"Sorry everyone, but bad news. I'm full. So this part of the exam is over" Menchi said while patting on her stomach.

"Wait, what!?" Leorio shouted

"You got to be kidding me right!?" Hanzo shouted also.

"So what happens now?" Killua questioned.

"It's over. That's it. Only one person passed. Number 406 can move on. Everyone else can go home and try again next year. Thank you for coming!" Menchi said as she moved her hand in a motion that meant 'shoo'

"But...I thought I was going to make it as a Hunter..." Gon said with a sad expression.

"You're not serious right?" Kurapika asked.

"I am most serious. Once I say something, that's it. Not changing my mind. Let's go Buhara" Menchi said, annoyed.

She got up from her seat and was about to walk away until a crowd of people surrounded them.

"We cannot accept that!" said one of the examiners

"That's not fair that only one person passed!" said another examiner

"How is it that she is the only one that gets to pass!" shouted another person.

I felt uncomfortable.

It's not my fault I passed...

"Everyone quiet! I'm on the phone right now!" Menchi yelled as she picked up her ringing phone. "This is Menchi. Tell the committee that only one person passed Phase Two."

"Uh...Menchi, I think you're being too harsh on them." Buhara said.

"No I'm not! Its their fault that they don't know how to cook! So everyone else failed!" She screamed.

Everyone in the crowd started to raise their voices and verbal arguments were happening left and right.

A lot of people were very frustrated and angry that it seemed like a fight was about to happen.

Menchi was arguing back to those that screamed at her and she even seemed like she was ready to throw some punches.

I quickly took out my flute and started playing a few notes.

Pretty soon, the loud voices died down and the arguments stopped. Everyone turned to look at me as I finished playing my last couple of notes.

"Finally. You were all arguing so much that I couldn't even think in my head." I said as I put my flute away. Then I looked at Menchi.

"Menchi, I don't even think its fair that I'm the only one that passed. Can't there be another way for everyone to have a second chance?" I plead to her.

"Uhm..." Menchi placed a finger on her head while thinking. "No. Just you. Everyone still failed"

Just as people were about to argue again, we all heard huge airship flying above us as we all left the building to see what was going on.

The airship was just hovering over us and a voice was heard from above.

"Menchi, you may have to reconsider your decision" The voice said.

"Oh crap...its the examination committee." Menchi said with a worried look on her face.

"The committee? What are they doing here?" said Gon.

"I think they heard about our little situation here" Kurapika replied.

"My, my. This part of the exam was very interesting." I heard this voice right behind me and I jumped.

I turned around to see that it was Satotsu.

"W-what are you doing here?" I asked surprised

"I was curious to see the second part of the exam so I hid myself to watch you guys." Satotsu said.

"That is utterly creepy" Killua said.

"But I am surprised to see President Netero here. It's rare for the President to come out during the exams" We all looked back at the airship after Satotsu said that.

I'm assuming the voice above is Netero.

"So he's the most important person from the exam huh?" Kurapika said.

We all noticed a person jumping down from the airship and landed right in front of Menchi.

I was a bit surprised. He must've jumped down from 1,000 feet! This guy is crazy.

"H-Hello President Netero..." Menchi said as she and Buhara bowed in front of him.

"I was notified from the rest of the committee that you only passed one person for the exam. Don't you think it's a bit unfair?" Netero asked a nervous Menchi.

If Menchi fears Netero, then he must be well respected among people from the examination committee.

"Yes President Netero, I may have gotten a bit overboard. I only wanted to challenge them with something new. I may have been a bit unfair. I am sorry. It's all my fault!" Menchi bowed in front of Netero again.

"Nonsense Menchi. You were only doing your job. I suggest you give each person here another try." Netero said with a smile.

"Yes sir! I will give everyone a second chance!" Menchi said.

"Did you hear that Killua? We get a retest!" Gon said in joy.

"Well that's a relief" Killua said.

"So Menchi. What food dish do you have in mind?" Netero asked

Menchi placed her finger on her chin and thought for a couple of minutes. "It'll be something very simple. We're going to boil an egg"

"Boil an egg?" Leorio questioned, raising one eyebrow. "Is this some sort of trick?"

"Nope. It's just that. Boiled egg."

"Good. Very easy topic. Where would you like everyone be for this challenge?" Netero asked

"Well this specific egg I want can only be found at the top of the mountains. Can you please take us there President Netero?" Menchi asked while looking at everyone.

"Very well. Shall we all head to the mountains? Please hop onto my airship." Netero motioned everyone to the airship as it lowered down for all of us to get on.

The ride to the mountain took about an hour long. We all managed to rest in a lounge area and had a chat about things that happened from the exam.

We basically had normal conversations to catch up on each other before we arrived at the mountains.

When we did arrive at the top of the mountain, there was a cliff that goes deep to the bottom. I can faintly see the bottom of the mountain but I do see a river that has deadly currents. If anyone falls down there, it'll be game over for them.

"Well we're here. This specific egg I'm looking for are called the Spider-Eagle egg. They are located down this cliff. Obtaining the egg is going to be a challenge because this is to test your balance and strength. I'll give you all a demonstration on how its done."

With that, Menchi took her shoes off and jumped off the cliff. We all observed her every move. There were ropes in between the cliff and Menchi was hanging off of them to reach for the egg. The nests were located on the corners of the cliff which will probably give it an extra challenge to get them. Menchi managed to get an egg and came back on top of the mountain with it.

