Stalker Mode

~Kana's View~

Flying with the magical beasts wasn't really that weird to me, I enjoy heights. It's just like when I sit on one of my circles to just float around. I've always loved flying though, The wind in my face, My hair(now long) flowing behind me, and the feeling of being high above the earth. It's one of the few things that make me smile. Sure enough Gon noticed and pointed it out. I wore a frown the rest of the way.

We arrived in a large city called Zaban City, or something like that. We started walking into the city and I found some places familiar. I could remember traveling through some of the alleys and even recall some shortcuts, most of them were by rooftop though. But since I recognized this place I must've been here before. I was abruptly torn from my thoughts when someone spoke up

"We're here" I looked up to see the large building the exam was supposed to take place at. I slipped the hood of my cloak back on. Even if I can beat everyone there, I would rather not be targeted by everyone for being a young girl. Our little group started to walk towards the big building when we were called.

"Err... guys?" We turned to look at our guide, the younger magical beast that was once again disguised as a human."That's not the building the hunter exam will be taking place at" He said pointing to the skyscraper."It's this over here." He then pointed to a small restaurant next to the skyscraper.

"Ah... I see. A big skyscraper would be too easy to find now wouldn't it." I explained. Our guide merely nodded and led us to the restaurant.

Once inside we looked around the restaurant. It was pretty plain, It had tan booths and walls. But man did it smell good.

After we entered, the chef came out of the kitchen and up to our guide. The chef looked at us and smiled. "Now what would you all have?"

"Four steaks cooked over a medium flame." Our guide said.

The chefs eye twinkled as he looked at us. "Hmm... alright the four of you have access to the back." I assumed it was code to say something like "we have some hunter hopefuls here so let them in."

We followed our guide to the back of the restaurant, and as soon as we got to the back room he let us go in first. We entered the room first. The room was We turned to look at him as he spoke up. "Here is where the hunter exam actually takes place this year, I wish you the best of luck and will be happy to guide you here next year." with that said he closed the door and left. The room gave a jerk and started to descend and a number appeared at the top of the door.

"Tch... he underestimates us even after the impression we left."I explained. "Why else would he say that?"

"I didn't like the phrasing either, however he means well."Kurapika said.

"I guess so, but I'm passing this year." I said. Gon nodded as if he was thinking the same thing.

We sat in silence while the number in the room kept counting down. As soon as it 0 we opened the door and walked into a huge crowded tunnel. I got a little intimidated at the sheer amount of people in the area. There was tension in the air.

I felt something tug at my cloak. I looked down to see a green... frog-man-thing holding something out to me. I took it from him and found that it was a white plate with the number 406 on it. Then the frog thing spoke up. "Pin this to your chest and keep it visible at all times, but don't lose it. Good luck examinee number 406."

"Aww can I get a better number?" I asked.

"No, sorry but the number is based off of order of your arrival." The frog explained. I nodded and pinned it to my cloak.

Soon enough, I decided to leave the group and start walking around to look at the competition. Everyone there was much better than the people I've seen so far, That being said I felt very little nen so I wasn't too worried.

As I was walking around inspecting the competition I saw something that shocked me for a second, I was looking at a boy about my age with white hair, just like the little kid I've always seen in my forced dreams. As soon as I came back to reality I started to walk towards him when someone walked in front of me. I went to walk around him but he just stayed in front of me. I looked up to see an extremely ugly fat guy looking down at me with a soda in his hand.

"Move out of my way." I demanded.

"You're a rookie aren't you?"He asked.

"I said move" I demanded in a cold voice with a glare that could kill. He visibly tensed and after a second he reached out and dropped a soda into my hand.

"T-take this as an apology."He said nervously. I rolled my eyes and cracked the can open, sniffed it and glared.

"Nothing says I'm sorry quite like a laxative am I right?"I said. "And nothing says thank you like murder." I added with a smirk and let a little bit of killing aura leak towards him. He turned white and ran away faster than anyone I've ever seen.

After I could no longer see him, I dropped the can and turned back to where I saw the boy. Sadly he was no longer there. I walked around the exam looking for the white haired boy for a while until there was a loud RIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIING. I jumped at the sound and turned to look at a tall skinny man standing there holding a bell. I noticed right away that he was missing something. I thought and thought about it until it hit me. "Where is his mouth at?" I couldn't see any sign of it at all. It kind of freaked me out. The only thing there was a small mustache.

"Hello, my name is Satotz. Follow me, and I will lead you to the second exam." OMG HE CAN SPEAK?! HOW?! HE DOSNT EVEN HAVE A MOUTH!" In my shock someone asked something about the first exam."It has already started." He said as he turned to started walking.

All at once, everyone started walking behind following the strange mouth less man. The slow walk turned into a power walk. Power walk turned into a jog. Soon enough we were all running at a decent pace. All the while I was looking for the white haired boy while avoiding the group I came here with.

