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"There was this one time when Jen decided to cook and actually made something without exploding the kitchen. She told me to try it and... the 'food' attacked me." Kuri chuckled. Teri grinned.

"Wow, you and Jen seem to be good friends!" Kuri nodded. Over the short time Kuri and Teri had spent together, they had become great friends. "Your dish is seasoned to perfection! How did you do it?" Kuri just put a finger to her lips.

"Family secret." Teri groaned.

"Come on, Kuri!" Kuri just grinned and shook her head.

"No."

"Please?"

"No."

"Pretty please?"

"No."

"Pretty please with whipped cream on top?"

"No."

"Pretty please with ice cream, sprinkles, cherries, chocolate chips, chocolate syrup, caramel, strawberries, cookies, vanilla wafers, gummy bears," 3 hours later... "honey, and frosting on top?" Kuri groaned.

"Where do you come up with these?" Teri shrugged.

"I have a major sweet tooth." Kuri smiled wryly.

"I can see that."

"The phase is over! Only two have passed!" Menchi stood on the counter, with her hands on her hips.

"WHAT? HOW!" The fat one... #225, bellowed.

"They were the only ones that took this phase seriously." Kuri looked back at Teri.

"We should probably leave..." She nodded and the two slowly inched away from the arguing duo.

"Yeah..."

Bang!

#225 went flying past them. He crashed. Kuri and Teri winced.

"Ouch... That probably hurt." Teri rolled her eyes

"His fault for pissing off the examiners." Kuri nodded in agreement.

"Can't argue with that."

"Hohohoho!" An airship flew above them and something dropped to the ground with a big bang.

"The hell?" Kuri elbowed Teri lightly. Everyone but the examiners started whispering to one another.

"Wh-who's that geezer?" Menchi started walking forward.

"The Chairman of the Selection Committee. He's in charge of the Hunter Exam... Chairman Netero."

"Well, I work behind the scenes. I only take action when there's an issue, like now. So, Menchi-kun..." Kuri yawned.

"What's the issue?" She asked, completely ignoring the tension in the air. The Chairman briefly glanced at her. Teri facepalmed and clamped a hand over Kuri's mouth.

"Shut up, idiot! Can't you feel the tension?" Teri hissed. Kuri shrugged. She slipped out of Teri's grip and walked up to the Chairman.

"Hi, Mister... Netro! Or is it Netto? Or Nero? Oh! It's Neko!" Silence. Everyone stared at the dense girl. Then, the tension slowly eased. Netero looked at the small girl in front of him.

"Hai, my name is Neko." Everyone did an anime fall.

"C-C-Chairman! Why are you playing along like this?" Menchi's jaw dropped. Kuri tilted her head.

"Where's your ears and tail, Neko-san?" Jen went forward and slapped Kuri upside the head.

"Baka! It's Netero and show more respect!" Netero laughed.

"Hohohoho! It seems we have an amusing bunch this year!" He turned back to Menchi. "Menchi-kun." The thing... man that dropped from the sky addressed the examiner.

"Yes, sir?"

"You failed all of the applicants because you disapproved of their reluctance to try new things?" His gaze dropped to Menchi's chest. Menchi didn't seem to notice.

"No, sir. I failed most of the applicants because I lost my cool when one of the candidates insulted Gourmet Hunters and I made the exam harder than necessary." Netero raised his eyebrow at one word in the sentence.

"Then, you're aware that this exam was unacceptable." Menchi lowered her head in shame.

"Yes, sir. When cooking is involved, I lose control. I'm unqualified to be an examiner. I will resign as examiner, so please redo the Second Phase!"

"But it would be difficult to find another examiner on such short notice." Netero stroked his beard.

"I apologize."

"Very well. How about this?" Netero held up one finger. "I would like you to keep serving as examiner, but you must also participate in the new test you propose." Menchi's eyes widened. "Is that acceptable? I'm certain that it will help the applicants to accept the results." Menchi smiled to herself.

"That's true. Then the new challenge will be... boiled eggs!" There were murmurs in the crowd.

"Boiled eggs?"

"Chairman, can you take us to Mt. Split-in-Half in your airship?" Menchi pointed at the hovering airship.

"Mt. Split-in-Half? I see what you're doing. Certainly, I can."

They were all gathered at the ravine.

"Oh, that's why it's called Mt. Split-in-Half..." Teri muttered. Kuri was bouncing around her.

"Lookie! A ravine! Let's jump down! What are the lines down there? Whee-" Jen grabbed Kuri by the collar before she could jump.

"Idiot. Are you trying to kill yourself?" Kuri just smiled.

"It looks fun, Jen! Let's jump together!" Jen sighed in irritation.

"Kuri-chan, you shouldn't jump!" Gon came up to the girl. Menchi smirked. She also went up to the ravine. Examinees followed.

