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Anyways… Happy Birthday Killua!

I was going to update this on Sunday but I decided to update it today on Killu-chan's Birthday!

Disclaimer: I own nothing except for my OC Kirane

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Last Time:

Menchi grinned before reporting to the applicants,

"Second Phase, Round Two. 42 Qualified. Good work!"

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Soon everyone who passed was standing inside the ship, waiting for Netero to talk while Kirane was grinning 'I can't wait for phase 3!'

"Allow me to introduce myself to the forty-four remaining applicants. I am Netero, Chairman of this year's Hunter Exam Selection Committee."

A short tiny green man stands by Netero's side, wearing a tuxedo. Which reminded Kirane of jelly beans. 'Really weird…' "I'm his secretary, Beans."

"Originally, I'd planned to make my appearance during the exam's final phase, but as I'm already here..." Netero stops for a second. He grins at the remaining candidates before continuing on, "I love this tension in the air! So I think I'll stick around for the rest of the trip." Netero chuckles as Bean explains what's going to happen now, "We are scheduled to arrive at our destination tomorrow morning, at eight AM. You'll find dinner waiting in the dining hall. You are also welcome to get some rest. In other words, you're free to do as you please until you are contacted."

Killua turns excitedly to the side "Ne Ne, Gon! Kira! Let's explore the airship!"

"Yeah!" Gon replied excitedly

Kirane stretched, "Sure… though I want a cappuccino…" she grinned at them

Leorio sighed, "How can they have so much energy?"

"Beats me." Kurapika sighed tiredly

Leorio huffs, sighing as his eyes droop slowly, "Well, I'm hitting the sack." Kurapika sighed again, "You can say that again."

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"Hey, there! Kids! Stay out of the kitchen!" Kirane, Gon and Killua got kicked out of the kitchen, thrown out by the master chef, "Go eat in the dining hall!"

Kirane chuckled while sipping at her vanilla cappuccino when she saw Gon and Killua with food in their mouth. They start to transverse the ship while eating the very meat and cappuccino they managed to get away with.

Killua stops to run up to the window, smiling excitedly at the sight, "Wow, awesome! Look, Gon! Kirane!"

Gon got just as giddy as Killua, running up to check on the window, "Hmm? What is it?" He pressed his face against the window as Kirane soon followed. "Oh... the view is fantastic."

Kirane looked outside, seeing the cities light creates a large light network. 'It looks much prettier than it did in the anime!'

"Whoa! It's like the ground is covered in jewels!" Gon exclaimed loudly, detailing the lights down below.

"Yeah!"

"Hey, I was wondering, Killua, Kirane-chan..."

Kirane looked towards Gon, waiting for him to speak as Killua hummed, "Hmm?"

"Where are your mom and dad?"

Kirane looks flabbergasted at Gon unsure on how to answer the question 'FuckFuckFuckFuckFuckShiiiiiiit, I forgot about that!' she cried anime tears mentally while hitting herself. Killua answers casually "Hmm... They're alive. Probably."

Gon turns to Kirane, "What about you?"

Kirane hums and thinks franticly for an answer and settled for the truth… sort of, "I don't think I can answer that..."

"Why not?" Killua asked bluntly. Kirane sheepishly poked her fingers together, "I don't know"

"Eh~? What do you mean you don't know?" Killua looked at her suspiciously

'Fuck… oh well, I hope this works' Kirane sighed and answered, "I don't know them, I've been alone since I was 7, I was left in an orphanage with a letter and my name on it, I helped the caretakers there, and when I was 10 someone came and adopted me; my sensei, he and I traveled and he trained me. End of story." She shrugged as if she didn't care. 'I don't want to lie to them but I hope the buy it…'

Gon hummed, "Ah, I see…" he then smiled widely and looked at Killua, "What do your parents do?"

"They're assassins." Killua casually blurted out, he saw how uncomfortable Kirane got on the subject on her parents and decided to drop it and Gon knew too.

