The boat had just left Whale Islands harbor and something dramatic was already happening. They had thugs galore and that wasn't even as dramatic as what was happening. A person was falling. Yes falling. He, she, it, whatever the person was, they just came out of nowhere on a crash course to the boat.

"Woah! Someone's falling!" One of the crew members finally noticed as the person was getting closer and closer by the millisecond. They didn't know what to do and panicked. Some people were even running to and fro, but it was too late. The person had already crashed onto the deck. You could have sworn that you heard a crack. It would be one of two things, the kid's head, or the wood. Possibly both. Some blood was on the deck which caused one of the sailors to faint. A few people ran up to the kid who seemed to be a boy, but the majority of them were still panicking.

"What should we do?!" A kid clad in green ran up to the injured boy that had fallen from the sky. He was clearly panicked.

"We need to patch him up." A man in a suit with a briefcase said worriedly as he walked up to the boy on the ground. A blond haired boy was next to him as he examined the boy's body. They carefully picked the boy up, the blond and the suited man could barely lift him up, so they needed to get the thugs to help them carry the boy to the cabin for safety's sake. They didn't need the kid to drop a second time.

"What kind of kid weighs that much? Sheesh." The suited man complained while he put a bandage on his forehead. He didn't want to move his neck in case of a neck injury. They were wondering why the boy fell from the sky, but they were pretty sure it wasn't any of their business.

"Maybe he wants to take the hunter exam!" The green boy chirped. Little did they know that the captain of the ship was eavesdropping and noted a late applicant.

Roughly an hour later Kagero was stirring from her slumber. Thoughts from the previous experience were running through her head, she took a deep breath of air and noticed something.

"Father!" She lunged up from her bed, but immediately reeled back in pain.

"Calm down you had a nasty fall." The man in the suit said as Kagero held her head in pain. No kidding, they thought. "Take these. They will help with the head pain." He handed her two pills.

A few minutes later of agonizing pain and Kagero was finally able to think straight since the drugs were coming into effect.

"Where am I?"

"On a boat to the hunter exam!" A boy in green said in a cheery tone.

"Oh..." Kagero held her head, only then she noticed that she had bandages on.

"This seems to be a case of amnesia. What's your name?" The blond boy asked.

"K-Kagero Kazuma."

"Nice to meet you Kagero!" The green clad boy reached out his hand.

Kagero hesitated to shake his hand, but did so trying to be polite.

"So what happened?" The blond boy asked.

"I... don't know." Suddenly her mind was filled with her previous memories. Her eyes teared up and a single tear fell down her face. Her father was all she could think of, and these people seemed familiar.

She then remembered her father, saying have fun. Did that mean that he wants her so stay there? Somehow she had been transferred to another world. Father always said that mother was that of another world... That's it! That of another world, mother must be from this world! Right then and there she thought of her goal, she would find her mother. Kagero always wanted to meet the woman. While she was sitting on the bed, she felt herself swaying. Am I on a boat? In the first episode of the anime they took a boat to the hunter exam... So I have to start from the beginning? She pondered, thinking of what to do next. She barely knew anything about the anime. Father mentioned Mother's name... Li-Leidra I think? Yea, Leidra Kazuma. They did get married after all.

"Excuse me, you there?" A voice interrupted her thoughts.

"Oh, sorry."

"So what happened?" The blond boy repeated.

"Well... I don't remember falling, but I did come here for a reason." Kagero faked trying to remember. "I want to find my mother, and I think that becoming a hunter is the best bet."

"Oh, that's the same as me! Though I'm looking for my father instead," The green boy exclaimed. Why is he so happy? It's cute though.

She took another deep breath in and noticed something in the air, moisture. "We should go up to the deck."

"Why?" The suited man asked.

"I need to check something. Something smells..." This earned weird looks from the three in the room.

As they went up to the deck they got many stares, mainly Kagero since she fell from the sky and was so heavy for her size. She heard one of them muttering incoherent curse words. Wow, what pissed him off?

Kagero took a deep breath in, and so did Gon. "Ah-ha, I was right! There's going to be a storm, a huge one too." As Kagero said that, the birds started getting loud. A man with a big red rectangle nose came up to the group.

"How could you tell?" The man asked, smoking his pipe.

The two of them looked towards the green boy who was jumping up to the mast acrobatically.

"Well, it smells like a storm's coming, doesn't the air smell a bit sweet? That's the smell of ozone, or a type of oxygen in the clouds." Kagero started rambling towards the end. "The humidity also gives it away."

"Yea a storm is coming! I mean, that's what the birds are saying!" The green boy yelled from the top of the mast.

"Birds do get rowdy when there's a storm on its way."

Kagero decided to train in the meantime, and instead of some rigorous training that would look ridiculous in front of all the people, she decided to stretch—increasing her muscle elasticity and flexibility would help in difficult situations. An hour of rigorous stretching passed by and the clouds started rolling in. Dark mean clouds, this storm was going to be huge. Pokémon the First Movie huge.

