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Meeting x and x Misunderstanding

"I wasn't... ready..."

"Come on pinky! You said you were ready before!"

"I didn't know... this would be... so hard... already!"

"We haven't even gotten to the hard stuff!"

"So what IS... the hard stuff?!"

"Something more than these damn 50 push-ups that YOU CAN'T EVEN COMPLETE 10 FOR!" Sakura was too busy panting on the ground to respond. "Good grief..."

"Guys..." Gon said absentmindedly. "I'm trying to study..."

Killua looked over at him. The boy was balancing his whole body on one hand doing push-ups and reading the textbook with the other. "Oh, sorry Gon."

"Damn 50 push-ups he says..." Sakura mumbled and glared at Killua. "Convenient how you left out that I'm wearing weights on my arms and legs and you're SITTING ON MY BACK!" She met this boy less than a day ago and already hated him. With a passion. As she looked around the wide open training field, she was glad no one else was around to see this.

"Don't worry Sakura-san! It'll make you stronger! Just try your best!" Gon said with a smile directed at her before going back to reading. While she hated Killua, she practically adored Gon. He was just too cute. She was surprised to find out he was her age, he looked about a year younger. Maybe it was because of how cheerful and innocent he seemed.

"Thanks Gon-kun." Killua, who had been watching Gon, suddenly got off her and helped her up. "At least you have some manners. What a pleasant surprise," she said with a smirk.

Killua looked briefly surprised before he smirked back. "I reserve them for the ones who seem like they need it." He looked her up and down while holding back laughter. "And after that embarrassing display, you made the cut," he said before busting out laughing.

Sakura looked down. Her sleeveless red dress had dirt all over it from her constantly being pressed into the ground by Killua sitting on her. She glared at him. "It was only embarrassing because you made the training too difficult! Why couldn't I start off with regular pushups?" Anybody could take a good look at her and see that her arms barely had any muscle.

"I figured you could just use chakra to enhance your muscles and make it easier." He had a point, Sakura thought. But he also seemed to be misunderstanding something.

"You're right. Chakra can be used to enhance the muscles. But in case you didn't notice... that's what I was doing! And I only made it to 8!" Killua raised an eyebrow at that. Sakura continued. "Look. Chakra can only enhance muscle that is already there. The more muscle you have, the more you can enhance yourself." She held up her arms. "If you barely have any muscle, like me, you won't receive that much enhancement! And you run out of stamina quicker! On top of all that, my chakra reserves aren't that big to be able to keep this up! I need to start small Killua!"

"But intense training like this will let you gain more muscle faster, right? Even if you're relying on chakra?" After a moment of contemplation, Sakura shrugged. Killua sighed. "Well me and Gon are having a practical exam in two weeks and the Hokage said that all you students in the academy will have one too. You don't exactly have time to take things slow. Who knows what will be on your exam."

Before Sakura could reply, Gon beat her to it. "Let her start off with basic training Killua." Sakura and Killua looked at him, one in gratitude and the other in confusion. "At least give her a couple days to get used to doing physical training..." He switched hands and started doing push-ups with his left while reading with his right. "Besides, she said she wanted to focus more on increasing her speed, right? Why not give her a break from pushups and have her do leg exercises and running laps for now?" That, Sakura could do. She happened to like running.

"Yeah, yeah, Gon! With all this attention you're paying her, your studying better be going damn well!" Sakura smiled at Killua's annoyance and Gon's responding laughter. She could tell these two had a great friendship. One that was very rare. Her mind briefly wandered to Ino, but she pushed those thoughts away. "How is this method supposed to help him again?" Killua asked Sakura and pointing at Gon, who had returned to doing pushups.

"Well, it's very simple. Gon-kun told me he learned better by action instead of taking in information by reading or lectures. Once I talked to him a bit about his hobbies and he said fishing, training and exercising, I just used a method I used for another kid I helped in the past." She pointed at Gon. "Right now, he's not studying. He's training. It's all about the mentality. Now that he's viewing this as training instead of studying for a test, it's just another challenge for him. And I can tell that Gon-kun likes challenges." She paused before adding, "I guess it also helps that he has really good focus. You should say challenging things to him every now and then so he becomes even more determined to prove you wrong."

"Hmm, ok," Killua said, satisfied. Sakura had a feeling he was going to test Gon later and would chew her out if he hadn't improved. "Well, let's go for a run around the field and leave Gon to 'train' in peace." He turned to Gon. "Gon! We're going for a run! We'll be back!" At Gon's 'ok! have fun!', Killua turned back to her and smirked. "Race ya!" he said, before taking off.

Sakura stood in shock for a moment before racing after him. "You're on, cheater!" Killua just turned around and stuck out his tongue at her. She laughed. Maybe he wasn't so bad after all.