Kirane didn't looked surprised 'they bought it~' she mentally cried in relief.

"Huh? Both of them?"

Killua turned to look at Gon, smiling widely before laughing out loud, "That's you reaction? You really are a riot!"

Killua sits down as he smiled at both his friends, "You are the second one who's ever responded seriously."

"Well, you're telling the truth, right? And who's the first?" Gon asked.

"What makes you think that? And to answer your second question it's Kira." Killua looked curiously at Gon.

"It's just a hunch." Killua sighs, "That's weird..."

Kirane nodded, "Uh huh." As Killua sighs again, he rests his head against the bench, "People only like me because they can't ever tell whether I'm serious."

"Hmm... I like you Killua cause your Killua." Kirane stated casually. Killua blushes madly, quickly retorting back, "How could you say something so casually...!" Killua sighed, resting his head back on the bench as he wills his flushed cheeks away, "I'm from a family of assassins. So they're all assassins." Killua smirks, "And my family has really high hopes for me..."

Killua frowns as Kirane asked, "Is that what you really want to do?" Killua lets out a brief sigh, "No. I can't stand it. Who wants to have their life planned out for them?"

Kirane sighed 'No one…'

Killua turned to look at Gon, opening his eyes to yell in frustration, "When I told them I wanted to decide my own future, they all snapped!" He lifted a hand, "My mother had tears streaming down her face, as she told me I have the potential to be a top assassin."

Gon is soon laughing at Killua's rant, unable to stop until Killua has finished.

Kirane chuckled at the sight 'They're so funny… I'll help them so they can keep smiling…'

"Horrible parents, right? It's natural their kid would go bad." Killua looks up smiling to himself. "We ended up fighting. So I stabbed my mother in the face, my brother in the side, and ran away from home."

Kirane smirked in amusement

Killua was grinning gleefully, "I'm sure they're out for blood now. But if they find me, I'll send them packing." Killua gets up, smiling as he sparkles, "When I become a Hunter, I'll start by capturing my family. I'm sure they're worth some hefty bounties..."

Kirane chuckled at Killua face. 'Funny I say!~'

Before Kirane could talked, something made her and the other two turn around. They then heard Netero speak behind them, making them stop to look at him. "Something wrong?"

Killua focuses on Netero, watching him like a cat watches a mouse. Gon asks in confusion, slowly pointing in a direction, "Ah, Netero-San... Did you see anyone coming from that side?"

Netero shakes his head, "No."

"You're pretty fast for an old man." Killua jokingly stated.

Netero tilts a little forward in Killua direction, "That little trick? I barely moved." The two of them enter a little death staring match as Gon looks between the both of them.

"What do you want?" Killua asks, "You don't have to do anything until the last phase, right?"

"No need to be so unkind. I got bored, and was looking for some companions." Netero smiles innocently at Killua, making Kirane think of what's to come. "By the way, I meant to ask the three of you... Any thoughts on your first attempt at the Hunter Examination?"

Gon nods with a huge smile, "Uh-huh! It's fun! And there haven't been any of the written exams I was dreading."

Killua sighs as he flips a hand out, "I'm disappointed... I expected the exam to be far more difficult. I assume the next phase will be more entertaining?"

"Well, now... I wouldn't know about that." Netero humored, "What about you?"

Kirane hummed 'Let's see…', "The start was boring with all that waiting around... but then again... I did arrive kind of early... The first part was boring because we ran in a straight line for hours, then after that, it got more interesting as time progressed... because of the people and friends I met along the way."

"Ho, ho, ho!" Netero laughs, "That's an interesting look at it."

Killua turns around, motioning for Kirane and Gon to follow after him, "Let's go, Gon! Kirane!"

Netero stops Killua from walking any further, "Now wait just a moment." Killua stops to glance in Netero's direction without turning his head.

"Would you care to play a game with me?" As Netero finishes asking, Killua slowly turns while Gon asks "A game?"