I didn't dislike the group of three but I found Gon annoyingly happy and Leorio just annoying. Kurapika was quiet and nice, but he was smart and always thinking. I couldn't tell what he was thinking so I found his mind somewhat dangerous. So I just decided to stay away from them.

"HEY KID!" Sigh, yep that was definitely Leorio. I turned back to look at the source of the shout and I saw two things. The group of three I was originally with, and the white haired boy I was looking for. I decided to just watch the kid from a distance, so long as he stays with Gon I won't approach him. If I get a chance I will confront the boy alone. I also figured Ging wanted me to protect his son if he absolutely needed it, so two birds with one stone there.

I listened in on the conversation to hear the white haired boy introduce himself as Killua. The name seemed familiar, maybe he can tell me a bit about myself, or even about my dreams.

The running pace was quickened once again. We had been running for hours and yet there were still so many people. I was now following behind the group instead and there wasn't anything interesting that's happened. Exhausting run, people complaining, Leorio's dropping out. Wait what?

I slowed to a stop shortly after I ran past them and blended with the shadows to watch and stay hidden. Killua and Gon stopped in front of Leorio and were waiting for him. Leorio didn't look good, he was leaning over panting and dripping sweat. He was definitely done for. I was about to continue running when Leorio suddenly stood and ran past everyone, guess he's fine now. Gon and Killua turned and followed him.

When they were out of sight I went to run and catch up when I noticed Leorio dropped his briefcase. I thought about it for a moment and decided I might as well bring it along. I picked up the briefcase and took off full speed back to the group. It only took a few seconds to make it back.

Leorio was running shirtless next to Kurapika when I got back and the other two kids were further ahead of the group, I was going to give back his briefcase but thought against it since he would probably just struggle with it again. "Why am I even helping this old man."I grumbled to myself. I sighed and just kept running till I saw light and heard Gon and Killua talk about racing to the finish and whoever loses buys dinner.

I don't know what came over me but I felt childish and wanted to play too. So I took off full speed and was the first to the exit, behind me Gon, Killua, and Satotz finished at the same time.

"GOALLLLL!" Gon and Killua cheered in unison.

"I win" Said Gon

"what? No I won!"cried Killua.

"Satotz." Gon looked to the examiner. "Who made it first?"

Satotz laughed and looked at the boys. "Neither of you did." He said. "The winner is that girl over there." He laughed pointing at me.

"Huh?" Killua and Gon looked at me, well where I was since I quickly hid instead. They looked at each other, then Satotz, and then back to where I used to be. "Satotz, there's no one there." Gon said.

Satotz looked at where I was and shrugged. "Then I guess you both tied." he said

Meanwhile hidden behind the boys I was shushing the examiner. Why did I hide after wanting to play a game? Why did I even want to play a game? I don't remember ever wanting to play games or do anything even near my age. Maybe it was being around Gon. I decided he was contagious and to stay away from him lest I be consumed by my age.

Soon enough everyone was out of the tunnel,(everyone that was going to make it that is) Satotz spoke up again. "This is swindlers swamp. Creatures here are carnivorous and won't hesitate to trick you into falling for a trap. If you lose me in here, chances are you will die." He explained. "All right, lets g-"

"DONT BE DECIVED!" a random voice said through the crowd. The whole group looked over to where the voice came from. What we saw was a young blonde man holding a weird looking monkey...and... it looked like Satotz. "This is a man-faced ape." he said holding up the monkey. "I am the real examiner, that 'thing' is just a fake". He pointed towards Satotz.

I was confused honestly. Satotz sure looked weird but at the same time there are plenty of shape shifting monsters like the guide that led me to the exam. On top of that, how would the examiner be tricked by a monster? I mean, aren't the examiners supposed to be pro hunters? And even still, I ran past him so fast when the boys were racing that I shouldn't have been seen by most people, even the boys didn't see me. But Satotz did. There was no way he wasn't the examiner.

I was convinced even further once some creepy clown guy threw cards at both Satotz and the imposter, The imposter was instantly killed while Satotz caught his. "Hehehe, I see. So you're the real examiner." Said the clown."All examiners are hunters, If you couldn't dodge that attack then you shouldn't be a hunter."

"Thank you for clearing things up Hisoka." Said Satotz. "However if you attack any examiners again no matter the reason you will be disqualified... again."The clown named Hisoka just nodded.

With that cleared up, The group started to move once again. As we were running I continued to keep an eye on the kids, running behind them and a few others so Gon doesn't see me and point me out. I don't know if Killua will recognize me or my name yet so I don't want him to see me near Gon. Might just complicate things.

