The first part of the Exam
When they finally arrived at the Hunter Exam, they were nervous, yet excited. The Navigator led them to a restaurant and used a code to get them in. He tossed to each of them a tag with numbers. The order went; Leorio-403, Kurapika-404, Gon-405, and Fen-406. The elevator slowly made its way down; when it finally stopped, they knew that they had finally arrived!
"You're the four-hundred and sixth person to arrive," said a strange man sitting on a pipe that ran down the tunnel.
"And you are…?" muttered Fen.
"Name's Tompa," he said.
"Right; what do you want?" griped Fen. She wasn't in the mood for an idiot right then. She idly noticed a silvery-gray haired boy staring at her. She decided to wander around a little bit.
"Hey guys, I'm gonna walk around a bit. I'll meet back up with you when the Exam gets under way," she said.
"Sure!" replied Gon.
She walked over to the boy and said, "Hello!"
"Um, hi…" he said cautiously.
"Not much of a talker are you…" she joked.
"More like I don't feel like talking that much…" he replied.
"What's your name?"
"Killua. And you are…?"
"Fen," she replied.
"Fen, then. What do you want?" Killua asked.
"What, never heard of a friendly conversation before?"
"Nope."
"Nice skateboard."
"Thanks, I guess…" Killua mumbled.
Fen looked over towards Gon and the others. They seemed to be getting along with the shifty-eyed man named Tompa.
"Gon is way too trusting…" she muttered.
"What's with the bird?" Killua asked.
"He's my friend, Heimdall."
"Weird name for such a cool looking hawk…" Killua mumbled.
Heimdall quietly shrieked. Fen gave him an amused look before she said, "He said thanks for the compliment. You obviously know what the word tactful means!"
"Did he really say all that?"
"More or less."
A scream filled the air and they looked at the direction it came from. Some poor fool had crossed paths with a sinister and maniacal clown by the name of Hisoka.
A strange buzzer sounded and the Examiner appeared at last. He turned it off and Fen silently gave a sigh of relief.
"Noise bothered you?" said Killua.
"How'd you guess…" she grumbled, "I better go back to those fools; see you later Killua-kun!"
"Bye…" said Killua as he thought, what a strange yet friendly girl…
The 1rst part of the Hunter Exam had finally started. It was deceptively simple. All they had to do was keep up with the Examiner until they reached the second Exam site!
Too bad they started to pick up the pace half an hour after they started…Leorio started to lag behind. Killua paused as Gon and Kurapika stopped. Tompa decided to trick them yet again. Tompa mentioned a Healing Cedar Sap, but Fen wasn't convinced. She followed Tompa as he led Leorio and another rookie into a cunning trap!
"I knew you were a con artist!!" roared Fen, pissed.
"So what? There's nothing you can do about it!" retorted Tompa.
Gon and Kurapika were heading to where Leorio was, as they were concerned about him. Killua ran into Tompa as the con artist was attempting to rejoin the main group.
"You know that people who play dirty tricks die dirty ways, right?" snarled Killua.
Tompa quickly backed away from him; Killua ignored him and continued to go towards Fen and the others.
Kurapika was falling victim to the sap's hallucinating powers; Gon was desperately trying to help him, to no avail. Killua caught up with Fen and Gon and then gave Kurapika a good kick to the side. It snapped him out of the sap's grasp.
Leorio was still under its spell when the explosives Killua set off brought him back to reality. They managed to catch up with the main group; though Fen was trying hard not to laugh at the look on everyone's face!
(Next up, the swamp!)