The storm came in and it was indeed huge. All the hunter candidates went into the cabin, seeking shelter. The green clad boy, the blondie, and the middle aged suit guy were all relaxing. Kagero decided to use her roller shoes with the waves to improve her balance and get used to them. She was in a long hallway that leads from the captain's quarters to the bathroom. The cabin was down some stairs.

The waves became rough and Kagero ended up rolling from one side of the hallway to another. Practicing turning when the ship leaned the other way, and using only one foot at times; Kagero was having a blast, though... her predicament would say otherwise. Her father must have wanted her to come here for a reason. After all, he was the nicest he had ever been to her that day.

He must want me to find Mother. She thought to herself as she was rolling around having fun.

The captain then started walking around leaving someone else in in charge of the wheel. The waves had died down so I guess that he's checking up on everyone. As he walked by he looked at Kagero with a strange look for some reason, and walked towards the cabin. As he walked off, he muttered something under his breath, "Well, someone's having fun." She laughed at the tone he used, then she heard the man sigh and she laughed harder.

After a while Kagero focused back onto her training and didn't notice someone running around. He was tall and skinny with a bucket of water and a glass. I guess that some people couldn't take the storm, she thought to herself. She had been lucky that she was fine. After all, it was her first time on a boat.

The waves weren't as large anymore and she got bored with the training that she was doing, so she decided to stop. She sat on the ground switching her shoes back to normal the captain walked by with the three people that helped her out and beckoned her to go with them. The three following him just looked at her curiously. The Captain led them to the helm and lined them up.

"First of all, tell me your names."

"I'm Gon!" He was happy as if he had no worries in the world.

"My name is Kurapika," The blond said calmly.

"Leorio." The man said with a serious face that didn't suit him that much.

"I'm Kagero, you can call me Kage or Mirage... I don't really care..." Kagero said looking outside at the pitch black sky. She swore she could see a tube in the distance. What was that called again? It's on the tip of my tongue…

"Why do you want to become hunters?" The captain said stoically, puffing his pipe.

"Hey, if you're not an examiner you can't boss us around!" Leorio yelled at the captain. Man his voice was loud.

"Just answer the question!" The captain said pressuring them to answer.

Gon then started talking breaking the tense atmosphere. "My dad is a hunter. I left Whale Island because I want to know why my dad desired so much to be a hunter."

"Hey kid, you just can't tell him whatever he wants!"

"Why can't I tell him why I'm here?" Gon pouted.

"Not a team player huh? Well, I don't want to tell him why I'm here." Leorio huffed, crossing his arms and looking away.

"I agree with Leorio. I can offer a plausible lie, but that would rely on deceit. But that said, if I were to tell you the truth, I would be exposing my deepest secrets." While Kurapika was talking he ignored Leorio who was yelling at him.

"In other words, you two refuse to answer my question... Hey Katsuo! Tell the board that we have two more drop outs." Kurapika's and Leorio's faces went from a serious and an annoyed one, to an utterly shocked one within seconds.

"Wh-what do you mean?" Leorio managed to mutter.

"The exam has already started. Don't you get it?" Kagero said with her arms behind her head. "He's been hired to eliminate the extras." Well that's all I remember from that episode father showed me.

"Precisely. There are as many hunter wannabes as there are stars in the sky. The examiners don't have enough time or resources to review them all." He took a puff of his pipe and continued. "I've already notified the board that everyone else on board had to withdraw."

"So if you don't answer his question you'll be eliminated." Kagero said looking towards the two.

Kurapika explained about why he was here and it all went downhill, revenge was his purpose. He seemed like a nice guy, but he will ruin himself if he keeps heading in that direction. As he talked about his past Kage noticed his eyes turn red for a mere moment. Kurapika and Leorio got into a squabble until Gon butted in and asked why Leorio was here.

Leorio also explained his purpose of taking the exam, simply put, he wants money. The way he said it made him look like a total stuck up jerk that would rule over people with money if he could.

Then Kurapika just had to do it. "Money can't buy class Leorio." After he said that Leorio just snapped.

"That's the third time now... Step outside. I'll sever the Kurta bloodline, here and now."

"Take that back Leorio!" Leorio only turned back to him from where he was standing and stared him down. "That's Leorio-san to you." He then walked out and Kurapika followed.

"Hey boys! I'm not done yet!" By this point Kagero was just standing there zoned out looking at the black sky, she noticed that the waves started to pick up a bit. The tube was getting closer too. Gon said something about understanding someone's anger by learning why they got mad, and that they should settle it on their own. The captain turned to Kagero and just stared at her.

"What about you?" Gon asked. She didn't answer.

Kagero snapped out of her confusion when the captain called her.

"Boya."

"Ah... well, I'm here because I'm looking for my mother, and being a hunter is the best way to get information and...I'll be able to travel... I also want to get stronger so...yea." Kagero said as best as she could, getting a bit awkward by the end.

When she finished, the person currently steering the boat yelled, "Captain! L-Look..."

"I remember now! It's called a waterspout!"—and if they were caught in that they would sink. The captain gave her a look and before he could say anything, Kagero rushed out of the room knowing what she should do. There were people outside already trying to get the ropes ready.