"Come in." Hiruzen looked up from his paperwork when his office door opened and Kite and Biscuit walked through. "Back again already? What a pleasant surprise. What can I do for you?"

Kite stepped up. "Biscuit-san wanted to talk to you. There's something she wanted to tell you." Hiruzen nodded and looked over at Biscuit.

Biscuit stepped up with no aura of insecurity under the Hokage's gaze. "Hokage-sama, I normally don't reveal this about myself so easily, but I figure since you are the leader of the shinobi village I'm going to be apart of, you should know." Her eyes shifted over to two corners of the room. "So I would appreciate it if you dismissed them. I don't want anyone else to hear this besides you and Kite-kun." Hiruzen was inwardly shocked. This girl was a LOT better than he first anticipated. He nodded and motioned for the two camouflaged ANBU to leave the room before activating the soundproof room seal once they left.

She nodded. "Well, to be blunt... I'm fifty-seven years old."

One second passed. Two. Three. Hiruzen's and Kite's eyes both got extremely wide.

"What?!"

Biscuit suddenly started laughing and the two calmed down, thinking she was joking. "Yeah. I've slowed my aging with nen and I use one of my abilities to make me appear even younger and more delicate." They were shocked that she was serious but she continued, "My true form looks completely different from how I am now. I'm telling you this because I want you to understand that I have about forty years of nen experience and most of that involved combat experience as well. Not to sound arrogant, but I'm not on the level of a genin. From what I've been reading, I'm not even on the level of a chunin. I've never fought a jounin, but that seems like a more accurate level for me. I might be higher though."

Hiruzen's jaw dropped slightly before he caught himself. Kite's eyes looked like they were about to bulge out of his head. He thought she was in her twenties at most! But Biscuit wasn't done. "If that chunin exams you were talking about yesterday involves competition and fighting among genins, I think it would be very unfair to have me participate, especially if I'm on a team with Gon and Killua. I doubt any other team would stand a chance... unless they have very problematic abilities." She truly wasn't being arrogant, they observed. She was just stating facts.

"Well... you raise a very good point Biscuit-san..." And dropped a bomb, he thought. He made a mental note to refer to her as 'Biscuit-san' instead of 'Biscuit-chan' from now on. "But no offense, is there anyway you can prove what you say?"

"I believe her Hokaga-sama," Kite cut in. "Slowing aging can be done by one of the most basic nen techniques. I've just never seen it done to this extent. Though, she did say that she used her abilities to increase the effects." Biscuit nodded.

Hiruzen hummed. "And this true form... could it pose a danger to the village?"

Biscuit shook her head. "I'm in complete control of myself once I've reverted. It's more of a physical change, not a mental one. Basically, it would give me the strength to kill most people with one punch without even using my nen." Kite and Hiruzen paled at that.

"Even Tsunade needs to use chakra to accomplish a feat such as that... come to think of it... Biscuit-san hiding her age this way reminds me a lot of Tsunade too... what a strange parallel..." Hiruzen paused and looked at Bisky in contemplation. "But anyway... could she be Sannin or even Kage level?" Hiruzen wondered. He didn't doubt her, but he couldn't just blindly believe everything she said. For all he knew, she could be overestimating her own abilities because she had never actually fought anybody from this world.

"So, what are you saying? You don't want to be on a team with Gon-kun and Killua-kun? Because there are no such thing as two-man genin squads. Since we already have a basic idea of the team arrangements for all the above average students in the academy, that means the boys would have an average or below average teammate." He paused, before continuing. "Now, from what Kite-kun has told me and from my own assessments, I can already tell those boys are above every student in the academy. For them to have someone from the academy on their team would only slow them down, especially if they're average or below. I believe you should stay on a team with them so they can pass the chunin exam as quickly as possible. You could just show heavy restraint and let them do most of the fighting."

"Yeah... well... past experience has shown me that I'm not exactly the best at restraint..." Biscuit said, giggling while remembering past battles. Her giggles unnerved Kite and Hiruzen, two men who were beginning to fear this woman for a lot of reasons. "Anyway, I came to that conclusion too... but then I thought about it. The chunin exams has a portion that individually tests each team member right? Most likely in a combat scenario?" Hiruzen nodded, seeing where this was going. "No matter who I'm matched up with, it will most likely be a mismatch. Now normally, I'm the first one to say that fights are won by strategy, abilities, environment, mental state, and a bunch of other factors... but in the face of overwhelming strength, speed, and experience? ...I mean, I could try to hold myself back. I could even limit myself to not using nen. But I might STILL be too strong. That's the problem." She sighed. "I really don't want to take away somebody's chance to rank up when I'm not even really trying to be a ninja. I would most likely end up just forfeiting the match and then I'm back to square one, a genin."

