A Hunter Chronicle: Naruto and HunterxHunter crossover
Disclaimer: This story is fiction, all the characters, names and places belong to their respective owners.
"Talking"
'Thoughts'
"Demon Talks"
"Techniques/Moves"
"Memory Lane"
(Thought Bubbles).
Important Names.
Where was I with this story… sometimes I forget where I wrote up to during an arc. I generally just zoomed through an arc while plotline for it was still fresh in my mind. But now, it's became cloudy and I had to read my notes again. Okay, first off, from refreshing memory, those that have passed Naruto's test were Hisoka, Illumi, Killua, Gon, Kurapika, Hanzo and Leorio (barely).
=[A Hunter Beginning]=
To Next Adventure
"Hmm?" Naruto muttered as he checked his cards. He shuffled them around in his hand and tilted his head backward to look up, which followed by a quick glance at the other players' faces. They were Killua, Hanzo and Leorio, sitting around him and forming a circle. The last one had bruises all over his face; acquired from his recent victory against a few of Naruto's clones. There was plenty of time left in the last day here, and they were just waiting for the boat to come back and pick them up so they can move onto the next exam venue.
Naruto stared at his opponent's cards with chakra flowing through his eyes, trying to see through them from his position. When that attempt failed, he tried to use his clones to cheat, but Killua stabbed one that was getting too close behind him. Naruto sighed and placed his card down in front of them, showing that he had a full-house.
"You cheated somehow! How did you managed to win every game!?" Leorio shouted angrily as he threw his cards down on the grass. He had two high pairs while Hanzo shook his head a little and did the same, but gentler. Hanzo's hand consisted of a triple. Killua, on the other hand, smirked before folding the cards together and placed them face down in front of him.
"I give up, I'm going check what Gon is doing," Killua said as he got up from his spot, and left the group behind while Hanzo tried to do pushup with his fingers, readying for the next phrase of the exam.
"Hey! What did you have?" Naruto asked but Killua simply did a hand waving gesture without turning around. Leorio quickly picked up Killua's cards, spreading it to see what the boy had. His eyes widen and shown it to Naruto, who face-palmed.
"Damn it, Killua! The point of the game was to win, why you forfeit when you could have won!?" Naruto shouted, chasing after the silver-haired boy.
Gon wasn't with the group. He was training in an open field nearby, running back and forth while Kurama shouted verbal insults or orders on top of him. Naruto and Killua entered the edge of the clearing, and was about to move towards the spiky black-haired kid but noticed that Hisoka was watching the boy with interest closer to them. Kurapika was also nearby. In fact, he was in the opposite direction across the field, but currently leaning against tree with a deadly glare at the joker.
"What wrong with him? Did you do something perverted?" Naruto asked Hisoka while pointing at Kurapika in the distance.
"Hmm… I'm only interesting in you three," Hisoka smirked as Killua stuck his tongue out in disgust. Naruto formed a tick mark at the comment. Hisoka leered at the duo for a bit before returning back to Gon's direction while spinning a card between his fingers, which was joker. Naruto had 'stolen' his deck to play poker previously.
"Enough with the bullshit,' Naruto called out and threw the deck of card at Hisoka, who caught it effortlessly.
"No fun at all, I just told him some information about he was seeking," Hisoka said as Naruto raised an eyebrow.
"What he's talking about?" Killua whispered into Naruto's ear as the blond shook his head a little.
"Probably something to do with Kurapika's revenge," Naruto said in a low voice and paid attention towards Gon before sighing. Kurapika was seeking any information on those that murdered his family/clan and destroyed his village, and Naruto had no reason to tell him otherwise. It would be hypocritical for him to say that vengeance was not the path, considering he did exactly the same a long time ago. Hisoka must had something to do with it, but Kurapika didn't attack the clown outright, implying that the clown didn't kill the villagers.
"Is it just me or Gon gotten faster?" Naruto asked, seeing how Gon was moving much faster than before like during the time when he fought with Hisoka. Good thing they were paying undivided attention to the battle then or the murderous clown would have killed Gon on reflex. But the near death experience did help the boy's growth as he was determined than ever before to become stronger. Kurama probably had something to do with that as well.