"If you're able to defeat me, I shall let you be Hunters!"

Kirane sweat dropped 'Ging-sensei would kick my ass if I took this route… but I don't have a choice~' she mentally cried anime tears

"Really?" Gon asked excitedly, before he continued, "I'll play!" As Killua finally turns, now giving Netero his complete attention, Netero asks, "How about it, eh?"

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Netero bounced a ball in a large basketball course which they now occupy. He cached the ball, balancing it on his finger, "Now, I'll go over the rules of the game. If you can take this ball from me, before the airship reaches its destination, you win."

The three of them look at the clock. "I believe that we're scheduled for an 8 AM arrival? Well, that still gives you nine hours. You're free to attack me however you'd like. I won't touch you."

Gon whined, "Huh? That's too easy. You can't call that a game."

Netero humored the three of them, "Why not give it a try first?"

Killua asked next, "We just have to take the ball?"

Netero nods.

"Then I'll go first."

"Go ahead."

Killua slowly walks around Netero, moving around in a circular pattern. Along the way, time almost distorts, making it look like there are now multiple Killua's walking around in a circle.

Netero looks in awe as Kirane looks on in excitement.

"I see lots of Killuas!" Gon yells in awe as Kirane simply nods, Killua jumps out suddenly, going to grab the ball. Netero pulls the ball back out of Killua's way, making Killua pivot's his foot to jump up and make another attempt.

Killua keeps trying as Netero only steps back making sure to keep it out of Killua's grasping distance.

They keep going at it until Netero joked, "What? That's it?" He flips up the ball, balancing it on his nose. Killua darts off again, kicking Netero on his leg.

Gon and Kirane flinched at the sight, "Ouch... Right on his pivot leg!" Killua jumps up, clutching his leg where he made contact with Netero's leg, screaming in agony.

Gon holds out his hand, "Killua! Tag! Tag! It's my turn!" Killua hops over to Gon, tagging him in. Gon does some stretches before starting. "Okay!" Gon goes off on a flying start. Gon changes directions suddenly, going right up into the air. He hits his head on the roof, smashing it against a pole. Gon drops to the floor, clutching his head as he also screamed in agony like Killua.

Killua yells at Gon, "Idiot! We know that you can jump really high! Control your strength! For a moment, the old man relaxed his guard!" Gon slowly paces around Netero as he massages his head, "I messed up there." After a few more attempts, Kirane couldn't take her excitement and holded out her hand "Oh, tag me in I want to try!"

Gon nods, tagging in Kirane next. Netero's eyes narrow, feeling a sense of Déjà vu hit him. 'She seems familiar... I think Ging talked about a girl he was training. Maybe-' Kirane darted off quickly, giving no more time for Netero to ponder the thought.

Kirane charged in a straight line, going directly for Netero. As Netero smirked and pulled back the ball, Kirane saw the movement and slided underneath him, jumping up onto his back to pull on Netero's hair. Netero makes small grunts of complaints.

As Kirane tugged the hair, she stretched out her hand to grab the ball, "Just a little further..." Netero holded the ball out of Kirane's grasp, then moving on to push her off with a smug look. Kirane narrowed her eyes and observed Netero and suddenly sprinted forward, her nails glowing acid green as the lengthened and sharpened as she head for his head. Netero was surprised but dodged, they kept at it for five minutes before they stopped.

"Oh, ho, ho, ho, that's it?" Netero joked

Kirane was crouched while she smirked and pointed at him, "Look."

They were surprised as Netero's body had scratches and blood on him, they weren't deep but the acid made them sting like hell, Kirane sprinted forward as soon as she saw Netero distracted and headed towards the ball and grabbed it, Netero snapped out of his shock and quickly throw the ball to the side making it slip out of Kirane's hands as she scowled but smirked.

"Sugoi! Kirane-chan, tag me!" Gon grinned excitedly while Killua looked impressed and curious.

