"What? Are you saying that normal restaurant is where hunter prospects from all over the world is gathered here?" Leorio questioned as the four Hunter candidates looked at a small restaurant.

They walked in as the navigator continued guided them in. "That's exactly what I'm saying."

"Welcome!" The owner of the restaurant shouted out. "Your order?"

"The steak meal."

"How would you like it cooked?"

"Slowly over a weak fire."

"Coming right up."

"Please follow me to the room." A waiter came up to them and brought the group to the very back of the restaurant where there was an isolated room.

Everyone else stared at the table with food, awkwardly, while Valeria strided to a chair and sat down, with legs criss crossed and clapped her hands together. "Thanks for the food."

The other three slowly and cautiously followed her gesture but stopped and looked back at the navigator, when he began to talk again: "One out of 10,000. THat's the probability of making it to this room. You guys have done extremely well for beginners. Alright then, good luck rookies. We'll be more than happy to guide you guys next year too." He closed the door behind him and turned the knob. Everyone began to feel the room moving.

"That was rude. He talked as if he knew we wouldn't pas this year." Leorio began to stuff his face.

"Once every three years." Kurapika replied. He began to explain the difficulties of going through the Hunter exam while Valeria picked her teeth with a toothpick.

"Why do people go through such hardships?" Gon asked.

Valeria, Leorio and Kurapika all looked at him. "A hunter is the..."

"Strongest" Valeria said.

"Most well paid" Leorio replied in sync with Valeria.

"Respected" Kurapika exclaimed at the same time as the other two.

"Job in the world!"

"..." Gon stared at them and the three shot daggers at each other. Or more like Leorio and Kurapika glared at each other while Valeria yawned.

The two argued over the benefits and every details of being a hunter while Gon looked confused. Valeria sighed and patted him on the head. "If you're confused don't listen to the babbling idiots. We can sort everything out after we pass the exam."

"What?!" Leorio and Kurapika shouted. "Are you saying we're stupid?"

Valeria stood up and placed her palm on the table, cracking and splitting it in half. "You got a problem?" She stared back at them with a menacing look in her eyes.

The two shut up before Kurapika spoke again. "Then...Valeria and Gon...what type of Hunters do you want to be."

Valeria and Gon looked at each other.

"I don't really know…" Gon commented.

"Ideally a plant researcher. But I think I would probably be a Blacklist hunter like Kurapika." Valeria dusted her hands a bit before the elevator rang and indicated they were at their stepped out and the group felt the intensity for the air. The three boys stuck closer to Valeria who was ruffling her hair and still head that dead fish look in her eyes.

"What's with this uncomfortable closeness?" Valeria looked at the three, not really showing any discomfort. It was more like a motherly "Don't worry children."

"No...I just...think that you have the laziest atmosphere and relaxed 'I don't give a crap' feeling so I feel like if I stick with you, I won't go paranoid." Leorio replied for the other two. "Besides if anything happens, you can use your gorilla strength to beat up the others-" He was cut off when Valeria stared at him coldly with her pair of dead eyes that said "Who are ye calling gorilla?". The floor underneath her was cracked and sunken in around her.

She then spat at the ground and walked away. Most of the intense air dissipated as a lot of people saw the perfect circle hole in the ground and then the petite girl walking away and Kurapika and Gon were stifling their laughter.

A man watching them from above, began sweating and noted not to go near the girl. He slowly approached the group and waved. "Yo! I'm Tompa! Glad to meet ya!" He offered his hand while a creature that looked like a bean was handing out numbered tags to the newcomers.

Valeria scratched her head and looked around. Several people who had not seen the crack in the ground made by her, snickered at her.

She heard soft whispers of mockery, such as: "She's so petite…"

"Look at how dead her eyes look. She doesn't even look serious for the exam…"

Valeria picked her ear and then took her finger out, blowing it. She sighed.

"And you all are too damn serious…" She muttered. Tompa, the man from before suddenly appeared next to her with a can of juice. "Ah! I've already introduced myself to your friends. My name is Tompa. Here's a can of juice has a token of friendship."

"Valeria." She stared down at the juice. Valeria took it and opened it. Before she could drink or anything, another kid came up. He had spiky white hair and lake blue eyes. He also had a tucked skateboard underneath his arms.

"Hey Tompa. Do you have anymore of that juice?"