"Yeah, how did he do that?" Killua asked suspiciously. The child assassin wondered if the demonic fox, Kurama, had taught Gon something unique. Naruto decided to tell his friend that Kurama actually made Gon's body heavier for training so when those weights came off, Gon would naturally be faster. However, Naruto have some doubt that was the only thing as he channeled chakra into his eyes and saw some sort of aura coated over the spiky black-haired boy.
"Is that…"
"Nen," Hisoka answered without hearing the rest. "He had consciously awakened his Nen," Hisoka added as the smiled broaden showing some razor sharp teeth to the side. Naruto swore he felt the intense murderous aura rising as he blinked at the clown. Killua immediately moved away from Hisoka as he felt something familiar.
"Nen?" Killua asked loudly as he was further away. Naruto sighed, seeing that.
"Stop that!" Naruto scolded so Hisoka stop emitting bloodlust. Naruto didn't know much about Nen, but Hisoka had explained something about it during the free hours in the trick tower.
"Nen is... life energy produced by all living bodies for survival," Naruto said with a sweat dropped. It sounded exactly like chakra, but he cleared the thought from his mind before continuing explaining all he knew about it.
"So that was what I felt when my brother…" Killua shivered slightly, remembering his Illumi's presence. Naruto understood what Killua was going to say since he felt it as well, especially when his clones faced Illumi in battle. Hisoka smirked at the comment about his associate, who was waking up from his nap in the wood somewhere.
"I think it's the next step to become stronger for you guys because natural strength can only go so far," Naruto hinted.
"Can I learn it? Gon is getting stronger every day and I don't want to fall behind," Killua said with a frown. Currently, he was still faster and deadlier than Gon, but at the rate his friend was growing, Killua would fall behind if he didn't further his own skill set. Plus, he wanted to defeat his brother for manipulating him, and learning Nen would help him in that endeavor.
"I don't know how Gon learn it. It seemed he just unlocked it…maybe it happened on its own?" Naruto questioned. He had no clue how to activate Nen since accessing to chakra was always possible for his kind. They had complete access to it at the moment they were born, and only needed to control and mold it afterward. Nen, on other hand, didn't at all, which baffled the Sage somewhat. He wanted to help Killua grows stronger as well, but not sure how since he lacked the in-depth knowledge of its working. Naruto turned to look at Hisoka and his eyes narrowed a little.
"You know how to use Nen right? Teach him," Naruto practically ordered as Hisoka smirked at the command. Hisoka decided to humor the boy a little.
"Hmmm… there are three ways for someone to initiate, and Nen is mostly tied to emotion and mental state," Hisoka said but didn't elaborate further. He hinted that Gon must have used the proper path, but he didn't know that Kurama had helped the boy along by stimulating his muscles with chakra. It wouldn't have been possible otherwise for Gon, who was too young to awaken it normally. After a few seconds of silence, Naruto spoke up.
"And? Why did you stop there?" Naruto asked as Killua nodded in agreement. He wanted to know more.
"I don't want to teach you Nen. It dangerous if you didn't learn it properly, and the chance of you dying while attempting it is high," Hisoka refused flatly. He didn't want them to die before they could reach the peak of their ability, by which he meant Gon and Killua since Naruto was already at his. He was itching to fight the blond but Naruto had refused him since there was no incentive to do so.
Killua frowned at the refusal as Naruto sighed.
"Okay, you said that Nen is dangerous if not trained correctly? But Gon is actually practicing it without any one guiding him," Naruto pointed out. Hisoka smirked at the hidden meaning. If he didn't teach Gon and Killua, they would be dying when learning it themselves through trial and error, or crippled at best. Hence, their growth would stop, and he would lose some potentially preys.
"Well done," Hisoka said before dashing into the woods. He didn't know the exact process either, but someone who currently spying on them will.
