While Satotz was explaining the purpose of the the swamp, there was an identity mishap that the pink haired nen user solved, proving he uses nen. Hmm.. his names Hisoka.. huh Have'ta keep away from him then. After hearing Satotz explanation they were off once more.
While in the Swindlers swamp, Kyoko was separated from Satotz, and left to find phase 2 on her own.
"Dammit." She muttered. She was separated half an hour ago, and there was no sign of anyone anywhere. She could sense someone was following her though, but she wasn't about to speak up. They weren't in her space so she felt it was unnecessary to act. She decided she'd have a look from above, see if she could see a way out. She concentrated her aura on her feet, and after a second, launched up into the air now floating with the help of nen. After reaching an area where the fog was clear, she saw her destination. Kyoko grinned, and stopped her Nen, letting her free fall. As she was falling she was laughing and giggling as the wind hit her face, letting herself be tumbled about, whipped around, it was the most fun she'd had in a while. To soon, she saw the ground nearing her, and she knew the fun was over. After righting her self, she collided into the ground with a loud crash, leaving a crater. She decided that it's okay to have a little fun every now and then, as she jumped out of her crater. "Awe man, that was fun. Maybe I could do it again... Nah." Stretching her back, Kyoko took off with great speed speed. There's no way they could keep up with me.. but as soon as the thought came and went, the stalker's presence disappeared. Kyoko ignored it. She slowed to to a jog when she sensed something from ahead. As she got closer, she could feel and hear heavy foot steps, then the creature came into view. It was a Noggin lugging tortoise. The tortoise saw Kyoko and dipped its head to catch her. Kyoko just stood there waiting, watching the creatures movements, very annoyed at this point.
"I don't have time for you." she muttered, punching it in the face, and sent it flying. She began walking once she was finished, then slowly into running. Before she knew it, she was at phase 2, just as the others were arriving. Satotz said they'd be waiting for a couple hours in case any people made it back. Kyoko decided that she would be more comfortable away from people, so she jumped into a tree and found a spot where the branches extend from the trunk, making a seat like formation. Getting adjusted, Kyoko dug through her bag and checked her phone. Hm.. no signal.. well I imagine so and then proceeded to look for something else to pass the time. She decided on drawing. While she drew various plants and animals she saw through out the swamp, she began quietly humming a tune she'd learned from her mother, but with her own adjustments. When she got bored with sketching, she put away the book and pencils, and decided to take a nap.
A while later, the time was up and the remaining people came, Kyoko jumped from her spot in the tree to the ground. Once inside the gates of Phase 2, and after Menchi explained the objective of this phase, and after getting her hunter type discriminated, she sent us off. Ridiculous, that idiot thinks that these other idiots are going to make something edible? she thought. After everyone was searching, it didn't take long before a stampede of pigs came running. While everyone was running about trying to find a way to take one down, Kyoko stood in her spot, waiting for one to come to her, making clicking noises to catch their attention. She noticed that people began to hit them on their foreheads, which seems to take them out. One of the pigs was charging at her, a couple feet before it actually reached her, Kyoko jumped while grabbing on the tip of its snout, and swung her self around kicking it's forehead. The pig collapsed and she began to drag it back to the cooking area. Maybe I'll just cook it and throw on some spices, and apple in it's mouth, walla. Done.
After cooking the pig thoroughly, adding the spices, and creating the dish, it was time for the taste testings. As the time went on, it was soon Kyoko's turn. After presenting her dish she held her hands behind her back. Watching their reactions, the large one, Buhara, seemed happy, but then again he was happy with everything, where Menchi failed Kyoko with out hesitation. Kyoko clenched her fists, trying to calm her anger.
"How are you going to fail someone with out even tasting their dish?" She asked.
"Simple, I can tell by looking at it, it's a failure." Menchi responded, sounding bored. Kyoko stepped forward, and said in a lower voice.
"You're asking quite a bit much for people who have no idea what they're doing. By failing everyone, you're giving the gourmet hunters a bad name, as well as your self. So I suggest that while you're judging the rest, you should take into account that you are representing all of the gourmet hunters right now." After having said that, Kyoko backed away, and looked at wide eyed Menchi. "So, You want to re-evaluate my dish? " She said with a sly grin. Menchi's eye twitched as she reached forward with her fork and took a bite of the dish. Everyone was now quiet.
