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Gon, Kurapika and Chihana made their way to the second venue of the exam where the candidates gathered. The first thing they do when they arrive there was to find Leorio. They found Hisoka leaning against a tree, grinning at them while pointing at unconscious Leorio.
" Excuse me guys..I need to take care of something," Chihana excused herself from Kurapika and Gon.
" Sure thing Chihana," Gon replied, walking towards Leorio.
" Urggh..what happen? I didn't remember getting any injuries," Leorio groaned feeling confused. His face was swelling really bad like he's getting beaten up with someone. Oh wait…he is. By Hisoka. -_-
" Perhaps we shouldn't tell him," Kurapika whispered to Gon.
" Yeah," Gon agreed.
" Hey Gon!," Killua called as he approached him. " I'll never thought you made it this far. Impressive."
Gon was about to say something until a loud slapping sound caught everyone's attention.
SLAP!
To their surprise, they saw Chihana slapped Hisoka hard in the face. Kurapika, Gon and Leorio was totally stunned except for Killua. He remain expressionless as always.
" Th-that girl! She have guts to do that," one of the candidates whispered.
"Does she knows what happen to the last candidate who pissed him off," his friend replied.
Kurapika clenched his fist. " What the heck she's doing?!," Kurapika exploded and rushed towards Chihana. He holds her arm and pulled her away.
" That's enough Chihana! Do you know how dangerous this guy is?!," Kurapika whispered, dragging her away from Hisoka.
" Bu-but Kurapika-kun!I'm not done yet!," Chihana argued.
" You forgot something my dear," Hisoka said calmly and threw weapon-like fan to Chihana, who caught it easily before it hits her face. Despite the slap, Hisoka didn't react nor he look her with his murderous expression.
" What were you thinking?! You could get killed! Do you see what happen to Gon or Leorio just now? That's so reckless of you!," Kurapika scolded.
" Gomenasai ( sorry)," Chihana replied flatly.
" Sugoi ( Awesome/ Amazing)….it's really brave of you to confront him like that," Killua complimented her.
" Killua, you're supposed to stop her not encouraging her," Kurapika said with a sigh. 'Seriously, am I the only one with the brains in this team?,' he thought. ' Plus, what's her relationship with Hisoka? Why did she act casually towards him like their know each other?'
The sound of the door opened temporary distract Kurapika from his thoughts. Inside, there was a beautiful woman sitting on the couch and a large man behind her. The tense atmosphere faded because of the loud growling noise of the guy's huge stomach. It sound more like a stampeding horse than a growling stomach.
" You hungry Buhara?," the examiner named Menchi asked looking at him.
" Yep!," Buhara replied while rubbing his stomach. Menchi chuckled looked at the candidates.
" Alright, the theme for the second phase is cooking! So, your mission will satisfy our appetites by cooking!," she announced happily.
Everyone didn't believe their ears. " Cooking?!,"
" Then..let the second round begin!," Menchi shouted as Buhara hit his stomach creating a loud bell-like sound.
And so, everyone search in the woods for pigs. Gon sensed something and quickly slide down the slope.
" Hey, that looks fun!," Killua said, following Gon and slides down. He let out a squeal when Gon suddenly stopped in front of him, causing Killua to bump his back followed by Leorio, Chihana and Kurapika.
Chihana felt uneasy because she was sandwiched between two mature guys. In front of her was Leorio while behind her was Kurapika. ' This is awkward,' she thought and accidentally touched Kurapika's hand without realising it.
" Hey guys look! Pigs..!," Chihana pointed at the herd of pigs in front of them. For a pig, there sure look big, vicious and...…. Wait! Hold on!
" Umm guys, do you see what I see?," Chihana sweatdropped feeling they were at dangerous situation.
" Ye-yeah, there's eating bones," Leorio replied, feeling uneasy.
" Perhaps they are carnivore," Kurapika commented. The pigs spotted them and stampeding towards them angrily.
" Run for you lifeee!" Leorio shouted as five of them ran towards where the other candidates were. It took a while for everyone to deal with the pigs. Thanks to Gon, everyone found its weakness.
When the time for presentation, almost every candidates failed miserably thanks to Menchi. She was way too strict and complained the smallest complained Leorio's dish was way too childish while Gon was not good either and Kurapika's dish has nasty taste despite the fancy decoration.
Chihana gulped and presented her dish confidently. She made a roasted heart-shape meat. " Tadaa….I make this meat to prove my love in cooking," Chihana said excitedly. Kurapika, Leorio and Killua sweatdropped, looking her ridiculous heart-shape meat.
" This is so wrong! Does this look like a Valentine's Day to you?! Are you insulting cooking?!" Menchi shouted and threw her dishes away to Buhara who ate it deliciously.
Hearing her comments, Chihana felt like there's thousands of rocks collapsing on her. How can she fail the simplest cooking ever? She walked limply in despair mood towards Leorio and Kurapika.
" I can't believe this! All of you failed to make a dish delicious enough to satisfy both of us! None of you deserve to be a hunter," Menchi told them sternly. Hearing that, some of the candidates were furious.
Ignoring all the commotions, Menchi went on, " Nothing can change the fact that you have failed. You can try again next year."
"But still, you can't fail all the candidates Menchi-san," a voice said coming from the airship. The airship was big and has the hunter association logo on it. An old man jumped down and looked at Menchi.
" Chairman Netero, a person in charge of the Hunter exam," Menchi breathed, she was surprised by the chairman sudden appearance. Chihana didn't listen much to their conversation because she keeps her eyes on Hisoka.
' I hope he didn't reveal anything about me,' she thought bitterly looking Hisoka with her sharp murderous eyes. ' If he does, I just have to kill him.'
The only part she heard was that Menchi wanted to give another chance to all of them and asked the Chairman to bring them to Mt. Split In Half to get the Spider Eagle eggs.
They walked out from the airship and found themselves standing next to a deep canyon. Menchi demonstrated to them on how to get the eggs. She bravely jumped in the canyon and grabbed one of the eggs. Thanks to the strong wind, she was able to float up and land safely.
" Alright! Let's try this!," five of them said at the same time and jumped into the canyon followed by other candidates.
" Let's get the eggs now," Leorio said excitedly.
" Wait! We have to wait for the wind," Gon stopped him. They watched a few of the candidates fall on their death for catching the eggs.
" The wind didn't appear all the time. All we need to do it wait," Kurapika told them.
" I hope the wind is coming soon. Sooner the better!," Chihana said impatiently while crossing her legs uncomfortably.
" What's wrong Chihana, you didn't look so good," Killua asked looking at her.
" Of course I'm not! I can't hang around like this! Not in my skirts! Otherwise, you see things that you not supposed to see!," she said with her face all red.
Killua chuckled and grinned at her. " Haha…you mean your pan-."
Before Killua could finish his sentence, he was kicked by Kurapika." Stop mentioning that 'P' word will you?!," he yelled at him with his face redder than Chihana. Well he is a teenage boy after all.
" Wakata! Wakata! ( I get it)," Killua replied with his bumps on his head. Suddenly, they felt the string getting loosen seconds by seconds while they're waiting for Gon's signal.
" Now!," Gon shouted as everyone release their hold on the string and grabbed the eggs. The air current in the canyon enabled them to land on the surface safely.
After that, they boiled the eggs up. " Wahh! It tastes great! The flavour is exploding in my mouth! It's way delicious than any eggs I've ever tasted," the candidates exclaimed.
Chapter ended. The next chapter coming soon. What do you think about the story/ chapter so far? Any thoughts is fine so that I can make improvement. Review please! :)