Chapter 4
Viiri's PoV
I stared in awe at the huge building in front of me.
'Wow, the Exam site sure is big!' Is what I thought that time. But to my disappointment and disbelief, the Hunter site was in a small, rundown restaurant...
Inside the restaurant, "Five steak combos please." The disguised Kiriko said, leaning on the table in front of the chef (?).
"How do you want it cooked?" The chef (?) asked, with a weird glint of understanding in his eyes. What did he understand?
"Grilled over low flame." The chef nodded to the Kiriko, and looked at the woman standing near us.
"This way please." The woman said, and led us to the back room. The door opened and all of us went in. There was a table in the middle of the room and 5 chairs surrounding it. It was creepy how they knew the exact number of people going to occupy the room.
I just looked at the room, not interested in what the Kiriko was saying. When the door closed, the whole room suddenly started moving. I was surprised at first, but realized that the so called 'back room', was actually an elevator going to the Exam site.
After that, I just watched the walls with no particular reason, though I don't know what was so interesting about the wall...I just didn't know what else to do.
I was interrupted by Kurapika and Leorio's fight.
'Leorio shouting is normal…but Kurapika too…' I sweat-dropped, looking at Kurapika in surprise.
"GON, VIIRI, ELIN, WHAT KIND OF HUNTER DO YOU WANT TO BE?" Both of them shouted in unison, facing the three of us. I'm out of luck today...
"Umm…" Gon and Elin shared the same confused look, while I just looked at them with a poker face.
'Why I should answer you?' I thought. Thankfully, the elevator stopped descending and the door opened, revealing a tunnel-looking place filled with different kinds of applicants.
In that floor, the atmosphere felt very different from before, but my teacher angry is much worse than this.
"When Ms. Tera is angry, it's ten times worse than this, right?" Elin whispered to me, saying the exact same thing I was thinking. I just nodded and shivered a little.
After observing the room and with Gon trying to talk with the other examinees, but failed miserably, a green-headed-jelly-like man approached us and gave each of us a number plate: Leorio is #403, Kurapika is #404, Gon is #405, Elin is #406, and mine is #407. We pinned our number plate on.
"Hello, you guys must be rookie here!" A squared-nose guy greeted. Who has a box as a nose? Seriously!
"It's Tompa, the rookie crusher, he entered the exam for more than thirty times only for crushing the rookies, he gives laxative juice to every rookie he sees, just don't accept it!" Elin whispered to me, glaring at Tompa all the while.
"Don't change the story!" I gave her warning look and smiled devilishly.
"Here, I'll give you this as a welcome gift, let's celebrate this!" Tompa exclaimed, giving each of us a canned juice.
"Umm...No thanks," Elin said, giving back the juice to Tompa. "I don't drink canned juices…"
"Just give it to me," I said and took Elin's drink. "It's bad to waste food after all!" I gave a (fake) smile to Tompa. Gon drank his first but then spit it out after drinking some.
"Tompa-san, I think your juice is expired! It tastes weird..." Gon said, looking at Tompa with a smile, not suspicious of him or anything.
Leorio spit out his drink. "Seriously?! That was close..." He said, wiping his mouth with his arm, while Kurapika poured his drink on the floor.
"R-Really? I'm very sorry…" Tompa said, looking really nervous.
"It's okay! Lucky that I was the first one who drank it first! I usually eat herbs and plants at the mountain, so I know if something tastes weird!" Gon explained, looking happy and all.
"Oh, so it's just expired," I looked at the juice and smiled. "Then it's okay!"
"What?" Elin asked, staring at me questioningly. (All of them actually)
"Are you saying that you would still drink it even if you know it's expired?" Kurapika asked, looking interested.
"Yes," I answered bluntly. "Well, because usually my sister and parents are busy, if I'm short on money, I eat expired snacks at home. But at first, my stomach would hurt, but now, it doesn't really affect me anymore because my body is used to it." I continued, answering all the questions in their mind. They all nodded, dismissing the subject, probably because they thought it was a bad memory for me.