"This is the egg you'll be boiling. When you go down to get an egg, be extra careful, one mistake and you'll be washed away forever." Menchi said.

"Well this looks fun" Killua said as he was the first person to climb down.

"Alright! now this is the kind of challenge I've been waiting for!" Gon climbed down right after Killua.

"Well at least it isn't something like sushi" Leorio hopped down afterwards.

"I agree. I'll see you later Aoi" Kurapika gave me a thumbs up and then hopped down.

Many people went down afterwards to retrieve the egg and I heard many screams and a few splashes. Maybe this challenge is a lot harder for certain people.

"Menchi, who was the one person that passed your original test?" Netero asked

"That would be number 406 sir." Menchi replied.

"Number 406?" Netero asked

"That'll be me President Netero" I said as I bowed towards him.

"What is your name young lady?" He asked

"My name is Aoi." I answered

"Aoi, since you were the only person who passed Menchi's original exam, you are allowed to skip out on this."

"I am?"

"Yeah. You don't have to do this if you don't want to" Menchi said.

"Well I don't mind doing this challenge. I think it'll be more fair with everyone else." I answered.

"I see. You can carry on" Netero said

"Thank you sir" With that, I jumped down the cliff and grabbed onto a rope. I was greeted by Kurapika

"Aoi? You're going to take this test again?" He asked.

"Well yeah. I wouldn't think it was right if I was exempt from it because of the sushi challenge. Also, Hanzo and I were the only two people who knew what sushi was anyways. I prefer to be fair and pass with everyone else."

"You do make a valid point. You're a nice person Aoi" Kurapika said with a smile

"T-Thanks, you're a nice person too Kurapika." I said as I looked away to prevent him from seeing me blush

"To be honest Miss Aoi, I would've done this challenge too. This seems more fun" Killua said

"Me too!" said Gon. "Oh! Got my egg! See you guys back up!"

"Me too!" Leorio picked up his egg and went up

"I'm done here" Killua went back up as well.

"Well Aoi, I got my egg. Good luck finding one" And with that, all my friends went back up and I've yet to find an egg.

As I walked along the strings of the cliff, I noticed that there was only one Spider-Eagle egg left. There were about 10 people around me and they all dived for the egg. Pretty soon, they all fell into the river one by one.

Just as I was about to reach for the egg, a slight breeze came by and it blew the egg off the nest. The egg was heading towards the river. This would've really sucked if I fail the exam now!

I quickly jumped off the rope string and dived for the egg. I took out my flute, cut one end of the rope and tied it around my ankle. The egg was inches away from the river but I managed to catch it in time. I even faintly heard some clapping as I climbed my way back up the mountain. I guess everybody was watching me.

"Time's up! Show me your eggs everyone!" Menchi said just as I stood right next to Kurapika.

"Woah. Close call" I said while taking short breaths to cool myself off.

"That was a nice jump you had for the egg Aoi!" Gon said

"Yeah. Interesting to watch" Killua agreed

"Everyone, please bring your egg to this pot and drop it in the hot water" Menchi pointed at a huge pot that could possibly feed Buhara. "Make sure it is boiled correctly or else the egg won't taste good!"

We all surrounded the pot and dropped our eggs in as we anxiously wait for our egg to boil.

"Hey Aoi" said Kurapika

"Yes Kurapika?"

"When I was watching you catch your egg, I was worried for a bit that you were going to fall into the river. I was actually very relieved when I saw that you were safe"

"You were worried about me?" I asked while feeling my face getting red.

It felt nice to hear that from Kurapika.

I guess I am starting to fall for this guy.

"Yeah. I did. I would be sad if you failed the exam" He replied with a warm smile.

"Oh" I can feel my heart beating fast again.

"Oi! Aoi!" Hanzo called out to me.

"Hey Hanzo. I see you got an egg too."

"Yeah it was a piece of cake. That's what my ninja skills are for. We're bound to pass this part of the exam" He said with such confidence.

"Hey I think the eggs are ready!" Gon shouted

We all gathered around the giant pot again and grabbed our eggs. We all walked up to Menchi and handed her the eggs.

"Woah. I'm not eating them. This time, you'll eat them. Go on. Try them" Menchi pointed at our eggs.

We looked at each other and started peeling them.

I took a huge bite off my egg and it was simply delicious and yet it has a mysterious taste that I've never tasted before.

It was soft and moist. Just like how a boiled egg should be. Spider-Eagle eggs are really tasty!

"This is so good!" Gon shouted

"Yeah. I have never tasted anything like this before!" said Leorio

"I wish I can add this as one of my recipes" I said while chuckling.

"Glad to know you all like it." Menchi said

"So Menchi. How many passed now?" Netero asked

"Well out of the 70 that were originally here, only 42 people passed. So this second exam is over!" Menchi said as he raised her fist in the air.

"Excellent. Now let's all get back on the airship. I will transport all of you to your third examination site" Netero said as we all followed him to the ship.

"It's good to know that we all managed to pass this part of the exam thanks to the president" Kurapika said.

We all nodded in agreement and hung out around the same lounge we were in earlier.

In my opinion, I found the second part of the exam to be extremely fun. I wonder what we'll do for the third part of the exam.

I have a gut wrenching feeling that things may become difficult now that we're one step closer to obtaining our Hunter's license.