The scene opened up to show TME while he was waiting for Atomsk to show up, this time at a hot dog stand as TME ate some chillidogs.

It wasn't long before Atomsk pops out.

"Hey dude. I'm here."

"Good… Good… you're about to see the origins of Aura and Nen in our stories Atomsk, hard to understand why you didn't want to do this earlier in 2021… 2022 now." TME said while he looks amused.

"Dude… we had other works and I had to read those chaps. They were not short read." Atomsk said with a half lidded look.

"Uhhh… compared to our stories not really… at best 4000 words or so… we normally go to 25 doc pages so that is much longer." TME said when he gave Atomsk his own half lidded look.

"Eh… semantics. Let's just start." Atomsk said.

"Right… quick pop quiz… what do you remember of the last chapters and what happened before the others got to the tunnel here?" TME asked when he finished his chillidog in a Sonic like way when he tossed it into the air and ate it in one go.

Atomsk gave TME another half lidded look.

"There was a lemon with Pitou and Chala, Emerald got turned into Esmeralda, Lillum is a flipping nun, there was a fight between Leorio and Kurapika, Bruno was there, there might be some romance between Emerald and Mito later on in the story."

"Nice… nice… However more details will be needed like Pitou changing Esmeralda back to Emerald… for now… the fight with Leorio and Kurapika was settled and the two are friends now… and yeah… maybe if Emerald heads back to whale Island and stuff… so… how do you personally feel about Hunter X Hunter?... if you want I can tell you a site that you can go to… free anime and everything and as far as I'm aware though I use Brave browser for that… no ads… … it is insane… over 140 episodes and they are over 20 minutes each… before you say thats long… try binge watching over 1000 cased closed episodes and get back to me on long." TME said when he points out other series are neverending it seems.

Atomsk rolls his eyes.

"I'll consider watching it for now… we have a test for heroes."

"Well… heroes maybe subjective for guys like Gleeco, Killua to some extent… Bruno, and a few soon to be named hunters… and hey… with us working together… know the best thing about this?" TME said with a grin.

"Yeah… FanFiction and our way of ideas." Atomsk said.

"Well there is that but for this now that you're working with me…. Can use YOUR OC's here man… plenty of hunters galore so plenty of OC's to use." TME said with a smirk.

Atomsk was thoughtful.

"Hmmm… eh, I'm not sure he'll be useful for this."

"What?... Cedric won't be useful?... dude think of it like this… Cedric… new hunter taking the exam… he teams up with the others here… learns how to use lightning in unique ways or something else… I mean come on… is something wrong dude?... we can hold off on this for a bit if you're worried about not keeping up… normally we do some stories you don't know much of and you do well with them after some info gathering." TME said when he looks worried for Atomsk now.

"It's nothing man. If you think Cedric can be good for this then alright." Atomsk said.

"I see… well think like this if it helps… think of Phoebe in heat, not all of the OC's are going to be together the entire story, speaking of which should do that after this or Dualitytale than ANVK after the two chapters… point is, this is probably going to be a rare large OC and Hunter group moment here since its the hunter exam… where is the energetic co-host I know?... scared of trying new things now after so many years?" TME taunts while he held a fist out for a fist bump to see if Atomsk would return it or something.

Atomsk did have his fist ready.

"I'll accept Phoebe in Heat. But give ANVK another break." He said before bumping it.

"Hehehe, why think I put ANVK after a Dualitytale chapter… can't leave a certain requester waiting too long though… so lets put everything we have into this chapter and get by Phoebe in heat after CCTC and Dualitytale and see what we do next." TME said when he and Atomsk look at the screen and the scene shifts to the Hunter exam.

(From chapter 13 onward, Atomsk the Pirate King may help with chapters so expect some co-op moments from here on out.)