"By the way, do you guys want me to tell you about the other examinees who're like me?" Tompa asked, but I never really did like explanations, so I'm leaving.
I started looking at the applicants, many strange people here, but probably I'm the strangest one. (Because of my clothes, gender, and height)
I accidently bump onto someone.
"Sorry!" I quickly apologized to the person I bumped into.
"Wow, I never knew eight year olds could enter the exam too!" I looked at the rude person that I bumped; it was silver-haired boy.
"I'm eleven, almost twelve years old!" I exclaimed in anger, feeling a vein pop in my head. "Don't make conclusions from someone's height!"
"Ne, are you lost?" He asked with a mocking tone in his voice. "Onii-chan will help you!" He leaned down to my eye level with a smile, but I'm sure he's mocking me. Brat.
"I'm not lost!" I shouted and quickly left him, feeling irritated. But to my annoyance, he followed me.
"Joking, joking...By the way, we're almost the same age, what's your name?" The boy asked.
'Damned boy, why are you following me? I'm a girl you know! Have you ever had a friend before? You act like you've never had one!' I thought, glaring at him.
"Viiri, Viiri Andalesca." I answered, still glaring at him.
"Weird name…" I felt a vein pop in my head. Damn this ANNOYING BRAT!
"Yours?" I asked, trying to hold my anger and my fist down.
"Killua." He answered casually, not caring about the insult that he said about my name...and my anger.
"Yours is also weird." I said, smirking to myself, thinking that he got mad. But to my disappointment, he didn't really care. I sighed. "Now that I think about it, I'm thirsty…" I said slowly, and then took the canned juice that Tompa gave me from my backpack and drank it.
"You're immune to poison too?" Killua asked, his eyes widening slightly.
"No," I shook my head and looked at him weirdly.
''Too'? Does that mean he's immune to poison?'
"Eli—I mean, my friend said that this was poisoned, but if it's just laxative, then it's okay." I explained. I'm sure Killua doesn't know who Elin is..."Do you want to know why?" I asked Killua so that later, he wouldn't say that I was lying. He nodded. "Then…"
-FLASHBACK-
As usual, my parents weren't home. So it was just my sister and I at home.
For dinner, my sister bravely cooked fried rice, even though she's really clumsy. And that time, she mistook the laxative with salt from her bag (she's in the doctor faculty) and put some on my food. And then I got a really bad stomach-ache, she gave me an antidote. That antidote will make me immune to laxatives for three days, but because she gave me too much, it made me immune to it for 3 months.
-FLASHBACK END-
"—and that's how I became immune to laxative." I finished, telling him the whole story about how I became immune to laxatives.
"Your sister is really clumsy…" Killua said, sweat dropping.
"That's right…" I looked away with a blush, embarrassed about my own big-sis.
"VIIRI! VIIRI!" Elin suddenly hugged me from my back.
"Who's she?" Killua asked, looking at Elin curiously.
"My 'other' sister, this one is also abnormal." I replied, looking at Elin with an annoyed look.
"Ah, Ki—" I hurriedly closed Elin's mouth before she could finish.
"'Ki'?" Killua asked with a confused face.
"SURESIMAS! (Excuse me!)" I said, and dragged Elin away from Killua.
"I told you to keep quiet!" I scolded, giving her 'The Look'.
"Sorry! He's just too cute~!" Elin squealed. I rolled my eyes.
"But a bastard inside." I said with a hiss.
"Hah?" Elin asked with a confused face, not getting what I meant.
"I bumped into him and he said that I was an eight years old…"
"Lucky~! You bump into handsome and cute guys~" Elin said with a cat-smile on her face.
"YOU—HWA!" Someone suddenly grabbed me by my jacket, lifting me up.
"Don't just disappear like that, what would happen if you collapse again and we're not there for you?" Kurapika scolded, still carrying me by my jacket.
"Okay, I get it, I won't do it again...but don't carry me like I'm some kind of stray cat or something!"
