Ch-ch-ch-chapter TEN!
Sorry that it's taken me much longer than usual to update! I've actually had a life recently! as in I actually left the house one day! *gasp!*
I know, I know- it's hard to believe! You might find it a bit easier to believe when I tell you that the only reason why I left was to try out a new Pizza place... Yes that sounds more like what Obese-Gorilla-sama would do.
I won't tell you what else I've done because you would lose all faith in humanity if you found out.
Umm, moving on...
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BACK TO THE STORYYYYY! (ooh and I apologise in advance to all Leorio fans for what's to come.)
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Nothing much happened as the hunter examinees ran down the tunnel. A few people dropped out, a few people died - nothing worth writing about. When they reached the stairs however, things started to get a bit more interesting...
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Layla, who was at the front on Killua's skateboard, cursed upon seeing the steps and did what any lazy person would do. She jumped onto the back of a big guy who was running next to her.
"Hey! What do you think you're doing bitch!" Todo grunted.
"Think of the baby."
"...what?"
"Frederick. You don't want him to suffer do you?" she said.
"You brought a baby with you to the hunter exam?" Todo the wrestler was confused.
"No I didn't bring him, he came to me." Layla said.
"I don't see any baby..."
Layla whipped out her bazooka and pointed it at his face. "That's funny, 'cause Freddie can see you pretty clearly."
"OOKAY I'M RUNNING!"
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Running further behind was Gon, Killua and Shanii.
"Gon! Wanna race to see who comes first?" Killua asked.
"HEY WHAT ABOUT ME BAKER BOY! I WANNA RACE TOO!"
"Yeah fine... you can race us too." -_-
"Sure! The loser has to buy dinner! :D" Gon said enthusiastically.
"Okay!"
"Ready! Set! -Hey Stupid we haven't said 'go' yet!"
"TOO BAD! MWAHAHAHA! THE FREE DINNER IS MINE!" Stupid, I mean Shanii cackled as she dashed ahead; leaving a cloud of dust behind her.
"Cheat..." Killua mumbled as he and Gon watched her retreating figure.
"It's okay! Shanii's just really hungry! She hasn't eaten anything since arriving in this dimension!" Gon said to Killua.
"Since arriving where?" Killua asked.
"This dimension! :D"
"right..." 'I wondered why Gon got along so well with the stupid girl... Great minds think alike they say... Not-so-great minds seem to as well...'
Killua's thoughts were interrupted when he saw Bella zoom past even faster than Shanii with a look of sheer terror on her face. He then saw a shirtless Leorio run past too, while making strange grunting noises which quite possibly could have been heavy breathing. However he didn't see much of this as he had to shield his eyes to protect himself from over-exposure to Leorio-ness. 'Gah! I think I'm dying!' He thought, and he wondered if anyone would survive if they were directly exposed to the horror that he only caught a glimpse of.
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Bella had been given no warning whatsoever when Leorio suddenly stripped mid-run, all the while wheezing like someone who smoked 50 a day. She had the huge misfortune of being next to him at the time, and was immediately blasted with Leorio-rays: a strange phenomenon that occurs when a person is so repulsive or lousy (or whatever it is that they are) that it literally oozes out of them - much like the sun emitting UV rays.
She had been protected from the Leorio-rays up till now because of the SuperSuit that Leorio had worn, custom made by a short woman named Edna Mode- who claimed that by making it she should be considered humanity's saviour.
However, as Leorio had removed his shirt without giving her a chance to run and hide, Bella was close to collapsing from the immediate exposure. Not knowing what else to do, she fled to the front of the examinee group to find Layla; teary-eyed and whimpering from her traumatic experience. To say that she had been scarred for life is an understatement. Not even death could free her from that.
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"Laylaaaa!" Bella whimpered at her friend. She was very close to reaching her limit.
"What. You wanna hitch a ride too?" Layla looked down at Bella from her noble steed, i.e. Todo the wrestler. 'Looks like she's been exposed to something nasty, I bet it has something to do with the old guy.'