Killua was confused but Naruto shuddered at the retreating sight of the clown. He didn't want to stop Hisoka since those guys hiding in the woods gave off an aura of a veteran. A while later, Hisoka returned back to the open field, dragging along with a man in a black suit behind like a sack of potatoes. The man was groaning in pain as the maniac dropped him down in front of trio kids and one animal. Gon had stopped training and joined the two when he was called over to have some chat.
"Who is he?" Gon asked with concern, pointing at the battered man.
"Spectator, examiner, whatever you want to call them, they basically stalked us to make sure we didn't cheat or something along that line," Naruto deadpanned, thinking the whole point of the round was pretty much 'you have to cheat'. His clones obviously ran into them while hunting down other people, but they chose to ignore those guys as they weren't candidates.
"Isn't attacking examiner mean disqualification?" Killua asked everyone around him.
"Yes, but think of them as collateral damage in crossfire, and if any examiner couldn't defend himself from a candidate then they need to find a new job," Kurama answered sarcastically. Hisoka grinned at the fox as it hinted what he said before during the first round with Satotz.
"The real question is why brought him here?"
"Hmm… you said you want to learn Nen?" Hisoka said as the trio nodded. Kurama somewhat didn't care much about the Nen's process, but still wanted to know as well as it was critical information.
"I didn't learn it from anyone so my methods might not for you, and you might die if trying to copy me. You need a proper teacher, I got you one… this guy last the longest when I went to have fun with them," Hisoka pointed as the battered man in suit. He killed a few as well since they were weakling, but he didn't reveal that.
"I can't teach you about Nen yet, you need to be a Hunter first," the brown-haired man with a nice clean cut said after the three kids looked at him.
"Is that all?" Naruto moved his face closer to the man who gulped, and sweated a little. He and other examiners already knew who this was. The blond was the only person who managed to steal the ball of Netero, and was promoted to a Hunter shortly afterwards. Both tasks were now a legend of sort as no one had done both before.
"I need to ask for confirmation first," the man said after suppressing his fear and admiration, or maybe mixture of both. Naruto nodded, allowing him to do that as he heard Netero's voice over the radio when ear-dropping in.
"Hohoho… is that so, so teach them then, they will have to learn it later anyway," the radio relayed the old-man's voice. The communication device also asked the man what was going on with the exam and even chuckled loudly at the end before cutting off.
"Netero-sama had given me an order to go ahead… Gon-kun had already gained access to his, although it's constantly leaking uncontrollably right now, I'm not sure why he hasn't fainted from exhaustion yet…" the examiner questioned with a frown. Naruto rolled his eyes a bit and had a quick glance at Kurama, who was supplying Gon with chakra to boost the boy's vitality. It was to supplement whatever energy Gon lost.
Kurama was a bit shocked, now realizing why it had to constantly supply Gon. If he left Gon for too long, the boy might die as the result. The fox scratched his face a little in shame. Hisoka was shuffling his deck of card around, uncaring much about the conversation. He had done his task so he was just waiting for the ship now.
"As for Naruto-kun, Netero-sama said it wasn't possible for him as he tried it before," the examiner pointed out as Naruto blinked.
'When did he do that?' Naruto thought and tried to remember their fight. He noticed that Netero did place his palm on Naruto occasionally at the start of their fight when they were just warming up.
'Was that all he need to awaken Nen? What the fuck…'
"Killua-kun, please come here," the examiner said as Killua stepped forward. He placed his hand on Killua's head and channeled his Nen through the boy's body, gentling jolting the aura's nodes and opening it. The grass around them swayed outward from the silver-haired boy as he releases his energy. Soon enough, the assassin's body was coated in some aura. Naruto watched it with interest.
"Now, Killua-kun and Gon-kun, do you feel the energy around you? They are being released from your body in mass from various pores. You will need to sense which pore and close them mentally. This is the first step of learning Nen, and how to control your energy flows," the examiner lectured and explained further what they needed to do step by step.
The spiky black-haired and silver-haired closed their eyes, and stood silently as they sense where the energy was coming from. They succeeded quickly and felt their body strengthening after doing so. They were both excited afterwards, jumping in the air when accomplishing the task.
