply*

Answer to roe2: Yeah, well at least Kurapika and Leorio had more lines in this chapter :)About them knowing about Tompa being a rookie crusher...Minami asked around and then eventually found out,I also wrote that in the previous chapter but deleted that scene because it was poorly written Xo

I hope you bear with me until the end :)

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