"Now, everyone... Look down there."

"Wh-What is that?" Menchi grinned in triumph.

"A Spider Eagle's web." Kuri perked up.

"Spider Eagle? Their eggs are really good!" Menchi raised an eyebrow.

"Really? How did you get them?" Kuri rubbed the back of her head sheepishly.

"I got lost one night here and it was really dark. I didn't see where I was going and... I fell. Into a very deep crack. This same crack, actually! And out of reflex, I grabbed one of the eggs and it broke off. Then, a wind came and I went flying back up! It was really fun!" Menchi blinked. And blinked.

"Look below the web!" Menchi sighed and changed the subject. She pointed and they could see bundles of... eggs.

"Those are..." Gon came to a realization.

"Those are Spider Eagle eggs."

"Spider Eagles build their webs in deep ravines, to protect their eggs from predators. This makes their eggs one of the most difficult ingredients to obtain. The eggs are also known as dream eggs." Netero helped in the lecture.

"W-wait a minute... You don't mean we..."

"I sure do." Menchi smirked at #225.

"What?!" Menchi jumped down and grabbed hold of one of the webs. The examinees looked shocked. Menchi just hung there for a few seconds.

"Even if she can grab some eggs, how will she climb back up?" Leorio looked flabbergasted. Kuri grinned.

"You'll find out." Menchi let go. She fell. She grabbed one of the eggs and continued falling.

"Hey... She jumped down!" Leorio put a hand to his head in shock. "Is she trying to kill herself?"

"No, she's not." Kurapika answered him.

"Huh?" They stared in tense silence where Menchi had fallen. A strong wind blew up towards them. With that strong wind, came Menchi. With the egg. Gon made a noise of awe.

"That looks fun..." Killua looked at the floating Menchi.

"This ravine has updrafts that help the hatched chicks fly up to the web." Menchi landed back on the ground.

"There. Now I just need to boil the egg." #225, Kuri found out his name was actually Todo, stumbled back.

"Y-you must be joking. No reasonable person would jump down there..."

"I've been waiting for this!" Todo turned to see Gon, Killua, Leorio, and Kurapika jumping into the ravine.

"Okay! Count me in!" The bald ninja with eyelashes on his eyebrows followed along with several others. Kuri and Teri exchanged looks.

"Wanna do it? We already passed." Kuri nodded.

"Yeah! Count me in!"

"Wait, you two!" Jen tried to stop them. Too late.

"Those idiots," Jen grumbled as she jumped in after them.

"I haven't finished explaining everything!" Menchi was ignored. Kuri and Teri fell. They both fell, but the difference is that Teri actually bothered to grab the web. Kuri just continued falling.

"Baka! What are you doing?" Teri cried in alarm.

"Kuri-chan!"

Kuri reached out and grabbed the bundle of eggs. She swung forward, and using her momentum, flipped to the top of the bunch of eggs. She grabbed a few and broke off a small part of the web. She tied them together, swung it over her shoulder and jumped up. She grabbed the part of the web the eggs were hanging on and climbed. She sat on the web.

"Oi! Baka! Over here!" Kuri grinned and waved at Jen.

"Hi, Jen! Look! It worked! I told you so!" Teri looked at Jen.

"What?"

"I'll explain later..."

One of the applicants smirked. "I like that way. Catch you later." Leorio grinned.

"Let's go!"

"Not yet." Leorio looked at Gon increduously.

"Why not?" Killua answered.

"There's no wind. There isn't always an updraft. Plus, if you're talking about Kuri's way, you don't have the skill. Kuri must have been trained a lot to be able to that so easily." As if on cue, an applicant started screaming in terror.

"When's the next one?" Leorio demanded imaptiently.

"Wait." Gon looked determined. He closed his eyes and breathed in. His nose twitched. The web started snapping.

"Gah! What?" Leorio dropped a few inches.

"This web won't hold us all!" Kurapika looked up in alarm. Teri rolled her eyes.

"Thanks, Captain Obvious!" Teri groaned, her arms straining. Killua stayed completely calm.

"Gon, not yet?" Gon still had his eyes closed. The web fell even more.

"Damn! I can't wait for an updraft!" A few stupid people let go. Kuri waved to them as they fell.

"Bye~" They screamed. The web started losing its grip on the wall.

"It's gonna snap!" Leorio yelped, panicking. Gon finally opened his eyes.

"NOW!" Most of the applicants let go at Gon's yell. Kuri also jumped down from her seat on the eggs. They flew back up. Menchi grinned at them and turned to the people who hadn't jumped.

"And the rest of you?" No one answered. "I guess you quit."

"It takes courage to concede too," Netero wisely remarked.

"Yeah! And Todo-san! I have a few extra eggs! Would you like one?" Kuri held up her eggs. Todo nodded and took one.