We continued to run and run until we hit super thick fog. That was when I felt someone's killing aura leaking out right behind me. I turned to look and saw it all coming from the creepy clown guy. There was a lot of killing aura, and it was strong. I had to get away. I immediately sped up and got closer to Satotz. I was in front of the boys now but still watching. I guess Killua had the same idea as me because he told Gon they should head to the front. I laughed when he said that, Gon was going to let everyone know for his dear friends. I covered my ears in preparation for what was to come.

Sure enough right on queue Gon shouted."LEORIO, KURAPIKA, KILLUA SAID WE SHOULD GO TO THE FRONT WHERE ITS SAFER!" yep, good old Gon. So simple minded and predictable that it physically hurts(the ears). Killua scolded him for shouting and they started to go towards the front. Until Gon heard a scream that sounded like Leorio behind him. He stopped and ran back into the fog where he disappeared, leaving Killua all alone in the fog. perfect chance to confront him.

I walked towards the lonely Killua till I thought of something, "What would I tell Ging if Gon gets killed out here? Would he still give me the information about my sword?" I thought against it for a few seconds till Killua straightened out and started to run back towards Satotz. I hesitated, then turned to follow Gon.

I ran into the fog following the sound of Gons footsteps, He was running quickly and straight into the killing aura I sensed earlier. Great he's just trying to get killed. He ran around a few trees and into a clearing where we saw the great clown Hisoka fighting Leorio surrounded by dead bodies. I could tell Leorio wouldn't last much longer. He was tired from the running he had done before the fight and had a few fresh bruises on him already. He was about to get hit again by Hisoka when Gon stopped it with his fishing pole by hitting Hisoka square in the face.

"GON, WHAT ARE YOU DOING RUN, GET OUT OF HERE!"Leorio shouted desperately. Hisoka turned to walk towards Gon when Leorio ran at him "YOUR FIGHT IS WITH ME" he said before getting punched in the face so hard that he slid backwards and into a tree. I winced, "That's going to hurt when he wakes up... If he wakes up."

Now Gon was mad, he just watched his friend get knocked out by a strong opponent so what does he do? Charge head first into danger. Gon kept swinging at Hisoka and Hisoka kept dodging easily. Gon swung and swung till his he finally almost hit Hisoka, However Hisoka seemingly turned into mist and was suddenly behind Gon. He grabbed Gon by the neck and held him up effectively chocking the boy.

Now was my turn, I couldn't let Gon die by this creepy clowns hands. I let lose some killing aura towards Hisoka and he turned to me, well where I was. As soon as he turned to me I teleported in front of him, grabbed Gon's legs and teleported us both to where Leorio was lying. I laid the briefcase and now unconscious Gon down next to his friend. Slowly I turned around to see an exited looking clown holding nothing but air and staring at us. I walked away from the sleeping pair so that when the real fight started they wouldn't be hurt.

I let go of my hold on Zetsu and coated myself with ten once again effectively bringing my sword out. He looked at me with that exited look again, "Oh god, Is he a pedophile?" I ignored his look and got into a fighting stance. My slim all black sword held in my dominant right hand, to my side and my left hand in front of me.

"Nice nen you've got there. I can sense a lot of aura, but it's not the strongest." Hisoka said to me. "I see you summoned a sword. Does that make you a conjurer?" He asked. I just continued to stare at him waiting for his move.

After a few seconds of me not answering he decided to test me. He threw a few nen coated cards at me which I quickly deflected with my sword. Each card I deflected felt like I stopped a truck. He threw some more and ran at me. He reached me before the cards did. As soon as he got to me he made a swipe at my neck which I rolled under dodging the swipe and the cards. As I stood I made a diagonal upwards cut with my sword. As it cut through him he turned into smoke. I jumped forwards sensing him behind me. I turned in mid air to deflect three more cards and landed sliding a few feet. We stood a few yards from each other just waiting for the other to attack.

So far I could tell he was just testing me. He can move many times faster than that and I wasn't ready to show him my Hatsu quite yet. But I also knew that if he were to get serious I probably wouldn't survive. My Hatsu is a great ability, but not for offence. I don't have many ways to attack with it.

On top of that, I'm not the best with a sword. The sword wasn't my choice of a weapon, But it's what I had when I woke up. That and I can feel it's a part of me so using any other weapon felt like I was cheating on myself. I know I can wield daggers and am great with my bare hands, as if I was professionally trained. However, all my sword skills were self taught and amateur at best.

Since Hisoka was so kind enough to attack me first last time, I decided to go first this time. I charged at him as fast as I could. Within the blink of an eye I was in front of him, I guess he saw me coming because when I got there he was already mid swing with one of his cards. I leaned back to move under it while swinging my sword upwards and spinning my body. I grazed him with my sword under the left arm leaving a red trail of blood, since I was spinning I ended up sliding past him and was now behind him and facing him with my sword ready for another strike. I quickly shot my sword down right and diagonally to try to cleave him from left shoulder to right hip. But I didn't expect what happened next.