The three of them continue to switch out, alternating between each other to grab the ball.

Netero head butts Killua's face with the back of his head. As Killua dropped to the floor, Netero muses, "You kids aren't getting anywhere. Why not attack simultaneously?"

Killua growled in frustration "Why, you..." Kirane and Gon nodded at each other as Gon stated "Okay... I'll get you this time!"

They charge into the fray, attempting any chances to grab the ball. Netero always made sure that the ball is out of everyone's grasp. "Here they come."

The three of them surround Netero, giving him no chance to escape. Netero darts out of the way, narrowly escaping them as they smash into each other, clasping their nose to massage it.

Gon kicked off the floor, kicking his shoe into Netero's face. During that time, Killua gets a good kick in the back of Netero's head. "A chance!" Killua smiles, going into grab the ball along with Kirane.

Netero kicks the ball out of Killua's and Kirane's reach, smiling in glee. When Netero makes an attempt to reach the ball, Gon kicks off his other shoe, kicking the ball out of Netero's reach. "You and your little tricks!"

As Gon and Killua charge the ball, Kirane kicked Netero feet out from under him while his distracted, chasing after the ball alongside Gon and Killua. "It's mine!" All three of them smile with the ball inches from their hand.

Netero pivot's his body, turning to kick off the floor. He passes all three of them like a speeding bullet, grabbing onto the ball. Netero quickly slides to a stop as the three kids are sent to the floor, massaging the place where they hit the hardest.

Without breaking a sweat, Netero still holds the ball, "I commend you on your efforts." Gon smiled the most, praising Netero, "You're amazing, Netero-San! Really amazing!"

As Killua gets up, Kirane turned to saw him complain, "Forget it... I give up. I lose!"

Gon asked "Why? We still have time. And just now, we came really close."

Killua sighed as he turned to look at Gon, "Jeez. You really have no clue, do you? The old man has barely used his right hand and his left leg."

"What?" Gon looks astonished at Killua.

"But we're still powerless against him. We could chase him around for a year, and never take the ball from him."

Netero smiles at Killua, "Oh, you figured it out? And here, I thought I'd fooled you."

"So that's what he was doing." Gon looks at Netero confused.

Killua faked a laugh, "You really know how to piss me off, old man. Let's go, Gon! Kira!" Gon points out "Oh, I'm gonna play a little longer." Killua runs back to the door in shock after walking away "Huh?"

He ran back in, yelling in Gon's face, "Didn't you hear what I said?! It's useless! You won't be able to take the ball from him!"

Gon smiled at Killua unexpectedly, "Yeah! I don't care about the ball."

Killua tilts his head back, taken back by Gon's statement.

"We've only used up half of the time limit. I'm gonna make Netero-San use his right hand before the time runs out."

Killua looks astonished at Gon "I see... Yeah, I got it. What about you, Kirane?" Killua turns to look at the girl in question.

Kirane hummed, "I don't wanna play anymore but I would like to see how this would turn out."

Killua sighed as he walked away, "Good luck." He waves off to the two, leaving them behind. "I'm getting some sleep."

As Killua left, Gon turns to ask Netero, "Say, Netero-San... How did Killua do that thing where he walked slowly, and it looked like there were a bunch of Killuas?"

Netero's eyes narrow, "That technique is for those engaged in underground work. You have no need to learn it. In fact, you should not learn it."

"But it's an amazing technique, right?"

Netero sighs as he throws the ball up, catching it every few seconds, "It requires an intensive amount of training."

"Killua's really something! Right, Kirane-chan?"

Kirane nodded, "He really is..."

Gon goes to grab the ball but Netero held it up, looking down on Gon with a frown "You fool."

Kirane snickered 'I hope Killua's fine…'

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Kagomine: There! Hope you enjoyed. This also has pieces of Cazark's Kopīkyatto Shadow, so check it out please. And as you can see I made a few twists of mine.

Anyway, I hope you really liked this and please review!

Thank You~!

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