"Huh? Sure…"

Killua took several cans of juice and began to chug all of them down. Valeria and Killua seemed to notice Tompa's strained face and Killua spoke up. "No need to worry...I've been trained so that not even poison can kill me." He smirked. He then looked at Valeria.

"Hey, miss. It's probably better if you don't drink it. I don't know what it exactly is...but it's probably not good for you."

"..." Valeria's hand twitched and then the can exploded. She turned her attention to Tompa and placed her hand on his head. She "lightly" pushed Tompa's head down and he smashed his face into the ground.

"You fucking bastard tried to ruin my dreams." Valeria placed her foot on his back.

Killua stared at her in shock and paled slightly with a small smile. "Um...miss?"

Valeria took her foot off and spat on Tompa. She cracked her knuckles. "Try anymore dirty tricks and ur going to get hurt."

Tompa struggled to get up, but could barely move so he talked instead. He turned his currently bloody and swollen face towards her. "Ummm...I don't think a dead fish eyed gorilla would have dreams here and I'm already hurt."

Valeria grabbed him by his collar and smiled with those empty pair of eyes. "Whad'ya say, bastard. Want another blow to that face by this dead-fish-eyed female gorilla?" She was about to punch him when a weird screeching echoed throughout the room.

Everyone turned their attention to a strange man in a suit with an odd moustache.

"Let's commence the Hunter Exam! I will confirm one more time. The exam is extremely difficult and dangerous. If you don't care, please follow me." He said.

Everyone began to follow him and he nodded in approval. He then began to pick up his pace and everyone went from walking to running. Everyone began to run, though confused why.

"I forgot to introduce myself. My name is Satotsu and I'm the examiner of the first exam. I will now escort you to the second exam site."

"What? What about the first exam?" Someone asked.

"The first exam already began...it's to follow me to the second exam."

Valeria was running the boy next to her was riding a skateboard. They stared at each other as they began to pick up their pace faster and faster.

A vein appeared on Valeria's forehead. "Hey...are you picking a fight with me?"

Killua smirked. "Not a fight but a race. Let's see if you have super speed like you do for super strength. "

"Damn you brat." She gritted her teeth and began sprinting.

The two began racing until they reached Gon, Leorio and Kurapika.

"Oh!" The four exclaimed.

"Hey kid! That's not fair!" Leorio shouted at Kurapika.

"What why?" Killua asked.

"It's not against the rules…" Gon said. "The examiner only said to follow him.

"Don't waste your stamina." Kurapika sighed.

"Learn to shut up." Valeria commented.

Killua glanced back at Gon. "Hey you...how old are you?"

"I just turned 12." Gon answered.

"Hmmm…" Killua commented. He did a little trick with his skateboard. "Fine, I'll run too. I'm Killua."

"Wow that was amazing! I'm Gon!"

"Hey miss! What's your name?" Killua asked Valeria.

"I'm Valeria." She answered.

"Hmmm….What about you ossan! What's your name!" Killua looked at Leorio.

"Wha-?! I may look like this but I'm still in my teens just like the rest of you guys." Leorio shouted.

"Eh?" Valeria's face blanked out completely and it looked like she was going to become like dust and disintegrate.

"V-Valeria? Let's get away from them…" Kurapika stared at Valeria who was going through shock.

"Well...there are middle-aged people who still have toddlers' faces." Valeria replied.

"Mhmmm…." Kurapika nodded.

Three hours passed, and almost everyone was ready to pass out. Valeria, Gon and Killua seemed perfectly fine. Kurapika was slightly getting tire with several beads trickling down. However, the same cannot be said for Leorio.

He was breathing heavily and he was literally soaked in sweat. He slowly began to fall behind. Valeria blinked and looked at Kurapika.

"Where's the oss-teenager who looks like a middle-aged man and the kids?"

"You still haven't gotten over it yet, have you." Kurapika laughed, mostly in exasperation.

"Well...I find it really hard to believe. I mean...if you were 100% certain about someone's identity to only have the entire impression destroyed within one second...it makes you think ah...has this all been a lie." Valeri closed her eyes and shuddered.

"I think you're just overthinking it."

Valeria was about to reply when Leorio suddenly rushed pushed them.

"..." Valeria and Kurapika stared at Leorio's oddly running figure with abnormal high motivation.

"What the hell?"