End of the Hunter Exam

I felt the cold biting needles of the icy wind, which whipped my long, brown hair into my face. I had to pull it back, numerous times. I took a step and nearly fell as I realized that I was standing in a massive plane of debri and rubble. Nothing stood taller than my knee. Nothing, except for a tall handsome man with free flowing black hair and wide black eyes. He looked up at the grey sky with anticipation, seeing only opportunity in this bleak and desolate world. I knew this man. He was my beloved brother. The closest being to my heart, well, except for...

I shuddered suddenly, but not because of the frozen air. My brother was being overrun with spiders. Millions of twelve-legged spiders with bright red numbers on their backs. He slowly turned his head from the sky to look at me. He opened his mouth and said

"York Shire!"

Stasy took in her surroundings. She was lying in a soft bed with rosey sheets and a maroon comforter. The walls were painted a light pink with gold trimming. The pillow behind her was white and as fluffy as a cloud. The windows to her right were open and the cold air danced with the red curtains. "Where...am I?"

"Aha! She lives!" a familiar voice exclaimed from the left.

Stasy turned her head and saw Menchi standing in the doorway.

"You're a real strange one," Menchi mused about as she walked to Stasy's bedside. "To survive such an attack, you must be made of miracles."

"Huh?" Stasy could only say. Thus woman was speaking in riddles.

"Remeber? The Hunter Exam? You were about to fight Leorio when-"

"Oh, my gosh! Killua!" Stasy made to get out of the bed, but Menchi pushed her back down.

"It's ok," Menchi told her.

"No it's not! Killua's disqualified! It's all my fault!"

"Your fault?" Menchi snorted. "Girl, you still dead or somethin'? He's the one that ran you through!"

"Yeah, but he was being controlled by Irumi!" Stasy argued.

"Ok, settle down," Menchi pushed Stasy back down again. "I'll tell you what happened. Where to start? Well, after Killua randomly stabbed you in the chest, the referee disqualified him on the spot, but that didn't seem to faze him. It was like he disqualified himself on purpose. Anyway, he ran away after that, and we rushed you to the emergency clinic in the lobby. When we checked your pulse, it had stopped, however, it suddenly shot up again. And the hole in your chest disappeared. Your heart stopped for only two seconds, but now you're completely healed. We didn't need to do anything. You're a real piece of work, gal."

"Then, where are the others?" Stasy asked.

"They're in a conference room learning about their Hunter's Licens-Hey! Wait! Where are you going?!"

Stasy already left the room and was running down the hall. She finally found the right room after many tries and flung the door open in a flurry. "I'm not dead!" she shouted and ran over to Chairman Netero. "I'm not dead, so Killua didn't kill me, so you can't disqualify him!"

The old man along with the other seven exminees looked at her in silence. Everyone except for Irumi and Gon were sitting down and Irumi's arm was locked in Gon's death grip. "We were just discussing this, Ecstasy," Netero sighed with aggrivation as if he had already been over this topic. "And in fact, yes you were dead, for about two seconds, so Killua did legally kill you."

"But I'm fine now!" Stasy argued. "I drop all charges!"

"This isn't a murder case, Ecstasy," the chairman sighed.

"The attitude of Killua during the fight with the one named Gitarakuru and after the fight weren't natural," Kurapica continued the arguement. "This allows us to think that during the fight he was under influence and acted under this hold. Generally, if we use hypnotism, its impossible to ask someone to assassinate someone. But for Killua, killing is a daily act, and moral limits don't work. His actions can be explained."

"The problem comes from this happening during my fight against Stasy," Leorio added on. "If we pay close attention, we could say Killua came to help me. In that case, it would be my disqualification, not his."

"Whatever," Kurapica stepped in. "At this moment, Killua couldn't act on his own. His disqualification isn't justified."

"But these are only hypotheses," Netero stroked his beard. "We don't have any proof. Nothing can prove to us that he was asked to kill someone, nor that he had been hypnotized before hand. Concerning what happened after the match between Leorio and Ecstasy, I don't think there are any problems. Stasy had already been previously injured from her fight with Hisoka, and Leorio has more experience against her, plus his height could be used to an advantage. I can only say the situation didn't need Killua's help."

"I see something else not really natural," Pokkuru spoke up. "I want to talk about Kurapica's attitude during his match with Hisoka. What could he have said? You still had enough strength, and Hisoka, after saying a few words to you, gave up. Weird, isn't it? I can understand a quitting in a match like Hanzo and I, when we have to stop and admit we've lost. But for him, it was the opposite. I think there must've been a secret agreement. If we decided to discuss non-elimination because of unnatural terms then Kurapica's victory is anything but natural!"

"No, if my qualification is unnatural," Kurapica replied. "Then those who have won by default are unnatural also."

"What are you implying?" Pokkuru snapped back.

"This isn't any of my business," Gon growled. This fight was annoying him. "Qualification isn't something we have to talk about. The ones who are not ok with their success can go through training until they are. Concerning Killua, if he takes the exam again, its obvious he'll pass and obtain his title of Hunter. It's a pity he failed but we can't do anything about it. On the other hand," he squeezed Irumi's arm. "If he had been under constraint until now to kill people not by his own choice, I won't forgive you." He glared at the older brother.

"You forgive me?" Irumi scoffed. "So what?."

"I'll take Killua back," Gon promised him. "And I'll do everything to make sure you never meet again."

Irumi made the movement to touch Gon with his hand, but the little boy quickly released his arm and jumped back, glaring at Irumi.

"Just like Gon said," Netero disrupted the tense atmosphere with his nonchalant tone, "Everyone is free to decide if his success is deserved or not. Moreover, other participants can contest, we don't have the intention of changing our decisions. The disquallification of Killua is kept and so is the success of others. I declare the session of information to be reopened."

"Since this time, you're all here, I'll start from the beginning," The noseless man said with a smile as he began he explanation of the Hunter's License.

The young auburn haired girl ignored the short man's words as she delved within herself.

I'm still alive, so that means one of my personalities died. Ok, personality check. I, Stasy, am here. Melancholy?

Unfortunately.

Apathy?

Of course, you think I woul-

Timidness?

Yeah.

Love?

Here and accounted for!

Malevolence?

Die.

Rage?

I'M GOING TO KILL THAT IRUMI!!!

Listless?

Listless? Listless?

I think we lost her.

Well, I guess that's the best choice.

We could've at least gotten rid of Timidness.

Hey-

"The seven people here are now hunters!" the voice brought Stasy back down to Earth.

"Seven?" Kurapica inquired, counting the heads of the examinees in the room. There were eight.

"Yes," Netero explained. "Ecstasy, you did not win your match against Hisoka. Therefore, in dying, if even for only two seconds, you technically lost the match. I'm sorry, but you did not pass."

"That doesn't matter right now," she shook her head. "Right now, I've got to go to Killua!" I still haven't apologized to him.

"Gitarakuru!" Gon yelled at Irumi. "Tell me where Killua is!"

"You better renounce," Irumi told him, his poker face perfect.

"You think I'm that kind of guy?" Gon stuck his tongue out at him. "Killua is my friend! No matter what it costs, I'll find him!"

Stasy looked over at the spiky haired boy with a sparkle in her eyes. Gon...

"Even if I tell you, you'll never reach him," Irumi thought aloud. "Killua must have gone back home, to Kukuru Mountain. Our family residence is on the peak of the mountain top."