Tunnel below Resturant/ Unknown time since last chapter/ Pitou, Emerald, Gon, Shunpei, Lillum, Gleeco, Bruno, Chala, Leorio, Kurapika, Satotz, many hunters around

The scene now showed many running down a tunnel while many were either panting for breath from running for who knows how long like Leorio and Lillum while guys like Emerald, Gon, and a new kid named Killua joined the group though he did have a tag along with an older woman who looked to be around Emerald's age with a shapely but very toned body, she had ebony skin, green eyes, spiky tan hair and looked to be wearing a unique outfit… it looked like a green spandex outfit on her body on her body while her hands, feet, and head were uncovered, she wore some sandals ala Naruto style, toes showing, anklets of sorts on her legs and she wore a couple gauntlets on her hands that went up to her forearms and she wore a vest with many pockets, a couple belts on her body which had various tools, and she had a wild look about her with her eyes looking slightly cat like… reminded Emerald about Pitou a bit though she was fully human as far as Emerald knew and she had a long braid of hair going down her back with a large golden ring being seen and what not at the end keeping the hair together.

He didn't get her name yet as Emerald ran next to the large group before he noticed a few more people running by, some doing well, some not so much while making sure he didn't run into people.

"Dang… we're seeing a lot of new faces." Gon said.

"No kidding, better try and not get split up Gon, you maybe energetic but something tells me that this is just a part 1 of this exam… after all… no one said when this thing would end… better pace ourselves or at the very least get to the front with Satotz and stick by him." Emerald said while Killua hums.

"Hmmm… pretty smart thinking that, would have thought you were the brute force type with that odd pressure I'm feeling from you." Killua the silver hair kid around Gon's age said as he ran next to Gon.

"Well I trained my ass off to be a hunter, my dad drilled it into my skull with my mom as well that not everything is as it seems with the Hunter exam… if you don't play it smart… you're dead." Emerald said while he looks at Killua with a look that said he was serious about that.

"Huh… smart parents you have." Leorio said while he kept up… barely.

"You OK man?" Emerald asked while he looks at Leorio who grimaced.

"W-Won't lie… not sure how far we ran but I can tell you one thing… I'm a freaking normal human so stamina freaks like you who don't seem to get tired really don't get how hard I'm pushing myself…" Leorio said while he ran faster to keep up with the group while Kurapika and Pitou moved to run by Leorio and Kurapika ran next to Leorio and Pitou next to Emerald while she adjusts her cat hat to make sure it was on right.

"I wish this hat would stay on while joggging." Pitou said.

"Want me to hold onto it for you Pitou?... can see if I can fix some string on it, mom taught me how to sow a bit so in case my clothes get torn of I need to do some quick first aid with wounds, can stitch things up and stuff." Emerald said while he smiles at Pitou.

Pitous smiles as she gives Emerald her hat.

This caused Killua and the woman with Killua to perk up when they saw that Pitou's ears were actual cat ears and not accessories like the tail Pitou had as Emerald fiddles with the hat as he pulled some string and stuff from his pockets and starts to work carefully as he ran.

"So your ears are real?" Killua said as Pitou smirks.

"You bet they are."

"Can I feel them?" The woman with Killua said when she moved with surprising agility to get next to Pitou with a curious look in her eyes and some noticed she had some cat-like traits… though they were not actual cat like traits, just happened to look like that with sharp finger and toenails… some slightly fanged teeth, and some cat-like pupils.

Pitou looked intrigued.

"You can but… mind telling me your name?"

"Hmmm… oh sorry… name is Tigra… called that thanks to my adopted family calling me that thanks to the Tigershark one of them admired… you could say I'm Killua's guardian of sorts while he is at the Hunter exam… may as well get my license as well at the same time." the now identified Tigra said while she gave Pitou a fanged grin.

Pitou blinks a bit before smirking.

"Well nice to meet you, Tigra. I think we'll get along quite well."

"Hehe, thanks, so who are the rest of you?" Tigra asked as the others introduced themselves.

"Hooo… well nice to meet you all." Tigra said when she grins at the others.

"Same too you miss Tigra." Gon said as he heard Tigra spoke.

Tigra chuckles as she looks at Gon.

"Eh no Miss please, makes me feel old… just call me Tigra Gon." Tigra said with a grin as she ran more down the tunnel with the others following suit.

From here on out aside the occasional comical moment with Gon and Killua running ahead and many sweatdropping as Gleeco carried Lillum on his back while he had an excited look on his face well Emerald finished his work for now as he passed Pitou her hat which had a thick long string worked to come from the earholes in a way to not give Pitou discomfort.