Before long, the boat came by again and picked up the candidates along with all the prisoners in the cave. The ones who passed the exam round were sent up to an airship that was heading toward Hunter headquarter.
XxX(Scene Change)XxX
It had been a few days since then, but with a proper teacher, Gon and Killua's ability rose to new height as they tried to grab the ball of Naruto. The trio was in a small court located at the center of the airship. It was a brand new airship due to the little accident from before. Naruto was jumping and flipping around as Gon and Killua dashed towards him at an impressive speed.
'Wow, they are getting really fast, but still nowhere near me, ahahhaha,' Naruto laughed mentally as he continued to dodge them with minimal effort. Netero and a few examiners were watching them with amazement. Excluding Naruto, Gon and Killua had become much stronger during these past few days, breaking much expectation of a few spectators. Netero stroked his small goatee as he watched them.
"I think we should have them check what type of Nen they have through Water Divination," Satoz suggested as Netero nodded in approval, but didn't want to interrupt the little game just yet.
"What about next round?" Menchi asked but Netero cocked his head a little.
"What next round? Naruto already done it… I don't think anyone who has passed the boy test isn't Hunter material," Netero said with a thoughtful expression.
"But Naruto isn't an examiner…" Menchi protested but Netero dismissed her argument.
"Then I'll just make him an examiner, and everything would be fine," Netero compromised as Menchi, Buhara and Satoz sweat dropped.
'It was that simple to be an examiner?' They all thought. Naruto just went from candidate, to Hunter, and finally examiner before the conclusion of the actual exam. No one had ever done such thing before, and no ever will after the blond.
"Catch!" Naruto said as he sent chakra into ball and threw it at Gon's. It crashed into the boy's face, sending him backwards as Naruto grabbed the recoiled ball. He tried to do the same to Killua, but the silver-haired boy had much better reflex than the previous victim and caught the ball perfectly.
"You okay Gon?" Killua asked as Gon rubbed his reddish face and then rubbed the back of his head. He was fine as he was sitting upright with a wide smile on his face.
"Hahah, I should have caught it," Gon said as Killua exhaled and spun the ball on the tip of his finger. Now he got the ball so their little game finally over.
"I think we need to go to our next Nen's lesson," Naruto said as he helped Gon up. The trio head out of the court and into a room down the corridor.
"Hey Jiji, you looked as old as ever. Where's your spring time of youth?" Naruto greeted the chairman of Hunter association, who was waiting for them in the room. Netero ignored the joke since he didn't get the reference. He had taking great interest in the trio and decided to teach them Nen personally for the duration that they were on the airship.
"Your progress is remarkable. Astonishing… I need to check which types of aura your Nen is so I can further teach you in your specialty," Netero pointed out as the trio was confused. He nodded a little from seeing their face and then continued to elaborate.
"There are six types of aura. They are Enhancer, Transmuter, Conjurer, Emitter, Manipulator and Specialist." Netero explained what each type included. Netero eyed his students as they took in the information, and started chatting with each other loudly for a bit before returning back to the old man.
"So which one are we?" Naruto asked, but Netero stroke his beard.
"To determine your aura type, you will need to go through a water divination test," Netero said and pointed at the three glass cups in front of the table. He placed a small leaf on top of each as the trio looked at their glass.
"Now, Naruto is different than you two so I'm not sure what will happen when he does this. But, for Gon and Killua, if the water volume, taste, impurities or color changes, then you would be enhancer, transmuter, conjurer or emitter corresponding to each changes. If the leaf moves instead, then you are a manipulator," Netero pointed out but Naruto put one of his hands up.
"What about if it did one of each changes like taste and volume at the same time?" Naruto asked. Gon and Killua nodded at the valid enquiry as they wanted to know as well.
"That never happened before… but I would assume you be the last and rare case, a specialist," Netero speculated. In all of his life, he never seen a Hunter who was in two different class or more simultaneously as the test would pick out the dominate trait. It could still happen if multiple traits were equally strong. If anything else occurred outside the boundary of other five classes, then the user would be a specialist. However, there was the first time for everything.