"Fail." She said. "I didn't need to taste it." She said, tossing the fork.
"As long as I know that my dish was genuinely distasteful and deserved the fail, I'm fine with it. No need to think you're a gourmet god after all." Kyoko replied in a sarcastic tone. That seemed to make Menchi angrier. As Kyoko was walking away, she sensed something coming at her. She twisted her body and caught the kitchen knife flying towards her. Kyoko put on a 'did-you-really-just-do-that' expression with a wide smile, before beginning to laugh.
"If you can beat me in a fight you pass. This opportunity is only available to you." Menchi stated. After considering it Kyoko replied.
"You aren't worth my time." Kyoko replied seriously, with a bored smile. "You aren't very entertaining." She said, flicking the knife at Menchi. It stuck in the ground just before her toes. Menchi was seething with anger, and threw more knives Kyoko's way. Kyoko dodged them, not bothering to catch them. One was coming towards her face, Kyoko only had time to bend backwards, the knife graizing her cheek. Kyoko flung herself back into a standing position, looking at Menchi with curiosity. When Kyoko felt something warm running down her cheek, she wiped it with her thumb. She licked the blood off her thumb and said "You're pretty good with knives.. Too bad your so predictable.", pulling down her lower eyelid and sticking out her tongue. After winking at her, Kyoko returned to her station.
After Menchi calmed down, she then proceeded to fail everyone. That's when an air ship appeared, and an old man fell to the ground. He manages to convince Menchi to choose a different task, which is boiled eggs. The whole process of retrieving and boiling went smooth.
As Kyoko was walking to the airship, she was pulled aside by Netero, the old man from the sky.
"You know of Nen, don't you?" He asked. Kyoko didn't reply. "Well, either way, I have a favor to ask of you."
"And what makes you think I'd follow through on this 'favor'" She responded.
"Just a hunch." He inquired. "Those two boys, Gon and Killua, I'd like for you to keep an eye on them."
"They can obviously take care of them selves from what I've seen." What the hell is going on?
"Well that much is sure, I just meant, if you see them in any trouble, you will help them, right?" Netero asked.
"Well that's only natural instinct to help children." Netero seemed to approve of her reply, because he didn't press on the matter.
A few hours later
Kyoko didn't want to sleep in a small room with other people, so she decided to look for a different place to sleep. After searching, she decided to take a break. Sitting on a bench in front of a window, and pulled her phone out.
"Holy shit..." She muttered. "I have signal.." She quickly jabbed in her home number. It rung three times before someone picked up.
"Hello?" It was Hikari.
"Hikari! It's Kyoko!" She said excitedly.
"KYOKO! DAD, DAD, IT'S KYOKO!" Hikari shouted so loud, Kyoko had to take the phone away from her ear.
"Calm down child it's not like I died and came back from the dead.." Kyoko joked. "Though that'd be an interesting challenge..." she thought out loud.
"Kyoko?" It was Daiki.
"Yep." She said, resting her head against the window. She propped up her legs.
"How's the exam going?" He asked.
"I'm still here. Right now we're on an airship, heading for the third phase. It'd have been easier if I had just taken out all the competition, but then that's not really winning, is it?"
"No it's not. Have you used Nen at all?"
"A couple times. I was on the verge of killing an examiner, she challenged me to a fight! Do you believe it? I mean sure I teased her a bit, but man she had one hell of a temper. I clenched my fists so hard, I cut my palms. It's been a while since someone's gotten to me." Kyoko's aunt and uncle always knew about her temper, it was awful. It's a miracle that she handled Menchi the way she did.
"Try not to kill anyone, Okay?" Daiki joked.
"I vow to attempt to not kill anyone." She said in a fake seriousness. Daiki said something, but she didn't catch it because the signal was breaking. "No! NO! Daiki! Uncle! The signal is breaking! Dammit!" She nearly crushed her phone when the line went dead. "Dammit!" She exclaimed, tilting her head against the beam.
After staring out the window for a while, she had calmed down, and went back on her search for an empty room. She passed a room that seemed lively, and paused to listen. It sounded like Netero and those boys. She cracked the door open a bit, and saw what was happening. After watching for a moment, she saw Killua give up. She closed the door and was on her way before he could see her. Continuing on her search, Kyoko finally found an empty storage room. Settleing in, she allowed herself to sleep, to really sleep for the first time in a day or two.