People were running around and grabbed onto ropes. They started pulling the mast down when a huge gust of wind sent some sailors flying. One of them flew like a rag-doll and fell overboard, and Gon ran to his rescue and caught his legs, but they were too far over the edge. Meanwhile Leorio and Kurapika were having their showdown when Gon went flying between them, Kagero following behind jumping after them. Kagero grabbed Gon's legs and managed to latch her feet onto the railing of the boat. Leorio and Kurapika came running and grabbed onto her ankles. If they were even a second late, her feet would have lost their grip and Gon herself and the main victim would have been shark bait.

The storm had passed and the blue sky was back to its former glory. There was a shout that could only belong to a certain middle aged man. Leorio...

"You idiots! If we hadn't grabbed Kagero's legs you would both be shark bait right now!"

"Honestly, how reckless can you two be?" Kurapika seemed worried despite his chill body language.

"But you did catch us!" Gon said earning surprised looks from the both of them. "You both caught us!"

Katsuo then ran up to them and thanked Gon and Kagero. Gon told him that if it wasn't for Kurapika and Leorio they'd all be gone. He bowed deeply and left, leaving a thoroughly embarrassed Leorio and a slight blush on Kurapika. In the end they had settled their dispute after Katsuo left.

The captain then came in laughing. "I like you guys! Okay! I'll take responsibility for bringing you four to the port closest to the exam site."

"Really?" An always happy Gon exclaimed, "What about the test?"

There was a pause before he answered, "... You four pass!" What he said brought smiles to the three and a stare from Kagero.

There was some time until they got to the port so they decided to stay on the deck since it was so nice out. Kagero ended up taking a nap while Kurapika read and Leorio conversed with some other people. Gon was at the top of the mast looking at the view.

A few hours later and they arrived at the port.

"Hey Kagero! It's time to go!" As Gon yelled this Kagero suddenly appeared by his side. "Woah! You scared me!" But in return all Gon got was a yawn. Kurapika laughed a bit and Leorio just burst out laughing as they left.

"Hey, are there any stores around here?" Kagero asked a pedestrian.

"Yea, down that street and to the right is a district."

She thanked the man and walked back over to the group. "Do you guys want to grab something to eat first?"

"That would be a good idea."

While they walked to a restaurant Kagero noticed a gym. "Hey, could you guys wait here a minute? I just need to grab something really quick."

"Ok, we'll just be at this restaurant." Kurapika pointed at a sandwich shop.

Kagero nodded and ran off to the gym, she had already gotten used to her training weights. She needed to make it heavier; it just felt weird without the strain. She talked to the gym owner and they sold weights, but not that many. She bought some weights that she could add to her wrist and ankle weights, the weights were now over double her body weight. She didn't know if it was the different world or what, but she felt much lighter that she should, was it the gravity? Luckily, her father put money in her pouch, but how did he know the currency? Did the money automatically change? No one would know~

After Kagero was done, she went to the sandwich shop that everyone was at.

"So what did you get?" A curious Gon asked. Kurapika and Leorio also looked curious.

"Just some training weights," Kagero said as she took a sip of water that was in front of her.

"Really? How much do they weigh?" Kurapika asked.

"Actually, I don't know." Kagero took one off of her wrist and gave it to Kurapika. Kurapika's arm was shaking just trying to hold it.

"J-just how heavy is this?" Kurapika looked at it and noticed that she took it off of her wrist, "And how many of these do you have?" He had a shocked look on his face.

"Four, two for my wrists and two for my ankles."

Leorio was dumbfounded and Gon had the same face as Leorio on. Kagero took the weight back and put it back on. She made it look like it was as light as a feather.

"We should go now, or it's going to get late before we know it." Kurapika said as he was not that shocked anymore.

"The captain said that we should go towards that huge tree on the hill!" Gon said as he finished his sandwich.

"Yea, that tree catches my eye, it seems suspicious." Kagero agreed with Gon. Kurapika raised an eyebrow, the suspicious tree part amusing to him.

Kagero and Gon walked towards the hill while Leorio complained that they shouldn't listen to strangers. Kurapika followed the two and Leorio came running after them after hearing some gossip about the busses being dead ends.

(Omake)

Kagero decided to not take the nap she was planning to take. It was way too nice out for that.

There was one thing she couldn't get off her mind. It was a burning question that needed to be answered! Is Kurapika a trap? I've heard of them from my father, like that Hideyoshi character. The curiosity was just killing her so she just had to go and ask.

She took a cautious step forward and cleared her throat, "Umm... Kurapika?"

"Yes Kagero?" He asked, putting a lock of his hair behind his ear.

"I'm not sure if you're... Well..." She sighed, and went right to the point, "Are you a woman? Or a–" she was cut off.

He gasped, "Wha- What? O-of course not. B-Baka!" He—or she—pushed Kagero, she fell down the stairs.

She blinked, dumbfounded to what she discovered. ...T-Tsundere?!

(Omake End)

Ps: Just so you know, Kurapika is actually a man, and not a tsundere. Just for the sake of comedy. Hahaha.