"Here… need to use a needle later for better work but for now should keep your hat on your head if it falls back… the string will catch it and stuff." Emerald said when he showed why the string was extra long.

Pitou did smile a bit at Emerald.

"Thanks Emerald." She said before putting her hat on.

Emerald smiles as Pitou fiddled with the string to have the string rest under her chin so if the hat fell off it wouldn't leave her unless someone intentionally tried to rip it off her head.

"Ah… that feels better." Pitou said as her ears lightly twitches.

"Hehe, yeah. Better make sure not to lose it, that hat looks cute on you after all." Emerald said before he ran a bit harder to catch up with Gon and the others.

Pitou lightly blushes a bit as Tigra looks amused.

"You two an item?"

"Huh?... well… hard to say… we fooled around and what not but wouldn't say we were dating… I'm still testing people for good mate material and don't mind if Emerald fools around with other ladies." Pitou said when she ran alongside Tigra.

"Is that right?… hmmm… well hope you don't mind if I have some fun with him." Tigra said.

"Seriously?... not that I don't mind but didn't you just meet him?" Pitou said before she thinks this to herself.

"Not like I can complain since I barely knew him yet fucked Emerald's mother and Emerald soon after." Pitou thought as Tigra hums.

"Well considering that there is a high chance of us passing with a guy giving off a pressure like that and me being well trained… hehe… can't blame me for wanting to celebrate… besides considering how long this exam is or will be if its multi stages… can't blame me for celebrating early." Tigra said when she smirks at Pitou.

"Though wouldn't mind having fun with a cute kitty like you later… for now though we should speed up." Tigra said as she ran faster with her muscles flexing a bit from the effort but she didn't seem bothered by that.

Pitou blinks a bit as she was a bit surprised before smirking.

"Careful what you wish for."

After some more running… the group of Hunters start to run up a MASSIVE set of stairs that seemed neverending making many Hunters sweat… some even fell and gave up from how intense this marathon was… thanks to many in Emerald's group, Killua, and Tigra, the group was doing fine though Leorio nearly gave up when he fell but thanks to a second wind and him tying his shirt on his waist showing some muscles did make many sweatdrop as he roars when he ran up the stairs at a rapid pace… thanks to some talk with him… the group learned two facts about Leorio… the reason he wanted money was to become a doctor so he could help people thanks to the fact his friend as a kid died… the other was more or less him telling many that despite his looks… he was freaking 19 which got a laugh from many when Leorio called many out on the laughing.

Though thanks to some more running up the stairs, Emerald, Pitou, Gon, Killua, Gleeco with Lillum on his back were all at the front of the line of runners and as they made it outside of the tunnel FINALLY after so many hours of running… the finish line was passed as the group made it to a large swamp like area with Leorio, Kurapika, Chala, Bruno, and Shunpei who barely made it when he trailed behind Bruno got to the spot with many hunters following suit and many pant for breath as they recovered while Gon and Killua were arguing a bit on who got there first.

"I got here first!" Gon said.

"In your dreams!" Killua countered.

"Actually I believe it was a tie." Satotz said while he had his hands behind his back as Emerald chuckles.

"Hehe, may want to just pay one another back for meals if we get to a restaurant later." Emerald said to help the argument in while he was in a good mood.

Gon and Killua both grumble as they were indeed hungry now thanks to all the running.

Emerald chuckles more while rubbing his head.

As this happened, Gleeco chuckles as he sets Lillum on her feet nearby.

"Hehe, remember the deal sexy, I give you a lift to the next phase and I get a good time from you later, not sure if this is the next phase though since… well we're in the middle of a swamp." Gleeco said while licking his lips lustfully at Lillum but Gleeco rubs his chin when he noticed how… in nowhere this exit was since it was in the middle of a swamp… hell many who heard Gleeco noticed that as well… if this wasn't the second phase… were they still in the first?

Lillum blinks a bit before they heard someone talking.

"Serious? This is the first stage still?"