"You're not like a stray cat…" GON, WHY ARE YOU SO INNOCENT?!
"Forget her Gon, she'll go crazy if you ask her for an explanation…" Elin said with a serious face. Well, it looks like a serious face.
"Oi brat, bring this medicine." Leorio suddenly said, giving me some kind of calmer drug. "If you feel weird, just drink it!"
"It's impossible, it won't work. I already drank it for more than thirty times, but there's still no effect…" I said, while struggling from Kurapika's hold. I suddenly heard a weird bell sound echoing in the tunnel, and a mouth less man appeared and told us that the registration for Hunter Exam ended, and gives us a warning…blah...blah...blah…blah…then said that there were 406 examinees participating in Hunter Exam.
"We really changed the story…" Elin pointed out quietly.
While we were running, "OI! THAT'S CHEATING!" Leorio suddenly shouted at… KILLUA?!
"Why?" Killua asked, with a bored, uninterested look.
"BECAUSE THIS IS AN ENDURANCE TEST!" Oh, please stop shouting, Ossan…I groaned in annoyance inwardly.
"No it isn't! The examiner only told us to follow him! He didn't say anything about how we do it!" Gon pointed out, looking at Leorio.
"GON! WHICH SIDE ARE YOU ON?"
"STOP SHOUTING!" I shouted at Leorio and then Kurapika lectured him about 'shouting wastes more energy', or something like that.
"Eh… ah, you meet onii-chan again!" Killua exclaimed and ruffled my hair.
"For the last time, we have the same age!" I was really starting to get pissed off.
"Hehe…" He smirked, and faced Gon and Elin. "How old are you guys?"
'CHANCE!' I tried to break free from Killua's hand that was still on my head.
"Twelve!" Gon answered with a huge grin plastered on his face.
"I'm ALMOST twelve, one more month to go!" Elin also answer with a huge grin.
"Then she's the youngest!" Killua's hand is so hard to break free from...
"I'm almost twelve too!"
"Stop lying!" Killua said, looking at me, and then back to the other two. "What are your names?"
"Gon, Gon Freecs!"
"Elin Reyain!"
"El—okay, I feel one!" I warned Elin suddenly, and then kicked some soil so it produced some rocks, I caught it and put it inside my backpack.
"Why'd you do that?" Killua asked, looking at me curiously.
"HI~MIT~SU~" I answer with a catty-smile.
"Isn't it for—" I hurriedly ran up to her and twisted her hand. "—ITTAI!"
"Ah! Maybe it's for—" I let go of Elin's and ran to Gon to close his mouth. (I will forever feel guilty if I twisted his arm) "— Mpft!"
"Huh? What are you guys talking about?" Killua asked, looking confused.
"You'll know later!" I wanted to put myself as far as I can from them, so I lagged behind.
Elin's PoV
When Viiri went to the back, everything was as followed, and it was the same with the original plot. Only, I was here this time. (Watch the anime)
And after the 'Leorio almost gave up' incident, (I almost squealed that time)
"Elin, is Viiri alright?" Gon asked me with a worried look. I was in the middle of the two boys.
"Seriously, what is wrong with that chibi?" Killua asked, and then went back to talking about random things with Gon. I just stared at them, not knowing what to do.
After a while, Gon suddenly asked me: "What kind of parents do you guys have?"
"Who's parents, mine or Viiri's?" He looked at me with a confused expression.
"Aren't both of you siblings?" What a weird conversation...it's like we're answering everything with questions!
"No, we beca—" Viiri twisted my arm AGAIN. But this time, it was reaaally hard! "ITTAA!"
"We've been orphans ever since we were babies, and we're like siblings since we live at the same orphanage." Viiri lied—ehem, explained the very believable lie, I mean, truth, and grabbed Gon's hand, which probably meant: 'Don't say another word.'
"That's the worst lie I have ever heard." Killua stated, looking at Viiri with an 'Are you kidding me?' face.
"Then, just wait until the time comes."
"By the way, didn't you just move to the back?" That was me.