As I was about to hit him he disappeared again and ended up to my right. He landed the hardest punch I've ever taken to my face and I flew about fifteen feet and into a tree. I was dizzy instantly and tried to get up, I ended up using my sword as a crutch just so I could keep my balance. I touched my face and nothing seemed broken but man did it hurt. I looked up to see a hazy figure of a clown a few feet away from me, but I knew that being so dizzy, I wouldn't be able to stand much longer let alone fight.

I waited for the punch so I can use my Hatsu to stop it... but it never came. Instead he grabbed my face and made me look him In the eyes. He said something to me. I couldn't quite make out what it was but after a few seconds of looking at him, I blacked out.

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All I saw was darkness. All I felt was pain. But what I heard was a voice. Not just one but many. They all blended together into one loud crying voice. It said one thing over and over but I couldn't understand it. It was too loud and sounded distorted. Then it started to fade and get quieter until it was nothing more than a whimper. Then I heard it say one final thing to me..."Please... please don't die on me."It came out as a whimper but it was the only thing I heard. then I saw light rushing towards me, and that was the end.

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I slowly woke up and I felt like everything was moving. I shifted a little and opened one of my black eyes. What I saw was a boy looking down at me with medium blonde hair. His brown orbs looking straight into my black ones. I noticed one other thing. He was carrying me bridal style. I immediately blushed. "Ne... Kurapika... can you put me down?"I asked. The blonde looked at me and nodded. He let my feet hit the ground and stood up again. I felt dizzy immediately and leaned on him for support."Thank you, Kurapika." I said quietly.

"Are you ok?" he asked "You took the hardest hit I've ever seen. Honestly I'm surprised your still alive."I nodded and looked up at him.

"So you saw me fight?" I asked worried that he saw me teleport.

"Well... I kind of saw the fight. You and Hisoka were moving so fast it was hard to keep up." He explained.

I nodded and we continued to walk along a path in the middle of the forest. Something felt off, I couldn't put my finger on it but I was missing something. Then it hit me "Oh no... where's my sword?!" I asked scared looking up to Kurapika. He looked down at me and did a quick nod behind us. I turned and saw Gon struggling to carry my sword, Leorio's briefcase and his fishing pole all together. I let out a sigh of relief and waited for him to catch up.

Once he got close to me I grabbed my sword out of his hands and hugged it. It was a part of me and I felt whole again. I sighed and looked at the boy, he still looked way too happy."Thanks Gon... For carrying my sword and all." I muttered and scratched the back of my head.

"It was the least I could do Kana, after all you saved me and Leorio. " I was a little worried," did he see me teleport?"

"You remember that? I thought you were unconscious." I said

"All I remember was you setting me down and walking away." He replied. Well he didn't see me teleport and I didn't use my circles so I don't have to make up some bullshit excuse about nen now.

"Ok. So where are we going?" I asked.

"To the second exam, we're almost there" said Gon. His eyes lit up as if he remembered something."Oh Kana?"

"Yea?" I said unsure as to what he was going to say.

"I just wanted to say I remember you is all. You know, from back on the island when you passed out in my house."He said

"Yea, I told you I would see you again and tell you my name." I replied remembering. I just hope he won't as about his dad.

Gon looked as he was about to say something until we heard voices from the other contestants. Kurapika looked relived and I had to say I was too. We walked to the bushes we heard the voices coming from.

As we came out of the bushes we saw all the other contestants waiting outside a big steel gate I looked around and saw Leorio leaned up against a tree still passed out. I made sure my cloak's hood was on and walked away from the group swaying a little as I moved. I heard Killua shout to Gon and immediately went into stalker mode again. I may feel closer to the group I came here with now, but I still wasn't sure what to think about Killua.

After a while of waiting I felt better, less dizzy, and Leorio had woken up. Gon gave him his briefcase and told him that I saved it after he left it in the tunnel. But when Gon said my name, Killua's eyes flashed with emotion. It was only for a second but I saw it. I was sure after seeing that...He knows me. Now I have to wait to confront him, but when he's alone.

Just then there was a low growling sound from behind the door. What vicious monster awaits behind the door for the second stage of the exam. I was a little worried from that sound and unsure if I could last with this headache. I didn't think I was ready for the next phase just yet. Then the doors started to open. I closed my eyes and took a deep breath to steel my nerves. I lied, I was definitely ready.

A/N

Thank you to everyone who's been with my story so far. I appreciate all the support I've gotten from everyone to continue my story. I have to say though, I'm not the best writer. I still feel this chapter seems rushed but I fixed a lot before posting this. I plan to continue this story so look forward to more chapters if you enjoyed. If you have any advice please don't hesitate to share. I love all reviews both negative and positive. So long as the negative ones give me some insight in how to improve upon my mistakes that is. I love you all and will post the next chapter soon enough. Thank you all for reading.

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