Gon attempted to see his first with Kurama watching it from on top of the boy's head. He placed his hands around each side of the cup and allowed his aura to interfere with it. The water rose up a little and spilt to the side of the glass in little droplets at first before turning into a stream as Gon increased his energy flow. Netero nodded with approval as Gon stopped.
"I'm an Enhancer?" God said as Kurama snorted. It had figured that much since the boy enhanced his own body with his aura, making his speed and power exploded into superhuman level.
"Yes you are Gon, Enhancer allowed one to increase the natural ability of an object or one's body. With practice, you can deal devastating close range physical attack. I already knew it before you attempted this test from watching you raced with Killua and Naruto around the ship. Speed enhancement is a high level technique in that class, and you are on your way to be a strong Enhancer, so congratulation," Netero complemented/congratulated as Kurama puffed up with pride. He had taught Gon how to do speed manipulation efficiently using chakra training instead. That had allowed the boy to bypass a lot of barrier with Nen's normal progression. However, Gon needed to know the basic of Nen training as well just in case.
"Nothing happened… grrr…" Naruto said as he channeled his chakra into the water. He eyed Killua, who was doing the same with Nen, but no changes as well. Killua stopped and sniffed the water a little before tasting it.
"It's a little sweet…" Killua said as Netero nodded, and explained what Transmuters were capable of from his experience.
"Like converting aura into lighting and fire, sounds a lot like… hmmm," Kurama added at the end of the explanation, equating it to elemental chakra without handseals, thus it behaved like a bloodline limit.
"I'm actually good at playing around with electricity," Killua said, telling them about his training where he constantly getting electrocuted. Kurama just snorted at that.
"Why stop at lightning only? Learn all other element as well, wind, fire, earth and water! They all have their uses, and I can teach you how to manipulate them if you willing to learn," Kurama offered as Killua accepted eagerly. Netero approved the suggestion. The chairman felt that this team would be powerful in the future as he could not see the limit of their potential. Well, he couldn't measure Naruto anyway since the boy didn't really show anything unless he must. He paid attention at the said boy.
Naruto was gritting his teeth in annoyance trying to accomplish the task. Netero about to stop him, but something happened.
"Damn it," Naruto muttered as the glass cracked under the constantly input of power and exploded outward, showering the table. Everyone wasn't shocked at the shattered glass that was now littered the desk. Instead, they were at the water, which still retained its form as if it was still held in a glass. Naruto blinked and stopped transmitting energy into it, but its shape remained unchanged.
"Is that specialist?" Naruto asked as Netero shook his head a little.
"I would say you are specialist before, but once you remove your hands, the shape should have deform and returned to normal. It as if the water was stuck in such state…" Netero said as he touched the water and felt as if it was solid. He picked up the liquid sculpture and put it toward his eyes to see clearly with Nen.
"This is… not possible," Netero muttered as he smashed the cup shape against the table, it didn't break or change at all, but rather, the table was dinted from the impact.
"Well, let's put you down as specialist if anyone asked," Netero compromised and put the cup on the nearby shelves. He was wondering when it would return to its liquid state. It wasn't frozen, but rather, all the water molecules were glued to each other by an extreme force like the boy ability to stick to surfaces. The trio was cheerful and continued their next lesson.
XxX(Scene Change)XxX
"Congratulation on becoming a Hunter, this is a Hunter card, it might look like…" an egg-head in a black suit said as Naruto, Killua and Gon sat at one of desk together, facing him. Netero declared that everyone who had passed the last round would be a Hunter since they actually had fought against Naruto with the best of their abilities.
Netero also checked all the verdicts from other examiners personally and felt another examination round was unnecessary. However, some of them were complaining and wanted to disqualify Hisoka, but the old man ignored their ranting.
Leorio and Hanzo were glad they didn't have to do any more of the exam while Hisoka and Illumi couldn't care less about that. Something else caught their interest instead. Kurapika joined in learning Nen with trio for the last day. Netero stated that level-headed boy would need to find his teacher as a "hidden" exam since Netero had made an exception for the trio.
