Hey everybody! I know I haven't updated in a while. I have really bad time management, but anyway let's get back into the story. Thank you for all the support.

My heart sank at the sight of people fighting and trampling each other. There were screams coming from people who went down the stairs. They were clearly dying. Something was wrong with this exam. Who comes up with these tests? At this point, Chairman Netero was probably dealing with the chimera ants. That means someone else was in control of the hunter exam. Whoever is in control right now is probably someone inexperienced. Jiro! I snapped out of my state of confusion. We need to find another person to join our group! Tenshii became serious and determined, it was as if he knew the danger of this type of situation. I finally realized how similar he was to Gon. I gathered my thoughts and focused, because this was NOT the time to start panicking. We looked around for someone who was willing to join us, which was extremely hard to do with all the chaos ensuing around us. I saw the one kid from before, he seemed calm and collected. He was just sitting there! Tenshii, that kid over there. We ran over to him with caution, because he seemed dangerous. His hair looked just like adult Gohan's. He was wearing black ninja-like clothing with a scarf around his neck. "Hey do you have a group of three," I asked. He didn't answer. The same feeling came over me when I asked Kina-san to teach me nen. Come on Tenshii, but before we left he stood up he said, "No, I don't." Great! Do you wanna join us, Tenshii asked. My name is Kage. It seems like I am running out of options, and you two are the only ones that have asked me. I have no choice but to join you. Kage seemed irritated at the fact that he was required to cooperate with other people. I hope you two aren't useless. Tenshii and I looked at each other because we knew we both wanted to say something, but we didn't want to irritate or upset him even more. The truth was all three of us were desperate, and we all needed each other.

The room was starting to clear up, and everybody was leaving. We knew we had to move fast. We all ran towards the stair case, and my mind started swirling with what horrors awaited us down there. WAIT! Don't we need a flashlight first? I already have one, Kage said. When I first walked in I glanced around the room and noticed the flashlights in hidden locations. As soon as the examiner told us to start I quickly grabbed the one closest to me without anyone noticing. This kid was a very intelligent person. Well are you two ready!? Yeah! Of course I had my doubts, but how would I get anything accomplished in this world if I was always scared of everything. Come on! I said with confidence. Good luuuuuaaaaaack! Mr. Motaya yelled to us. The light slowly faded from us as we descended. It was getting extremely cold and dark. The only noises were our footsteps, which was odd since previously there were screams coming from down here. Did they all die off? No, it couldn't be. Kage turned on the flashlight and revealed a two-way hallway. There was a side with a green arrow and one with a red arrow. Tenshii asked which way should we go? Red or Green? We can only guess, I said. Green is too obvious, we should take red, said Kage. That is very logical, let's go the red way. We continued to make left and right decisions for what seemed like an hour. Did Mr. Motaya lie to us? This didn't seem like a maze of death at all. It was also strange that we didn't find any other applicants. Eventually we entered a huge white room. The lights instantly came on and a wall quickly shut behind us. Mr. Motaya's voice came on the speaker, "Welcome applicant 31, applicant 212, and applicant 213." Kage was vigilant, Tenshii was on edge, and I just didn't know what to expect. (Hunter x Hunter (2011) OST 2 - Sono Kyoukan, Ryoryoku Zetsurin.) " You have chosen the path of acid!" Mr. Motaya seemed delighted, but we all knew that meant trouble. The middle of the floor opened up to reveal a man with green skin and purple hair. He was grinning with amusement. "To make it out of here alive, you need to get to the other side where the door is. You may kill your opponent, or use any other method. However your only goal is to get to the other side within the next two hours. GOOOOOD LUUUUUUUAAAACK!" I've never had to kill kids before, he said with a disturbing smirk. Just because your children doesn't mean I will go easy on you. He clearly was sadistic. The green man stood up and pointed his arms to the floor, some sort of liquid acid came out until he formed a line in the middle of the room. If you step over this line I will attack you, simple enough? His constant smiling was the creepiest part of it all. He most likely could use nen. I looked at Tenshii and Kage. Were they capable of using nen? I never bothered to ask. You two stay out of my way, Kage said. He ran up and threw a few shuriken at the man. "Oh we have a brave one…" He grabbed all the shuriken and melted them with his hand. Impossible…he shot those out at an incredible speed. Kage was trying to avoid the acid by attacking at a long distance. Tenshii tried next, he ran and tried to jump over the line while the green man was distracted. He got a kick straight to the face which sent him flying to the wall. "Too slow!" Tenshii's nen started to flare up. I finally saw what Kina-san was talking about. His nen was so overwhelming even the green man wiped the smirk off his face. Tenshii….calm down. Oh right he said with a smile. I don't think Tenshii knows what nen is, he just has lots of it. Kage probably didn't know what it was either. "Come on, is that all you brats got. Your all weak pieces of garbage!" ( Hunter x Hunter 2011 ending 5 ) Guys let me try. I hated how he called my new friends and me garbage. It wasn't their fault they didn't know how to use nen. The voice inside me was telling me to use my ability. I had not practiced it since I left Kina-san, but I had no other choice. If my nen didn't work I would probably die, but I was so angry I didn't care at the time. My friends are not garbage, I screamed. The rush came over me stronger than ever, and I ran towards the acidic man. He started to panic and began to throw shots of acid at me. "Stay back you brat!" I barely dodged some of shots and proceeded to jump into close range with him. Fireworks barrage! I transmuted my nen into fiery explosions that looked just like the ones in Yorknew City. With each punch the green man screamed in shock. He was weak, compared to his previous boasting. I punched him about thirty times, and the final punch landed in his stomach. Blood spewed from his mouth as he went flying into the wall. I looked back to see Kage and Tenshii in amazement. Their earlier attempts honestly seemed useless to what I just accomplished. Wow! That was incredible Jiro, what type of magic was that, said Tenshii. Even I was astonished in myself. I finally used a nen ability. Kage watched me very carefully from then on and was hesitant to follow. Come on you guys lets get out of here. We walked straight past the green man who was now unconscious and into the door revealing light. Hey mom did you see that? Amazing right?

Kage means shadow in Japanese, because he acts like a shadow.