Hiruzen saw her logic.

"If I may, I have an idea." Kite said. Two sets of eyes turned to him and Hiruzen nodded for him to continue. "Well, Biscuit-san could take a different practical exam than Gon and Killua. She could take an exam to determine her individual skill level but she will still be placed as a genin with them initially." At the confused looks, Kite continued. "Biscuit-san could stay as a genin and then take the chunin exams with Gon and Killua so that they will have a three-man squad. But, since the exams are going to to take place in this village, you can tell her what each phase consists of so she can help them as little as possible. Then, during the one-on-one combat portion, she could just forfeit. As long as she shows that she has what it takes to be chunin or higher, winning in the actual match doesn't matter right?"

Hiruzen hummed. He liked the idea. Council be damned. "Well, it's usually not acceptable to appoint a genin to chunin if they haven't passed or have at least taken the chunin exam. That's why I can't just promote Gon-kun, Killua-kun, and Biscuit-san now. But, once they take the exam and at least make it to the last phase, the individual fights, they can be eligible to be promoted. In Biscuit-san's case, what truly matters is the practical evaluation test that you said she will take apart from Gon-kun and Killua-kun. If she shows that she is capable, she could have a guaranteed chunin or jounin position reserved for her. Once she takes the exam, makes it to the one-on-one combat portion and quits, she will be promoted. Genius Kite-kun," he said with a smile.

"You flatter me Hokage-sama," Kite replied. He then turned to Biscuit. "Gon and Killua are getting a tough practical exam, much tougher than the other potential genin. This means that yours will be even more difficult. Hokage-sama can't tell you in advance, but most likely it will be a jonin or even ANBU level exam. Last chance to back out Biscuit-san."

Bisky laughed and looked at Kite. "How many times do I have to tell you call me Bisky-chama, pretty boy? You should listen to your elders." Kite blushed and Hiruzen chuckled. "I'm confident in my ability to pass the test. And I've actually been studying more than what we were assigned for the written test, particularly in the areas of chakra and ninjutsu." Both men looked surprised at that. "I doubt there's any training or tests that will be too difficult for me. My early training from my master already prepared me for the worst."

Before Kite could ask who her master was, Hiruzen began speaking. "Very well. I will contact you when I've decided what your practical exam will be. Note that it will most likely be earlier than Gon-kun's and Killua-kun's because you seem to be having no issues with studying the material."

"That's fine. The quicker it get's done the better!" Biscuit chirped.

Hiruzen smiled. "Well then good day Biscuit-san, Kite-kun. It was nice talking to you two. I promise not to disclose anything I've learned here today." Biscuit and Kite bowed before opening the door and moving to exit the room. "Before you go, Biscuit-san..." Biscuit turned back to face him. "...Call me Hiruzen-san," he said with a smile. Biscuit smiled back and nodded before exiting. As Hiruzen deactivated the soundproofing seals, he could only think about how quickly Biscuit Krueger had become such an interesting individual.

"Biscuit-san?"

"You mean Bisky-chama, but yes Kite-kun?" Kite blushed again. This woman was so bold. "Cat got your tongue?"

"I-I just was wondering... who was your master? Is it somebody I could possibly know?" He knew their world was big, but if Biscuit was as powerful as she claimed, he couldn't help be be curious.

"Oh, I'm sure you know him. You're a hunter, right?" Biscuit said teasingly. But what she said made something click in his mind.

Kite stopped walking. "Chairman Netero?" If that was her master, then it was no wonder she became so skilled.

"Smart boy!" Kite had to dodge her attempts to pat his head with a blush on his face. Somehow, he doubted Gon and Killua had to deal with behavior like this.

After a while, they both calmed down and fell back into step beside each other. "So," Kite started, "What was training under him like?"

Biscuit looked to the sky in contemplation before answering. "Hell. Pure, unadulterated hell." No shocker there, Kite thought. "I started training under him right after my hunter exam. Back then, he had someone else running the Shingen-ryu dojo for him so he didn't have any students he trained personally." She paused before continuing, "But, he told me that he saw potential in me. Not just as a hunter, but as a martial artist and nen practitioner. You see, back then, I used to fight with weapons. I had spent a long time training to use many different kinds of weapons efficiently, and Netero said that he saw my dedication every time I fought with them."

There was another pause before Bisky started speaking again. "He said I wasn't extremely talented or anything, but that I had dedicated myself so much to weapons usage that I unconsciously enhanced them with nen every time I fought." She smiled fondly. "Apparently, that type of dedication was rare to see in hunter candidates back then. Usually weapons were just tools used to kill, but my passion for them had seeped into them through my nen... he said that he had long since lost his fire for the martial arts, but I had inspired him and reminded him of his passion. He took me under his wing to thank me, and because he didn't want my potential to go to waste." Kite smiled. This story reminded him of Ging-san for some reason. "The training was still hell though."