Gon was holding his hand in fist position while Kurama was yawning while lying on the table in front of him. The spiky black-haired was feeling the flow of aura through his limbs as internal muscle and bones strengthen. He was practicing punching against a small boulder a few days ago with it, and was able to shatter the rock completely just yesterday. Naruto was yawning as well since he didn't really need to train at all. He was in the top shape as he's always had been, but the crackling sounds by the person beside him didn't let him sleep.
Killua had electricity running through his fingers in small sparks in one hand, while the other was literally on fire as he tried to swirl the inferno and condensing it into a ball within the palm of his hand. He was practicing control as Kurama had taught the duo. Naruto gave some pointers occasionally. The silver-haired assassin was a Transmuter, which allowed him to convert his aura into any elements as well as mimicking their property, as such, flames will be hot and water can definitely drown someone.
Hisoka was watching his future preys with interest instead of paying attention to the speaker.
'Soon,' he thought while licking his lips. Illumi was frowning nearby as he watched his younger brother practicing Nen. It would be more difficult to control Killua if he kept growing stronger and reach his level.
"I could only did this much," Killua sighed as Naruto cracked his neck a little, facing his friend.
"You're already doing well so relax. When I was starting out, trying to form Karasengan (Flaming Spiraling Sphere), it took me like a whole month –ttebayo!" Naruto pointed out as Lightning and Flames dissipated in Killua's hands. However, there was a still thin coat of aura around Killua's entire body. It was the same thing with Gon because Kurama had told them to maintain that coating for as long as possible. The demon fox found out that the more they practice their Nen, the more reserve they would have. It would give them unmatched stamina later on as well perfect controls since they were consciously controlling how thick the layer armors around their body were. Eventually, they could activate Nen without much thought and completely on reflex without any hesitation. It was good training exercise.
"What about her? You going to leave her behind while you run off elsewhere?" Illumi whispered into Killua's ear as he passed by the boy in the hall.
'Alluka…' Killua thought. He knew that his brother had mastery of Nen, and to get Alluka with him, he need to defeat Illumi first. Because of that, Killua wanted to quickly become stronger so he could protect her. Killua clenching his fist as Naruto sighed after seeing it. Gon looked at Killua for a moment.
"Tell him," Kurama told the black-haired boy after seeing Killua's expression.
"We are friends aren't we, Killua and Naruto?" Gon asked the two beside him. Naruto nodded as Killua confirmed that they are.
"Then you don't have to do it alone, we will go to your parent together and tell them what you wanted to do with your life!" Gon said as Naruto smirked. Killua smiled at the offer.
"We were going to Heaven Arenas, so you two could train there and Hisoka wanted a formal match without interruption. As for me, I also wanted to go there as well since it sounds like a cool place from what you told us," Naruto started then grinned. "But, Killua, you doesn't have a heart it in right now since you're feeling worrisome, so we will visit your home first and take your sister with us since you are afraid Illumi might do something to her," Naruto pointed out as Killua's eyes widen a little. Gon nodded as he got the story from Kurama previously.
"How did you… oh right, keen hearing," Killua said before returning a smirk on his face.
"We're in this together; passed through the exam together and we going to rescue your sister together… with Kurama as well!" Gon declared with a wide smile.
"Yeah, and you did offer me to go visit your home so you can't refuse us!" Naruto added cheekily.
"Thanks guys," Killua said rubbing his eyes a little to clear something. Naruto and Gon nodded, and returned their attention back to the speaker.
Author Note:
Firstarc of this story A Hunter Beginning have ended. I will do the next arc, which is called the Captive Princess. Alluka is female in this and is a pairing with Naruto. I do not do Nen for Naruto, it's pointless since chakra pretty much can emulate all of them (the classes), and along with Fuuinjutsu, Naruto can do anything, only limited by his imagination. Plus Kurama is the fucking Juubi, a primordial god, so stop asking already. Killua in this story can eventually use all natural elements (wind, earth, fire, water, and lightning) while Gon is pretty much badass Tsunade through Kurama's training. They're still beginner of their training though.
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