"urghhhhhhhhhhhhhh" Just before Bella collapsed (foaming at the mouth and her eyes rolled back), Layla grabbed her and hoisted the unconscious girl onto her ride too. Despite what everyone else might have thought, Layla cared for her friend: who else would make her as many turkey sandwiches as she desired?
Poor Todo didn't say a word as he was forced to carry another person up the stairs, as he didn't want to be in Freddie's line of sight again.
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Leorio, who was unaware of the effect that he had on everyone, carried on scarring people left right and centre- drastically reducing the number of examinees that would pass the first phase of the exam. These buggers were the lucky ones though, believe it or not, as Bella had taken in most of the Leorio-rays, saving many with her heroic (although unintended) sacrifice.
Leorio caught up to Kurapika; who happened to be one of the few people in existence able to tolerate being exposed to Leorio-rays for extended periods of time. ('Tis a miracle, I know. - it must be something to do with his prettiness counteracting the negative Leorio effects.) The two of them then proceeded to have a heart-to-heart talk on their reasons for becoming hunters, and promptly fell in love. (wait, WHAT?)
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Before they could confess their feelings for each other, Gon and Killua caught up to them.
"See you at the goal Kurapika! :D"
"Catch you later, Old timer." Killua said, while shielding his eyes slightly. Although the Leorio-rays were considerably weaker than before, looking straight at Leorio for too long could still cause disfigurement or insanity.
"I'M NOT OLD! I'M A TEENAGER LIKE YOU GUYS!"
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After recovering from that shocking piece of news, Gon and Killua caught up with Shanii, who had gotten bored with running by herself.
"I'm impressed that you can keep up with me." Killua said to Gon.
"Really? Hehehe!" Gon said while scratching the back of his head.
"Pfftt! THIS IS NOTHING! YOU GUYS ARE SLOOOOOOOW!"
"Oh really? We've caught up with you, Stupid." said Killua with an eyebrow raised.
"THAT'S ONLY BECAUSE I WAS BORED WITH RUNNING BY MYSELF!"
"Suuure. Anyway, this exam is boring. It's no fun at all."
"So why do you want to become a hunter Killua? Shanni?" Gon asked.
"I don't really care about being a hunter, I just heard that the exam was really hard, and I thought it sounded like fun." Killua said.
"WHAT? BAKER BOY YOU'RE SO WEIRD!"
"What about you Shanii?" Gon asked.
"Tha'Bra told us to!"
"Ha! You say that I'm weird? You and your idiot friends are taking the exam because apparently a BRA told you to!"
"IT DID!"
"Why does your bra want you to take the hunter exam?" Gon asked.
"IT'S NOT MY BRA! Anyways, it wants us to become strong and learn nen and fight people."
"What's nen Stupid?"
"I DUNNO! ASK LAYLA!"
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Killua shuddered at the thought of having to speak with the Lead Sadist of the Idiot Trio again. He had not forgotten that weird conversation he had with her concerning a baby named Freddie. "Never mind... Forget I asked. So Gon, what about you?" Killua said, trying to change the subject.
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"My dad's a hunter! So I want to be a hunter like him! :D"
"NAWWWWW THAT'S SO CUUUTE!" Shanii grabbed Gon and hugged him, despite what had occurred the last time she did so. (kabooom)
"So what kind of hunter is your dad?" Killua asked as Gon struggled to breathe in Shanii's grasp.
"I don't know!" Gon somehow managed to say.
"HAHAHA! You're weird too! You want to be like your dad but you don't even know him!"
"DON'T BE MEAN TO GON BAKER BOY!"
"You're the one that's suffocating him Stupid!"
Shanii let go of Gon and he continued with his story.
"I was raised by Mito-san and I've only seen my dad through pictures. When he was twelve he took the hunter exam and left the island. I want to become a hunter to know why he chose being a hunter over raising me! :D"
"oh..." Killua said.
"Waaah Poor Gon!" Shanii sobbed. "DON'T WORRY! I'LL FIND YOUR DAD AND BEAT HIM UP FOR DITCHING YOU!"
