The ship had reached our harbor. We four got off and started looking around taking in the new scenery. Pretty big place! We said farewell to the captain and Gon stood back with him while we started checking the place out nearby. We found a map post and we were checking it out.

"Hmm, that's odd" a puzzled Leorio spoke.

"What is?" Gon replied, All three of us looked at the tallest of the group.

"Well eh, according to this notice I received. The exam is supposed to be held somewhere in Zabon city" Leorio began pointing around the map showing that the tree that the captain told Gon to go to was nowhere near the city he was pointed to go. Kurapika pointed out this was another test for the exam. We have to find it and make it on time!

Gon suddenly decided to walk away to head to that tree, while Leorio was yelling at him becouse the bus to Zabon was going to leave any second. What to do, what should I do? Go with Him where the friendly captain pointed him to go, or with Leorio on a bis just from a notice he had. I started running up to Gon, getting yelled at by Leorio ofcourse. "Gon wait up im going with you" I smiled at him and he nodded at me. Shortly after we saw Kurapika coming our way and Leorio walking all sulking like towards the bus.

Maybe a minute later or so, we heard someone yelling in the distance and looked back behind us to see Leorio running to us. "Hey, Hey! Wait for me!" He caught up to us and I couldn't help but have a laugh. He made some lame excuses as to why he chose to come with us.

We made it to a little section of the town and headed down the path. Suddenly a door opened, and a big cart got rolled doubt and we faced a elder lady and close to 10 masked people. What the heck?!

The elder lady kept saying 'exciting'. This is giving me the creeps. "TIME FOR THE EXCITING MULTIPLE CHOICE QUIZ!" They lady yelled at us. The masked people around her started playing instruments to add for effect. All four of us had this 'what the hell' look on our faces. Then she guessed where we were heading, the cedar on the hill. She then explained the only way to get there was through this town, and we must pass the quiz comprised of a single question.

"Wait A second, what is going on hear!?" Leorio spoke my mind. She replied with, "You'll have 5 seconds to answer". If we are correct we get to move on, and if we fail we are disqualified from this year's exam. We have to answer this question right! I can't fail, not after these 3 long years! Kurapika and Leorio acted like it would be a breeze, then Leorio realized it was only one question and freaks out for a bit. The lady then told us we have to answer with 1 or 2, and any answer that is not of the 2 will be incorrect.

Kurapika and Leorio started disputing with the fact we all have to share the answer and Gon butted in saying its okay because all we need is one person to know the right answer. Good point. I nodded "We can do this guys we are a team after all."

Some random guy was telling us to hurry up. Gon told us he was fallowing us since the harbor. What?! We agreed to let him go first and see what to expect. His question was: A group of evil villains kidnapped your mother and true love, and you can only save one of them, choose one for your mother, or two for your true love. Which do you save and which of them dies. We were all shocked and Leorio was questioning the kind of quiz this could be. The guy chose one for mother and she asked for the reason he chose that. He answered with it being his mother and he could find a new lover. She then told him he may pass and pointed behind her. The guy said the trick is saying what the lady wants to hear and ran off behind her.

Leorio went into a rage. "Just hang on! What kinda crap is that!? No way that was the right answer! We are supposed to just say what she wants to hear? What's up with that! Say something!" He then said he had enough and was going to fins his own way and started to turn away when the lady interrupted him. She said that its to late to do that, and if we refuse to take the quiz, we will be disqualified. Leorio started shaking with anger, claiming that nobody would answer the question the same, and that there is really no right answer and never has been. He has a point, I had no answer for that kind of question.. I wouldn't be able to choose who gets killed. I noticed Kurapika gasp, he seems to have an idea. He was about to tell us when the lady stopped him. She said she doesn't want to hear another word out of us and if we say anything else besides an answer we are disqualified. This is getting intense. Kurapika clearly has the right answer. Think, think... think

Leorio was getting all growl like behind us. Think Asuna think...

"And now here is your question. You learn both your son and your daughter have been kidnapped, you will only be able to rescue one of them. Choose one for your son, and two for your daughter. Which of these two will you rescue?"

I didn't have to look at Leorio to tell he was going to blow. I could feel is aura going bunkers in anger. We have to choose either our son or daughter? I can't! Then a flashback hit me. One time, while fishing with grandpa, we both caught a fish at the same time. While we pulled them out, my grandpa asked me which one we take and which one we toss back. I had gotten teary eyed being a little girl and didn't want the fish to die. And he let them both go. He then patted my shoulder and told me that sometimes the best answers we can give are the ones of silence. While I hadn't said anything, my tears told him I wanted them both to live. But this is different, we have to say one or two. I decided I would let Kurapika answer for us.