Kite laughed. "I bet. He probably made you do insane amounts of physical training and nen practice right?"

Biscuit nodded. "That's putting it lightly. I'll never forget the time I had to outrun a dinosaur for twelve hours with weighted clothes on while balancing two plates with weighted cups on top and maintaining my ren." There was so many things wrong with that statement, Kite didn't know where to start. "Ahh... good times. That was a long time ago though. For years now I haven't really been interested in fighting and danger and all that." She sighed. "Must be age."

"...Dinosaurs? Actually, nevermind."

Bisky laughed. "Well that's all you get from Bisky-chama today! You know where to find me if you want more story time!" She suddenly vanished.

Kite couldn't even find it in himself to be shocked by her speed. Even as all the villagers were making a fuss about the vanishing act, all he could think about was how fascinating Biscuit Krueger was. He was interested to learn more about her.

"I'm telling you that you cheated!"

"How could I have cheated?! I was right in front of you the whole time! I was even running at a slow pace so you could keep up!"

"You used to chakra to enhance your legs! No way you're just that fast!"

Killua sighed. Even though he couldn't use chakra, she didn't know that. "As if I would need to do that in a race against you, stuuuupid!"

Sakura felt her eyebrow twitch. "You're so full of yourself!"

They continued arguing as they walked back to the area in the training field that Gon was at. When they entered the clearing, they stopped arguing abruptly. Gon was in the middle of the clearing doing what seemed to be some sort of meditation. But what made Sakura confused, and Killua panic, was that Gon was shrouded in a faint white aura.

"Gon! What the hell are you doing?!" Killua yelled. Gon quickly snapped out of his meditation state and turned around sheepishly. The aura faded away and Sakura was left to wonder what it was. Before she had too much time to dwell on that, she found herself following Killua, who was stomping up to Gon. "Idiot! Why would you do that in the MIDDLE of a wide open clearing! What if somebody saw?! How did you not even sense us coming?!" Sakura realized that he was talking about the white aura and instantly became suspicious. Why were these two trying to hide it? Were they enemies of the village?

Gon, meanwhile, stood up looking very embarrassed. "Um... sorry Killua. I was just so focused that I wasn't even paying attention to my surroundings. You see, it helps me prepare myself." Prepare himself for what? Some type of large scale jutsu that he'll use to attack the village? Sakura felt her nerves mounting.

"Ugh! You're too much!" Killua said. "We're supposed to keep a low profile!"

"Why would they need to do that," Sakura thought. "Unless..."

"INFILTRATORS!" For once, Sakura was on the same page as Inner.

She started assessing the situation, trying to come up with a way to escape and go warn the Hokage without raising suspicion from them. What would be a valid excuse? Her training wasn't over yet. If she suddenly said something like she had to do something for her parents, it would seem suspicious. She was tired from all the running she did so she couldn't just run. Besides, Killua was much faster than her and most likely Gon was too. She couldn't outrun them if they caught on to her suspicion.

Before she could come up with a plan or at least hide the suspicion from her expression, Killua turned to face her. "Oh, sorry. I know you must be pretty confused. Let me exp-" As Killua tried to walk closer to her, she quickly jumped back and threw shuriken at them. Both boys dodged quicker than her eyes could follow without even moving from where they stood. "What the hell?! Why are you-"

"I'm asking the questions here!" Sakura said with false bravery. She took a stance with a kunai gripped in her shaking right hand. "You being new to the village... that white aura... you two trying to keep a low profile... who are you two? And what do you want with Konoha? If you don't answer..." Sakura steeled herself as much as she could, "I'm taking you in!" "For my village. For my parents. For Sasuke-kun," she thought. "We won't lose!"

Gon and Killua just looked at each other and sighed. Killua looked at Gon particularly dryly.

"You better have memorized that whole damn textbook Gon."

Chapter 4 End

It pains me that I had to give Bisky an original backstory because Togashi hasn't covered it in the manga (if he'll ever). And to be honest, I feel like the backstory I gave her was pretty basic, I'm sure he could've came up with something much better. But it is what it is.

On the bright side though, the Hunter x Hunter manga is coming back this month and Togashi recently said in an interview that he was now open to the idea of letting assistants help him draw the chapters instead of trying to do everything alone. This could potentially mean that more chapters will be released on a more consistent basis, something that many people have been waiting for. It could even mean the anime comes back sometime into the future. Hopefully. But anyways, thanks for reading!