"Uhh, no that's okay! You don't need to do that!"
"BUT THAT'S WHAT FRIENDS ARE FOR!"
"No really! You don't have to!"
"SO WHAT DOES YOUR DAD LOOK LIKE! DO YOU HAVE A PHOTO OF HIM I CAN SEE? I HAVE TO KNOW WHAT HE LOOKS LIKE IF I'M GONNA BEAT HIM UP!"
"Please don't..."
Killua didn't say anything as he thought about what Shanni had said. 'Friends huh? I wonder if I could be friends with Gon...'
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"The exit! It's the exit!" Some random examinee said.
"WOOHOO! FREE DINNER FOR MEEEEE!" Shanii tried sprinting ahead but Gon and Killua were prepared. They each grabbed one of her arms, pulling her back, and used the momentum to push themselves forward. "HEYYYYY NO FAIR!"
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Satotz reached the exit and slowed to a stop. He turned around to see how many people made it this far. 'hmm quite a few' he thought, when-
"GOAL!" Gon and Killua passed him at the exact same time.
"I won!"
"No I did!"
"No I was definitely first."
"HEY YOU CHEATED!" Shanii ran out after them.
"You cheated first! We were just returning the favour, Stupid."
"BUT I HAVEN'T EATEN ANYTHI-"
"-yeah, yeah."
"Looks like you're buying us dinner Shanii! :D"
"NAWWW YOU'RE SO CUUUUUTE! OKAY I'LL BUY YOU DINNER! Tha'Bra owes us loads of money from punching- HEY IT'S LAYLA!"
Shanii and Gon waved at Layla as she rode Todo up the stairs and Killua put his hands in his pockets, trying to look disinterested rather than scared, as he avoided meeting her eyes. He briefly wondered how Shanii and Gon could have such short attention spans.
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"That's strange. My ride seems to be slowing down... Maybe he wants to meet Freddie." Layla looked down at Todo with a sadistic gleam in her eye.
"NOOOOOO!" Todo-the-wrestler-turned-noble-steed ran even faster.
"uuuuuuurghhhhhhh..." Bella still hadn't recovered from her Leorio-overexposure.
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"Hey! Bella's there too! She doesn't look too good, I wonder what happened to her?" Gon said.
"OH NOOOO! POOR BELLA! EWW I CAN ONLY SEE THE WHITES OF HER EYES!"
Killua muttered something under his breath that sounded suspiciously like 'Leorio-rays'.
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Speak of the devil! Behind the girls on board the S.S Wrestler came Leorio and Kurapika. Kurapika was looking as pretty as always, and Leorio... He was err... Umm... Yeah.
There seemed to be some tension between the two of them, like there was something left unsaid... But no one paid any attention to this as they were all too busy recovering from the shock of being exposed to even more Leorio-rays -and in broad daylight too!
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Gon, who had a fast recovery rate, took a deep, calming breath and turned to Satotz. "Is this where the second phase is held?" He asked.
"No, we still have quite a way to go." Satotz replied.
"Ugh, that sucks. Even more work." Layla grumbled.
Everyone looked at her.
"What." She looked down at them all from her seat aboard the wrestler.
"NOTHING! Heh, heh heh..." *whistles a merry tune* *avoids eye contact* *comments on the weather*
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"These are the Numere Wetlands. Otherwise known as the Swindlers Swamp." Satotz said, moustache jiggling. "You must cross this to get to the second phase of the exam."
I apologise again to all Leorio fans. I'm abusing his position as the official butt-monkey of the HxH series.
Hopefully my explanation of Leorio-rays made sense. ...In case you were wondering, This 'ray-emitting' phenomenon isn't always caused by being lame.
For example Levi from SnK emits Levi-rays. Levi-rays cause people to collapse from overexposure to awesomeness and the ovaries of every female in the vicinity to explode. This is NOT because Levi is lame. Levi is not lame. Levi is magnificence itself.
Re-re-re-reviewwwww! (And sorry for the long authors notes... if you actually read them both you should really give yourself a pat on the back. You deserve it.)