"Indeed… you didn't think the Hunter exam would be that easy did you?... no were only halfway there… the only difference is we're now going to run through this swamp so after a 20 minute break for everyone to recover… well… better keep up with me… this place is called Milsy or Numere Wetlands or Swindlers Swamp… this place is pretty much developed to trap, ensnare, trick, and pretty much use every deceptive trick in the book to lure unsuspecting Hunters to their deaths… so I highly suggest that you keep up with me again or have good tracking skills because this is the truely dangerous start of the Hunter exam… the tunnel was just the warm up to sort those who couldn't keep up out of the way." Satotz said as a metal gate started to close as a Hunter who barely had energy left was trying to crawl his way towards the group and begged for the gate to not close… but it was too late.. It closed and the group of Hunters for the second half of the first exam were now stuck here while the people in the tunnel had no choice but to return the way they came… the unlucky ones were the people who couldn't cross the finish line for guys like him and many gulp at this while thinking they were lucky they got here… though some worried about getting killed off so wondered which was worse… Shunpei made Bruno sweatdrop when Shunpei got on Bruno's back with a fearful expression on his face.

Lillum sweatdrops at the scene.

"Duly noted." She sad.

"I hope so… again, this place has many dangerous creatures so unless you stay close to me, you risk getting attacked… now if many here look like they recovered, if you want to continue now, please get ready to follow me." Satotz said as he looks away for a moment while Leorio scoffed.

"Keh… how can they fool us when were expecting it?" Leorio said with a confident yet sweaty strained grin yet…

"Don't let them fool you!" A man's voice called from the group who look to the side with Leorio blinking as he looks where everyone else was looking.

"I just said they can't." Leorio muttered while he and many others watched as a beaten up and rough looking man appeared for a moment confusing many.

"D-Don't fall for it… he's lying to you!" The man said before he points at Satotz who stands there with a calm look on his face while many look alarmed as the man continues.

"Don't fall for his tricks… he isn't an examiner… I'm the real examiner." The man said while Leorio looked shocked.

"An Imposter… whats going on?" Leorio said when he looks from the man to Satotz while some, like a bald headed ninja man asked what was going on… though before many could question things… the man starts to drag some kind of body from around the corner.

"L-Look at this!" the man said as he pulled out some kind of human sized monkey who looked like they had a human head that seemed similar to Satotz's head shocking many though Emerald frowns when this seemed a bit too coincidental and he noticed Bruno glaring at the man and the monkey… Emerald kept quiet though to see how this would go while getting in front of Satotz in a protective manner while many were distracted though Satotz raised an eyebrow at this as he kept quiet still.

"Its a Man-faced Ape, one of the creatures that dwell in the Numere wetlands!" The possible examiner said while Leorio looks confused.

"A man-Faced ape?" Leorio asked while looking at the man and the creature that was dragged seemingly unconscious before the group.

"A Man-faced ape loves human flesh but their limbs are thin and long so they are quite weak… they disguise themselves as humans and trick them into following them into these wetlands… and team up with other animals to kill and devour them… he intends to trap every single applicant!" The man said while Leorio and the bald headed ninja muttered something like bastard or mentioning he didn't walk like a human, and normally Hisoka would attack at this point… but Emerald asked this.

"Maybe… but answer me this… examiner… if that's true why make that tunnel under the ground and a long ass one by the way to this place exactly?... sure you could say that this place was used for past exams but my father said that no two exams are alike for years at a time so unless you can answer that… well… I'm questioning if your even human… my father also told me one interesting that that sets real Hunters, examiners for the exams apart from normal people… want to know that in case you're a newbie examiner?" Emerald asked while he had a fierce look on his face as his aura flared a bit putting many non-aura users on edge though Hisoka smirks in a pleased way like he just discovered something great when he watched Emerald now and kept quiet.

"No, what?" Hisoka said with crossed arms.

Emerald wondered why Hisoka asked this when he was talking with the man though he could roll with it as he shrugged.

"Simple…" Emerald said as he used serious speed that many couldn't keep up with besides Gleeco, Gon, Killua, Kurapika, Pitou, Tigra, and a few other battle inclined people with Nen or heightened senses could see and well… Emerald punched the man in the stomach making him cough up blood as he dropped the man-faced ape.

"IF you were a Hunter you would be able to dodge a simple attack like that." Emerald said as he used another punch to cave the man's head in when he slugged him into the ground and Emerald on closer inspection noticed some fur under the man's shirt collar and glared at the seemingly unconscious man-faced ape who seemingly woke just now, sweats profusely and ran away from Emerald as fast as it could while Emerald cracked his knuckles as he turned to the others.