Leorio on the other hand walked over to a pile of wood sticks as the lady counted down from 5, he started swinging it up and down. Once the lady said one she made the noise most associated with times up. She claimed our time was up and that's when Leorio jumped and tried to take a swing down on the lady with the stick, Kurapika stopped him from making impact. Nobody said an answer. I was puzzled what would happen next until the two started arguing. Leorio mad he got blocked and Kurapika telling him to calm down. Kurapika then said we had the right answer.

Kurapika Said that silence was the only correct answer. Kurapika then explained how Leorio already stated that neither one nor two was right. And that the guy who passed likely didn't get sent the right way.

The lady smirked and said that he was correct and started getting up on her feet. She opened the door to our left and said the real path was this way. We have a 2 hour path to fallow to reach the tree though. She then explained there is a couple who live in a cabin under the tree. They will guide us the the exam place from there, if we live up to their expectations.

Leorio apologized to the lady. She then told him people like him is the only reason she does this job and told him to do his best and become the best hunter he can be. Then Gon groaned and fell on his butt and claimed he can't figure out the right answer. This kid.. I silently face-palmed. Leorio told him we already got the question right, Gon then talks about if it really happens in real life. He has a point there, that's a bad place to get stuck in.

We say our goodbyes with the lady and head through the doors to the other side. The lady said it will take two hours to reach the top.

Four Hours Later:

"Man I cant see a thing, You'll reach the top in two hours, she said. Well it was two hours two hours ago! Humph!" Leorio was getting very impatient at this point. We came up to another 'Beware of Magical beats' sign. "I'm starting to think we are never going to find this stupid exam site" Leorio rubbed his head frustratingly. The rest of us decided to continue walking but stopped when Leorio started yelling at us. " Guys i'm so hungry!." Both Kurapika and I looked at each other starting to feel a little annoyed. "Try to keep up Leorio!" Gon shouted back at him. Kurapika turned to face where we were heading and suddenly looked very happy. "I think I see it!". Both Gon and I turned to see a cabin in the distance. "Thank god" I muttered, getting a snicker out of Kurapika. Leorio was suddenly better and caught up to us so we headed to the cabin in the distance.

We walked up the stairs and Leorio knocked on the door. No answer, Leorio kept knocking a bit longer. "Hey anybody home?" Leorio asked. "I guess not" Gon replied, we were all a bit confused. Leorio decided to just open the door and announce we are coming inside. We walked in and were immediately greeted to a worrisome site. Some type of monster that was tall, kinda yellow in color holding some female body in its clutches and a guy laying on the ground very injured. The monster turned to us and started laughing, it had bright red eyes and a beast-dog like face. We prepared ourselves immediately ready to fight. "It appears to be a Kiriko, it can take on human form" Kurapika explained. The Kiriko turned to us and Gon pointed out the woman it had in its grasp. Leorio stated the guy needed a doctor badly. The Kiriko leaped out of the window. The guy on the floor asked for help to save his wife, as Leorio got down beside him preparing to help him. Kurapika ordered Leorio to see to his injuries. The three of us jumped out the window and went after the Kiriko.

We ran as fast as we could and jumped over a log and kept going, Gon leading the way. Gon jumped up into the trees and Kurapika and I kept running on ground. We heard some faint yelling and then a thud right behind us, and Gon running up to us. " Did you hear that! It can talk that is amazing!" Gon was surprised. Kurapika then explained that the Kiriko are capable of human speech. Gon suddenly got more confident," Well that aught to make this a lot easier" He said, leaping into the trees again. HE yelled for Kurapika to catch the falling girl. Gon then continued to chase after the Kiriko. Kurapika asked the girl if she was alright. I scouted the area close by as Kurapika was talking to her. Cant be to careful after all. I hear something coming and turn to see Leorio as he yells out to us and checking on us. Kurapika's mood suddenly changed, and he started asking how the guy was. After Leorio replied he smacked him in the face with his nun-chucks, I started in awe. Then it hit me, its not Leorio. Right as that thought hit me though, the impostor transformed and asked how we knew he was a fake. Kurapika's answer was simple and that Leorio made a promise and so he simply hit him because that was a stupid choice to leave a injured man alone. I figured it out because the Leorio we know doesn't exactly act that way. The kiriko leap away and i started to chase but Kurapika told me to stay. He held the nun-chucks to the girls throat and very seriously asked who she really was and what they want with us.

We all met back at the cabin and the two Kiriko talked about how long its been since they were told apart from one another. I heard Leorio whisper something to Kurapkia and Kurapika reply. One does look slightly darker in color now that im staring at them. Then we found out that the two Kiriko are actually the 'humans' parents, and that they are the navigators. They explained that they were testing us to see if we were even worthy of taking the exam. Leorio I noticed got a bit angry at this. They then explained how we all passed. I barely passed. We four connected our knuckles and laughed and smiled at each other. We make a good team, though I want to help more!

The Kiroko's took us by flight to the exam site, the one who had to carry Leorio struggled a bit though. We all passed, but the real exam didn't even start yet.

This must be some exam!