"Who wants to be near that psychopath, it's gloomy you know!" Viiri said with a disgusted face, obviously referring to Hisoka. "He even said something like fruit…green…or something unripe! Totally creepy…" Wow! Looks like Viiri really dislikes Hisoka.
It was silent for some time, and all I could hear were the footsteps of the examinees.
"I'm surprised you guys can keep up with me," Killua suddenly said, breaking the silence which made the three of us look at him. "—Or is it just the others are too slow?"
"Well, maybe...but every day, Elin and I have to run more than four kilometres if the bus leaves us, so it's a daily routine." Viiri explained, glaring at me all the while.
"Hey! Sometimes you're the one who's late!"
"Why do you guys have to ride a bus?" Gon asked, sounding all curious.
"Gon, we're just...different." Viiri really is a secret-keeper, but she's a bad-liar...isn't she weird?
"Weird kid…" I heard Killua mumble from beside me.
"Ne, you guys want to have a race?" Gon asked excitedly.
"Count us in!" I exclaimed excitedly, hugging Viiri.
"Don't hug me, it's hard to run!" Viiri shouted, trying to shake me off of her.
"The loser has to buy us dinner!" Killua and Gon exclaimed, running faster and leaving both Viiri and I behind.
"THOSE BOYS!" Viiri and I also started to run faster to catch up.
Gon's PoV
"Gon, be careful!" Viiri warned. I looked at her curiously.
"From what?"
"Could you be a little serious…?" She sighed, shaking her head. I wonder what kind of mistake I made. "'They' are hiding somewhere, but so far, they're not doing anything bad. But even so, be more careful okay? My fight shouldn't be here, you understand, naïve boy?"
"I understand, but why can't you fight here?"
"Did you already forget where I came from?" She looked really annoyed this time.
"Nope, I still remember!"
"Remind me to never discuss with you again…" She moved a little far from me. Huh? What did I do?
Killua's PoV
That little girl moved nearer to me. But I wonder what she was talking about with Gon, she and her friend are hiding something. I stared on her.
"What are you looking at?" She asked with an annoyed tone.
"Your height…"
"Oh, God! What is with you and my height?! I will get taller no matter what!" She shouted exasperatedly, and then she looked like she remembered something. "By the way, if you ever meet a weird animal with a crystal on it body, tell me immediately." Weird how she became so serious in mere seconds.
"Nande?"
"Just do it if you want to be safe!" She went nearer the blue haired girl.
'I never understand why woman are always so paranoid…'
Viiri's PoV
"Viiri, why did your face become so sour after meeting Killua?" Elin asked. I turned to her with an annoyed look. She seriously doesn't know?!
"Because he's a jerk!"
"I heard you, chibi!" Killua exclaimed, suddenly jumping into the conversation. I glared at him dangerously.
"Call me chibi One. More. Time. And I swear, I will make you pay." I said threateningly. He smirked.
"If you can." HE IS SERIOUSLY DAMN ANNOYING!
"Couple's fight?" Gon suddenly asked, making me super shocked!
"HAH!?" Killua and I shouted in unison, looking disgusted beyond imagination.
"That's right! Usually in film, a new teen's couple would be fighting like this, and they're always doing it without any clear reason!" E-Elin is also…
"Isn't the reason obvious?! She called me a jerk!" Killua shouted, pointing at me accusingly. Brat.
"BECAUSE YOU ARE!" I shouted back at him.
"You're really damn annoying you know!" Killua suddenly appeared behind me and…he had a dark aura around him.
"STOP FIGHTING!" Gon and Elin yelled at both of us.
"Tch!" Killua turned away from me and went to Gon.
'Why did I meet such a jerk!'
That's all! Hope you like it! Thanks to: Lani0108 as my beta-reader; All Reviewer; and All Reader!
And about Leorio's Incident part... please forgive me! I just too lazy to type it, BUT I will make a flashback about it, sooner or later...
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BY: Rin-chan.
N.B.: Please forgive me if I make Killua OOC here... or any Mary-Sue... T^T