"Well thats settles that… if he was a real examiner in a dangerous land… he would be easily be able to either block or redirect that hit at least." Emerald said like it wasn't that much of a deal though many were shocked as Pitou giggles as the Bald headed Ninja man and Leorio look stunned when they knew Satotz was the real examiner now as Hisoka chuckles a bit.

"Whoa…" Gon said with a shocked look as Killua had the same reaction.

Satotz than walked over with hands behind his back while he talked about stuff like this happening and he looks back when he looks at the hunters applicants.

"I'm sure many of you were fooled by this man-faced ape right?" Satotz said while Leorio and the Bald headed ninja man laugh nervously while they rub their heads.

Satotz than calmly said this as he went back to the head of the group.

"Again… this maybe a broken record, me reminding many about this… but if you lose sight of me in the Numere wetlands because of the fog… the chances are VERY low that you will reach the exams second phase… remember that as we get ready to leave…. Which is now since we went by the resting period I set… please follow me." Satotz said as he starts to walk in the grasslands at a fast rate while many followed as Lillum was carried on Gleeco's back again while Gon, Killua, Emerald, Pitou, and Tigra were near the front while Chala, Shunpei, Leorio, Kurapika, and Bruno were lagging behind thanks to the ground being so wet it made it hard for many to run on though they kept on going anyway as the fog around them starts to thicken.

"Man Emerald… that was cool what you did." Gon said.

Emerald rubs his head bashfully from the phrase.

"Oh it was nothing, pretty sure many Hunters to be here knew about it." Emerald said while he chuckles as he looks at Gon while Tigra looks amused since that wasn't a simple thing to do… risk attacking an examiner even if it was a fake.

'Hmmm… he sure has good strength. Wonder how good he is in the sack.' Tigra thought in a mischievous way.

Pitou noticed and chuckles while many other hunters seeing the talk grumbles and what not since this was supposed to be an exam, not a field trip.

"Can't believe we didn't noticed a fake Hunter." Some random person said.

A few others did the same, though a few people noticed many Hunters were missing thanks to the fog… many of them were not seen again… while this happened, Leorio, Kurapika, Chala, Bruno, Shunpei, and a few more hunters got split up from the group while some hunters were eyeing Hisoka with some hostility… this wouldn't be a seen event yet and after a few minutes, Emerald looks back to see many were missing.

"Hey… where is the others?... Leorio, Kurapika, Chala, Bruno, and Shunpei… damn this fog is so thick." Emerald said getting the others attention.

"No kidding… can't see anywhere else." Gon said as he couldn't find no one else.

Many had a bad feeling before Gon starts to slow down confusing Killua and Tigra somewhat.

"Huh?… why are you slowing down kid?" Tigra said.

Gon was quiet while Emerald looks at him with a grin.

"Let's look for them Gon." Emerald said with a grin surprising Killua and Tigra.

"Huh? What do you mean?" Killua said.

"Like I said, Gon and I will look for Leorio and the others… you guys keep following Satotz, Gon and I will catch up with you guys later." Emerald said when he looks at the silver haired kid with a look that showed he wasn't kidding.

Gon was a little surprised.

"Then let's go."

Emerald nods and before he and Gon ran off towards the direction of Leorio and the others scents thanks to Gon's nose before anyone could stop them with Pitou chuckling as she looks at the shocked looks of Killua and Tigra's faces since they didn't expect Emerald and Gon to run off like that.

"Why are you laughing? Aren't you concerned for your friends?" Tigra said.

"Oh don't worry, I'm more worried for any creatures who have the balls enough to try and attack those two, honestly would question the sanity of them… anyway with Gon's nose Emerald and Gon can track us easily so lets get going so we don't get separated from the others." Pitou said when she ran a bit faster nearly leaving Gleeco, Lillum on Gleeco's back, Killua, and Tigra behind.

Tigra looks at group.

"Is she serious?"

"Oh yeah… when he puts a idea to mind I learned fast he goes through with it…" Gleeco said as he ran faster making Killua and Tigra sweatdrops as they chased after Gleeco before the scene fades to black on this part of the Hunter exam.